Rep. Nydia Velázquez

District:: New York - District 7
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2013-2015	Representative	New York's 7^th District
1993-2013	Representative	New York's 12^th District

Track Her

Official Website: http://www.house.gov/velazquez
@NydiaVelazquez

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

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

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Committee Membership

Nydia Velázquez sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, House Committee on Small Business
House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1993 to May 2013, Velázquez missed 592 of 13,610 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. 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
1993 Jan-Mar	127	2	1.6%	38^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	13	6.8%	70^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	7	4.3%	77^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	7	5.2%	82^nd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	40^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	56^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	13	9.2%	83^rd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	9	3.2%	76^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	4	2.1%	52^nd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	10	4.3%	84^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	24	13.0%	96^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	5	4.5%	71^st
1996 Apr-Jun	182	2	1.1%	29^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	4	2.5%	54^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	5	7.0%	82^nd
1997 Apr-Jun	174	11	6.3%	88^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	74^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	16^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	35^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	30	15.1%	96^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	40^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	33^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	4	2.2%	54^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	3	1.5%	48^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	3	2.1%	41^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	37^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	26	9.4%	88^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	76^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	5	5.0%	37^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	59^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	13	8.7%	92^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	8	5.2%	79^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	2	2.5%	57^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	6	3.0%	55^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	21	14.9%	95^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	2	3.3%	60^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	3	3.2%	65^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	12	5.0%	82^nd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	15	7.8%	87^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	5	3.3%	55^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	21^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	12	5.4%	76^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	7	4.3%	57^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	44^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	37^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	12	4.4%	71^st
2005 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	69^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	11	6.7%	84^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	2	0.7%	22^nd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	2	1.3%	40^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	65^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	1	0.3%	9^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	2	0.6%	16^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	3	1.1%	23^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	9^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	13	4.0%	65^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	13	6.3%	79^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	5	2.9%	62^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	26	8.6%	92^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	15	5.6%	86^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	15	6.1%	80^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	5	2.6%	44^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	9	4.1%	67^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	13	8.6%	89^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	8	8.1%	74^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	25^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	33^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	3	1.2%	45^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	9	4.3%	73^rd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	6	4.0%	75^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	57	19.1%	97^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	5	3.3%	74^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	81^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	4	4.5%	74^th
2013 Apr-May	90	5	5.6%	72^nd