Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 2001, who voted with most Republicans on 98% 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
- 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.Con.Res. 75 Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.Jan 28, 2014 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.Res. 141 Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Baroness Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of…Apr 9, 2013 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 5 Adopting rules for the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.Jan 3, 2013 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 3 Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress.Jan 3, 2013 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 2 To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.Jan 3, 2013 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 258 (108th) American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003Became law
- H.R. 1748 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 805 Glen Burnie Road in Richmond, Virginia, as the "Tom Bliley Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 3078 (112th) United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation ActBecame law
- H.R. 3079 (112th) United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation ActBecame law
- H.R. 3080 (112th) United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActBecame law
- H.R. 6634 (112th) To change the effective date for the Internet publication of certain financial disclosure forms.Became law
- H.Res. 567 (108th) Congratulating the American Dental Association for sponsoring the second annual "Give Kids a Smile" program which emphasizes the need to improve access to…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 9 (112th) Small Business Tax Cut ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Cantor has won
Rep. Cantor has won 7 U.S. House elections (2000–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 17.0 to 51.2 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 Virginia’s 7th district done while Rep. Cantor served?
2005 to 2011 in VA-7: typical household income was down 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.1 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 Virginia’s 7th district during Cantor’s time representing it (2001 to 2014). 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. VA-7 was redrawn in 2012, 2016 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2001 to 2014.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 5 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| 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.