Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Mark S. Critz
Mark Critz was a Democratic U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 2010, who voted with most Democrats on 80% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (111th–112th 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. 4118 Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012Dec 21, 2012 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 529.
- H.Res. 310 Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 639) to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to…Jul 6, 2011 · Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Critz. Petition No: 112-1. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/112/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0001.xml ">Discharge…
- H.R. 1518 Trade Enforcement Priorities ActApr 19, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 1544 Corridor N Extension Act of 2011Apr 15, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- H.R. 1396 Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2011Apr 15, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5605 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 47 East Fayette Street in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, as the "George C. Marshall Post…Became law
- H.R. 5606 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 47 South 7th Street in Indiana, Pennsylvania, as the "James M. 'Jimmy' Stewart Post…Became law
- H.R. 6321 (111th) K-IRA Act3 cosponsors
- H.R. 6007 (111th) Trade Enforcement Priorities Act2 cosponsors
- H.R. 1177 (112th) K-IRA Act1 cosponsor
- H.R. 630 (112th) Law Enforcement Officers' Military Service Act1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Critz has won
Rep. Critz has won 1 U.S. House election (2010–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.6 to 1.6 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 Pennsylvania’s 12th district done while Rep. Critz served?
2010 to 2011 in PA-12: 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 down 1.8 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 Pennsylvania’s 12th district during Critz’s time representing it (2010 to 2013). 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. PA-12 was redrawn in 2012, 2018 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, 2010 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2010 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th 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.