Members of Congress / Brian Higgins

HIGGINS, Brian, a Representative from New York; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., October 6, 1959; B.A., Buffalo State College, Buffalo, N.Y., 1984; M.A., Buffalo State College, 1985; M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1996; lecturer, Buffalo State College; member of the Buffalo Common Council, 1988-1994; member of the New York state assembly, 1999-2004; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2005-present). (Source.)

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· 110th Congress: Representative, New York (Dist. 27), Democratic. Jan. 4, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2009.
· 109th Congress: Representative, New York (Dist. 27), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2005, to Jan. 3, 2007.

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

Brian Higgins has missed 122 votes (8.1%) during the current Congress. See a list of his missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

Brian Higgins has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 98.2% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Higgins did not vote. See a list of his votes against his party since 1991, a list of all Representatives in the 110th Congress with a similar score, or a full list of party voters.

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• 2006
• 2005