Rep. Ciro Rodriguez

Former Representative from Texas's 23^rd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2007-2010	Representative	Texas's 23^rd District
1997-2004	Representative	Texas's 28^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Rodriguez was a moderate Democratic follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Rodriguez’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Rodriguez to other members of the House of Representatives in the 111^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

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

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

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Voting Record

From Apr 1997 to Dec 2010, Rodriguez missed 277 of 8,065 roll call votes, which is 3.4%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1997 Apr-Jun	161	1	0.6%	30^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	28^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	13^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	12	13.5%	90^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	43^rd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	43^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	1	0.5%	24^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	7	4.8%	74^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	59^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	27	9.7%	90^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	15	14.9%	81^st
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	38^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	46^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	1	0.7%	22^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	63^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	13	6.4%	80^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%	35^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	4	1.7%	43^rd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	24	12.4%	93^rd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	5	3.3%	53^rd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	41	39.4%	99^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	11	5.0%	70^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	1	0.6%	19^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	3	5.2%	62^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	3	0.8%	25^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	2	0.6%	15^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	1	0.4%	9^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	10	6.7%	71^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	2	0.6%	12^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	4	2.0%	42^nd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	72^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	3	1.0%	24^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	10	3.7%	76^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	17^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	6	3.1%	50^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	46^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	20	13.2%	91^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	13	13.1%	79^th

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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Bill Text

H.R. 4438 (111th): San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Jul 14, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:12 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 4438 (111th): San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Jul 13, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:11 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 4438 (111th): San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Reported by House Committee (May 28, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 7:38 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 4438 (111th): San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2010

This bill’s text is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 7:02 p.m.

Elections and Offices

Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D-TX23, 2007-2010] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 23rd congressional district

Dec 22, 2010