Former member of Congress · last served 118th Congress
Brian Higgins
Brian Higgins was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 2005, who voted with most Democrats on 95% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–118th 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
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5593 To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to exempt from the Generalized System of Preferences certain tire articles, and for other purposes.Dec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5408 SSI Savings Penalty Elimination ActDec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
- H.R. 4788 Opioid Treatment Providers ActDec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
- H.R. 4286 Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening ActDec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3498 HELP Act of 2023May 23, 2024 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. McGarvey asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3498, a bill originally…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3556 (112th) To designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 2142 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the "Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 918 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the "Stan Lundine Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 3339 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2061 South Park Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the "James T. Molloy Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 6226 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the "Stan Lundine Post Office Building".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3350 (114th) Know the CBRN Terrorism Threats to Transportation ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 1275 (110th) Honoring the life of Timothy John Russert, Jr., public servant, political analyst, and author.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1730 (116th) Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2019170 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Higgins has won
Rep. Higgins has won 10 U.S. House elections (2004–2022). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.3 to 58.5 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 New York’s 26th district done while Rep. Higgins served?
2013 to 2021 in NY-26: typical household income was up 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.2 points, 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 New York’s 26th district during Higgins’s time representing it (2013 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. NY-26 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2013 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2013 to 2024.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
118th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 | 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 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.