Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Cynthia Axne
Cynthia Axne was a Democratic U.S. representative from Iowa, first elected to Congress in 2019, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (116th–117th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 9309 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for greater protection of roosters, and for other purposes.Nov 29, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- H.R. 7573 Telehealth Extension and Evaluation ActNov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.Res. 1398 Supporting the designation of the week beginning September 25, 2022, as "National Source Water Protection Week".Sep 29, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- H.R. 5128 Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators ActJul 27, 2022 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- H.R. 7196 Flexibility in Addressing Rural Homelessness Act of 2022Jul 20, 2022 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2441 (117th) Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health Act of 2021Became law
- H.R. 7502 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South 16th Street in Clarinda, Iowa, as the "Jessie Field Shambaugh Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 6376 (117th) Student Veteran Work Study Modernization ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3624 (116th) Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2409 (116th) Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 2959 (117th) COVID–19 Fraud Prevention ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 6735 (116th) COVID–19 Fraud Prevention ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3007 (117th) Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring ActReported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Axne has won
Rep. Axne has won 2 U.S. House elections (2018–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.4 to 2.2 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 Iowa’s 3rd district done while Rep. Axne served?
2019 to 2021 in IA-3: 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 Iowa’s 3rd district during Axne’s time representing it (2019 to 2023). 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. IA-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, 2019 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2019 to 2023.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 40 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 40 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 38 | See the 38 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.