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Rep. Steve Southerland

Former Representative from Florida’s 2^nd District, Republican

Southerland, a Republican, was the representative for Florida's 2^nd congressional district from 2011 to 2014.

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Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Southerland sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Southerland is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2014 Statistics

Read our 2014 Report Card for Southerland for more statistics.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Southerland sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (58%) Social Welfare (25%) Environmental Protection (17%)

Recent Bills

Some of Southerland’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2011 to Dec 2014, Southerland missed 19 of 2,810 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. This is better than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2014. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	1	0.4%	17^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	2	0.7%	34^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	33^rd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	40^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	3	2.2%	53^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	22^nd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	33^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	5	3.4%	73^rd
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	70^th

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
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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