Rep. Sam Graves

District:: Missouri - District 6
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2001-2015	Representative	Missouri's 6^th District

Track Him

Official Website: http://graves.house.gov

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Sponsorship Analysis

Graves is a moderate Republican leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

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

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Committee Membership

Sam Graves sits on the following committees:

Chairman, House Committee on Small Business
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 2001 to May 2013, Graves missed 384 of 8,747 roll call votes, which is 4.4%. 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
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	68^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	1	0.7%	20^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	23^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	5	2.5%	49^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	45^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	5	5.3%	78^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	4	1.7%	47^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	13	6.7%	86^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	21^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	6	2.7%	54^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	7	4.3%	57^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	4	6.9%	68^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	8	8.9%	88^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	13	4.8%	74^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	3	1.8%	36^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	5	1.8%	48^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	66^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	11	5.2%	82^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	25	6.4%	88^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	31^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	6	2.3%	41^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	17	11.4%	87^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	1	0.3%	8^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	13	6.3%	79^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	11	6.3%	86^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	8	2.6%	55^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	36	13.4%	97^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	8	3.3%	56^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	3	1.5%	30^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	55	25.1%	100^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	17	11.3%	94^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	8	8.1%	74^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	9	4.2%	86^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	4	1.4%	53^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	23	9.3%	93^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	16	7.7%	88^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	24^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	1	0.3%	20^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	7	4.6%	82^nd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	4	7.8%	76^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	1	20.0%	95^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	6	6.7%	82^nd
2013 Apr-May	90	3	3.3%	54^th