Three new contenders joined the House cosponsorship leader board this week: HR 1190, HR 1260 and HR 1286. These bills displaced HR 317 (previously #23), HR 986 (prev. #24), and HRes 117 (prev. #25) from the top 25.
Interestingly, three of the top five are sponsored by Democrats: HR 431 (#1), HR 861 (#4), and HR 1031 (#5). Five additional Democratic bills, for a total of 8 Democratic sponsored bills are in the top 25. At the end of the 113th Congress only four Democratic sponsored bills remained in the top 5. The most cosponsored of those bills was Rep. Sewell’s (D-AL) HR 360 (113th Cong.; #14T). As noted, Rep. Sewell’s HR 1031 (114th Cong.) is currently at #5.
| Rank | Bill | Cosponsors | Author | Title | Status |
| 1 | HR 431 | Total: 303 115 R 188 D 0 I |
Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) | To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody S… | To President |
| 2 | HR 160 | Total: 275 240 R 35 D 0 I |
Erik Paulsen (R-MN) | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical device… | Introduced |
| 3 | HR 699 | Total: 248 157 R 91 D 0 I |
Kevin Yoder (R-KS) | To amend title 18, United States Code, to update the privacy protections for electron… | Introduced |
| 4 | HR 1190 | Total: 206 188 R 18 D 0 I |
David P. Roe (R-TN) | To repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing … | Introduced |
| 5 | HR 861 | Total: 192 0 R 192 D 0 I |
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 | Introduced |
| 6 | HR 1031 | Total: 189 0 R 189 D 0 I |
Maxine Waters (D-CA) | To reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes. | Introduced |
| 7 | HR 36 | Total: 183 180 R 3 D 0 I |
Trent Franks (R-AZ) | To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children, and f… | Introduced |
| 8 | HR 928 | Total: 177 172 R 5 D 0 I |
Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R-LA) | To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protect… | Introduced |
| 9 | HR 594 | Total: 174 171 R 3 D 0 I |
Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ) | To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United… | Introduced |
| 10 | HR 969 | Total: 163 72 R 91 D 0 I |
Christopher P. Gibson (R-NY) | Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2015 | Introduced |
| 11 | HR 30 | Total: 156 150 R 6 D 0 I |
Todd C. Young (R-IN) | Save American Workers Act of 2015 | Passed House |
| 12 | HR 427 | Total: 150 150 R 0 D 0 I |
Todd C. Young (R-IN) | Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 | Introduced |
| 13 | HRES 12 | Total: 149 25 R 124 D 0 I |
Sam Graves (R-MO) | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Se… | Introduced |
| 14 | HR 1260 | Total: 145 0 R 145 D 0 I |
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the American Opportun… | Introduced |
| 15 | HR 197 | Total: 142 4 R 138 D 0 I |
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) | To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marr… | Introduced |
| 16 | HR 24 | Total: 141 133 R 8 D 0 I |
Thomas Massie (R-KY) | Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015 | Introduced |
| 17 | HR 217 | Total: 138 136 R 2 D 0 I |
Diane Black (R-TN) | To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants … | Introduced |
| 18 | HR 671 | Total: 136 11 R 125 D 0 I |
Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA) | To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recogniti… | Introduced |
| 19 | HR 1286 | Total: 124 0 R 124 D 0 I |
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the lower threshold for the r… | Introduced |
| 20 | HCONRES 17 | Total: 119 91 R 28 D 0 I |
K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) | Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. | Introduced |
| 21 | HR 22 | Total: 118 114 R 4 D 0 I |
Rodney Davis (R-IL) | Hire More Heroes Act of 2015 | Passed House |
| 21 | HR 842 | Total: 118 36 R 82 D 0 I |
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) | To require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and evaluation c… | Introduced |
| 21 | HR 940 | Total: 118 116 R 2 D 0 I |
Diane Black (R-TN) | To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of conscien… | Introduced |
| 24 | HR 596 | Total: 112 112 R 0 D 0 I |
Bradley Byrne (R-AL) | To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related prov… | Passed House |
| 25 | HR 752 | Total: 110 0 R 110 D 0 I |
Elizabeth H. Esty (D-CT) | To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, … | Introduced |