Rep. Danny Davis

District:: Illinois - District 7
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1997-2015	Representative	Illinois's 7^th District

Track Him

Official Website: http://www.house.gov/davis

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Sponsorship Analysis

Davis is a far-left Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Davis 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

Danny Davis sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Human Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1997 to May 2013, Davis missed 649 of 11,135 roll call votes, which is 5.8%. 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
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	53^rd
1997 Apr-Jun	174	9	5.2%	82^nd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	39^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	16^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	9	10.1%	86^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	7	3.8%	70^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	19^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	5	6.8%	82^nd
1999 Jan-Mar	77	6	7.8%	88^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	14	7.6%	86^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	4	2.7%	50^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	12	12.6%	85^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	4	1.4%	34^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	30^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	20	19.8%	86^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	2	2.7%	54^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	7	4.7%	83^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	4	2.6%	54^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	18	22.8%	96^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	7	3.4%	61^st
2002 Jul-Sep	141	3	2.1%	46^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	2	2.1%	52^nd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	10	4.2%	74^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	21	10.9%	92^nd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	14	9.3%	87^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	22	21.2%	95^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	2	0.9%	25^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	10	6.2%	71^st
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	48^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	5	1.8%	50^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	69^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	30	37.0%	100^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	5	1.8%	48^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	15	9.4%	94^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	65^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	7	3.3%	71^st
2007 Apr-Jun	393	6	1.5%	48^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	18	5.7%	86^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	17	6.5%	79^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	19	12.8%	88^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	23	7.2%	81^st
2008 Jul-Sep	205	5	2.4%	49^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	11	6.3%	86^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	20	6.6%	85^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	26	9.7%	95^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	17	6.9%	83^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	12	6.2%	78^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	20	9.1%	90^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	6	4.0%	70^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	36	36.4%	98^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	9	4.2%	86^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	6	2.1%	65^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	15	6.1%	86^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	26	12.5%	96^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	30	19.9%	99^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	5	1.7%	53^rd
2012 Jul-Sep	152	18	11.8%	94^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	81^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	6	6.7%	82^nd
2013 Apr-May	77	0	0.0%	0^th