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Rep. Niki Tsongas

D-Mass., 3rd District. Member since 2007. Website | Facebook

3.8%

votes missed

228 out of 5,925

36.0%

misses explained

82 out of 228

mistakes

Niki Tsongas ranks 38th 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.

Personal or family matter

Ambiguous or no reason

Attending memorial services

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 2055, 2011 (vote 413)

50%

yes no

204

203

Explanation

Who else missed this vote?

H R 2647, 2009 (vote 769)

50%

yes no

208

216

Department of Defense Authorization, FY 2010

Explanation

Who else missed this vote?

H R 1806, 2015 (vote 255)

50%

yes no

208

215

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

Who else missed this vote?

All Vote Explanations

Date	Vote	Roll Call	Title	Reason
July 24, 2014	Yes	House vote 436	On Motion to Instruct Conferees, H R 3230	Ambiguous or no reason
July 24, 2014	Yes	House vote 435	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 1022	Ambiguous or no reason
July 24, 2014	Yes	House vote 434	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 4411	Ambiguous or no reason
July 24, 2014	Yes	House vote 433	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 4450	Ambiguous or no reason
June 10, 2014	No	House vote 273	On Agreeing to the Amendment, H R 4745	Voted incorrectly
May 9, 2014	No	House vote 204	On Agreeing to the Resolution, H RES 565	Voted incorrectly
Nov. 19, 2013	No	House vote 587	On Passage, H R 3350	Official business
Nov. 19, 2013	Yes	House vote 586	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, H R 3350	Official business
Sept. 21, 2012	Yes	House vote 585	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 5044	Personal or family matter
June 7, 2012		House vote 314	On Agreeing to the Amendment, H R 5325	Attending memorial services

Other Representatives from Massachusetts:

	Name	Missed
	Richard E. Neal (D)	6.2%
	Michael E. Capuano (D)	5.4%
	Stephen F. Lynch (D)	4.1%
	Niki Tsongas (D)	3.8%
	Katherine M. Clark (D)	2.9%
	William R. Keating (D)	2.7%
	Joseph P. Kennedy III (D)	1.5%
	James P. McGovern (D)	1.5%
	Seth Moulton (D)	0.2%