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Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco

Former Representative from Texas’s 23^rd District, Republican

Canseco, a Republican, was the representative for Texas's 23^rd congressional district from 2011 to 2012.

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Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Canseco 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 2013. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Canseco is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Canseco sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (71%) Crime and Law Enforcement (29%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2011 to Jan 2013, Canseco missed 26 of 1,606 roll call votes, which is 1.6%. This is better than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. ProPublica has tracked 16 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
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	33^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	33^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	4	1.9%	47^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	5	3.3%	66^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	12	4.0%	70^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	31^st
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	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
Office of Francisco Canseco for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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