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Rep. Christopher Lee

Former Representative from New York’s 26^th District, Republican

Lee, a Republican, was the representative for New York's 26^th congressional district from 2009 to 2011.

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Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Lee 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). Lee is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Lee sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (38%) Taxation (38%) International Affairs (25%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2009 to Feb 2011, Lee missed 35 of 1,683 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 2011. ProPublica has tracked 1 explanation for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	74^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	2	0.7%	22^nd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	3	1.2%	25^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	7	3.6%	57^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	9	4.1%	66^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2010 Nov-Dec	99	6	6.1%	68^th
2011 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^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
Congresspedia for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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