Rep. Barbara Lee

District:: California - District 13
(Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, San Leandro, Oakland Airport, Albany)
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2013-2015	Representative	California's 13^th District
1997-2013	Representative	California's 9^th District

Track Her

Official Website: http://lee.house.gov
@repbarbaralee

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Sponsorship Analysis

Lee is a far-left Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Lee to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Barbara Lee sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
House Committee on the Budget

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Apr 1998 to Jun 2013, Lee missed 297 of 10,482 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1998 Apr-Jun	175	3	1.7%	49^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	56^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	7	3.8%	69^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	1	0.7%	21^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	22^nd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	2	0.7%	26^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	7	5.4%	80^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	2	2.0%	17^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	39^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	23^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	2	1.3%	37^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	4	5.1%	73^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	1	0.5%	14^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	38^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	3	1.4%	35^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	26	16.1%	95^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	6	6.7%	76^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	7	2.6%	59^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	9	6.2%	84^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	7	4.3%	69^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	5	6.2%	81^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	7	2.5%	61^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	66^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	1	0.3%	9^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	3	0.9%	22^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	26	9.9%	90^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	7	2.2%	42^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	24	11.7%	92^nd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	22^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	1	0.3%	8^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	11^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	33^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	2	1.0%	22^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	9	4.1%	67^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	14	9.3%	90^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	9	9.1%	78^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	5	2.4%	73^rd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	10	3.6%	78^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	6	2.4%	68^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	18^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	35	23.2%	99^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	5	1.7%	53^rd
2012 Jul-Sep	152	13	8.6%	90^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	36^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	66^th
2013 Apr-Jun	163	6	3.7%	67^th