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Rep. Nancy Pelosi

Democrat · California's 11th District · in the House since 1987

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Rep. Nancy Pelosi has missed 21 of 323 roll-call votes this Congress, 6.5% of them, 4.2 times as many as the typical House member (1.5%).

Missed this Congress
6.5%
21 of 323 · #51 of 430
Typical House member
1.5%
the chamber's median
Career
9.7%
149 of 1,532 since 2017
Longest absence
3 days
Nov 10 – Nov 12, 2026 · 7 votes

What they show up for, and what they skip

Nancy Pelosi almost always votes on amendments (missed 0%) and votes on economy and public finance (0%), but misses far more suspension votes (15%) and votes on congress itself (9%).

By kind of vote

Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 6.5%

Suspension votes (75) 15%
Procedural votes (106) 7.5%
Final passage (84) 2.4%
Amendments (41) 0%
Spending bills (12) 0%
Other votes (5) 0%

By topic

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

Crime and policing (10) 20%
Public lands (10) 10%
Congress itself (76) 9.2%
Finance (12) 8.3%
Foreign affairs (15) 6.7%
Armed forces and security (33) 3.0%
Economy and public finance (32) 0%
Energy (19) 0%

Days of the week: missed 24% 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: 45 voted, 3 missed; Feb 2026: 28 voted, 2 missed; Mar 2026: 26 voted, 4 missed; Apr 2026: 45 voted, 2 missed; May 2026: 36 voted, 0 missed; Jun 2026: 42 voted, 0 missed; Jul 2026: 50 voted, 0 missed; Aug 2026: 0 voted, 2 missed; Sep 2026: 28 voted, 1 missed; Oct 2026: 0 voted, 0 missed; Nov 2026: 2 voted, 7 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 13%
2018 7.4%
2026 6.5%

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 1 of 5
  • Jan 15: voted every time
  • Jan 20: missed 2 of 2
  • 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: 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: voted every time
  • 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: 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: 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: missed 1 of 10
  • Sep 16: voted every time
  • Nov 9: voted every time
  • Nov 10: missed 3 of 3
  • Nov 11: missed 2 of 2
  • Nov 12: missed 2 of 2

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 21 votes on 10 days

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Key votes missed

Passage votes, nominations and other votes that decided something.
DateVoteResultMargin
Nov 12, 2026 Major Richard Star Act
H.R. 2102 · On Passage · roll call 323
Passed 392–18
Nov 12, 2026 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2102) to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for conc…
H.Res. 1247 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 322
Passed 271–135
Nov 11, 2026 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act
H.R. 1013 · On Passage · roll call 321
Passed 295–128
Nov 10, 2026 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1013) to amend the Federal securities laws to enhance 403(b) pla…
H.Res. 1650 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 319
Passed 215–209
Nov 10, 2026 Impeaching Peter Brian Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, for high crimes and misdemeanors
H.Res. 1655 · On Motion to Refer · roll call 317
Passed 211–204
Sep 15, 2026 GUARD Act
H.R. 2978 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 301
Passed 414–7
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
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
Mar 17, 2026 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 556) Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act; providing fo…
H.Res. 1115 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 91
Passed 196–193
Mar 17, 2026 Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act
S. 3971 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 89
Passed 345–41
Mar 17, 2026 MAWS Act
H.R. 4294 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 88
Passed 320–66
Feb 9, 2026 PROTECT Taiwan Act
H.R. 1531 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 58
Passed 395–2
Feb 9, 2026 Housing for the 21st Century Act
H.R. 6644 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 57
Passed 390–9

Missed 21 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.

Missed votes that could have changed the result

Votes Nancy Pelosi 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
6.5%
House median
1.5%
Democrats in the House
1.2%
California delegation
1.9%

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

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