Rep. Robert Wexler

Former Representative from Florida's 19^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1997-2010	Representative	Florida's 19^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1997 to Dec 2009, Wexler missed 712 of 8,699 roll call votes, which is 8.2%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2009. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1997 Jan-Mar	71	5	7.0%	79^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	8	4.6%	76^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	14	6.0%	84^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	10	6.1%	85^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	24^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	9	4.9%	75^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	9	4.5%	76^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	6	8.1%	86^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	5	2.7%	61^st
1999 Jul-Sep	204	1	0.5%	24^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	19	13.0%	95^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	51^st
2000 Apr-Jun	277	15	5.4%	76^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	42^nd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	22	21.8%	87^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	4	5.3%	79^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	6	4.4%	73^rd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	45	29.4%	99^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	9	11.4%	91^st
2002 Apr-Jun	203	15	7.4%	84^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	10	7.1%	81^st
2002 Oct-Nov	61	4	6.6%	76^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	6	6.4%	82^nd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	13	5.4%	82^nd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	6	3.1%	66^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	20	13.2%	92^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	18	17.3%	92^nd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	20	9.0%	88^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	28	17.4%	96^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	5	8.6%	76^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	8	8.9%	86^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	18	6.6%	82^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	67^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	35	21.5%	98^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	60^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	8	2.9%	60^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	34	21.4%	98^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	62^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	13	6.1%	87^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	16	4.1%	76^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	3	0.9%	22^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	39	14.8%	95^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	14	9.4%	80^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	65	20.2%	97^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	26	12.7%	95^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	9	5.2%	80^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	6	2.0%	42^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	15	5.6%	86^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	55	22.4%	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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Bill Text

H.R. 1425 (111th): Wartime Treatment Study Act

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

Dec 23, 2010 6:35 a.m.

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL19, 1997-2010] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 19th congressional district

Jan 04, 2010

Bill Text

H.Con.Res. 36 (111th): A concurrent resolution calling on the President and the allies of the United States to raise in all appropriate bilateral and multilateral fora the case of Robert Levinson at every opportunity, urging Iran to fulfill their promises

This resolution’s text for status Reported by Senate Committee (Nov 18, 2009) is now available.

Nov 20, 2009 7:11 a.m.

Reported by Committee

H.R. 1425 (111th): Wartime Treatment Study Act

Last Action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 7.

Explanation: This bill was introduced on October 21, 2009, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Oct 21, 2009

Bill Text

H.Con.Res. 74 (111th): Supporting the goals and ideals of a decade of action for road safety with a global target to reduce by 50 percent the predicted increase in global road deaths between 2010 and 2020.

This resolution’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Sep 24, 2009) is now available.

Oct 14, 2009 9:28 a.m.