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Barack ObamaU.S. President Missed VotesBarack Obama
missed 314 of
1300 roll call votes
(24%)
since
Jan 6, 2005.
The graph below shows the percent of roll call votes Barack Obama
was absent for during the member’s time in Congress.  The absentee rate is in red. The two black dotted lines provide a context for understanding the significance of the absentee rate. The lower
dotted line shows the median value for all Members of Congress in that
time period. The upper dotted line shows the 90th percentile.
A Member who approaches the upper dotted line is in the worst 10 percent of Congress. Show The Numbers By the numbers: | Time Period | Number of Votes | Missed Votes | Missed Percent |
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| 2005-Q1 | 81 | 0 | 0% | | 2005-Q2 | 89 | 6 | 6.7% | | 2005-Q3 | 76 | 1 | 1.3% | | 2005-Q4 | 120 | 1 | 0.8% | | 2006-Q1 | 83 | 0 | 0% | | 2006-Q2 | 107 | 2 | 1.9% | | 2006-Q3 | 73 | 1 | 1.4% | | 2006-Q4 | 16 | 0 | 0% | | 2007-Q1 | 126 | 3 | 2.4% | | 2007-Q2 | 112 | 20 | 17.9% | | 2007-Q3 | 119 | 67 | 56.3% | | 2007-Q4 | 85 | 76 | 89.4% | | 2008-Q1 | 85 | 31 | 36.5% | | 2008-Q2 | 77 | 65 | 84.4% | | 2008-Q3 | 47 | 41 | 87.2% | | 2008-Q4 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
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Recent VotesBelow are Barack Obama’s most recent votes. Go to the votes page for a complete list and vote feed/tracker. | Date | Vote | Vote Description |
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| Oct 1, 2008 9:22 PM | Yea | Bill Passed 74-25, 1 not voting (3/5 required) | | Oct 1, 2008 9:07 PM | Yea | Amendment Agreed to 74-25, 1 not voting (3/5 required) | | Oct 1, 2008 8:32 PM | Yea | Bill Passed 86-13, 1 not voting (3/5 required) | | Oct 1, 2008 8:04 PM | Yea | Motion Agreed to 74-24, 2 not voting | | Sep 29, 2008 12:38 PM | Not Voting | Cloture Motion Agreed to 69-17, 14 not voting (3/5 required) |
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