110th Congress / Senate / Members who missed votes

Missed Votes by Party

5.8%
Democratic
(49 members)
4.6%
Republican
(51 members)
2.2%
Independent
(2 members)
5.1%
All Members
(102 members)

Missed Votes by Member

63.0%

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)

Representing: Arizona
Votes: 394 votes missed (63.0%), 231 votes cast

49.8%

Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)

Representing: South Dakota
Votes: 311 votes missed (49.8%), 314 votes cast
Note: Sen. Johnson suffered a brain hemorrhage on Dec. 13, 2006, and spent several months recovering. He has since returned to the Senate.

44.3%

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)

Representing: Illinois
Votes: 277 votes missed (44.3%), 348 votes cast

32.3%

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)

Representing: New York
Votes: 202 votes missed (32.3%), 423 votes cast

30.9%

Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE)

Representing: Delaware
Votes: 193 votes missed (30.9%), 432 votes cast

27.4%

Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT)

Representing: Connecticut
Votes: 171 votes missed (27.4%), 454 votes cast

22.6%

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)

Representing: Kansas
Votes: 141 votes missed (22.6%), 484 votes cast

15.5%

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)

Representing: Massachusetts
Votes: 97 votes missed (15.5%), 528 votes cast

10.4%

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)

Representing: West Virginia
Votes: 65 votes missed (10.4%), 560 votes cast

10.2%

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)

Representing: Hawaii
Votes: 64 votes missed (10.2%), 561 votes cast

9.4%

Sen. Craig Thomas (R-WY)

Representing: Wyoming
Votes: 17 votes missed (9.4%), 164 votes cast
Note: Thomas died of leukemia on June 4, 2007.

8.2%

Sen. John Warner (R-VA)

Representing: Virginia
Votes: 51 votes missed (8.2%), 574 votes cast

7.7%

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)

Representing: Oklahoma
Votes: 48 votes missed (7.7%), 577 votes cast

7.0%

Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)

Representing: Nebraska
Votes: 44 votes missed (7.0%), 581 votes cast

6.6%

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)

Representing: Mississippi
Votes: 29 votes missed (6.6%), 413 votes cast

6.4%

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

Representing: South Carolina
Votes: 40 votes missed (6.4%), 585 votes cast

6.1%

Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)

Representing: Idaho
Votes: 38 votes missed (6.1%), 587 votes cast

5.6%

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

Representing: California
Votes: 35 votes missed (5.6%), 590 votes cast

5.1%

Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)

Representing: Oklahoma
Votes: 32 votes missed (5.1%), 593 votes cast

5.0%

Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)

Representing: New Mexico
Votes: 31 votes missed (5.0%), 594 votes cast

4.8%

Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)

Representing: North Carolina
Votes: 30 votes missed (4.8%), 595 votes cast

4.5%

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

Representing: Tennessee
Votes: 28 votes missed (4.5%), 597 votes cast

Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)

Representing: Louisiana
Votes: 28 votes missed (4.5%), 597 votes cast

4.2%

Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)

Representing: Nevada
Votes: 26 votes missed (4.2%), 599 votes cast

Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)

Representing: New Hampshire
Votes: 26 votes missed (4.2%), 599 votes cast

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)

Representing: Massachusetts
Votes: 26 votes missed (4.2%), 599 votes cast

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)

Representing: West Virginia
Votes: 26 votes missed (4.2%), 599 votes cast

3.8%

Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID)

Representing: Idaho
Votes: 24 votes missed (3.8%), 601 votes cast

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)

Representing: Mississippi
Votes: 7 votes missed (3.8%), 176 votes cast

3.7%

Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)

Representing: Missouri
Votes: 23 votes missed (3.7%), 602 votes cast

3.5%

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)

Representing: Arkansas
Votes: 22 votes missed (3.5%), 603 votes cast

3.4%

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)

Representing: Texas
Votes: 21 votes missed (3.4%), 604 votes cast

Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY)

Representing: Wyoming
Votes: 21 votes missed (3.4%), 604 votes cast

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT)

Representing: Connecticut
Votes: 21 votes missed (3.4%), 604 votes cast

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)

Representing: Alaska
Votes: 21 votes missed (3.4%), 604 votes cast

3.0%

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)

Representing: Minnesota
Votes: 19 votes missed (3.0%), 606 votes cast

2.9%

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)

Representing: Indiana
Votes: 18 votes missed (2.9%), 607 votes cast

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)

Representing: South Carolina
Votes: 18 votes missed (2.9%), 607 votes cast

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)

Representing: Kansas
Votes: 18 votes missed (2.9%), 607 votes cast

2.7%

Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO)

Representing: Colorado
Votes: 17 votes missed (2.7%), 608 votes cast

Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)

Representing: Kentucky
Votes: 17 votes missed (2.7%), 608 votes cast

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)

Representing: North Carolina
Votes: 17 votes missed (2.7%), 608 votes cast

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

Representing: California
Votes: 17 votes missed (2.7%), 608 votes cast

2.6%

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)

Representing: Iowa
Votes: 16 votes missed (2.6%), 609 votes cast

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)

Representing: Louisiana
Votes: 16 votes missed (2.6%), 609 votes cast

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)

Representing: New Jersey
Votes: 16 votes missed (2.6%), 609 votes cast

2.4%

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

Representing: Alaska
Votes: 15 votes missed (2.4%), 610 votes cast

2.2%

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)

Representing: North Dakota
Votes: 14 votes missed (2.2%), 611 votes cast

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

Representing: Alabama
Votes: 14 votes missed (2.2%), 611 votes cast

2.1%

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)

Representing: Texas
Votes: 13 votes missed (2.1%), 612 votes cast

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)

Representing: Arizona
Votes: 13 votes missed (2.1%), 612 votes cast

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Representing: New York
Votes: 13 votes missed (2.1%), 612 votes cast

1.9%

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)

Representing: Georgia
Votes: 12 votes missed (1.9%), 613 votes cast

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)

Representing: North Dakota
Votes: 12 votes missed (1.9%), 613 votes cast

Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

Representing: Georgia
Votes: 12 votes missed (1.9%), 613 votes cast

1.8%

Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)

Representing: Florida
Votes: 11 votes missed (1.8%), 614 votes cast

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)

Representing: Missouri
Votes: 11 votes missed (1.8%), 614 votes cast

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)

Representing: New Jersey
Votes: 11 votes missed (1.8%), 614 votes cast

Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH)

Representing: Ohio
Votes: 11 votes missed (1.8%), 614 votes cast

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Representing: Oregon
Votes: 11 votes missed (1.8%), 614 votes cast

1.6%

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

Representing: Ohio
Votes: 10 votes missed (1.6%), 615 votes cast

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)

Representing: Tennessee
Votes: 10 votes missed (1.6%), 615 votes cast

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

Representing: Utah
Votes: 10 votes missed (1.6%), 615 votes cast

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)

Representing: Maryland
Votes: 10 votes missed (1.6%), 615 votes cast

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)

Representing: Washington
Votes: 10 votes missed (1.6%), 615 votes cast

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)

Representing: Florida
Votes: 10 votes missed (1.6%), 615 votes cast

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)

Representing: Pennsylvania
Votes: 10 votes missed (1.6%), 615 votes cast

1.4%

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)

Representing: Mississippi
Votes: 9 votes missed (1.4%), 616 votes cast

1.3%

Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT)

Representing: Utah
Votes: 8 votes missed (1.3%), 617 votes cast

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)

Representing: New Mexico
Votes: 8 votes missed (1.3%), 617 votes cast

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE)

Representing: Nebraska
Votes: 8 votes missed (1.3%), 617 votes cast

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)

Representing: Michigan
Votes: 8 votes missed (1.3%), 617 votes cast

1.1%

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

Representing: Washington
Votes: 7 votes missed (1.1%), 618 votes cast

Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)

Representing: Michigan
Votes: 7 votes missed (1.1%), 618 votes cast

Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)

Representing: Montana
Votes: 7 votes missed (1.1%), 618 votes cast

Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)

Representing: Virginia
Votes: 7 votes missed (1.1%), 618 votes cast

1.0%

Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE)

Representing: Delaware
Votes: 6 votes missed (1.0%), 619 votes cast

Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)

Representing: Indiana
Votes: 6 votes missed (1.0%), 619 votes cast

Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)

Representing: Vermont
Votes: 6 votes missed (1.0%), 619 votes cast

Sen. John Sununu (R-NH)

Representing: New Hampshire
Votes: 6 votes missed (1.0%), 619 votes cast

0.8%

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)

Representing: Maryland
Votes: 5 votes missed (0.8%), 620 votes cast

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)

Representing: Illinois
Votes: 5 votes missed (0.8%), 620 votes cast

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

Representing: Vermont
Votes: 5 votes missed (0.8%), 620 votes cast

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)

Representing: Rhode Island
Votes: 5 votes missed (0.8%), 620 votes cast

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)

Representing: Alabama
Votes: 5 votes missed (0.8%), 620 votes cast

0.6%

Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR)

Representing: Oregon
Votes: 4 votes missed (0.6%), 621 votes cast

Sen. John Thune (R-SD)

Representing: South Dakota
Votes: 4 votes missed (0.6%), 621 votes cast

0.5%

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

Representing: Minnesota
Votes: 3 votes missed (0.5%), 622 votes cast

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)

Representing: Nevada
Votes: 3 votes missed (0.5%), 622 votes cast

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

Representing: Rhode Island
Votes: 3 votes missed (0.5%), 622 votes cast

0.3%

Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)

Representing: Hawaii
Votes: 2 votes missed (0.3%), 623 votes cast

Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)

Representing: Montana
Votes: 2 votes missed (0.3%), 623 votes cast

0.2%

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

Representing: Kentucky
Votes: 1 vote missed (0.2%), 624 votes cast

Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)

Representing: Arkansas
Votes: 1 vote missed (0.2%), 624 votes cast

0%

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)

Representing: Wyoming
Votes: 0 votes missed (0%), 399 votes cast

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)

Representing: Pennsylvania
Votes: 0 votes missed (0%), 625 votes cast

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)

Representing: Maine
Votes: 0 votes missed (0%), 625 votes cast

Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI)

Representing: Wisconsin
Votes: 0 votes missed (0%), 625 votes cast

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)

Representing: Iowa
Votes: 0 votes missed (0%), 625 votes cast

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)

Representing: Wisconsin
Votes: 0 votes missed (0%), 625 votes cast

Sen. Kenneth Salazar (D-CO)

Representing: Colorado
Votes: 0 votes missed (0%), 625 votes cast

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)

Representing: Maine
Votes: 0 votes missed (0%), 625 votes cast

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