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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
Sept. 25, 2015	No	House vote 518	On Passage, H R 348	Ambiguous or no reason
May 21, 2015	Nay	House vote 262	On Passage, H R 2262	Personal or family matter
May 21, 2015	Nay	House vote 260	On Passage, H R 880	Personal or family matter
May 21, 2015	Nay	House vote 258	On Passage, H R 1806	Personal or family matter
May 21, 2015	Yea	House vote 249	On Passage, H R 2353	Personal or family matter
May 21, 2015	Nay	House vote 247	On Passage, H R 2250	Personal or family matter
May 18, 2015		House vote 263	On Agreeing to the Resolution, H RES 274	Personal or family matter
May 18, 2015		House vote 262	On Passage, H R 2262	Personal or family matter
May 18, 2015		House vote 261	On Agreeing to the Amendment, H R 2262	Personal or family matter
May 18, 2015		House vote 260	On Passage, H R 880	Personal or family matter

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%