William Owens, former U.S. Representative for New York's 21st Congressional District

Dates	Title	State / District
2013-2014	Representative	New York's 21^st District
2009-2012	Representative	New York's 23^rd District

2014 Report Card

Read our 2014 Report Card for Owens »

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Owens sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his 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). Owens is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

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

View All » (including bills from previous years)

Voting Record

From Nov 2009 to Dec 2014, Owens missed 70 of 3,599 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2009 Oct-Dec	125	1	0.8%	17^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	6	3.1%	54^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	2	1.3%	36^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	12	12.1%	86^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	56^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	3	1.1%	44^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	55^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	10	4.8%	78^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	43^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	2	0.7%	34^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	81^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	1	0.5%	24^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	40^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	4	2.9%	62^nd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	2	1.4%	38^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	63^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	46^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	70^th