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Rep. Yvette D. Clarke

D-N.Y., 9th District. Member since 2007. Website | Facebook

5.3%

votes missed

368 out of 6,906

64.4%

misses explained

237 out of 368

mistakes

Yvette D. Clarke ranks 108th 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.

156

Ambiguous or no reason

Leave of absence

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.

Floor Votes

Suspension of the Rules

Amendments

Close Votes Missed

Not Voting
Voted “present”

H R 3161, 2007 (vote 814)

50%

yes no

212

216

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

Explanation

Who else missed this vote?

H R 3093, 2007 (vote 743)

50%

yes no

209

215

Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008

Explanation

Who else missed this vote?

H R 4348, 2012 (vote 415)

50%

yes no

201

194

To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, and for other purposes

Explanation

Who else missed this vote?

JOURNAL, 2007 (vote 774)

50%

yes no

214

210

Explanation

Who else missed this vote?

All Vote Explanations

Date	Vote	Roll Call	Title	Reason
July 25, 2007	Nay	House vote 693	On Agreeing to the Amendment, H R 3074	Leave of absence
July 25, 2007	Nay	House vote 692	On Agreeing to the Amendment, H R 3074	Leave of absence
July 25, 2007	Nay	House vote 691	On Agreeing to the Amendment, H R 3074	Leave of absence
July 24, 2007	Yea	House vote 690	On Ordering the Previous Question, H RES 558	Leave of absence
July 24, 2007	Yea	House vote 689	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 519	Leave of absence
July 24, 2007	Yea	House vote 688	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 553	Leave of absence
July 24, 2007	Yea	House vote 687	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 404	Leave of absence

Other Representatives from New York:

	Name	Missed
	Charles B. Rangel (D)	11.4%
	Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D)	9.3%
	Eliot L. Engel (D)	8.4%
	Gregory W. Meeks (D)	7.7%
	Daniel M. Donovan Jr. (R)	5.8%
	Grace Meng (D)	5.6%
	Carolyn B. Maloney (D)	5.6%
	Yvette D. Clarke (D)	5.3%
	Richard L. Hanna (R)	5.1%
	Brian Higgins (D)	4.8%
	Nydia M. Velázquez (D)	4.2%
	Jerrold Nadler (D)	4.1%
	Joseph Crowley (D)	2.9%
	Peter T. King (R)	2.6%
	Nita M. Lowey (D)	2.6%
	Steve Israel (D)	2.5%
	Hakeem S. Jeffries (D)	2.3%
	Kathleen M. Rice (D)	2.2%
	Tom Reed (R)	2.0%
	Chris Collins (R)	1.6%
	Sean Patrick Maloney (D)	1.6%
	José E. Serrano (D)	1.5%
	John Katko (R)	1.0%
	Christopher P. Gibson (R)	0.9%
	Paul Tonko (D)	0.5%
	Lee M. Zeldin (R)	0.2%
	Elise M. Stefanik (R)	0.0%