Rep. Todd Akin

Former Representative from Missouri's 2^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2001-2013	Representative	Missouri's 2^nd District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Akin was a far-right Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Akin’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Akin to other members of the House of Representatives in the 112^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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2001 to Jan 2013, Akin missed 459 of 8,568 roll call votes, which is 5.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	49^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	2	1.4%	38^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	44^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	4	4.3%	73^rd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	18^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	19^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	31	20.5%	98^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	3	2.9%	41^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	1	0.5%	16^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	2	1.2%	29^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	8	2.9%	62^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	3	1.8%	39^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	4	1.4%	39^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	11	2.8%	68^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	31^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	8	3.0%	51^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	4	2.7%	37^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	5	1.6%	30^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	34^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	22^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	7	2.6%	63^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	17^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	9	4.6%	64^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	41^st
2010 Jul-Sep	151	55	36.4%	99^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	5	2.4%	72^nd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	11	3.9%	79^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	12	4.9%	81^st
2011 Oct-Dec	208	9	4.3%	70^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	32	21.2%	97^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	50	16.7%	95^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	133	87.5%	100^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	28	54.9%	97^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th