William Owens, Representative from New York's 21st District

Dates	Title	Representing
2013-2015	Representative	New York's 21^st District
2009-2013	Representative	New York's 23^rd District

Sponsorship Analysis

Owens is a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Owens 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

William Owens sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Member, Subcommittee on Defense
- Member, Subcommittee on Homeland Security

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Nov 2009 to Jun 2013, Owens missed 52 of 2,658 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is better than the median of 2.2% 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
2009 Oct-Dec	125	1	0.8%	17^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	6	3.1%	54^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	2	1.3%	36^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	12	12.1%	86^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	56^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	3	1.1%	44^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	55^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	10	4.8%	78^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	43^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	2	0.7%	34^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	81^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	174	1	0.6%	28^th