Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Spencer Bachus
Spencer Bachus was a Republican U.S. representative from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 1993, 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.R. 5421 Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014Dec 2, 2014 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 5320 To direct the Attorney General to provide State officials with access to criminal history information with respect to certain financial service providers…Sep 26, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- H.Res. 528 Expressing support for designation of March 2014 as "National Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month".Mar 27, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 2446 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2013Feb 6, 2014 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 255.
- H.Res. 395 Recognizing Birmingham, Alabama, as home to the first and longest-running celebration of Veterans Day and home of the National Veteran Award.Jan 24, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2768 (108th) John Marshall Commemorative Coin ActBecame law
- H.R. 2622 (108th) Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003Became law
- H.R. 23 (108th) Tornado Shelters ActBecame law
- H.R. 4286 (106th) Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge Establishment ActBecame law
- H.J.Res. 102 (106th) Recognizing that the Birmingham Pledge has made a significant contribution in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation in the United States and around the…Became law
- H.R. 5273 (106th) United States Mint Numismatic Coin Clarification Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 6345 (109th) To make a conforming amendment to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to examinations of certain insured depository institutions, and for other…Became law
- H.R. 1715 (106th) Defense Production Act Amendments of 1999Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bachus has won
Rep. Bachus has won 11 U.S. House elections (1992–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.3 to 79.9 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 Alabama’s 6th district done while Rep. Bachus served?
2005 to 2011 in AL-6: typical household income was down 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.5 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.6 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 Alabama’s 6th district during Bachus’s time representing it (1993 to 2015). 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. AL-6 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 1993 to 2015.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | 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 | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
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.