Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Justin Amash
Justin Amash was a Libertarian U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 2011, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–116th Congress).
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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn 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. 9041 National Emergencies Reform ActDec 22, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- H.R. 9040 Protect Asylum Seekers ActDec 21, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker…
- H.R. 9039 Practical Alternatives to Detention ActDec 21, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 9026 FISA Oversight Correction ActDec 18, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by…
- H.R. 9025 Intelligence Community Congressional Whistleblowing Improvement ActDec 18, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1850 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 907 Fourth Avenue in Lake Odessa, Michigan, as the "Donna Sauers Besko Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 7085 (116th) Ending Qualified Immunity Act66 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 81 (112th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.59 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 73 (112th) Proposing a spending limit amendment to the Constitution of the United States.43 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 24 (113th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.38 cosponsors
- H.R. 3814 (112th) To prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.30 cosponsors
- H.R. 2014 (113th) Telephone Records Protection Act29 cosponsors
- H.R. 760 (113th) Readable Legislation Act of 201328 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Amash has won
Rep. Amash has won 5 U.S. House elections (2010–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.4 to 22.2 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 Michigan’s 3rd district done while Rep. Amash served?
2012 to 2019 in MI-3: typical household income was up 17% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 4.6 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 5.3 points.
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 Michigan’s 3rd district during Amash’s time representing it (2011 to 2021). 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. MI-3 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, 2012 to 2019 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2021.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 22 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 22 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 22 | See the 22 → |
| 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 116th 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.