Rep. George Miller

District:: California - District 11
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2013-2015	Representative	California's 11^th District
1975-2013	Representative	California's 7^th District

Track Him

Official Website: http://www.house.gov/georgemiller
@askgeorge

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Miller 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

George Miller sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1975 to May 2013, Miller missed 1,721 of 22,999 roll call votes, which is 7.5%. 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
1975 Jan-Mar	68	1	1.5%	8^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	1	0.5%	8^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	8^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	1	0.5%	8^th
1976 Jan-Mar	105	12	11.4%	58^th
1976 Apr-Jun	264	20	7.6%	50^th
1976 Jul-Sep	280	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	9	9.0%	60^th
1977 Apr-Jun	270	21	7.8%	40^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	2	1.0%	13^th
1977 Oct-Dec	130	13	10.0%	60^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	10	6.7%	40^th
1978 Apr-Jun	294	24	8.2%	33^rd
1978 Jul-Sep	281	148	52.7%	93^rd
1978 Oct-Oct	75	35	46.7%	80^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	6	9.5%	59^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	20	9.1%	59^th
1979 Jul-Sep	197	39	19.8%	76^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	15	7.9%	41^st
1980 Jan-Mar	148	29	19.6%	71^st
1980 Apr-Jun	196	19	9.7%	47^th
1980 Jul-Sep	190	11	5.8%	41^st
1980 Oct-Dec	67	6	9.0%	41^st
1981 Jan-Mar	15	2	13.3%	74^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	7	7.9%	50^th
1981 Jul-Sep	103	7	6.8%	58^th
1981 Oct-Dec	141	8	5.7%	50^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	9	18.8%	92^nd
1982 Apr-Jun	119	2	1.7%	33^rd
1982 Jul-Sep	193	11	5.7%	58^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	15	15.2%	83^rd
1983 Jan-Mar	42	6	14.3%	84^th
1983 Apr-Jun	181	22	12.2%	78^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	11	8.5%	84^th
1983 Oct-Nov	142	13	9.2%	75^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	5	9.4%	72^nd
1984 Apr-Jun	220	25	11.4%	69^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	4	4.2%	66^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	34^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	35^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	16	10.4%	82^nd
1985 Jul-Sep	99	13	13.1%	85^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	12	8.1%	88^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	12	19.7%	97^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	18	14.1%	97^th
1986 Jul-Sep	200	23	11.5%	85^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	4	6.7%	65^th
1987 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	67^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	29	15.5%	93^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	2	2.1%	55^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	9	5.4%	50^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	4	8.2%	80^th
1988 Apr-Jun	159	13	8.2%	83^rd
1988 Jul-Sep	151	11	7.3%	88^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	6	6.7%	65^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	104	5	4.8%	74^th
1989 Jul-Sep	127	3	2.4%	57^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	9	7.4%	79^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	35^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	11	7.3%	75^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	11	6.0%	77^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	5	3.5%	60^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	30^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	9	6.5%	77^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	7	8.6%	86^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	3	1.9%	40^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	14	21.2%	97^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	13	7.0%	79^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	8	4.1%	66^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	1	2.4%	47^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	9	7.1%	85^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	12	6.3%	69^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	21	12.8%	97^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	5	3.7%	72^nd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	12	12.6%	93^rd
1994 Apr-Jun	219	13	5.9%	80^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	9	6.3%	75^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	45^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	17	6.1%	90^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	14	7.4%	89^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	77^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	5	2.7%	62^nd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	4	3.6%	62^nd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	59^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	17	10.4%	96^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	26	14.9%	98^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	13	5.6%	85^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	14	8.6%	90^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	7	7.9%	80^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	19	10.3%	91^st
1998 Jul-Sep	199	7	3.5%	66^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	12	16.2%	98^th
1999 Jan-Mar	73	7	9.6%	93^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	6	3.3%	63^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	19	9.3%	94^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	15	15.8%	90^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	13	4.7%	73^rd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	71^st
2000 Oct-Dec	101	11	10.9%	72^nd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	4	5.3%	81^st
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	59^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	5	3.4%	72^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	8	5.2%	79^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	4	5.1%	73^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	15	7.4%	84^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	36	25.5%	99^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	8	13.1%	90^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	11	11.7%	95^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	13	5.4%	85^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	7	3.6%	75^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	14	9.3%	87^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	12	11.5%	84^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	18	8.1%	87^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	7	4.3%	57^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	4	6.9%	68^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	4	4.4%	63^rd
2005 Apr-Jun	272	4	1.5%	46^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	8	5.5%	81^st
2005 Oct-Dec	163	2	1.2%	29^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	3	3.7%	70^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	12	4.3%	79^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	3	1.9%	49^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	65^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	24	11.3%	96^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	48	12.2%	95^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	21	6.6%	88^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	6	2.3%	41^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	11	7.4%	77^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	22	6.9%	80^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	16	7.8%	85^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	3	1.7%	43^rd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	11	3.6%	70^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	12	4.5%	81^st
2009 Oct-Dec	246	13	5.3%	75^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	11	5.6%	74^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	45^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	5	3.3%	64^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	42^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	25^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	10	3.6%	78^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	14	5.7%	85^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	11	5.3%	80^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	8	5.3%	82^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	9	3.0%	67^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	15	9.9%	91^st
2012 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	81^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	1	20.0%	95^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	20	22.5%	98^th
2013 Apr-May	94	12	12.8%	91^st

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