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Rep. Kathy Castor

Democrat · Florida's 14th District · in the House since 2007

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Rep. Kathy Castor has missed 10 of 323 roll-call votes this Congress, 3.1% of them, 2 times as many as the typical House member (1.5%).

Missed this Congress
3.1%
10 of 323 · #116 of 430
Typical House member
1.5%
the chamber's median
Career
3.5%
53 of 1,532 since 2017
Longest absence
2 days
Jan 14 – Jan 15, 2026 · 8 votes

What they show up for, and what they skip

Kathy Castor almost always votes on votes on armed forces and security (missed 0%) and votes on foreign affairs (0%), but misses far more votes on economy and public finance (9%) and amendments (7%).

By kind of vote

Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 3.1%

Spending bills (12) 8.3%
Amendments (41) 7.3%
Procedural votes (106) 2.8%
Suspension votes (75) 2.7%
Final passage (84) 1.2%
Other votes (5) 0%

By topic

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

Economy and public finance (32) 9.4%
Energy (19) 5.3%
Congress itself (76) 2.6%
Armed forces and security (33) 0%
Foreign affairs (15) 0%
Environment (14) 0%
Government operations (14) 0%
Agriculture and food (13) 0%

Days of the week: missed 5.1% of Wednesday votes and 0% of Tuesday 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: 40 voted, 8 missed; Feb 2026: 30 voted, 0 missed; Mar 2026: 30 voted, 0 missed; Apr 2026: 47 voted, 0 missed; May 2026: 36 voted, 0 missed; Jun 2026: 42 voted, 0 missed; Jul 2026: 50 voted, 0 missed; Aug 2026: 2 voted, 0 missed; Sep 2026: 28 voted, 1 missed; Oct 2026: 0 voted, 0 missed; Nov 2026: 8 voted, 1 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 2.3%
2018 5.4%
2026 3.1%

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: missed 5 of 5
  • Jan 15: missed 3 of 3
  • 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: voted every time
  • 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: voted every time
  • 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: voted every time
  • Apr 21: voted every time
  • Apr 22: voted every time
  • Apr 23: voted every time
  • Apr 27: voted every time
  • Apr 29: voted every time
  • Apr 30: voted every time
  • May 12: voted every time
  • May 13: voted every time
  • May 14: voted every time
  • 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: voted every time
  • Jul 21: voted every time
  • Jul 22: voted every time
  • Jul 23: voted every time
  • Aug 31: voted every time
  • 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: missed 1 of 7
  • Nov 9: missed 1 of 2
  • 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 10 votes on 4 days

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Key votes missed

Passage votes, nominations and other votes that decided something.
DateVoteResultMargin
Nov 9, 2026 Nuclear REFUEL (Recycling Efficient Fuels Utilizing Expedited Licensing) Act
H.R. 3978 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 315
Passed 397–2
Sep 16, 2026 Retire through Ownership Act
S. 2403 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 314
Passed 401–14
Jan 15, 2026 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act
H.R. 2988 · On Passage · roll call 31
Passed 213–205
Jan 14, 2026 Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs App…
H.R. 7006 · On Passage · roll call 28
Passed 341–79
Jan 14, 2026 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7006) the Financial Services and General Government and National…
H.Res. 992 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 25
Passed 213–210

Missed 10 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.

Missed votes that could have changed the result

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

  • Absences could have flipped it Their side lost Jan 15, 2026 · House #30
    Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act
    On Motion to Recommit · H.R. 2988

    It failed 206–210 with 9 Republicans and 6 Democrats not voting. The losing side was 5 votes short and 6 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have passed 212–210. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (212–219).

  • Absences could have flipped it Their side lost Jan 14, 2026 · House #25
    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7006) the Financial Services and General Government and National Securi…
    On Agreeing to the Resolution · H.Res. 992

    It passed 213–210 with 5 Republicans and 3 Democrats not voting. The losing side was 3 votes short and 3 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 213–213. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–213).

  • Absences could have flipped it Their side lost Jan 14, 2026 · House #24
    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7006) the Financial Services and General Government and National Securi…
    On Ordering the Previous Question · H.Res. 992

    It passed 213–209 with 5 Republicans and 4 Democrats not voting. The losing side was 4 votes short and 4 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 213–213. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–213).

How that compares

This member
3.1%
House median
1.5%
Democrats in the House
1.2%
Florida delegation
7.1%

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

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