Rep. Patrick Kennedy

Former Representative from Rhode Island's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1995-2010	Representative	Rhode Island's 1^st District

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1995 to Dec 2010, Kennedy missed 770 of 10,703 roll call votes, which is 7.2%. 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
1995 Jan-Mar	279	18	6.5%	93^rd
1995 Apr-Jun	189	3	1.6%	41^st
1995 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	78^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	2	1.1%	29^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	2	1.8%	49^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	5	2.7%	55^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	3	1.8%	44^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	38^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	2	1.1%	31^st
1997 Jul-Sep	232	14	6.0%	84^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	3	1.8%	47^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	46^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	34^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	3	4.1%	67^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	69^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	4	2.2%	55^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	29	14.2%	97^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	8	5.5%	77^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	59^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	14	5.1%	73^rd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	42^nd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	24	23.8%	90^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	67^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	10	7.4%	89^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	24^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	4	2.6%	55^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	32^nd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	5	2.5%	48^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	15	10.6%	90^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	43^rd
2003 Jan-Mar	94	8	8.5%	89^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	6	2.5%	55^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	7	3.6%	72^nd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	5	4.8%	56^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	4	1.8%	42^nd
2004 Jul-Sep	161	15	9.3%	84^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	3	5.2%	62^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	51^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	19	7.0%	84^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	25^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	47^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	42^nd
2006 Apr-Jun	276	102	37.0%	100^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	11	6.9%	87^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	4	1.9%	52^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	20	5.1%	82^nd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	20	6.3%	86^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	2	0.8%	15^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	6	4.0%	49^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	33	10.3%	89^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	14	6.8%	81^st
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	50^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	179	59.1%	100^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	16	6.0%	87^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	32^nd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	16	8.2%	82^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	21	9.6%	86^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	16	10.6%	89^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	27	27.3%	93^rd

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

Elections and Offices

Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI1, 1995-2010] leaves office as Representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district

Dec 22, 2010

Vote

H.R. 3808 (111th): Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010 (On Overriding the Veto)

Failed 185/235

Rep. Kennedy [D-RI1, 1995-2010]: Nay

Nov 17, 2010 5:24 p.m.

Bill Text

H.Res. 716 (111th): Recognizing Gail Abarbanel and the Rape Treatment Center, and for other purposes.

This resolution’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Nov 16, 2010) is now available.

Nov 17, 2010 6:45 a.m.

Agreed To (Simple Resolution)

H.Res. 716 (111th): Recognizing Gail Abarbanel and the Rape Treatment Center, and for other purposes.

Last Action: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 0 (Roll no. 569). (text: CR 11/15/2010 H7405)

Explanation: This simple resolution was agreed to on November 16, 2010. That is the end of the legislative process for a simple resolution.

Nov 16, 2010

Bill Text

H.R. 5466 (111th): SAMHSA Modernization Act of 2010

This bill’s text is now available.

Jun 08, 2010 6:23 a.m.