Rep. Kendrick Meek

Former Representative from Florida's 17^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2003-2010	Representative	Florida's 17^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Meek 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 Meek’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 2003 to Dec 2010, Meek missed 341 of 5,966 roll call votes, which is 5.7%. 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
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	35^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	3	1.3%	33^rd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	14	7.3%	85^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	8	5.3%	68^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	18^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	11	5.0%	70^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	23	14.3%	92^nd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	22	37.9%	98^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	10	3.7%	65^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	52^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	12	7.4%	83^rd
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	42^nd
2006 Apr-Jun	276	9	3.3%	66^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	8	5.0%	78^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	1	3.7%	52^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	15	7.0%	89^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	12	3.1%	67^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	30^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	9	3.4%	56^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	16	10.7%	84^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	32	10.0%	88^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	1	0.5%	14^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	3	1.7%	41^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	3	1.0%	24^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	9	3.4%	71^st
2009 Oct-Dec	246	8	3.3%	55^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	5	2.6%	42^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	25	11.4%	88^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	51	33.8%	97^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	21	21.2%	88^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

Signed by the President

H.R. 5655 (111th): To designate the Little River Branch facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 NE 84th Street in Miami, Florida, as the “Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office”.

Last Action: Became Public Law No: 111-363.

Explanation: This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on January 4, 2011.

Jan 04, 2011

Bill Text

H.R. 2811 (111th): To amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal.

This bill’s text for status Reported by House Committee (Jun 10, 2009) is now available.

Dec 22, 2010 6:34 a.m.

Elections and Offices

Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL17, 2003-2010] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 17th congressional district

Dec 22, 2010

Bill Text

H.R. 5655 (111th): To designate the Little River Branch facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 NE 84th Street in Miami, Florida, as the “Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office”.

This bill’s text for status Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill (Jan 01, 2010) is now available.

Dec 18, 2010 6:40 a.m.

At President

H.R. 5655 (111th): To designate the Little River Branch facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 NE 84th Street in Miami, Florida, as the “Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office”.

Last Action: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

Explanation: This bill was passed by Congress on December 16, 2010 but was not enacted before the end of its Congressional session. (It is possible this bill is waiting for the signature of the President.)

Dec 16, 2010