Report Ranks Wisconsin's Most, Least 'Effective' U.S. Representatives

WISCONSIN — Ron Kind was Wisconsin's "most effective" representative in the U.S. House during the first two years of President Joe Biden's term in office, according to a new report.

The Center for Effective Lawmaking recently updated its rankings for the 117th Congress, which lasted from Jan. 3, 2021 through Jan. 3, 2023.

Kind scored 1.268, the highest of any representative from Wisconsin. He chose not to seek reelection and his time as representative ended in January.

"To calculate the Legislative Effectiveness Score for each member of the U.S. House and Senate, we draw on fifteen indicators that collectively capture the proven ability of a legislator to advance her agenda items through the legislative process and into law," the Center states.

More specifically, to calculate Legislative Effectiveness Scores for the House, we identify the number of bills that each member of the House of Representatives sponsored (BILL); and the number of those bills that received any action in committee (AIC), or action beyond committee (ABC) on the floor of the House. For those bills that received any action beyond committee, we also identify how many of those bills subsequently passed the House (PASS), and how many became law (LAW).

Here are all of the rankings for Wisconsin's U.S. House delegation:

• Democratic Rep. Ron Kind (1.268)
• Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore (0.916)
• Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan (0.791)
• Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher (0.589)
• Republican Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (0.524)
• Republican Rep. Glenn Grothman (0.419)
• Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany (0.304)
• Republican Rep. Bryan Steil (0.286)

Check out more ratings from the Center for Effective Lawmaking here.