Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Abby Finkenauer
Abby Finkenauer was a Democratic U.S. representative from Iowa, first elected to Congress in 2019.
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. 8957 Wind Workforce Modernization and Training Act of 2020Dec 14, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
- H.R. 8835 Rural Revitalization Now ActDec 2, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
- H.R. 8811 COVID–19 Data Accuracy ActNov 24, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 8785 B–BAM ActNov 19, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 8326 CED ActNov 18, 2020 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 6133 (116th) STEP Improvement Act of 2020Passed a chamber
- H.R. 7909 (116th) Ensuring Children and Child Care Workers Are Safe Act of 2020Passed a chamber
- H.R. 246 (116th) Stimulating Innovation through Procurement Act of 2019Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2089 (116th) Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 201965 cosponsors
- H.Res. 1200 (116th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Rural Health Day.27 cosponsors
- H.R. 3302 (116th) Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 201919 cosponsors
- H.R. 7630 (116th) COACH Act17 cosponsors
- H.Res. 719 (116th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Rural Health Day.12 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Finkenauer has won
Rep. Finkenauer has won 1 U.S. House election (2018–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.1 to 5.1 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 39 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 39 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 36 | See the 36 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.