When it comes to missing votes, nobody among Floridas congressional delegation has done it better than Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami Gardens.
According to Govtrack.us, Wilson, a freshman lawmaker, has missed 117 of 948possible votes since recording her first vote in January 2011.
Wilson, who missed time due to gall bladder surgery, missed 12 percent of the votes taken since she took office, which places her sixth highest among all members of Congress.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who continues to rehab from a critical gunshot wound to the head on Jan. 8, has the highest overall percentage of missed votes, at 22 percent.
Govtrack.us -- an independent website created in 2004 as a research watchdog -- bases its no-vote percentages on the entire time a lawmaker has been in office.
Among Floridas delegation, Rep. Sandy Adams, R-Orlando, has yet to miss a vote since taking office in January 2011, and Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Panama City, has missed one vote in the same time span.
For a breakdown of the congressional voting record of Floridas delegates, see here.
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