Rep. Stephen Lynch

District:: Massachusetts - District 8
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2013-2015	Representative	Massachusetts's 8^th District
2001-2013	Representative	Massachusetts's 9^th District

Track Him

Official Website: http://lynch.house.gov
@RepStephenLynch

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

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

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Stephen Lynch sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and the Census
- Member, Subcommittee on National Security

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Oct 2001 to May 2013, Lynch missed 355 of 8,333 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
2001 Oct-Dec	117	2	1.7%	46^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	5	6.3%	80^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	10	4.9%	73^rd
2002 Jul-Sep	141	17	12.1%	92^nd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	45^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	2	2.1%	52^nd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	8	3.3%	67^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	19^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	6	4.0%	61^st
2004 Jan-Mar	104	3	2.9%	43^rd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	13	5.9%	79^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	4	2.5%	43^rd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	5	8.6%	76^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	4	4.4%	63^rd
2005 Apr-Jun	272	10	3.7%	65^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	12	8.2%	89^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	6	3.7%	61^st
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	41^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	26^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	58^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	3	1.4%	43^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	7	1.8%	55^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	7	2.2%	60^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	11	4.2%	66^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	5	3.4%	47^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	6	1.9%	36^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	6	2.9%	55^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	3	1.7%	43^rd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	2	0.7%	18^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	17	6.3%	88^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	5	2.0%	41^st
2010 Jan-Mar	195	5	2.6%	44^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	14	6.4%	79^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	15	9.9%	93^rd
2010 Nov-Dec	99	5	5.1%	61^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	4	1.9%	66^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	3	1.1%	44^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	11	4.5%	81^st
2011 Oct-Dec	208	11	5.3%	80^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	6	4.0%	75^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	1	0.3%	20^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	79^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	7	13.7%	89^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	36	40.4%	100^th
2013 Apr-May	71	42	59.2%	100^th