Rep. David Wu

Former Representative from Oregon's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1999-2011	Representative	Oregon's 1^st District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Wu was a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Wu’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Wu to other members of the House of Representatives in the 112^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 Wu’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1999 to Aug 2011, Wu missed 178 of 8,866 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is better than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 2011. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1999 Jan-Mar	77	4	5.2%	75^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	16^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	27	13.2%	96^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	4	2.7%	53^rd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	1	0.4%	15^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	29^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	3	3.0%	28^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	49^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	23^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	2	1.3%	36^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	5	6.3%	79^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	1	0.5%	14^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	3	2.1%	45^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	19^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	4	2.6%	44^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	3	2.9%	41^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	1	0.4%	15^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	26^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	1	0.6%	18^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	41^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	5	1.8%	48^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	1	0.6%	29^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	1	0.3%	11^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	2	0.6%	16^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	4	1.5%	30^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	9	6.0%	66^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	9	2.8%	50^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	5	2.4%	49^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	74^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	13	4.3%	74^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	6	2.2%	59^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	3	1.2%	25^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	36^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	47^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	25	25.3%	96^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	4	1.9%	65^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	1	0.4%	16^th
2011 Jul-Sep	197	6	3.0%	74^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. 3820 (111th): Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Mar 02, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 7:25 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 3820 (111th): Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Mar 03, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 7:16 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 3820 (111th): Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Reported by House Committee (Oct 15, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:37 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 3820 (111th): Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2010

This bill’s text is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:29 p.m.

Elections and Offices

Rep. David Wu [D-OR1, 1999-2011] leaves office as Representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district

Aug 03, 2011