Jordan routinely ranks towards the bottom of the House when it comes to not just bipartisanship but also legislative effectiveness. He could soon be tasked with leading the chamber and negotiating with Democrats.
In a historically fraught time marked not only by partisan gridlock but also a remarkably incohesive Republican Party, the House GOP could soon elect a speaker with a remarkably thin legislative track record and precious little experience building the bipartisan consensus he would soon need.Critics of Rep. Jim Jordan have increasingly pointed to this — most notably the fact that he has yet to get a bill signed into law since being elected in 2006.
Legislation isn’t the only measure of a member of Congress, and that statistic could be characterized as misleading. But it’s not the only data point that suggests Jordan would come into the job from a very unusual position., a joint project of Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia. It tracks not only bills that become law, but bills that get some kind of traction, along with how significant the bills are. a member has had a bona fide impact on our nation’s laws.
Ousted former speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy during Jordan’s tenure has sponsored 17 bills that passed and eight that became law. Five of those laws were regarded as “substantive.” Dye also cited significant legislation Jordan has worked on this Congress as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, including negotiations over reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and passing a tough border security bill.
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