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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

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.

Travel difficulties

Personal or family matter

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

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 1806, 2015 (vote 255)

50%

yes no

208

215

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?

H R 1214, 2011 (vote 288)

50%

yes no

205

210

Who else missed this vote?

H R 2029, 2015 (vote 188)

50%

yes no

210

213

Who else missed this vote?

H R 4310, 2012 (vote 267)

50%

yes no

211

209

Who else missed this vote?

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

Other Representatives from Florida:

	Name	Missed
	Corrine Brown (D)	8.0%
	Curt Clawson (R)	8.0%
	Frederica S. Wilson (D)	5.9%
	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)	5.8%
	Alcee L. Hastings (D)	5.8%
	Theodore E. Deutch (D)	5.2%
	Ander Crenshaw (R)	4.3%
	Mario Diaz-Balart (R)	4.1%
	Kathy Castor (D)	4.1%
	Jeff Miller (R)	3.9%
	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)	3.6%
	Alan Grayson (D)	2.9%
	Carlos Curbelo (R)	2.8%
	Patrick Murphy (D)	2.7%
	Lois Frankel (D)	2.7%
	Vern Buchanan (R)	2.6%
	Richard B. Nugent (R)	2.3%
	Daniel Webster (R)	1.9%
	Gus M. Bilirakis (R)	1.7%
	Thomas J. Rooney (R)	1.3%
	Ted S. Yoho (R)	1.1%
	Dennis A. Ross (R)	1.0%
	David W. Jolly (R)	0.9%
	John L. Mica (R)	0.7%
	Bill Posey (R)	0.7%
	Ron DeSantis (R)	0.5%
	Gwen Graham (D)	0.2%