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Missed votes

Rep. Wesley Bell

Democrat · Missouri's 1st District · in the House since 2025

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Rep. Wesley Bell has missed 11 of 323 roll-call votes this Congress, 3.4% of them, 2.2 times as many as the typical House member (1.5%).

Missed this Congress
3.4%
11 of 323 · #104 of 430
Typical House member
1.5%
the chamber's median
Career
3.4%
11 of 323 since 2026
Longest absence
—
no run of missed days

What they show up for, and what they skip

Wesley Bell almost always votes on amendments (missed 0%) and votes on economy and public finance (0%), but misses far more suspension votes (8%).

By kind of vote

Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 3.4%

Suspension votes (75) 8.0%
Procedural votes (106) 2.8%
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

Energy (19) 11%
Government operations (14) 7.1%
Foreign affairs (15) 6.7%
Armed forces and security (33) 6.1%
Congress itself (76) 2.6%
Economy and public finance (32) 0%
Environment (14) 0%
Agriculture and food (13) 0%

Days of the week: missed 12% 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: 22 voted, 8 missed; Mar 2026: 29 voted, 1 missed; Apr 2026: 47 voted, 0 missed; May 2026: 36 voted, 0 missed; Jun 2026: 41 voted, 1 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: 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 3.4%

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: missed 2 of 2
  • 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: missed 6 of 6
  • Feb 25: voted every time
  • Mar 4: voted every time
  • Mar 5: missed 1 of 4
  • 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: missed 1 of 2
  • 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: missed 1 of 1
  • 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 11 votes on 5 days

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Key votes missed

Passage votes, nominations and other votes that decided something.
DateVoteResultMargin
Sep 3, 2026 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act
H.R. 4795 · On Passage · roll call 295
Passed 237–169
Jun 8, 2026 TRUE Accountability Act
H.R. 8466 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 208
Passed 384–0
Feb 24, 2026 Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act
H.R. 4626 · On Passage · roll call 76
Passed 217–190
Feb 24, 2026 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) the Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act; and providing …
H.Res. 1075 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 74
Passed 208–187
Feb 24, 2026 ROTOR Act
S. 2503 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 72
Failed 264–133
Feb 24, 2026 Information Quality Assurance Act
H.R. 6329 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 71
Passed 362–1
Feb 2, 2026 Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act
H.R. 3123 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 50
Passed 405–1
Feb 2, 2026 Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement Act
H.R. 980 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 49
Passed 402–2

Missed 11 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.

Missed votes that could have changed the result

Votes Wesley Bell 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 Feb 24, 2026 · House #75
    Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act
    On Motion to Recommit · H.R. 4626

    It failed 197–208 with 17 Democrats and 10 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 12 votes short and 17 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have passed 214–208. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (214–218).

  • Absences could have flipped it Their side lost Feb 24, 2026 · House #74
    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) the Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act; and providing for con…
    On Agreeing to the Resolution · H.Res. 1075

    It passed 208–187 with 27 Democrats and 10 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 21 votes short and 27 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 208–214. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–214).

  • Absences could have flipped it Their side lost Feb 24, 2026 · House #73
    Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4626) the Don’t Mess With My Home Appliances Act; and providing for con…
    On Ordering the Previous Question · H.Res. 1075

    It passed 208–189 with 25 Democrats and 10 Republicans not voting. The losing side was 19 votes short and 25 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 208–214. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (218–214).

  • Absences decided it Their side lost Feb 24, 2026 · House #72
    ROTOR Act
    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2503

    It failed 264–133 with 26 Democrats and 9 Republicans not voting. Had every absent member voted with their party, it would have passed 290–142.

How that compares

This member
3.4%
House median
1.5%
Democrats in the House
1.2%
Missouri delegation
3.8%

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

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