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Rep. Robert Garcia

Democrat · California's 42nd District · in the House since 2023

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Rep. Robert Garcia has missed 17 of 323 roll-call votes this Congress, 5.3% of them, 3.4 times as many as the typical House member (1.5%).

Missed this Congress
5.3%
17 of 323 · #67 of 430
Typical House member
1.5%
the chamber's median
Career
5.3%
17 of 323 since 2026
Longest absence
—
no run of missed days

What they show up for, and what they skip

Robert Garcia almost always votes on final passage (missed 0%) and amendments (0%), but misses far more suspension votes (20%).

By kind of vote

Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 5.3%

Suspension votes (75) 20%
Procedural votes (106) 1.9%
Final passage (84) 0%
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) 10%
Public lands (10) 10%
Finance (12) 8.3%
Government operations (14) 7.1%
Foreign affairs (15) 6.7%
Armed forces and security (33) 3.0%
Congress itself (76) 2.6%
Economy and public finance (32) 0%

Days of the week: missed 48% of Monday votes and 0% 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: 48 voted, 0 missed; Feb 2026: 28 voted, 2 missed; Mar 2026: 26 voted, 4 missed; Apr 2026: 44 voted, 3 missed; May 2026: 36 voted, 0 missed; Jun 2026: 40 voted, 2 missed; Jul 2026: 46 voted, 4 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.

2026 5.3%

Earlier years are still loading.

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: 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: missed 1 of 12
  • 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: missed 2 of 2
  • Jun 30: voted every time
  • Jul 13: missed 2 of 2
  • Jul 14: voted every time
  • Jul 15: voted every time
  • Jul 16: voted every time
  • Jul 20: missed 2 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: 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 17 votes on 8 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 20, 2026 Putting Patients First by Strengthening Provider Accountability in FECA Act
H.R. 8823 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 251
Passed 396–0
Jul 20, 2026 EARLY Act Reauthorization
H.R. 4541 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 250
Passed 394–6
Jul 13, 2026 Improving Travel for American Families Act
H.R. 8897 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 235
Passed 398–12
Jul 13, 2026 Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act
H.R. 3106 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 234
Passed 400–7
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
Apr 30, 2026 To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Su…
S. 4465 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 155
Passed 261–111
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

Missed 17 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.

Missed votes that could have changed the result

Votes Robert Garcia 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
5.3%
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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