Last updated on Oct. 31, 2015

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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

D-Fla., 23rd District. Member since 2005. Website | Facebook

5.8%
votes missed
403 out of 6,906
12.9%
misses explained
52 out of 403
1
mistake

Debbie Wasserman Schultz ranks 10th 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.
13
Travel difficulties
13
Personal or family matter
11
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.
14
Floor Votes
32
Suspension of the Rules
7
Amendments

Close Votes Missed

  • Not Voting
  • Voted “present”

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
April 20, 2010 Aye House vote 199 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 1236 Travel difficulties
Oct. 22, 2009 Aye House vote 792 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, H RES 558 Attending to prior commitment
Oct. 22, 2009 Aye House vote 791 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 3319 Attending to prior commitment
Oct. 22, 2009 Aye House vote 790 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 3763 Attending to prior commitment
Oct. 15, 2009 Yea House vote 779 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, H RES 786 Attending to prior commitment
Oct. 15, 2009 Yea House vote 778 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 3371 Attending to prior commitment
Oct. 15, 2009 Yea House vote 777 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, H RES 816 Attending to prior commitment
Oct. 15, 2009 Yea House vote 776 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 1327 Attending to prior commitment
Feb. 13, 2009 Aye House vote 55 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 114 Official business
Dec. 11, 2007 Aye House vote 1126 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 837 Medical matter