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Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez

D-Ill., 4th District. Member since 1993. Website | Facebook

15.1%

votes missed

1,044 out of 6,902

41.7%

misses explained

435 out of 1,044

mistake

Luis V. Gutiérrez ranks 6th 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.

335

Ambiguous or no reason

Personal or family matter

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.

118

Floor Votes

217

Suspension of the Rules

101

Amendments

Close Votes Missed

Not Voting
Voted “present”

H RES 1065, 2010 (vote 46)

50%

yes no

217

212

Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 45) increasing the statutory limit on the public debt

Explanation

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H R 4487, 2014 (vote 190)

50%

yes no

207

212

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H CON RES 316, 2008 (vote 132)

50%

yes no

211

204

Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses

Explanation

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H R 5818, 2008 (vote 298)

50%

yes no

210

216

Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008

Explanation

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H R 2638, 2007 (vote 474)

50%

yes no

207

214

Explanation

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H R 2642, 2007 (vote 496)

50%

yes no

206

211

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H R 2764, 2007 (vote 1172)

50%

yes no

206

201

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for FY 2008

Explanation

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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

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All Vote Explanations

Date	Vote	Roll Call	Title	Reason
Jan. 29, 2007	Yea	House vote 59	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 49	Ambiguous or no reason
Jan. 29, 2007	Yea	House vote 58	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 521	Ambiguous or no reason
Jan. 22, 2007	Yea	House vote 46	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 29	Ambiguous or no reason
Jan. 22, 2007	Yea	House vote 45	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 390	Ambiguous or no reason
Jan. 22, 2007	Yea	House vote 44	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 52	Ambiguous or no reason
Jan. 22, 2007	Yea	House vote 43	Table the appeal of the ruling of the Chair, H R 476	Ambiguous or no reason

Other Representatives from Illinois:

	Name	Missed
	Bobby L. Rush (D)	22.4%
	Luis V. Gutiérrez (D)	15.1%
	Tammy Duckworth (D)	9.0%
	Danny K. Davis (D)	6.7%
	Robin L. Kelly (D)	4.9%
	John Shimkus (R)	3.9%
	Daniel Lipinski (D)	3.0%
	Peter J. Roskam (R)	2.7%
	Rodney Davis (R)	2.3%
	Mike Quigley (D)	2.3%
	Robert J. Dold (R)	1.9%
	Janice D. Schakowsky (D)	1.5%
	Adam Kinzinger (R)	1.5%
	Cheri Bustos (D)	1.5%
	Mike Bost (R)	1.2%
	Randy Hultgren (R)	0.9%
	Bill Foster (D)	0.8%
	Darin LaHood (R)	0.0%