Rep. Carrie Meek

Former Representative for Florida’s 17^th District

Meek was the representative for Florida’s 17^th congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 1993 to 2002.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Carrie Meek [D-FL17, 1993-2002]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Meek is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2002 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Meek sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 1997 to Nov 19, 2002. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Meek was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

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Does 2 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Meek sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (26%) Immigration (14%) Law (12%) Economics and Public Finance (12%) Social Welfare (10%) Families (10%) Labor and Employment (10%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Meek recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Nov 2002, Meek missed 428 of 5,859 roll call votes, which is 7.3%. This is much worse than the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 2002. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	8	6.3%	85^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	26	13.7%	95^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	2	1.2%	39^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	4	3.0%	68^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	18	18.9%	98^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	47^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	2	1.4%	33^rd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	71^st
1995 Jan-Mar	279	51	18.3%	99^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	8	4.2%	77^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	7	3.0%	68^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	8	4.3%	75^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	5	4.5%	76^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	4	2.2%	50^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	5	3.1%	63^rd
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	37^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	2	1.1%	35^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	25	10.8%	98^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	11	6.7%	85^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	49^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	18	9.7%	92^nd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	8	4.0%	73^rd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	2	2.7%	57^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	4	5.2%	78^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	2	1.1%	30^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	9	4.4%	80^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	10	6.8%	81^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	40^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	32	11.6%	94^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	63^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	27	26.7%	92^nd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	8	10.7%	91^st
2001 Apr-Jun	135	12	8.9%	91^st
2001 Jul-Sep	149	3	2.0%	51^st
2001 Oct-Dec	153	38	24.8%	99^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	5	6.3%	76^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	19	9.4%	85^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	17	12.1%	89^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	13	21.3%	94^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills