Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Bill Delahunt
Bill Delahunt was a Democratic U.S. representative from Massachusetts, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (105th–111th 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. 5034 Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness (CARE) Act of 2010Sep 29, 2010 · Committee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 6153 Foreign Prison Conditions Improvement Act of 2010Sep 16, 2010 · Referred to House Judiciary
- H.R. 5143 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010Aug 5, 2010 · Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.
- H.R. 5660 Main Street Fairness ActJul 1, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 2253 Financial Markets Commission Act of 2009Jun 22, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2802 (111th) To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former President John…Became law
- H.R. 1777 (110th) Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2008Became law
- H.R. 2411 (105th) To provide for a land exchange involving the Cape Cod National Seashore and to extend the authority for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission.Became law
- H.R. 2731 (105th) For the relief of Roy Desmond Moser.Became law
- H.R. 2732 (105th) For the relief of John Andre Chalot.Became law
- H.R. 3232 (110th) Travel Promotion Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.R. 912 (109th) Humanitarian Assistance Code of Conduct Act of 2005Passed a chamber
- H.R. 6344 (110th) Responsive Government Act of 2008Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Delahunt has won
Rep. Delahunt has won 7 U.S. House elections (1996–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.6 to 51.6 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 Massachusetts done while Rep. Delahunt served?
2005 to 2010 in Massachusetts: typical household income was down 3% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 1.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 3.8 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. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Massachusetts during Delahunt’s time representing it (1997 to 2011). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Survey years start at 2005. The yearly estimates for Massachusetts begin in 2005, so 1997 to 2004 are not shown. No 2020 yearly estimate exists.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 23 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 23 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| 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 111th 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.