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Rep. Adam Smith

Democrat · Washington's 9th District · in the House since 1997

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Rep. Adam Smith has missed 35 of 323 roll-call votes this Congress, 11% of them, 7 times as many as the typical House member (1.5%).

Missed this Congress
11%
35 of 323 · #26 of 430
Typical House member
1.5%
the chamber's median
Career
4.3%
66 of 1,532 since 2017
Longest absence
5 days
Aug 31 – Sep 14, 2026 · 14 votes

What they show up for, and what they skip

Adam Smith almost always votes on amendments (missed 0%) and other votes (0%), but misses far more votes on government operations (29%) and suspension votes (24%).

By kind of vote

Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 11%

Suspension votes (75) 24%
Final passage (84) 11%
Spending bills (12) 8.3%
Procedural votes (106) 6.6%
Amendments (41) 0%
Other votes (5) 0%

By topic

From the Library of Congress subject of each bill · topics with 10+ votes

Government operations (14) 29%
Crime and policing (10) 20%
Environment (14) 14%
Foreign affairs (15) 13%
Energy (19) 11%
Public lands (10) 10%
Congress itself (76) 7.9%
Economy and public finance (32) 3.1%

Days of the week: missed 40% of Monday votes and 0% of Friday votes.

Votes cast and missed, month by month

Each bar is one month of roll calls in the 119th Congress. Shaded months have a reason on record.

Jan 2026: 48 voted, 0 missed; Feb 2026: 28 voted, 2 missed; Mar 2026: 27 voted, 3 missed; Apr 2026: 43 voted, 4 missed; May 2026: 35 voted, 1 missed; Jun 2026: 42 voted, 0 missed; Jul 2026: 49 voted, 1 missed; Aug 2026: 0 voted, 2 missed; Sep 2026: 7 voted, 22 missed; Oct 2026: 0 voted, 0 missed; Nov 2026: 9 voted, 0 missed J2026 F M A M J J A S O N
  • Voted (yes, no or present)
  • Missed
  • Reason on record

Year by year

Share of votes missed. The gray tick is the typical House member.

2017 1.6%
2018 4.0%
2026 11%

Missed days in 2026

Each square is a day the House held votes. Darker means more votes missed that day.

  • Jan 6: voted every time
  • Jan 7: voted every time
  • Jan 8: voted every time
  • Jan 9: voted every time
  • Jan 12: voted every time
  • Jan 13: voted every time
  • Jan 14: voted every time
  • Jan 15: voted every time
  • Jan 20: voted every time
  • Jan 21: voted every time
  • Jan 22: voted every time
  • Feb 2: voted every time
  • Feb 3: voted every time
  • Feb 4: voted every time
  • Feb 9: missed 2 of 2
  • Feb 10: voted every time
  • Feb 11: voted every time
  • Feb 12: voted every time
  • Feb 24: voted every time
  • Feb 25: voted every time
  • Mar 4: missed 3 of 5
  • Mar 5: voted every time
  • Mar 17: voted every time
  • Mar 18: voted every time
  • Mar 19: voted every time
  • Mar 24: voted every time
  • Mar 25: voted every time
  • Mar 26: voted every time
  • Mar 27: voted every time
  • Apr 14: voted every time
  • Apr 15: voted every time
  • Apr 16: voted every time
  • Apr 17: voted every time
  • Apr 20: missed 1 of 2
  • Apr 21: voted every time
  • Apr 22: voted every time
  • Apr 23: voted every time
  • Apr 27: missed 2 of 2
  • Apr 29: voted every time
  • Apr 30: missed 1 of 12
  • May 12: voted every time
  • May 13: voted every time
  • May 14: missed 1 of 6
  • May 15: voted every time
  • May 20: voted every time
  • May 21: voted every time
  • Jun 3: voted every time
  • Jun 4: voted every time
  • Jun 8: voted every time
  • Jun 9: voted every time
  • Jun 10: voted every time
  • Jun 11: voted every time
  • Jun 23: voted every time
  • Jun 24: voted every time
  • Jun 25: voted every time
  • Jun 29: voted every time
  • Jun 30: voted every time
  • Jul 13: voted every time
  • Jul 14: voted every time
  • Jul 15: voted every time
  • Jul 16: voted every time
  • Jul 20: missed 1 of 2
  • Jul 21: voted every time
  • Jul 22: voted every time
  • Jul 23: voted every time
  • Aug 31: missed 2 of 2
  • Sep 1: missed 7 of 7
  • Sep 2: missed 2 of 2
  • Sep 3: missed 1 of 1
  • Sep 14: missed 2 of 2
  • Sep 15: missed 3 of 10
  • Sep 16: missed 7 of 7
  • Nov 9: voted every time
  • Nov 10: voted every time
  • Nov 11: voted every time
  • Nov 12: voted every time

Voted every time Missed every vote

Reasons on record

What the member or their office said, with the source. Absences with no reason given are listed as such.

  1. No reason given 35 votes on 14 days

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Key votes missed

Passage votes, nominations and other votes that decided something.
DateVoteResultMargin
Sep 16, 2026 Retire through Ownership Act
S. 2403 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 314
Passed 401–14
Sep 16, 2026 Water Resources Development Act
H.R. 9497 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 313
Passed 415–9
Sep 16, 2026 Ratepayer Protection Act
H.R. 9340 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 312
Passed 417–3
Sep 16, 2026 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by …
H.J.Res. 213 · On Passage · roll call 311
Passed 214–208
Sep 16, 2026 PROOF Act
H.R. 10326 · On Passage · roll call 310
Passed 217–207
Sep 16, 2026 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
H.R. 9576 · On Passage · roll call 309
Passed 352–72
Sep 16, 2026 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expe…
H.R. 5334 · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · roll call 308
Passed 262–159
Sep 15, 2026 Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 9576 and H.R. 10326, providing for consideration of the joint re…
H.Res. 1530 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 300
Passed 214–211
Sep 15, 2026 Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors
H.Res. 1486 · On Motion to Table · roll call 298
Passed 232–147
Sep 14, 2026 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act
H.R. 3276 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 297
Passed 345–60
Sep 14, 2026 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act
H.R. 4219 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 296
Passed 371–33
Sep 3, 2026 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act
H.R. 4795 · On Passage · roll call 295
Passed 237–169
Sep 2, 2026 Protecting Domestic Mining Act
H.R. 1501 · On Passage · roll call 294
Passed 218–201
Sep 2, 2026 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the Unite…
H.J.Res. 1 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 293
Failed 212–206
Sep 1, 2026 In the matter of allegations relating to Representative Chuck Edwards
H.Res. 1498 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 292
Passed 413–2

Missed 35 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.

Missed votes that could have changed the result

Votes Adam Smith missed where the members who didn't vote outnumbered the margin. "Their side lost" means most of their party voted on the losing side.

How that compares

This member
11%
House median
1.5%
Democrats in the House
1.2%
Washington delegation
2.8%

Data: the House Clerk and senate.gov, updated with every roll call. All members →

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