Rep. A. Dutch Ruppersberger

District:: Maryland - District 2
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2003-2015	Representative, Maryland's 2^nd District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Ruppersberger is a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Ruppersberger’s bills have had a total of 12 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

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Committee Membership

A. Dutch Ruppersberger sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Bills Sponsored

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Voting Record

From Jan 2003 to Apr 2014, Ruppersberger missed 385 of 8,390 roll call votes, which is 4.6%. 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
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	4	2.1%	54^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	11	7.3%	77^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	21^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	9	4.1%	66^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	1	0.6%	19^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	6	10.3%	82^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	5	5.6%	71^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	2	0.7%	26^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	53^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	15	18.5%	97^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	7	2.5%	61^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	3	1.9%	49^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	6	2.8%	63^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	7	1.8%	55^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	51^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	16	6.1%	77^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	45	30.2%	99^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	15	4.7%	68^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	34^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	44	14.5%	97^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	5	1.9%	53^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	1	0.4%	10^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	3	1.5%	30^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	31	14.2%	94^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	46^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	1	1.0%	18^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	56^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	6	2.1%	65^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	3	1.2%	45^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	22	10.6%	95^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	12	7.9%	88^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	7	2.3%	61^st
2012 Jul-Sep	152	17	11.2%	93^rd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	4	7.8%	76^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	66^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	4	1.9%	51^st
2013 Jul-Sep	200	11	5.5%	82^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	5	3.6%	68^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	31	20.9%	97^th
2014 Apr-Apr	29	0	0.0%	0^th