Former member of Congress · last served 118th Congress
Michael C. Burgess
Michael Burgess was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 2003, who voted with most Republicans on 90% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 4 bills that became law (113th–118th 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
- 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. 9001 Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care ActDec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 6794 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program.Dec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5391 Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies ActDec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 4968 GOLD CARD Act of 2023Dec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 4402 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify manufacturer transparency reporting requirements for certain transfers used for educational purposes.Dec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 594 (113th) Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2014Became law
- H.R. 315 (115th) Improving Access to Maternity Care ActBecame law
- H.R. 4902 (109th) Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal ActBecame law
- H.R. 2 (114th) Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015Became law
- H.R. 7898 (116th) To amend the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider certain…Became law
- H.R. 1209 (114th) Improving Access to Maternity Care ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 402 (109th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Infant Mortality Awareness Month.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4080 (113th) Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Burgess has won
Rep. Burgess has won 11 U.S. House elections (2002–2022). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.4 to 65.3 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 Texas’s 26th district done while Rep. Burgess served?
2012 to 2021 in TX-26: typical household income was up 12% 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 1.6 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 Texas’s 26th district during Burgess’s time representing it (2003 to 2025). 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. TX-26 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 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2003 to 2025.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
118th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 42 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 42 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 25 | See the 25 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 19 | See the 19 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 118th 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.