Most cosponsored Senate bills in 114th Congress as of 5 March 2015

There were no changes to the overall composition of the Senate leader board over the past week. In the House leader summary I noted that eight of the top 25 House bills are sponsored by Democrats. In the Senate, six of the top 25 are sponsored by Democrats. Only one of those bills, Sen. Menendez’s (D-NJ) S.Res. 87 (114th Cong.) had any Republican cosponsors.

The other five Democratic authored bills have zero Republican cosponsors between them (all five are cosponsored by both Independent Senators). Of course, this is replicated on the other side of the aisle with nine Republican authored bills in the top 25 also lacking any Democratic cosponsors (neither Independent cosponsored either). This is not surprising at this early stage of the Congress, and the top 25 is unlikely to maintain these partisan splits as the Congress progresses.

Rank Bill Cosponsors Author Title Status
1 SRES 19 Total: 99
53 R 44 D
2 I
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) A resolution relative to the death of Edward W. Brooke, III, former United States Sen… Passed Senate
1 SRES 38 Total: 99
53 R 44 D
2 I
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) A resolution relative to the death of Wendell H. Ford, former United States Senator f… Passed Senate
1 SRES 82 Total: 99
53 R 44 D
2 I
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) A resolution commending Kathleen Alvarez Tritak on her service to the United States S… Passed Senate
4 S 527 Total: 74
34 R 39 D
1 I
Jeff Sessions (R-AL) A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Foot Soldiers who participated in B… Passed Senate
5 S 1 Total: 59
53 R 6 D
0 I
John Hoeven (R-ND) Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act Failed to pass over veto
6 SRES 87 Total: 56
22 R 33 D
1 I
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the rise of anti-Semitism i… Introduced
7 SJRES 6 Total: 53
53 R 0 D
0 I
Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States re… Introduced
8 S 167 Total: 52
20 R 30 D
2 I
John McCain (R-AZ) Clay Hunt SAV Act Introduced
9 SJRES 8 Total: 50
50 R 0 D
0 I
Lamar Alexander (R-TN) A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Introduced
9 SRES 76 Total: 50
50 R 0 D
0 I
John Cornyn (R-TX) A resolution welcoming the Prime Minister of Israel to the United States for his addr… Introduced
9 S 336 Total: 50
50 R 0 D
0 I
Ted Cruz (R-TX) A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care a… Introduced
12 S 339 Total: 47
47 R 0 D
0 I
Ted Cruz (R-TX) ObamaCare Repeal Act Introduced
13 SRES 25 Total: 45
0 R 43 D
2 I
Ron Wyden (D-OR) A resolution commemorating 50 years since the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid P… Introduced
13 S 522 Total: 45
0 R 43 D
2 I
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Protecting And Retaining Our Children’s Health Insurance Program Act of 2015 Introduced
15 S 29 Total: 44
0 R 42 D
2 I
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Respect for Marriage Act
16 S 229 Total: 42
0 R 40 D
2 I
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) DISCLOSE Act of 2015 Introduced
17 S 404 Total: 41
41 R 0 D
0 I
Marco Rubio (R-FL) A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State … Introduced
17 S 431 Total: 41
30 R 11 D
0 I
John Thune (R-SD) A bill to permanently extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act. Introduced
19 S 269 Total: 38
30 R 8 D
0 I
Mark Kirk (R-IL) A bill to expand sanctions imposed with respect to Iran and to impose additional sanc… Introduced
19 S 582 Total: 38
38 R 0 D
0 I
Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) A bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions. Introduced
21 SJRES 5 Total: 37
0 R 35 D
2 I
Tom Udall (D-NM) A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States re… Introduced
21 S 295 Total: 37
20 R 17 D
0 I
Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) A bill to amend section 2259 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes. Introduced
23 S 283 Total: 36
36 R 0 D
0 I
Jeff Flake (R-AZ) A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from modifying the standard for deter… Introduced
24 S 30 Total: 35
33 R 2 D
0 I
Susan M. Collins (R-ME) Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2015
24 S 141 Total: 35
35 R 0 D
0 I
John Cornyn (R-TX) Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act of 2015 Introduced


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