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Rep. Sander M. Levin

D-Mich., 9th District. Member since 1983. Website | Facebook

1.8%

votes missed

127 out of 6,906

81.9%

misses explained

104 out of 127

mistakes

Sander M. Levin ranks 123rd 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.

Ambiguous or no reason

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 CON RES 398, 2008 (vote 537)

50%

yes no

213

212

Adjournment Resolution

Explanation

Who else missed this vote?

All Vote Explanations

Date	Vote	Roll Call	Title	Reason
July 15, 2009	Yea	House vote 539	On Agreeing to the Resolution, H RES 645	Official business
July 15, 2009	Yea	House vote 538	On Ordering the Previous Question, H RES 645	Official business
April 2, 2009	Aye	House vote 187	On Passage, H R 1256	Ambiguous or no reason
April 2, 2009	Yea	House vote 182	On Passage, H R 1664	Ambiguous or no reason
April 2, 2009	Nay	House vote 180	On Agreeing to the Amendment, H R 1664	Ambiguous or no reason
April 2, 2009	Yea	House vote 179	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 290	Ambiguous or no reason
April 2, 2009	Yea	House vote 178	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 1575	Ambiguous or no reason
April 2, 2009	Yea	House vote 177	On Agreeing to the Resolution, H RES 306	Ambiguous or no reason
April 2, 2009	Yea	House vote 176	On Agreeing to the Resolution, H RES 305	Ambiguous or no reason
April 2, 2009	Yea	House vote 175	On Motion to Table, H RES 312	Ambiguous or no reason

Other Representatives from Michigan:

	Name	Missed
	John Conyers Jr. (D)	7.6%
	Debbie Dingell (D)	4.8%
	John R. Moolenaar (R)	2.1%
	Sander M. Levin (D)	1.8%
	Dan Benishek (R)	1.5%
	Tim Walberg (R)	1.4%
	Bill Huizenga (R)	1.2%
	Brenda L. Lawrence (D)	1.0%
	Daniel T. Kildee (D)	1.0%
	David A. Trott (R)	0.7%
	Fred Upton (R)	0.4%
	Candice S. Miller (R)	0.4%
	Mike Bishop (R)	0.3%
	Justin Amash (R)	0.0%