Former U.S. Representative

Robert WexlerNo longer serving

District FL‑19 Party Democratic In office 1997–2010

86 bills introduced

Across 5 Congresses, most in the 110th at 31. In the 111th, 12 — 4 fewer than the median representative, who filed 16. Of the 86, 1 became law. Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every member, never get a vote.

Bills introduced, against the typical representative 107th to 111th

median for the chamber, that Congress

Cosponsored

2,894

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

7,328

Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside

Their work

Drawn from the 86 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 86.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Biography

A Representative from Florida. Born in Queens, Queens County, N. Y. , January 2, 1961. Graduated from Hollywood Hills High School, Hollywood, Fla. , 1978. B. A. , University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. , 1982. J. D. , George Washington University Law School, Washington, D. C. , 1985. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Florida state senate, 1990-1996. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses until his resignation on January 4, 2010 (January 3, 1997-January 4, 2010). President, Center for Middle East Peace, Washington, D. C. , 2010-present.

Votes

How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 3183	On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Oct 1, 2009
HCONRES 151	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Not Voting	Oct 1, 2009
HRES 692	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Not Voting	Oct 1, 2009
HRES 788	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Not Voting	Oct 1, 2009
HRES 487	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Not Voting	Oct 1, 2009
HRES 517	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Oct 1, 2009
HR 2892	On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Nay	Oct 1, 2009
HR 1053	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Sep 30, 2009

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions this member introduced.

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 1425	Wartime Treatment Study Act	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 415.	Dec 22, 2010
HR 1508	Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2009	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.	May 29, 2010
HCONRES 36	A concurrent resolution calling on the President and the allies of the United States to raise in all appropriate bilateral and multilateral fora the case of Robert Levinson at every opportunity, urging Iran to fulfill their promises of assistance to the family of Robert Levinson, and calling on Iran to share the results of its investigation into the disappearance of Robert Levinson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 214.	Nov 18, 2009
HCONRES 74	Supporting the goals and ideals of a decade of action for road safety with a global target to reduce by 50 percent the predicted increase in global road deaths between 2010 and 2020.	Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	Sep 24, 2009
HCONRES 89	Supporting the goals and objectives of the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets.	Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.	Jul 6, 2009
HR 2536	Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and Internation	Jun 12, 2009
HR 2742	To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Azerbaijan.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Jun 4, 2009
HR 1977	Drywall Safety Act of 2009	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.	Apr 21, 2009

Cosponsored bills

Bills introduced by others that this member signed on to.

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HR 4321	CIR ASAP Act of 2009	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and Internation	Dec 16, 2009
HRES 981	Supporting continued political and economic development in Ukraine.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Dec 16, 2009
HRES 971	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding guidelines for breast cancer screening for women ages 40 to 49.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Dec 15, 2009
HR 2324	Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2009	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.	Dec 8, 2009
HRES 944	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the protection of members of vulnerable religious and ethnic minority communities in Iraq.	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.	Dec 3, 2009
HR 4140	Increasing Access to Voluntary Screening for HIV/AIDS and STIs Act of 2009	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Nov 19, 2009
HRES 55	Expressing support for the designation of a National Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month to raise awareness of and promote research into this challenging disorder.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Nov 19, 2009
HRES 917	Recognizing the Florida Keys Scenic Highway on the occasion of its designation as an All-American Road by the U.S. Department of Transportation.	On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nay	Nov 18, 2009

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee seats are held for the current Congress only, which is why they are shown for sitting members and left out for everyone else rather than reported as zero. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.