The nonpartisan report card gave Lawler a score of 99.2, grading him an “A” for the 119th Congress, placing him in the top 10 among House members graded. Lawler also scored the highest among any in New York’s Congressional delegation.
Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) earned a Bridge Score of 99.2 out of 100 and an “A” grade in the latest Bridge Grades report card on the 119th Congress, one of the highest marks in either chamber. Bridge Grades, a nonpartisan project of the Mediators Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, grades every member of Congress on whether they govern collaboratively or divisively, drawing on objective third-party data about what members do and what they say.
Only five of the 424 House members graded higher than Lawler in the current update, which covers the 119th Congress through June 30, 2026. His 99.2 is the best score in New York’s congressional delegation.
The grading places more weight on legislative actions than on words. Co-leading a bill with a member of the opposing party carries three times the weight of a bipartisan public statement, and cosponsoring a bill authored by a member of the other party carries twice that weight.
This rating extends a pattern that goes back to Lawler’s first term. Bridge Grades’ April 2026 report card, covering the first 15 months of this Congress, ranked him seventh in the House. In the 118th Congress, the Bipartisan Index published by the Lugar Center and Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy ranked him the fourth-most bipartisan member of the House, and the Center for Effective Lawmaking named him the most effective freshman lawmaker of the 118th Congress after seven of his bills passed the House, with one signed into law as a standalone measure and five more enacted as part of larger packages.
“Mike Lawler has earned top marks for bipartisanship in the 118th and 119th Congress because he does the work, introducing legislation with Democrats and Republicans while delivering tangible results for the Hudson Valley,” said Lawler for Congress campaign manager Ciro Riccardi. “Cait Conley has offered voters nothing except opposition to any idea that doesn’t fit her and AOC’s worldview. There isn’t a nonpartisan report card in America that rewards that. This November, the choice is between a proven bipartisan leader and a rubber stamp for the far left.”