Rep. William “Bill” Delahunt

Former Representative from Massachusetts's 10^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1997-2010	Representative	Massachusetts's 10^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Delahunt was a moderate Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Delahunt’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1997 to Dec 2010, Delahunt missed 799 of 9,363 roll call votes, which is 8.5%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	54^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	3	1.7%	43^rd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	7	3.0%	67^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	13^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	46^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	16^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	40^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	13	16.9%	96^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	4	2.2%	55^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	2	1.0%	36^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	12	8.2%	86^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	51^st
2000 Apr-Jun	277	10	3.6%	64^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	10	7.7%	86^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	44	43.6%	98^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	38^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	46^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	14	9.4%	92^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	22	14.4%	96^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	2	2.5%	54^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	8	3.9%	62^nd
2002 Jul-Sep	141	20	14.2%	94^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	8	13.1%	88^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	6	6.4%	82^nd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	16	6.7%	87^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	8	4.1%	74^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	7	4.6%	63^rd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	11	10.6%	82^nd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	22	10.0%	90^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	31	19.3%	97^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	8	13.8%	88^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	18	20.0%	98^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	28	10.3%	92^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	13	8.9%	87^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	14	8.6%	87^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	2	0.7%	21^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	3	11.1%	79^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	4	1.9%	52^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	17	4.3%	77^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	38	12.0%	95^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	25	9.5%	87^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	15	10.1%	82^nd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	23	7.2%	79^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	19	9.3%	88^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	7	46.7%	97^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	10	5.7%	82^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	24	7.9%	89^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	38	14.2%	97^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	16	6.5%	79^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	25	12.8%	92^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	43	19.6%	95^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	48	31.8%	97^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	66	66.7%	98^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. 2802 (111th): To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former President John Adams and his legacy, and for other purposes.

This bill’s text for status Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill (Jan 01, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:18 p.m.

Bill Text

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Sep 22, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:23 p.m.

Bill Text

This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Sep 23, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:20 p.m.

Bill Text

This bill’s text for status Reported by Senate Committee (Sep 23, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:18 p.m.

Bill Text

This bill’s text for status Reported by House Committee (Sep 21, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:18 p.m.