Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy won the title of one of the top "Least Effective Congressmen" with 0 of his 29 sponsored bills passing a single committee. With such sad statistics, Murphy earned the high 21st spot on the list out of all the 435 representatives.
The Tampa Bay Times reported:
Tech company InsideGov last week put out a list of what it’s calling the "least-effective members of Congress," and it’s got not-so-nice things to say about four of Florida’s congressional representatives, including Rep. Patrick Murphy, who’s running for the U.S. Senate.
As a Senate candidate, this not a good sign. If he can’t do anything in the House, how do Floridians expect him to represent them in the Senate?
The Miami New Times explained:
To come up with the rankings, Inside Gov didn’t consider the number of bills a representative sponsored that were turned into law since so few bills actually go on to be law, but rather the percentage of bills sponsored that even went on to pass a single committee.
Despite the report controlling for the fact that few bills will make it out of the Legislature and signed by the President, Patrick Murphy still managed to land on the top of the the House’s Least Effective. When asking what Patrick Murphy has done for Florida today, it’s safe to say not much.
NRSC spokesman Greg Blair said:
“Patrick Murphy has orchestrated quite an arrangement for himself. He takes a six-figure, taxpayer-funded salary, accomplishes nothing, and then asks for a promotion. The good news for Murphy is that he’ll have plenty of free time on his hands after Floridians reject his thin record and hollow agenda. After all, voters tend to prefer an elected official who will fight for something besides keeping his schedule clear.”
In this 114th Congress, he has only sponsored 6 bills. See the full analysis from Inside Gov.
Two other Democratic Senate candidates joined Patrick Murphy on the list. Donna Edwards from Maryland was ranked as the third most ineffective, and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois was ranked 27th. We extend our utmost congratulations to them, and hope they can follow the lead of our Republican Senate Majority, which has been working a total of 86 days and getting 102 bills passed by Senate panels.