Most Prolific Cosponsors

Members who cosponsor the most bills in our tracked policy areas.

Custom SQL query returning 100 rows (hide) 

SELECT lc.bioguide_id, cm.full_name, cm.party, cm.state, cm.chamber, COUNT(*) AS bills_cosponsored, SUM(CASE WHEN lc.is_original_cosponsor THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS original_cosponsors FROM legislation_cosponsors lc LEFT JOIN congress_members cm ON lc.bioguide_id = cm.bioguide_id GROUP BY lc.bioguide_id ORDER BY bills_cosponsored DESC LIMIT 100

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bioguide_idfull_namepartystatechamberbills_cosponsoredoriginal_cosponsors
N000147 Eleanor Holmes Norton Democrat DC House 16415 7823
R000053 Charles B. Rangel Democrat NY House 10966 3653
M000312 James P. McGovern Democrat MA House 10849 4358
G000551 Raúl M. Grijalva Democrat AZ House 10813 5081
C000714 John Conyers, Jr. Democrat MI House 10393 3881
L000551 Barbara Lee Democrat CA House 9851 4871
K000009 Marcy Kaptur Democrat OH House 9768 3598
S001145 Janice D. Schakowsky Democrat IL House 9608 4386
F000339 Barney Frank Democrat MA House 9490 3678
M000133 Edward J. Markey Democrat MA Senate 9468 4577
J000032 Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat TX House 9200 3947
T000326 Edolphus Towns Democrat NY House 9194 3386
D000563 Richard J. Durbin Democrat IL Senate 8772 4885
C001068 Steve Cohen Democrat TN House 8355 3231
S000810 Fortney Pete Stark Democrat CA House 8312 2455
F000392 Jonas Frost Democrat TX House 7953 2349
L000397 Zoe Lofgren Democrat CA House 7930 2321
L000287 John Lewis Democrat GA House 7860 2851
H000324 Alcee L. Hastings Democrat FL House 7846 3127
B000711 Barbara Boxer Democrat CA Senate 7722 3350
D000191 Peter A. DeFazio Democrat OR House 7703 2581
W000215 Henry A. Waxman Democrat CA House 7668 2577
B000574 Earl Blumenauer Democrat OR House 7661 3213
W000779 Ron Wyden Democrat OR Senate 7532 4256
M000087 Carolyn B. Maloney Democrat NY House 7459 3117
O000159 Major Owens Democrat NY House 7269 2659
N000002 Jerrold Nadler Democrat NY House 7141 3203
S000522 Christopher H. Smith Republican NJ House 7140 2588
D000096 Danny K. Davis Democrat IL House 6995 3141
B000944 Sherrod Brown Democrat OH Senate 6944 3886
S000033 Bernard Sanders Independent VT Senate 6915 3481
S000148 Charles E. Schumer Democrat NY Senate 6850 3518
M000702 Barbara A. Mikulski Democrat MD Senate 6822 2952
E000179 Eliot L. Engel Democrat NY House 6814 2224
A000022 Gary L. Ackerman Democrat NY House 6740 2365
M000404 Jim McDermott Democrat WA House 6688 2636
R000383 Robert Roe Democrat NJ House 6638 1904
B000410 Howard L. Berman Democrat CA House 6578 2453
K000172 Dale E. Kildee Democrat MI House 6484 1963
M001143 Betty McCollum Democrat MN House 6452 2713
V000128 Chris Van Hollen Democrat MD Senate 6399 3567
E000250 Lane Evans Democrat IL House 6371 1883
S000480 Louise McIntosh Slaughter Democrat NY House 6320 1921
M000725 George Miller Democrat CA House 6297 2513
G000386 Chuck Grassley Republican IA Senate 6277 3583
R000011 Nick J. Rahall II Democrat WV House 6273 1784
P000034 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democrat NJ House 6223 2455
L000020 Robert Lagomarsino Republican CA House 6173 2077
C001072 André Carson Democrat IN House 6149 2601
Y000033 Don Young Republican AK House 6127 2069
F000116 Bob Filner Democrat CA House 6114 1909
M001160 Gwen Moore Democrat WI House 6114 3033
N000179 Grace F. Napolitano Democrat CA House 6104 2452
R000515 Bobby L. Rush Democrat IL House 6101 2411
D000216 Rosa L. DeLauro Democrat CT House 5978 2415
L000174 Patrick J. Leahy Democrat VT Senate 5946 3283
B000490 Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Democrat GA House 5940 2072
B001149 Dan Burton Republican IN House 5894 2131
J000288 Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. Democrat GA House 5893 2921
S000248 José E. Serrano Democrat NY House 5889 2379
B001230 Tammy Baldwin Democrat WI Senate 5871 3081
L000090 Tom Lantos Democrat CA House 5843 2191
C001067 Yvette D. Clarke Democrat NY House 5818 2876
O000006 James Oberstar Democrat MN House 5774 1886
F000053 Victor Fazio Democrat CA House 5755 1872
P000149 Donald Payne Democrat NJ House 5755 1998
E000215 Anna G. Eshoo Democrat CA House 5747 2032
C000141 Benjamin L. Cardin Democrat MD Senate 5740 3021
C000567 Thad Cochran Republican MS Senate 5689 2337
H000930 William Hughes Democrat NJ House 5659 1359
F000062 Dianne Feinstein Democrat CA Senate 5540 3379
M000206 Matthew Martínez Republican CA House 5498 1474
M001137 Gregory W. Meeks Democrat NY House 5474 2391
D000222 Ronald Dellums Democrat CA House 5467 1497
H000627 Maurice D. Hinchey Democrat NY House 5435 2082
F000466 Brian K. Fitzpatrick Republican PA House 5431 2380
I000025 Daniel K. Inouye Democrat HI Senate 5414 2421
B001277 Richard Blumenthal Democrat CT Senate 5400 3840
J000126 Eddie Bernice Johnson Democrat TX House 5392 2098
G000212 Benjamin Gilman Republican NY House 5348 1596
M000933 James P. Moran Democrat VA House 5346 1830
H000797 Frank Horton Republican NY House 5340 1700
S001150 Adam B. Schiff Democrat CA Senate 5332 2067
W000672 Frank R. Wolf Republican VA House 5314 1890
V000081 Nydia M. Velázquez Democrat NY House 5313 2614
V000087 Bruce Vento Democrat MN House 5276 1412
W000800 Peter Welch Democrat VT Senate 5252 2426
L000480 Nita M. Lowey Democrat NY House 5248 1537
C001080 Judy Chu Democrat CA House 5228 2169
L000263 Sander M. Levin Democrat MI House 5225 1847
C001035 Susan M. Collins Republican ME Senate 5214 3182
T000193 Bennie G. Thompson Democrat MS House 5214 2146
B000918 George Brown Democrat CA House 5202 1283
K000367 Amy Klobuchar Democrat MN Senate 5163 3336
K000105 Edward Kennedy Democrat MA Senate 5149 2805
S000423 Paul Simon Democrat IL Senate 5133 1842
R000486 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democrat CA House 5016 1878
H000338 Orrin G. Hatch Republican UT Senate 5010 2623
S000344 Brad Sherman Democrat CA House 5003 1752
M001111 Patty Murray Democrat WA Senate 4995 3261