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Rep. Albio Sires

D-N.J., 8th District. Member since 2006. Website | Facebook

4.5%

votes missed

314 out of 6,906

14.0%

misses explained

44 out of 314

mistakes

Albio Sires ranks 172nd 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.

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

All Vote Explanations

Date	Vote	Roll Call	Title	Reason
Jan. 25, 2011	No	House vote 18	On Agreeing to the Resolution, H RES 43	Ambiguous or no reason
Jan. 25, 2011	No	House vote 17	On Ordering the Previous Question, H RES 43	Ambiguous or no reason
Dec. 22, 2010	Yes	House vote 663	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 6547	Ambiguous or no reason
Dec. 22, 2010	Yes	House vote 662	On Motion to Concur in the Senate amendment to House amendment to Senate amendment, H R 3082	Ambiguous or no reason
Dec. 22, 2010	Yes	House vote 661	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments, H R 2751	Ambiguous or no reason
Dec. 22, 2010	Yes	House vote 660	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment, H R 2142	Ambiguous or no reason
Dec. 22, 2010	Yes	House vote 659	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment, H R 5116	Ambiguous or no reason
Dec. 22, 2010	Yes	House vote 658	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 6540	Ambiguous or no reason
Dec. 22, 2010	Yes	House vote 657	On Agreeing to the Resolution, H RES 1771	Ambiguous or no reason
Dec. 11, 2009	Yes	House vote 947	On Ordering the Previous Question, H RES 961	Ambiguous or no reason

Other Representatives from New Jersey:

	Name	Missed
	Donald M. Payne Jr. (D)	9.1%
	Bill Pascrell Jr. (D)	4.8%
	Albio Sires (D)	4.5%
	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R)	2.4%
	Frank Pallone Jr. (D)	2.4%
	Christopher H. Smith (R)	2.1%
	Scott Garrett (R)	1.7%
	Donald Norcross (D)	0.8%
	Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)	0.7%
	Frank A. LoBiondo (R)	0.2%
	Leonard Lance (R)	0.0%
	Thomas MacArthur (R)	0.0%