Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Rodney Alexander
Rodney Alexander was a Republican U.S. representative from Louisiana, first elected to Congress in 2003, who voted with most Republicans on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 2926 Freedom to Pray ActAug 1, 2013 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 2792 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014Jul 23, 2013 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 126.
- H.R. 2752 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude seasonal workers from the applicable large employer determination for purposes of employer shared…Jul 23, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 1988 Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2013May 24, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- H.R. 1989 To require the Forest Service to accommodate, to the extent consistent with the management objectives and limitations applicable to the National Forest System…May 22, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3511 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2150 East Hardtner Drive in Urania, Louisiana, as the "Murphy A. Tannehill Post…Became law
- H.R. 940 (111th) To provide for the conveyance of National Forest System land in the State of Louisiana.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3894 (109th) Hurricane Katrina Emergency Housing Act of 2005Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 35 (112th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1473.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 169 (111th) Expressing a sense of Congress that a government-defined or public option insurance plan should not be used to fund abortion and taxpayer-funds should not be…45 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 104 (112th) Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States.33 cosponsors
- H.R. 3162 (112th) To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from implementing certain rules relating to employment of aliens described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the…28 cosponsors
- H.R. 5660 (109th) Empowerment Zone and Renewal Community Enhancement Act of 200615 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Alexander has won
Rep. Alexander has won 6 U.S. House elections (2002–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.6 to 63.4 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Louisiana’s 5th district done while Rep. Alexander served?
2005 to 2011 in LA-5: typical household income was down 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Louisiana’s 5th district during Alexander’s time representing it (2003 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. LA-5 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2003 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 6 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 113th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.