Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Steve Austria
Steve Austria was a Republican U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 2009, who voted with most Republicans on 93% 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
- NayOn 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.Res. 606 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the notice signed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lisa Jackson on…Mar 30, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- H.Res. 505 Expressing the sense of sympathy of the House of Representatives to those who perished or were displaced in the Philippines as a result of the December 16…Feb 3, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
- H.R. 799 Colonel Charles Young Home Study ActFeb 24, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- H.R. 369 Health Savings and Affordability Act of 2011Jan 20, 2011 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3610 Health Savings and Affordability Act of 2009Sep 22, 2009 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Austria has won
Rep. Austria has won 2 U.S. House elections (2008–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 16.4 to 29.9 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 Ohio’s 7th district done while Rep. Austria served?
2009 to 2011 in OH-7: typical household income was about the same 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 Ohio’s 7th district during Austria’s time representing it (2009 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. OH-7 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2009 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2009 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th 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.