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Rep. Andy Barr

Republican · Kentucky's 6th District · in the House since 2013

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Rep. Andy Barr has missed 23 of 323 roll-call votes this Congress, 7.1% of them, 4.6 times as many as the typical House member (1.5%).

Missed this Congress
7.1%
23 of 323 · #46 of 430
Typical House member
1.5%
the chamber's median
Career
2.9%
45 of 1,532 since 2017
Longest absence
2 days
Jul 23 – Aug 31, 2026 · 4 votes

What they show up for, and what they skip

Andy Barr almost always votes on votes on armed forces and security (missed 0%) and other votes (0%), but misses far more suspension votes (16%).

By kind of vote

Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 7.1%

Suspension votes (75) 16%
Spending bills (12) 8.3%
Amendments (41) 4.9%
Final passage (84) 4.8%
Procedural votes (106) 3.8%
Other votes (5) 0%

By topic

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

Crime and policing (10) 20%
Foreign affairs (15) 13%
Energy (19) 11%
Public lands (10) 10%
Economy and public finance (32) 9.4%
Finance (12) 8.3%
Congress itself (76) 3.9%
Armed forces and security (33) 0%

Days of the week: missed 32% of Monday votes and 1.7% of Wednesday 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: 47 voted, 1 missed; Feb 2026: 28 voted, 2 missed; Mar 2026: 26 voted, 4 missed; Apr 2026: 43 voted, 4 missed; May 2026: 32 voted, 4 missed; Jun 2026: 38 voted, 4 missed; Jul 2026: 48 voted, 2 missed; Aug 2026: 0 voted, 2 missed; Sep 2026: 29 voted, 0 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 2.0%
2018 1.6%
2026 7.1%

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: missed 1 of 10
  • Feb 2: voted every time
  • Feb 3: voted every time
  • Feb 4: voted every time
  • Feb 9: voted every time
  • Feb 10: voted every time
  • Feb 11: missed 2 of 9
  • Feb 12: voted every time
  • Feb 24: voted every time
  • Feb 25: voted every time
  • Mar 4: voted every time
  • Mar 5: voted every time
  • Mar 17: missed 4 of 4
  • 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 2 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: voted every time
  • May 12: missed 2 of 2
  • May 13: voted every time
  • May 14: voted every time
  • May 15: missed 2 of 2
  • May 20: voted every time
  • May 21: voted every time
  • Jun 3: voted every time
  • Jun 4: missed 1 of 7
  • Jun 8: voted every time
  • Jun 9: missed 1 of 7
  • 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: missed 2 of 2
  • 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: voted every time
  • Jul 21: voted every time
  • Jul 22: voted every time
  • Jul 23: missed 2 of 2
  • Aug 31: missed 2 of 2
  • Sep 1: voted every time
  • Sep 2: voted every time
  • Sep 3: voted every time
  • Sep 14: voted every time
  • Sep 15: voted every time
  • Sep 16: voted every time
  • 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 23 votes on 12 days

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Key votes missed

Passage votes, nominations and other votes that decided something.
DateVoteResultMargin
Aug 31, 2026 Local Access to Courts Act
S. 32 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 285
Passed 378–10
Aug 31, 2026 Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
S. 307 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 284
Passed 376–8
Jul 23, 2026 Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
H.R. 8884 · On Passage · roll call 283
Passed 232–188
Jul 23, 2026 Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed …
H.Con.Res. 89 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 282
Passed 214–208
Jun 29, 2026 TRIA Program Reauthorization Act
H.R. 7128 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 229
Passed 373–15
Jun 29, 2026 KIDS Act
H.R. 7757 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 228
Passed 267–117
Jun 9, 2026 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the Nationa…
H.Res. 1140 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 215
Passed 221–201
Jun 4, 2026 Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Fo…
H.Con.Res. 84 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 201
Failed 92–324
May 15, 2026 Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for …
H.R. 8469 · On Passage · roll call 175
Passed 400–15
May 12, 2026 Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
H.R. 2853 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 157
Passed 348–60
May 12, 2026 Save Our Shrimpers Act
H.R. 2071 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 156
Passed 391–18
Apr 27, 2026 Clergy Act
H.R. 227 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 139
Passed 350–5
Apr 27, 2026 IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act
H.R. 7959 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 138
Passed 346–10
Apr 20, 2026 Emergency Reporting Act
H.R. 5200 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 126
Passed 386–7
Apr 20, 2026 Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act
H.R. 1681 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 125
Passed 384–9

Missed 23 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.

Missed votes that could have changed the result

Votes Andy Barr 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
7.1%
House median
1.5%
Republicans in the House
1.9%
Kentucky delegation
2.7%

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

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