Rep. Nancy Pelosi
House Minority Leader

Representative from California’s 12^th District

Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
2013-2016	Representative	California's 12^th District
1993-2012	Representative	California's 8^th District
1987-1992	Representative	California's 5^th District

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2014 Report Card

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

Bills Sponsored

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Voting Record

From Jun 1987 to Feb 2015, Pelosi missed 785 of 14,105 roll call votes, which is 5.6%. This is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1987 Apr-Jun	65	1	1.5%	23^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	4	4.2%	63^rd
1987 Oct-Dec	167	8	4.8%	40^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	4	2.5%	57^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	2	1.3%	23^rd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	14	15.7%	90^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	5	4.8%	68^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	5	3.9%	73^rd
1989 Oct-Nov	121	5	4.1%	54^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	2	1.3%	32^nd
1990 Jul-Sep	183	6	3.3%	58^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	14	9.8%	84^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	53^rd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	11	7.9%	84^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	2	2.5%	48^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	15	9.3%	89^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	1	1.5%	34^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	13	7.0%	80^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	14	7.1%	77^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	4	9.8%	82^nd
1993 Jan-Mar	127	5	3.9%	65^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	25	13.2%	88^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	8	4.9%	80^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	5	3.7%	74^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	14	14.7%	93^rd
1994 Apr-Jun	219	12	5.5%	77^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	4	2.8%	47^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	3	5.9%	80^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	14	5.0%	85^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	17	9.0%	93^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	63^rd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	11	5.9%	82^nd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	6	5.5%	72^nd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	10	5.5%	83^rd
1996 Jul-Sep	163	4	2.5%	55^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	5	7.0%	83^rd
1997 Apr-Jun	174	12	6.9%	90^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	15	6.5%	86^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	10	6.1%	85^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	10	11.2%	84^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	6	3.2%	63^rd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	9	4.5%	70^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	8	10.8%	95^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	6	7.8%	85^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	11	6.0%	80^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	11	5.4%	87^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	5	3.4%	59^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	65^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	10	3.6%	63^rd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	76^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	8	7.9%	53^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	67^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	59^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	4	2.7%	64^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	8	5.2%	76^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	2	2.5%	56^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	4	2.0%	41^st
2002 Jul-Sep	141	10	7.1%	79^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	18^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	12	6.2%	84^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	7	4.6%	66^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	7	6.7%	67^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	8	3.6%	60^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	11	6.8%	73^rd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	6	10.3%	82^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	48^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	17	6.3%	79^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	7	4.8%	76^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	9	5.5%	76^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	59^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	8	2.9%	63^rd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	65^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	64^th
2007 Jan-Mar	59	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	20	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	20	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Oct-Dec	20	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jul-Sep	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	3	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	14	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Oct-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	17	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jul-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	14	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	6	2.8%	78^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	18	6.4%	91^st
2011 Jul-Sep	247	34	13.8%	97^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	25	12.0%	96^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	7	4.6%	78^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	12	4.0%	74^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	65^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	84^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	9	10.1%	89^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	10	4.7%	78^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	23	11.5%	95^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	11	8.0%	88^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	71^st
2014 Apr-Jun	219	31	14.2%	93^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	24	16.3%	96^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Feb	99	6	6.1%	83^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
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
GPO Member Guide for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills