Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Karen Bass
Karen Bass was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Democrats on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–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.
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
- 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 7240 READ Act Reauthorization Act of 2022Dec 7, 2022 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 613.
- H.R. 9431 Second Look Act of 2022Dec 6, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 6878 Pregnant Women in Custody ActDec 5, 2022 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 3372 One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2022Dec 5, 2022 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 9364 Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022Nov 30, 2022 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1496 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3585 South Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as the "Marvin Gaye Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 7120 (116th) George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1585 (116th) Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 358 (116th) Calling on the Government of Cameroon and armed groups to respect the human rights of all Cameroonian citizens, to end all violence, and to pursue a…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 644 (115th) Strongly condemning slave auctions and the exploitation of migrants and refugees as forced laborers in Libya, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 187 (115th) Relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 410 (116th) Encouraging reunions of divided Korean-American families.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 7718 (116th) Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody ActPassed 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 6 U.S. House elections (2010–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 62.3 to 78.2 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 California’s 37th district done while Rep. Bass served?
2013 to 2021 in CA-37: typical household income was up 23% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 4.3 points, 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 California’s 37th district during Bass’s time representing it (2013 to 2022). 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. CA-37 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Bass’s term so far (2013 to 2021) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 41 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 41 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 26 | See the 26 → |
| 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.