Now it may be unfair to judge from my vantage point in Iowa City how our Congressional Reps. are doing, but remember, I do research for a living and, yes, numbers do tell a story.
So in the 110th Congress who has sponsored legislation, co-sponsored legislation, and who has had others support their legislation? Thomas Legislation tracking tells us one story
IA-1 (Braley)*
Sponsored = 3
Others Support = 3
Co-sponsored = 60
IA-2 (Loebsack) *
= 2
= 2
= 124
IA-3 (Boswell) *
= 5
= 4
= 97
IA-4 (Latham) *
= 7
= 5
= 39
IA-5 (King) *
= 11
= 7
= **
GovTrack tells a different story.
* Bruce Braley has sponsored 3 bills since Jan 4, 2007, of which 2 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 0 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Braley has co-sponsored 128 bills during the same time period (Few, relative to peers).
* David Loebsack has sponsored 2 bills since Jan 4, 2007, of which 1 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 0 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Loebsack has co-sponsored 120 bills during the same time period (Few, relative to peers).
* Leonard Boswell has sponsored 44 bills since Jan 7, 1997, of which 41 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 0 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Boswell has co-sponsored 1205 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers).
* Thomas Latham has sponsored 35 bills since Jan 7, 1997, of which 26 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 1 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). Latham has co-sponsored 764 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers).
* Steve King has sponsored 35 bills since Jan 7, 2003, of which 34 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 0 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers). King has co-sponsored 536 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers).
** Unable to determine via Thomas
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