Rep. Melvin “Mel” Watt

District:: North Carolina - District 12
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1993-2015	Representative	North Carolina's 12^th District

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Official Website: http://watt.house.gov
@MelWattNC12

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Sponsorship Analysis

Watt is a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Watt to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

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Committee Membership

Melvin “Mel” Watt sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
House Committee on the Judiciary
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1993 to May 2013, Watt missed 254 of 13,614 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is better 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
1993 Jan-Mar	127	2	1.6%	38^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	3	1.6%	31^st
1993 Jul-Sep	164	2	1.2%	43^rd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	8	8.4%	85^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	17^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	1	0.7%	22^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	45^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	1	0.4%	16^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	4	2.1%	52^nd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	7	3.0%	70^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	1	0.5%	17^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	10	6.1%	84^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	1	0.6%	18^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	12^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	16^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	48^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	6	3.0%	61^st
1998 Oct-Dec	74	2	2.7%	57^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	45^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	4	2.0%	61^st
1999 Oct-Nov	146	1	0.7%	21^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	8	2.9%	54^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	3	2.3%	55^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	7	6.9%	48^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	1	0.7%	20^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	5	3.4%	72^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	1	0.7%	22^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	66^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	3	1.5%	34^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	2	3.3%	60^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	6	2.5%	60^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	6	3.1%	70^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	5	2.3%	48^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	7	4.3%	57^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	6	10.3%	82^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	5	5.6%	71^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	4	1.5%	46^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	8	5.5%	81^st
2005 Oct-Dec	163	8	4.9%	71^st
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	2	1.3%	40^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	6	2.8%	63^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	2	0.5%	18^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	6	2.3%	41^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	3	2.0%	32^nd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	6	1.9%	36^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	3	1.7%	43^rd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	7	2.3%	50^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	2	0.7%	23^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	6	2.4%	47^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	4	2.6%	54^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	56^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	8	2.8%	71^st
2011 Jul-Sep	247	11	4.5%	81^st
2011 Oct-Dec	208	2	1.0%	35^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	15	9.9%	91^st
2012 Apr-Jun	299	9	3.0%	67^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	4	7.8%	76^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	57^th
2013 Apr-May	94	2	2.1%	49^th