Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Hansen Clarke
Hansen Clarke was a Democratic U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Democrats on 96% 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. 6692 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) from…Dec 20, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
- H.R. 6659 Urban Recovery and Growth ActDec 13, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 6658 Urban Competitiveness ActDec 13, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 6493 Global Investments in America's Cities ActNov 6, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
- H.R. 6220 Ban the Box ActSep 26, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2920 (112th) Detroit Jobs Trust Fund Act30 cosponsors
- H.R. 4170 (112th) Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 201224 cosponsors
- H.R. 3462 (112th) To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make tuition payments for veterans enrolled in institutions of higher learning who are receiving assistance…17 cosponsors
- H.Res. 365 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should cut the United States' true debt burden by reducing home mortgage balances…17 cosponsors
- H.R. 4848 (112th) Save Our Neighborhoods Act of 201212 cosponsors
- H.Res. 331 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should immediately reassess the United States mission in Afghanistan and redirect…6 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Clarke has won
Rep. Clarke has won 1 U.S. House election (2010–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 60.9 to 60.9 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 30 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 30 | 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 | 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 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.