Peter Deutsch, former Representative for Florida's 20th Congressional District

Deutsch was the representative for Florida’s 20^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1993 to 2004.

Photo of Rep. Peter Deutsch [D-FL20, 1993-2004]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Deutsch is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2004 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Deutsch sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1999 to Dec 7, 2004. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Deutsch sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (23%) Social Welfare (14%) Commerce (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) International Affairs (11%) Housing and Community Development (9%) Health (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Deutsch recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Dec 2004, Deutsch missed 390 of 7,080 roll call votes, which is 5.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2004. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	2	1.6%	41^st
1993 Apr-Jun	190	1	0.5%	14^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	3	1.8%	54^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	29^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	66^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	18^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	1	0.7%	20^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	11	3.9%	83^rd
1995 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	5	2.2%	60^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	8	4.3%	75^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	58^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	7	4.3%	72^nd
1997 Jan-Mar	71	3	4.2%	69^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	18	10.3%	93^rd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	12	7.4%	87^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	5	5.6%	75^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	14	7.6%	87^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	50^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	11	14.9%	96^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	6	7.8%	88^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	43^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	2	1.0%	33^rd
1999 Oct-Nov	146	1	0.7%	19^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	47^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	4	1.4%	34^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	27^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	2	2.0%	17^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	6	4.0%	76^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	31^st
2002 Apr-Jun	203	41	20.2%	98^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	1	0.7%	22^nd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	4	6.6%	72^nd
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	9	3.8%	64^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	8	4.1%	72^nd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	18^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	112	50.7%	99^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	63	39.1%	98^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	5	8.6%	73^rd

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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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