Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Representative for Florida's 23rd Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Wasserman Schultz has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the House of Representatives.

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

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Wasserman Schultz for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Debbie Wasserman Schultz sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
- Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Wasserman Schultz sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (57%) Social Welfare (14%) International Affairs (14%) Labor and Employment (14%)

Recent Bills

Some of Wasserman Schultz’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2005 to Sep 2016, Wasserman Schultz missed 482 of 8,832 roll call votes, which is 5.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 53 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
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	48^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	12	4.4%	70^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	43^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	11	6.7%	84^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	11	13.6%	94^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	5	1.8%	47^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	3	1.4%	42^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	9	2.3%	61^st
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	51^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	17	6.5%	79^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	6	4.0%	56^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	9	2.8%	51^st
2008 Jul-Sep	205	6	2.9%	55^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	3	20.0%	93^rd
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	73^rd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	3	1.0%	26^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	9	3.4%	72^nd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	19	7.7%	86^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	11	5.6%	75^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	18	8.2%	85^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	10	10.1%	81^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	12	5.7%	91^st
2011 Apr-Jun	281	17	6.0%	89^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	10	4.0%	80^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	23	11.1%	95^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	23^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	27	9.0%	89^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	13	8.6%	90^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	9	10.1%	89^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	9	4.2%	75^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	14	7.0%	89^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	23	16.8%	97^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	5	3.4%	66^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	9	4.1%	73^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	20	13.6%	95^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	54^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	8	5.6%	82^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	58	23.8%	99^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	8	5.8%	83^rd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	13	9.5%	81^st
2016 Apr-Jun	204	19	9.3%	87^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	53^rd

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
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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