Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress

David Dreier

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · CaliforniaHouse 1981–2013 (CA-33, CA-28, CA-26)

David Dreier was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1981, who voted with most Republicans on 94% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–112th Congress).

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320Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–112th Congress (excludes amendments)

142Passed a chamberof 320 bills & resolutions sponsored

2Became law2 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 100th–112th Congress

40Broke with partyof 653 yes/no votes, 112th (6.1%)

4Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (0.6%)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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 2012
Jan 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 2012
Jan 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 Act
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.Res. 844 Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003, and to provide for…
Jan 1, 2013 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.Res. 841 Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 66) approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the…
Dec 20, 2012 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.Res. 808 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6156) to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products…
Nov 15, 2012 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.R. 6169 Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012
Aug 2, 2012 · Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 747, H.R. 6169 is laid on the table.
H.Res. 719 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement with Tunisia.
Jun 29, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Dreier has won

Rep. Dreier has won 16 U.S. House elections (1980–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.4 to 44.9 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won16 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 6.4 points1980, CA-35

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 16 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, California’s 26th districtWinners, most recent three: Howard L. Berman (D) 1982–2000 → David Dreier (R) 2002–2010 → Julia Brownley (D) 2012–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 California’s 26th district done while Rep. Dreier served?

2005 to 2011 in CA-26: typical household income was down 12% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.2 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

CA-26: $112.9K in 2005 → $99.0K in 2011

CA-26 down 12%California down 7%U.S. down 5%

Share of people below the poverty line

CA-26: 7.2% in 2005 → 8.7% in 2011

CA-26 about the sameCalifornia up 3.3 pointsU.S. up 2.6 points

Share of workers looking for a job

CA-26: 4.7% in 2005 → 8.8% in 2011

CA-26 up 4.2 pointsCalifornia up 5.2 pointsU.S. up 3.4 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 California’s 26th district during Dreier’s time representing it (2003 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. CA-26 was redrawn in 2012 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 2003 to 2013.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 35 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	35	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	7	See the 7 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	21	See the 21 →

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.

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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.