Last updated on Oct. 31, 2015

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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
1
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
68
Personal or family matter
32
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

H CON RES 316, 2008 (vote 132)

50%
yes no
211
204

Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses

H R 5818, 2008 (vote 298)

50%
yes no
210
216

Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008

H R 2764, 2007 (vote 1172)

50%
yes no
206
201

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

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

All Vote Explanations

Date Vote Roll Call Title Reason
March 18, 2014 Yea House vote 130 On Agreeing to the Amendment, H R 3189 Official business
March 18, 2014 Yea House vote 117 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, H RES 499 Official business
March 18, 2014 Yea House vote 116 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 3979 Official business
March 18, 2014 Yea House vote 115 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 3474 Ambiguous or no reason
March 5, 2014 Yea House vote 92 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, H RES 488 Ambiguous or no reason
March 5, 2014 Yea House vote 91 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 3370 Ambiguous or no reason
Feb. 11, 2014 Nay House vote 57 On Approving the Journal, JOURNAL Ambiguous or no reason
Feb. 11, 2014 Yea House vote 56 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, H RES 447 Ambiguous or no reason
Feb. 11, 2014 Yea House vote 55 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 2431 Ambiguous or no reason
Oct. 11, 2013 Nay House vote 532 On Agreeing to the Resolution, H RES 373 Ambiguous or no reason

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