Most Prolific Cosponsors

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

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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 17040 8064
M000312 James P. McGovern Democrat MA House 11783 4708
R000053 Charles B. Rangel Democrat NY House 11503 3869
G000551 Raúl M. Grijalva Democrat AZ House 10813 5081
C000714 John Conyers, Jr. Democrat MI House 10759 4057
L000551 Barbara Lee Democrat CA House 10571 5187
F000339 Barney Frank Democrat MA House 10254 3956
S001145 Janice D. Schakowsky Democrat IL House 10220 4620
K000009 Marcy Kaptur Democrat OH House 10190 3774
M000133 Edward J. Markey Democrat MA Senate 9792 4733
T000326 Edolphus Towns Democrat NY House 9764 3663
J000032 Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat TX House 9688 4150
D000563 Richard J. Durbin Democrat IL Senate 9246 5138
F000392 Jonas Frost Democrat TX House 8915 2683
S000810 Fortney Pete Stark Democrat CA House 8812 2707
C001068 Steve Cohen Democrat TN House 8367 3241
L000397 Zoe Lofgren Democrat CA House 8346 2437
H000324 Alcee L. Hastings Democrat FL House 8274 3276
W000215 Henry A. Waxman Democrat CA House 8224 2813
L000287 John Lewis Democrat GA House 8197 3028
D000191 Peter A. DeFazio Democrat OR House 8108 2754
B000574 Earl Blumenauer Democrat OR House 8066 3355
B000711 Barbara Boxer Democrat CA Senate 8025 3538
M000087 Carolyn B. Maloney Democrat NY House 7983 3374
O000159 Major Owens Democrat NY House 7942 2869
W000779 Ron Wyden Democrat OR Senate 7750 4382
S000522 Christopher H. Smith Republican NJ House 7617 2770
N000002 Jerrold Nadler Democrat NY House 7592 3408
D000096 Danny K. Davis Democrat IL House 7591 3359
S000033 Bernard Sanders Independent VT Senate 7512 3739
B000944 Sherrod Brown Democrat OH Senate 7448 4094
S000148 Charles E. Schumer Democrat NY Senate 7277 3805
E000179 Eliot L. Engel Democrat NY House 7236 2394
M000404 Jim McDermott Democrat WA House 7216 2850
M000702 Barbara A. Mikulski Democrat MD Senate 7151 3144
K000172 Dale E. Kildee Democrat MI House 7073 2158
A000022 Gary L. Ackerman Democrat NY House 7054 2488
B000410 Howard L. Berman Democrat CA House 7007 2628
F000116 Bob Filner Democrat CA House 6938 2232
E000250 Lane Evans Democrat IL House 6874 2083
M001143 Betty McCollum Democrat MN House 6870 2839
M000725 George Miller Democrat CA House 6856 2777
S000480 Louise McIntosh Slaughter Democrat NY House 6748 2086
P000034 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democrat NJ House 6684 2690
R000383 Robert Roe Democrat NJ House 6638 1904
R000515 Bobby L. Rush Democrat IL House 6591 2601
R000011 Nick J. Rahall II Democrat WV House 6533 1870
G000386 Chuck Grassley Republican IA Senate 6493 3726
N000179 Grace F. Napolitano Democrat CA House 6491 2592
L000090 Tom Lantos Democrat CA House 6490 2451
D000216 Rosa L. DeLauro Democrat CT House 6475 2604
V000128 Chris Van Hollen Democrat MD Senate 6464 3619
B001230 Tammy Baldwin Democrat WI Senate 6414 3301
P000149 Donald Payne Democrat NJ House 6344 2216
B000490 Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Democrat GA House 6304 2193
L000174 Patrick J. Leahy Democrat VT Senate 6270 3503
Y000033 Don Young Republican AK House 6260 2120
S000248 José E. Serrano Democrat NY House 6256 2571
L000020 Robert Lagomarsino Republican CA House 6173 2077
C001072 André Carson Democrat IN House 6160 2612
E000215 Anna G. Eshoo Democrat CA House 6158 2184
B001149 Dan Burton Republican IN House 6132 2219
M001160 Gwen Moore Democrat WI House 6124 3043
H000627 Maurice D. Hinchey Democrat NY House 6113 2404
O000006 James Oberstar Democrat MN House 6055 2011
C000567 Thad Cochran Republican MS Senate 5981 2460
C000141 Benjamin L. Cardin Democrat MD Senate 5949 3132
J000288 Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. Democrat GA House 5905 2933
F000062 Dianne Feinstein Democrat CA Senate 5858 3553
C001067 Yvette D. Clarke Democrat NY House 5828 2885
M001137 Gregory W. Meeks Democrat NY House 5819 2510
M000933 James P. Moran Democrat VA House 5780 2029
F000053 Victor Fazio Democrat CA House 5755 1872
S001150 Adam B. Schiff Democrat CA Senate 5753 2208
G000212 Benjamin Gilman Republican NY House 5748 1802
J000126 Eddie Bernice Johnson Democrat TX House 5700 2224
I000025 Daniel K. Inouye Democrat HI Senate 5691 2577
H000930 William Hughes Democrat NJ House 5659 1359
V000081 Nydia M. Velázquez Democrat NY House 5648 2732
W000672 Frank R. Wolf Republican VA House 5612 2012
L000480 Nita M. Lowey Democrat NY House 5599 1662
C001035 Susan M. Collins Republican ME Senate 5594 3404
B000619 David Bonior Democrat MI House 5557 1453
K000105 Edward Kennedy Democrat MA Senate 5548 3067
T000193 Bennie G. Thompson Democrat MS House 5505 2263
M000206 Matthew Martínez Republican CA House 5498 1474
W000738 Lynn C. Woolsey Democrat CA House 5493 2012
L000263 Sander M. Levin Democrat MI House 5491 1943
D000222 Ronald Dellums Democrat CA House 5467 1497
B001277 Richard Blumenthal Democrat CT Senate 5457 3892
R000486 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democrat CA House 5442 2049
F000466 Brian K. Fitzpatrick Republican PA House 5438 2386
M001111 Patty Murray Democrat WA Senate 5374 3471
M000249 Robert Matsui Democrat CA House 5341 2031
H000797 Frank Horton Republican NY House 5340 1700
P000523 David E. Price Democrat NC House 5330 1274
S000344 Brad Sherman Democrat CA House 5329 1872
W000800 Peter Welch Democrat VT Senate 5296 2468
K000148 John F. Kerry Democrat MA Senate 5290 2795
V000087 Bruce Vento Democrat MN House 5276 1412