Members of Congress / Henry Cuellar

CUELLAR, Henry, a Representative from Texas; born in Laredo, Webb County, Tex., September 19, 1955; A.A., Laredo Community College, Laredo, Tex., 1976; B.S., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1978; J.D., University of Texas, 1981; MA., Texas A&M University, Laredo, Tex., 1982; PhD., University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1998; lawyer, private practice; member of the Texas state house of representatives, 1987-2001; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States of Representatives in 2002; Texas secretary of state, 2001; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the two succeeding Congress (January 3, 2005-present). (Source.)

More coverage of Henry Cuellar on washingtonpost.com

· 111th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 28), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2009, to Jan. 3, 2011.
· 110th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 28), Democratic. Jan. 4, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2009.
· 109th Congress: Representative, Texas (Dist. 28), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2005, to Jan. 3, 2007.

See how Henry Cuellar voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.

Henry Cuellar has missed 14 votes (1.4%) during the current Congress. See a list of his missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

Henry Cuellar has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 95.5% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Cuellar did not vote. See a list of his votes against his party since 1991, a list of all Representatives in the 111th Congress with a similar score, or a full list of party voters.

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