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 17231 8229
M000312 James P. McGovern Democrat MA House 11811 4734
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
S001145 Janice D. Schakowsky Democrat IL House 10261 4656
F000339 Barney Frank Democrat MA House 10254 3956
K000009 Marcy Kaptur Democrat OH House 10202 3783
M000133 Edward J. Markey Democrat MA Senate 9813 4754
T000326 Edolphus Towns Democrat NY House 9764 3663
J000032 Sheila Jackson Lee Democrat TX House 9688 4150
D000563 Richard J. Durbin Democrat IL Senate 9263 5155
F000392 Jonas Frost Democrat TX House 8915 2683
S000810 Fortney Pete Stark Democrat CA House 8812 2707
C001068 Steve Cohen Democrat TN House 8431 3299
L000397 Zoe Lofgren Democrat CA House 8363 2452
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 7776 4408
D000096 Danny K. Davis Democrat IL House 7637 3399
S000522 Christopher H. Smith Republican NJ House 7625 2775
N000002 Jerrold Nadler Democrat NY House 7620 3431
S000033 Bernard Sanders Independent VT Senate 7529 3756
B000944 Sherrod Brown Democrat OH Senate 7448 4094
S000148 Charles E. Schumer Democrat NY Senate 7289 3817
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
M001143 Betty McCollum Democrat MN House 6902 2863
E000250 Lane Evans Democrat IL House 6874 2083
M000725 George Miller Democrat CA House 6856 2777
S000480 Louise McIntosh Slaughter Democrat NY House 6748 2086
P000034 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democrat NJ House 6691 2696
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 6504 3736
D000216 Rosa L. DeLauro Democrat CT House 6494 2619
V000128 Chris Van Hollen Democrat MD Senate 6493 3648
N000179 Grace F. Napolitano Democrat CA House 6491 2592
L000090 Tom Lantos Democrat CA House 6490 2451
B001230 Tammy Baldwin Democrat WI Senate 6436 3323
P000149 Donald Payne Democrat NJ House 6344 2216
B000490 Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Democrat GA House 6318 2204
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
C001072 André Carson Democrat IN House 6215 2662
L000020 Robert Lagomarsino Republican CA House 6173 2077
M001160 Gwen Moore Democrat WI House 6162 3078
E000215 Anna G. Eshoo Democrat CA House 6158 2184
B001149 Dan Burton Republican IN House 6132 2219
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
J000288 Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. Democrat GA House 5979 3004
C000141 Benjamin L. Cardin Democrat MD Senate 5949 3132
C001067 Yvette D. Clarke Democrat NY House 5868 2923
F000062 Dianne Feinstein Democrat CA Senate 5858 3553
M001137 Gregory W. Meeks Democrat NY House 5837 2525
M000933 James P. Moran Democrat VA House 5780 2029
S001150 Adam B. Schiff Democrat CA Senate 5776 2231
F000053 Victor Fazio Democrat CA House 5755 1872
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
V000081 Nydia M. Velázquez Democrat NY House 5685 2764
H000930 William Hughes Democrat NJ House 5659 1359
W000672 Frank R. Wolf Republican VA House 5612 2012
C001035 Susan M. Collins Republican ME Senate 5607 3417
L000480 Nita M. Lowey Democrat NY House 5599 1662
B000619 David Bonior Democrat MI House 5557 1453
K000105 Edward Kennedy Democrat MA Senate 5548 3067
T000193 Bennie G. Thompson Democrat MS House 5538 2294
F000466 Brian K. Fitzpatrick Republican PA House 5507 2432
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
B001277 Richard Blumenthal Democrat CT Senate 5487 3922
D000222 Ronald Dellums Democrat CA House 5467 1497
R000486 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democrat CA House 5442 2049
M001111 Patty Murray Democrat WA Senate 5385 3482
S000344 Brad Sherman Democrat CA House 5348 1881
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
W000800 Peter Welch Democrat VT Senate 5314 2486
K000148 John F. Kerry Democrat MA Senate 5290 2795
V000087 Bruce Vento Democrat MN House 5276 1412