Rep. Ron Kind

District:: Wisconsin - District 3
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
1997-2015	Representative, Wisconsin's 3^rd District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Kind is a centrist Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Kind’s bills have had a total of 137 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Kind to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

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Committee Membership

Ron Kind sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
- Member, Subcommittee on Trade

Bills Sponsored

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Voting Record

From Jan 1997 to Apr 2014, Kind missed 281 of 11,787 roll call votes, which is 2.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% 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
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	29^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	28^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	19^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	40^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	33^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	15^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	4	2.0%	61^st
1999 Oct-Nov	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	45^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	4	1.4%	34^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	5	5.0%	37^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	39^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	4	5.1%	73^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	8	3.9%	65^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	1	0.7%	26^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	8	8.5%	90^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	3	1.3%	37^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	7	3.6%	75^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	12	7.9%	82^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	7	4.3%	57^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	6	10.3%	82^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	48^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	1	0.4%	14^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	16	11.0%	94^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	10	6.1%	82^nd
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	1	0.4%	14^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	58^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	4	1.0%	36^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	2	0.6%	16^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	20	7.6%	84^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	4	2.7%	40^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	19	5.9%	76^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	8	3.9%	64^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	5	2.9%	62^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	6	2.0%	42^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	2	0.7%	23^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	13	5.3%	75^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	10	5.1%	70^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	2	1.3%	36^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	6	6.1%	68^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	25^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	5	1.8%	58^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	15	7.2%	87^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	3	2.0%	56^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	12	4.0%	74^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	53^rd
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	4	4.5%	74^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	4	1.9%	51^st
2013 Jul-Sep	200	11	5.5%	82^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	42^nd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	4	2.7%	58^th
2014 Apr-Apr	29	0	0.0%	0^th