Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Charles F. Bass
Charles Bass was a Republican U.S. representative from New Hampshire, first elected to Congress in 1995, who voted with most Republicans on 81% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (104th–112th 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
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn 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. 6438 Member Pay Reduction and Responsibility Act of 2012Sep 19, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
- H.R. 4017 Smart Energy ActFeb 21, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- H.R. 3293 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) to issue…Dec 8, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 3342 Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011Nov 4, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3211 Humanitarian Device Reform Act of 2011Oct 18, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3185 (108th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the "Hugh Gregg Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 3180 (107th) To consent to certain amendments to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact.Became law
- H.Res. 278 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of education, early detection and treatment, and other efforts in the fight…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 399 (105th) Urging the Congress and the President to work to fully fund the Federal Government's obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1343 (112th) To return unused or reclaimed funds made available for broadband awards in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the Treasury of the United…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2985 (107th) American Spirit Fraud Prevention ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 2909 (104th) Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Eminent Domain Prevention ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 724 (107th) To authorize appropriations to carry out part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, relating to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bass has won
Rep. Bass has won 7 U.S. House elections (1994–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.6 to 20.1 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 New Hampshire’s 2nd district done while Rep. Bass served?
2011 to 2012 in NH-2: 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 down 1.2 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 New Hampshire’s 2nd district during Bass’s time representing it (2011 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. NH-2’s lines did not change in these years, so every year can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| 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 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.