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Rep. Albio Sires

D-N.J., 8th District. Member since 2006. Website | Facebook

4.5%

votes missed

314 out of 6,906

14.0%

misses explained

44 out of 314

mistakes

Albio Sires ranks 172nd 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

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

All Vote Explanations

Date	Vote	Roll Call	Title	Reason
July 14, 2009	Yes	House vote 530	On Motion to Adjourn, ADJOURN	Ambiguous or no reason
June 17, 2009	Yes	House vote 338	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 729	Ambiguous or no reason
June 17, 2009	Yes	House vote 337	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 2325	Ambiguous or no reason
June 17, 2009	Yes	House vote 336	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, H RES 430	Ambiguous or no reason
May 13, 2009	Yes	House vote 245	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, H RES 378	Ambiguous or no reason
May 13, 2009	Yes	House vote 244	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 413	Ambiguous or no reason
May 13, 2009	Yes	House vote 243	On Motion to Table, H RES 425	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
Sept. 24, 2008	Yea	House vote 616	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 6685	Ambiguous or no reason

Other Representatives from New Jersey:

	Name	Missed
	Donald M. Payne Jr. (D)	9.1%
	Bill Pascrell Jr. (D)	4.8%
	Albio Sires (D)	4.5%
	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R)	2.4%
	Frank Pallone Jr. (D)	2.4%
	Christopher H. Smith (R)	2.1%
	Scott Garrett (R)	1.7%
	Donald Norcross (D)	0.8%
	Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)	0.7%
	Frank A. LoBiondo (R)	0.2%
	Leonard Lance (R)	0.0%
	Thomas MacArthur (R)	0.0%