Bart Stupak, former Representative for Michigan's 1st Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Stupak sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Stupak is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Stupak sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (25%) Law (13%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) Commerce (11%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (10%) Health (10%) Transportation and Public Works (8%)

Recent Bills

Some of Stupak’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1993 to Dec 2010, Stupak missed 577 of 11,825 roll call votes, which is 4.9%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. ProPublica has tracked 139 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	9	4.7%	69^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	41^st
1994 Jul-Sep	142	1	0.7%	23^rd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	5	1.8%	60^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	2	1.1%	31^st
1995 Jul-Sep	232	5	2.2%	58^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	5	2.7%	59^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	1	0.5%	17^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	1	0.6%	21^st
1997 Jan-Mar	71	4	5.6%	70^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	6	3.4%	66^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	14^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	9	10.1%	86^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	35^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	16^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	6	8.1%	86^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	20	26.0%	98^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	18^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	11	7.5%	84^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	66^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	49	17.7%	97^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	30^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	31	30.7%	94^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	23	30.7%	98^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	1	0.7%	20^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	4	2.7%	63^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	32^nd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	8	3.9%	62^nd
2002 Jul-Sep	141	2	1.4%	38^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	2	3.3%	56^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	11	11.7%	93^rd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	21	8.8%	92^nd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	19^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	34	22.5%	98^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	2	1.9%	29^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	6	2.7%	52^nd
2004 Jul-Sep	161	2	1.2%	28^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	4	6.9%	68^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	40	44.4%	100^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	1	0.4%	14^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	41^st
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	47^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	3	3.7%	71^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	30	10.9%	96^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	9	5.7%	81^st
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	40	10.2%	93^rd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	49^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	1	0.4%	9^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	3	2.0%	29^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	1	0.3%	7^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	4	2.0%	42^nd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	2	1.1%	33^rd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	33	10.9%	95^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	5	1.9%	51^st
2009 Oct-Dec	246	37	15.0%	94^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	10	5.1%	68^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	22	10.0%	87^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	9	6.0%	79^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	13	13.1%	79^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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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