Rep. Rubén Hinojosa

District:: Texas - District 15
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
1997-2015	Representative, Texas's 15^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Hinojosa is a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Hinojosa’s bills have had a total of 85 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

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

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Committee Membership

Rubén Hinojosa sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
- Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit

Bills Sponsored

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Voting Record

From Jan 1997 to Mar 2014, Hinojosa missed 1,142 of 11,724 roll call votes, which is 9.7%. 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	1	0.6%	18^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	50^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	4	2.5%	58^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	7	7.9%	80^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	77^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	9	4.5%	72^nd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	4	5.4%	75^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	33^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	14	7.6%	86^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	1	0.5%	27^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	26	17.8%	98^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	36	37.9%	98^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	22	7.9%	87^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	8	6.2%	85^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	7	6.9%	48^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	5	6.7%	86^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	8	5.9%	82^nd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	11	7.4%	91^st
2001 Oct-Dec	153	2	1.3%	37^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	20	25.3%	99^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	19	9.4%	92^nd
2002 Jul-Sep	141	5	3.5%	60^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	8	13.1%	90^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	4	4.3%	74^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	12	5.0%	82^nd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	4	2.1%	54^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	4	2.6%	46^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	27	26.0%	99^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	15	6.8%	82^nd
2004 Jul-Sep	161	10	6.2%	71^st
2004 Oct-Dec	58	21	36.2%	99^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	16	17.8%	98^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	25	9.2%	92^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	61	41.8%	100^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	1	0.6%	17^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	11	13.6%	94^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	8	2.9%	64^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	20	12.6%	96^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	65^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	11	5.2%	82^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	27	6.9%	88^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	56	17.7%	98^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	41	15.6%	97^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	33	22.1%	96^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	31	9.7%	88^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	22	10.7%	91^st
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	15	8.6%	91^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	33	10.9%	96^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	14	5.2%	85^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	22	8.9%	89^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	30	15.4%	96^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	35	16.0%	96^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	29	19.2%	98^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	18	18.2%	92^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	80	37.7%	100^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	11	3.9%	80^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	35^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	11	5.3%	80^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	18	11.9%	94^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	16	5.4%	78^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	8	5.3%	84^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	68^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	16	18.0%	95^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	19	8.8%	90^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	12	6.0%	85^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	14	10.2%	91^st
2014 Jan-Mar	114	42	36.8%	98^th