Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Joe Cunningham
Joe Cunningham was a Democratic U.S. representative from South Carolina, first elected to Congress in 2019, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (116th–116th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4679 Climate-Ready Fisheries Act of 2019Dec 14, 2020 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 527.
- H.R. 8919 eVIP Mail Service for Veterans ActDec 9, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- H.R. 7811 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a reduction in loan fees for certain veterans affected by major disasters.Oct 6, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- H.R. 8483 Pandemic Assistance for Student Veterans Act of 2020Oct 1, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently…
- H.R. 8212 ECHO ActSep 11, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4771 (116th) VA Tele-Hearing Modernization ActBecame law
- H.R. 1941 (116th) Coastal and Marine Economies Protection ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 7092 (116th) Great American Outdoors Act253 cosponsors
- H.R. 2982 (116th) Women Veterans Health Care Accountability Act20 cosponsors
- H.R. 6967 (116th) To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to certain members of the National Guard serving on active service in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19)…19 cosponsors
- H.R. 291 (116th) Coastal Economies Protection Act9 cosponsors
- H.R. 4828 (116th) Sport Fish Restoration and Recreational Boating Safety Act of 20196 cosponsors
- H.R. 6180 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, as the "Caesar H.…6 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Cunningham has won
Rep. Cunningham has won 1 U.S. House election (2018–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.4 to 1.4 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
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 21 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 21 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 20 | See the 20 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.