Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Tim Holden
Tim Holden was a Democratic U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1993, who voted with most Democrats on 81% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (103rd–112th 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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 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 2012Jan 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 3713 Equitable Treatment for the Living Victims of Lockerbie ActDec 16, 2011 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- H.R. 3385 To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a combat badge for helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) pilots and crews.Dec 8, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 6342 To establish pilot projects for agriculture renewable energy systems.Nov 16, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.
- H.R. 6341 To establish a loan program to promote energy conservation in rural areas.Nov 16, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.
- H.R. 6035 Foreign Oil Displacement Act of 2010Jul 30, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2564 (105th) To designate the United States Post Office located at 450 North Centre Street in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, as the "Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility".Became law
- H.R. 3197 (103rd) To redesignate the Post Office building located at 13th and Rockland Streets in Reading, Pennsylvania, as the "Gus Yatron Federal Postal Facility".Became law
- H.Res. 754 (111th) Honoring the citizen-soldiers of the National Guard of the State of Pennsylvania, including the 56th Brigade Combat Team (Stryker) of the Pennsylvania Army…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 264 (110th) Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Correctional Officers and Employees Week" and honoring the service of correctional officers and employees.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5509 (111th) Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement ActReported from committee
- H.R. 1464 (107th) Social Security Benefits Fairness Act of 200178 cosponsors
- H.R. 163 (106th) Social Security Benefits Fairness Act of 199969 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 287 (103rd) To designate both the month of August 1994 and the month of August 1995 as "National Slovak American Heritage Month".65 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Holden has won
Rep. Holden has won 10 U.S. House elections (1992–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.8 to 32.6 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 Pennsylvania’s 17th district done while Rep. Holden served?
2005 to 2011 in PA-17: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was 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 Pennsylvania’s 17th district during Holden’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. PA-17 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2018, 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 2 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
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.
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.