Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Michael E. Capuano
Michael Capuano was a Democratic U.S. representative from Massachusetts, first elected to Congress in 1999, who voted with most Democrats on 94% 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
- 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. 6326 Reunite Separated Families Act of 2018Aug 6, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- H.R. 5815 CONSENT ActMay 15, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.Res. 798 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., through the teaching of nonviolence.Apr 30, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- H.R. 4303 Reasonable Policies on Automated License Plate Readers ActDec 13, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- H.R. 3093 Investor Clarity and Bank Parity ActDec 12, 2017 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2761 (110th) Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007Became law
- H.R. 5877 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 655 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, as the "Lance Corporal Alexander…Became law
- H.Res. 194 (108th) Regarding the importance of international efforts to abolish slavery and other human rights abuses in the Sudan.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 409 (110th) To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4096 (114th) Investor Clarity and Bank Parity ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 1588 (111th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the importance of the full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to help ensure peace…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 347 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of "Italian-American Heritage Month" and recognizing the contributions of Italian Americans to…Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 372 (106th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the historic significance of the 210th anniversary of the establishment of the Coast Guard, and for other…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Capuano has won
Rep. Capuano has won 10 U.S. House elections (1998–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 42.8 to 70.2 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 Massachusetts’s 7th district done while Rep. Capuano served?
2013 to 2018 in MA-7: typical household income was up 25% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.4 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 Massachusetts’s 7th district during Capuano’s time representing it (2013 to 2019). 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. MA-7 was redrawn in 2012 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Capuano’s term so far (2013 to 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 23 | See the 23 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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.