Canseco was the representative for Texas’s 23rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2011 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Francisco “Quico” Canseco [R-TX23, 2011-2012]](/static/legislator-photos/412481-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Canseco is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2013 positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Canseco sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 1, 2013. See full 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...
- H.R. 6368 (112th): Border Security Information Improvement Act of 2012
- H.J.Res. 113 (112th): Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States ...
- H.J.Res. 108 (112th): Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States ...
- H.R. 5028 (112th): To extend the temporary suspension of duty on nylon woolpacks used to ...
- H.Res. 480 (112th): Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members, Delegates, ...
- H.R. 3539 (112th): HOPE VI Program Termination Act of 2011
- H.R. 3100 (112th): San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
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. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- Office of Francisco Canseco for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
