Former member of Congress · last served 118th Congress
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 2017.
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
- Not VotingCall by States — Procedural voteJan 3, 2025 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4864 End Birthright Citizenship Fraud Act of 2023Dec 18, 2024 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSPORSHIP - Mr. Strong asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4864, a bill originally…
- H.R. 374 Abolish the ATF ActDec 5, 2024 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Burlison asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 374, a bill originally…
- H.R. 10067 HARRIS Act of 2024Oct 29, 2024 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 10066 JAIL for Alien Voters Act of 2024Oct 29, 2024 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.Res. 1549 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on contract breaches and other failures under the F-35 aircraft program.Oct 22, 2024 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2370 (115th) Escambia County Land Conveyance ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 757 (118th) Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5634 (115th) Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018Reported from committee
- H.Res. 300 (118th) Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit, respectively, to the House of Representatives copies of all documents indicating…Reported from committee
- H.Res. 1001 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that former President Donald J. Trump did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United…71 cosponsors
- H.Res. 717 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the so-called "FISA memo", a document prepared by the House Permanent Select Committee on…35 cosponsors
- H.Res. 477 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a special counsel should be appointed by the Attorney General or his designee to investigate…29 cosponsors
- H.Res. 244 (115th) Expressing support for Japan to end its whaling in all forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations.22 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gaetz has won
Rep. Gaetz has won 5 U.S. House elections (2016–2024). Of the contested races, margins ran from 30.6 to 38.2 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 Florida’s 1st district done while Rep. Gaetz served?
2017 to 2021 in FL-1: typical household income was up 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
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 Florida’s 1st district during Gaetz’s time representing it (2017 to 2024). 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. FL-1 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, 2017 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2017 to 2024.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
118th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 43 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 43 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 28 | See the 28 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 118th 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.