Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Steve King
Steve King was a Republican U.S. representative from Iowa, first elected to Congress in 2003, who voted with most Republicans on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
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
- NayOn 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. 9064 Refurbishing the Pillars of American Exceptionalism Act of 2020Dec 31, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources…
- H.R. 9063 To require agencies of the Federal Government to define the term service animal in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Justice, and for other…Dec 31, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- H.R. 9062 No Sanctuary for Criminals ActDec 31, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.Res. 1273 Nullifying the impeachment of Donald John Trump.Dec 31, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 8876 To authorize the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reclassify the GS-1801 ICE Tactical Officers in the Homeland Security Investigations…Dec 4, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 942 (109th) Recognizing the centennial anniversary on August 5, 2006, of the Iranian constitution of 1906.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1215 (115th) Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 847 (110th) Recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 298 (111th) Congratulating the on-premise sign industry for its contributions to the success of small businesses.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5283 (115th) To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 7, title 20, and title 43, United States Code.Reported from committee
- H.R. 3487 (115th) To amend section 1332 of title 28, United States Code, to provide that the requirement for diversity of citizenship jurisdiction is met if any one party to…Reported from committee
- H.R. 2296 (111th) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2009243 cosponsors
- H.R. 4900 (110th) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007224 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. King has won
Rep. King has won 9 U.S. House elections (2002–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.3 to 33.4 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 Iowa’s 4th district done while Rep. King served?
2013 to 2019 in IA-4: typical household income was up 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.8 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 Iowa’s 4th district during King’s time representing it (2013 to 2021). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. IA-4 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in King’s term so far (2013 to 2019) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 47 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 47 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 44 | See the 44 → |
| 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 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.