Last updated on Oct. 31, 2015
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Rep. Xavier Becerra
D-Calif., 34th District. Member since 1993. Website | Facebook
3.9%
votes missed
268 out of 6,906
66.0%
misses explained
177 out of 268
0
mistakes
Xavier Becerra ranks 58th in votes missed of the 434 voting lawmakers in the current Congress, which began this year.
Most Common Explanation Types
ProPublica categorized the many reasons members gave for missing votes. Of these explanations —which are not mandatory— half of all explanations are unclear, simply restating the absence. Also commonly cited are personal and family obligations, and ill health.
169
Ambiguous or no reason
8
Official business
Types of Votes Explained
We classified votes into three categories: On amendments to bills, which are numerous and can be voted on very quickly; on bills considered “under suspension of the rules,” which are usually uncontroversial and require two-thirds support for passage, and on “floor votes,” which include votes “on passage” and require a simple majority for approval.
44
Floor Votes
57
Suspension of the Rules
76
Amendments
Close Votes Missed
- Not Voting
- Voted “present”
H R 2577, 2015 (vote 329)
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes
All Vote Explanations
| Date | Vote | Roll Call | Title | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2009 | Yea | House vote 279 | On Agreeing to the Amendment, H R 2352 | Ambiguous or no reason |
| April 2, 2009 | Yea | House vote 175 | On Motion to Table, H RES 312 | Ambiguous or no reason |
| March 16, 2009 | Aye | House vote 107 | On Approving the Journal, JOURNAL | Ambiguous or no reason |
| March 2, 2009 | Aye | House vote 90 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 183 | Ambiguous or no reason |
| Sept. 24, 2008 | Yea | House vote 618 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 6853 | Ambiguous or no reason |
| Sept. 24, 2008 | Yea | House vote 617 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 1907 | Ambiguous or no reason |
| June 26, 2008 | Aye | House vote 438 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 1242 | Ambiguous or no reason |
| May 23, 2008 | Aye | House vote 341 | On Ordering the Previous Question, H RES 1214 | Ambiguous or no reason |
| April 30, 2008 | Aye | House vote 224 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 1079 | Ambiguous or no reason |
| April 29, 2008 | Aye | House vote 185 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 3548 | Ambiguous or no reason |
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