Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Bruce L. Braley
Bruce Braley was a Democratic U.S. representative from Iowa, first elected to Congress in 2007, who voted with most Democrats 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
- YeaOn 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
- 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. 5560 Helping College Students Cross the Finish Line ActNov 17, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.R. 5509 College Tuition and Debt Relief Act of 2014Sep 17, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5453 To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health…Sep 12, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5123 Country-of-Origin Labeling for Fuels ActJul 18, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- H.R. 4964 Seniors' Access to Social Security Act of 2014Jun 25, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 946 (111th) Plain Writing Act of 2010Became law
- H.R. 5167 (110th) Justice for Victims of Torture and Terrorism ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3548 (110th) Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1873 (110th) Small Business Fairness in Contracting ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 2853 (111th) All-American Flag ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 977 (110th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that rebate checks would better stimulate the economy if spent on American-made products and services…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 568 (110th) Honoring and expressing gratitude to the 1st Battalion of the 133rd Infantry ("Ironman Battalion") of the Iowa National Guard.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1099 (111th) Recognizing the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Braley has won
Rep. Braley has won 4 U.S. House elections (2006–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.0 to 29.2 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 1st district done while Rep. Braley served?
2007 to 2011 in IA-1: 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 up 1.3 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 Iowa’s 1st district during Braley’s time representing it (2007 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. IA-1 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, 2007 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2007 to 2015.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 31 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 31 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 28 | See the 28 → |
| 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 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.