Rep. Charles Rangel

District:: New York - District 13
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2013-2015	Representative	New York's 13^th District
1993-2013	Representative	New York's 15^th District
1983-1992	Representative	New York's 16^th District
1973-1982	Representative	New York's 19^th District
1971-1972	Representative	New York's 18^th District

Track Him

Official Website: http://rangel.house.gov
@cbrangel

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

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

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Committee Membership

Charles Rangel sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Ways and Means
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Trade

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Rangel’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1971 to May 2013, Rangel missed 2,436 of 24,593 roll call votes, which is 9.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% 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
1971 Jan-Mar	21	6	28.6%	75^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	42	47.7%	75^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	2	2.8%	25^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	15	11.3%	25^th
1972 Jan-Mar	63	14	22.2%	50^th
1972 Apr-Jun	111	27	24.3%	50^th
1972 Jul-Sep	99	3	3.0%	0^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	2	4.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	35	2	5.7%	33^rd
1973 Apr-Jun	188	12	6.4%	33^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	33^rd
1973 Oct-Dec	178	10	5.6%	17^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	8	10.4%	33^rd
1974 Apr-Jun	168	14	8.3%	17^th
1974 Jul-Sep	145	15	10.3%	33^rd
1974 Oct-Dec	138	6	4.3%	17^th
1975 Jan-Mar	67	6	9.0%	75^th
1975 Apr-Jun	192	39	20.3%	75^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	8	5.5%	25^th
1975 Oct-Dec	189	20	10.6%	67^th
1976 Jan-Mar	105	3	2.9%	17^th
1976 Apr-Jun	264	17	6.4%	33^rd
1976 Jul-Sep	273	52	19.0%	75^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	98	2	2.0%	13^th
1977 Apr-Jun	263	24	9.1%	47^th
1977 Jul-Sep	190	18	9.5%	73^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	131	1	0.8%	7^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	10	6.7%	40^th
1978 Apr-Jun	283	32	11.3%	40^th
1978 Jul-Sep	295	42	14.2%	47^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	4	5.3%	27^th
1979 Jan-Mar	61	3	4.9%	53^rd
1979 Apr-Jun	213	32	15.0%	65^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	14	7.1%	53^rd
1979 Oct-Dec	186	8	4.3%	18^th
1980 Jan-Mar	142	9	6.3%	35^th
1980 Apr-Jun	195	23	11.8%	59^th
1980 Jul-Sep	184	29	15.8%	71^st
1980 Oct-Dec	64	8	12.5%	53^rd
1981 Jan-Mar	12	6	50.0%	96^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	6	6.7%	42^nd
1981 Jul-Sep	104	10	9.6%	79^th
1981 Oct-Dec	139	13	9.4%	83^rd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	3	6.3%	42^nd
1982 Apr-Jun	118	6	5.1%	63^rd
1982 Jul-Sep	192	17	8.9%	79^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	10	10.1%	63^rd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	47^th
1983 Apr-Jun	179	16	8.9%	66^th
1983 Jul-Sep	129	7	5.4%	63^rd
1983 Oct-Nov	142	17	12.0%	84^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	4	7.5%	63^rd
1984 Apr-Jun	220	28	12.7%	78^th
1984 Jul-Sep	91	3	3.3%	63^rd
1984 Oct-Oct	36	6	16.7%	78^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	76^th
1985 Apr-Jun	152	15	9.9%	79^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	12	11.9%	82^nd
1985 Oct-Dec	148	11	7.4%	79^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	3	4.9%	47^th
1986 Apr-Jun	124	17	13.7%	94^th
1986 Jul-Sep	200	13	6.5%	65^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	1	1.7%	44^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	176	29	16.5%	95^th
1987 Jul-Sep	94	8	8.5%	88^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	17	10.2%	80^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	6	12.2%	93^rd
1988 Apr-Jun	160	21	13.1%	98^th
1988 Jul-Sep	151	24	15.9%	93^rd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	4	4.5%	58^th
1989 Jan-Mar	13	1	7.7%	83^rd
1989 Apr-Jun	102	15	14.7%	98^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	10	7.8%	89^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	11	9.1%	85^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	5	8.3%	85^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	33	22.0%	94^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	10	5.5%	73^rd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	10	7.0%	77^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	57^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	8	5.8%	68^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	6	7.4%	79^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	11	6.8%	86^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	2	3.0%	48^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	18	9.7%	88^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	15	7.7%	86^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	7	5.5%	76^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	21	11.1%	84^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	10	6.1%	86^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	10	7.5%	93^rd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	10	10.5%	90^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	39	17.8%	99^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	30	21.1%	97^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	13	25.5%	98^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	49	17.6%	97^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	11	5.8%	84^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	12	5.2%	88^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	12	6.5%	87^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	7	6.4%	80^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	12	6.6%	86^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	13	8.0%	92^nd
1997 Jan-Mar	71	6	8.5%	86^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	7	4.0%	74^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	23	9.9%	98^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	17	10.4%	94^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	32	36.0%	99^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	22	11.9%	95^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	14	7.0%	86^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	10	13.5%	98^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	9	11.7%	94^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	26	14.1%	97^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	20	9.8%	94^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	3	2.1%	41^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	8	8.4%	80^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	66	23.8%	99^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	71^st
2000 Oct-Dec	101	8	7.9%	56^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	68^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	8	5.9%	82^nd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	9	6.0%	88^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	6	3.9%	70^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	2	2.5%	57^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	16	7.9%	87^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	6	4.3%	67^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	11	18.0%	95^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	8	3.3%	67^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	45	23.3%	99^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	22	14.6%	95^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	2	1.9%	32^nd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	27	12.2%	95^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	16	9.9%	84^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	4	6.9%	68^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	10	11.1%	93^rd
2005 Apr-Jun	272	21	7.7%	86^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	25^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	11	6.7%	84^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	6	7.4%	85^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	5	1.8%	48^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	10	6.3%	85^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	8	3.8%	76^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	32	8.1%	90^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	23	7.3%	90^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	9	3.4%	58^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	70	47.0%	99^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	33	10.3%	90^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	11	5.4%	72^nd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	11	6.3%	86^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	26	8.6%	92^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	17	6.3%	88^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	11	4.5%	71^st
2010 Jan-Mar	195	9	4.6%	65^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	12	5.5%	77^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	6	4.0%	70^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	4	4.0%	54^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	10	4.7%	88^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	75	26.7%	99^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	8	3.2%	76^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	6	2.9%	62^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	103	68.2%	100^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	74	24.7%	99^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	66^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-May	74	7	9.5%	83^rd

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills