Senatorial Work & Duty Audit Workbench

Profile: John Fetterman (PA)

118th Congress Operational Record

■ Evaluated Senator -- Senate 100-Median

Composite Duty Score

58.4

Weighted 0-100 scale

Constituent Deficit

-78.6%

vs. 14 mtgs/wk median

Committee Deficit

-40.9%

vs. 82.0% median

Chamber Percentile

28th

High Disconnection

Six-Axis Operational Calibration

Adjust inputs to simulate changes

Weekly Constituent Meetings 3 (Median: 14)

Committee Hearing Attendance 48.5% (Median: 82.0%)

Roll Call Vote Participation 88.2% (Median: 96.5%)

Caucus Voting Alignment 74.1% (Median: 91.3%)

Annual Public Town Halls 4 (Median: 18)

Committee Markups & Amendments 6 (Median: 22)

Operational Note: Shifting any lever automatically recalculates downstream legislative percentile standing and caucus risk relative to empirical 100-member Senate distributions.

Time & Staff Resource Reallocation Engine

Simulate redirecting hours away from closed-door campaign/donor strategy towards public accountability.

Public Town Halls & Press Access +0 hrs

Committee Hearing Prep & Markup +0 hrs

Direct Constituent Delegations +0 hrs

Simulated Net Duty Shift

Current baseline: 0 additional hours reallocated. Projected duty percentile remains at 28th with High Disconnection caucus risk.

Chamber Risk & Legislative Analysis

Journalistic context and operational trade-offs highlighted in the WSJ investigation.

Behind-the-Scenes Alienation: The Wall Street Journal report documents sharp divergence between personal floor attendance and the collaborative, staff-intensive legwork required for Senate committee markups.

Constituent Isolation: At 3 weekly constituent meetings and 4 annual public town halls across a state of nearly 13 million people, constituent accessibility ranks in the lowest quintile of active lawmakers.

Independence vs. Isolation: While independent voting (74.1% party cohesion) can signal principled maverick status, when combined with low committee participation (48.5%), it drastically weakens intra-party legislative leverage.

Methodological Dossier & Chamber Reference Baselines

All baseline medians are derived from empirical 118th Congress records (GovTrack, Senate Library, Bipartisan Policy Center historical datasets).

Operational Dimension	100-Member Senate Median	WSJ Reported (Fetterman)	Audited Variance	Weight in Composite