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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
Dec. 11, 2007	Nay	House vote 1125	On Motion to Instruct Conferees, H R 2082	Medical matter
Dec. 11, 2007	Aye	House vote 1124	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 3887	Medical matter
Dec. 11, 2007	Aye	House vote 1123	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 3998	Medical matter
Nov. 5, 2007	Nay	House vote 1026	On Motion to Instruct Conferees, H R 3043	Personal or family matter
Nov. 5, 2007	Aye	House vote 1025	On Passage, H R 3920	Personal or family matter
Nov. 5, 2007	Nay	House vote 1024	On Agreeing to the Amendment, H R 3920	Personal or family matter
Oct. 30, 2007	Aye	House vote 1012	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, H RES 747	Official business
Oct. 30, 2007	Aye	House vote 1011	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, H RES 573	Official business
Oct. 30, 2007	Aye	House vote 1010	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H R 3224	Official business
Oct. 25, 2007	Aye	House vote 999	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, H R 505	Ambiguous or no reason

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%