Rep. Robert Matsui

Former Representative from California's 5^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1993-2004	Representative	California's 5^th District
1979-1992	Representative	California's 3^rd District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Matsui was a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Matsui’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Matsui to other members of the House of Representatives in the 108^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 Matsui’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1979 to Dec 2004, Matsui missed 570 of 13,729 roll call votes, which is 4.2%. This is worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2004. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1979 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	42^nd
1979 Apr-Jun	219	13	5.9%	49^th
1979 Jul-Sep	197	4	2.0%	33^rd
1979 Oct-Dec	190	0	0.0%	0^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	17	11.5%	65^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	1	0.5%	5^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	8	4.2%	34^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	20^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	3	3.4%	28^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	2	1.9%	25^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	12	8.5%	71^st
1982 Feb-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	1	0.8%	10^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	2	1.0%	10^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	3	3.0%	25^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	2	4.7%	27^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	1	0.5%	5^th
1983 Jul-Sep	129	2	1.6%	34^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	4	2.8%	29^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	1	1.9%	21^st
1984 Apr-Jun	223	11	4.9%	39^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	6	6.3%	61^st
1984 Oct-Oct	36	2	5.6%	46^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	4	11.1%	67^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	7	4.5%	51^st
1985 Jul-Sep	101	6	5.9%	57^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	1	0.7%	13^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	6	9.8%	66^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	5	3.9%	54^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	1	0.5%	12^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	2	3.3%	52^nd
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	41^st
1987 Apr-Jun	187	2	1.1%	12^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	166	16	9.6%	74^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	40^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	14	8.7%	84^th
1988 Jul-Sep	151	9	6.0%	71^st
1988 Oct-Oct	89	4	4.5%	59^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	2	1.9%	34^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	7	5.5%	85^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	4	2.7%	49^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	9	4.9%	72^nd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	13	9.1%	83^rd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	11	17.7%	97^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	14	10.1%	93^rd
1991 Jul-Sep	81	20	24.7%	98^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	20	12.3%	95^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	9	4.9%	69^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	12	6.1%	76^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	6	14.6%	88^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	28^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	10	5.3%	73^rd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	5	3.0%	68^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	9	6.7%	89^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	57^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	17	7.8%	90^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	4	2.8%	52^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	73^rd
1995 Jan-Mar	279	12	4.3%	85^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	4	2.1%	53^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	53^rd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	2	1.8%	51^st
1996 Apr-Jun	182	4	2.2%	47^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	15	9.2%	94^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	36^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	6	3.4%	69^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	63^rd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	6	3.7%	64^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	3	1.6%	44^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	38^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	2	1.1%	30^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	11	7.5%	84^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	64^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	6	2.2%	45^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	73^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	2	2.7%	50^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	59^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	21^st
2001 Oct-Dec	153	3	2.0%	45^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	12	5.9%	76^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	4	2.8%	51^st
2002 Oct-Nov	61	2	3.3%	53^rd
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	34^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	10	4.2%	68^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	11	5.7%	77^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	13	8.6%	82^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	6	5.8%	59^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	8	3.6%	55^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	16	9.9%	81^st
2004 Oct-Dec	58	27	46.6%	97^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
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

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Matsui [D-CA5, 1993-2004] leaves office as Representative for California's 5th congressional district

Dec 09, 2004

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Matsui [D-CA5, 1993-2004] takes office as Representative for California's 5th congressional district

Jan 05, 1993

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Matsui [D-CA5, 1993-2004] leaves office as Representative for California's 3rd congressional district

Oct 09, 1992

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Matsui [D-CA5, 1993-2004] takes office as Representative for California's 3rd congressional district

Jan 15, 1979