Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
John Kline
John Kline was a Republican U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 2003, who voted with most Republicans on 98% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–114th 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. 3459 Protecting Local Business Opportunity ActDec 1, 2015 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 272.
- H.R. 3549 VA Billing Accountability ActNov 17, 2015 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 1500 To ensure that certain TRICARE program beneficiaries may enroll in TRICARE Prime regardless of the location of their residence.Aug 13, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 5 Student Success ActJul 13, 2015 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 147.
- H.R. 1768 Workforce Democracy and Fairness ActApr 14, 2015 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3989 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 37598 Goodhue Avenue in Dennison, Minnesota, as the "Albert H. Quie Post Office."Became law
- H.R. 1911 (113th) Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013Became law
- H.R. 4045 (112th) To modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence days to…Became law
- H.R. 1412 (108th) Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003Became law
- H.R. 6151 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Oak Street in Farmington, Minnesota, as the "Hamilton H. Judson Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 2132 (109th) To extend the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or national…Became law
- H.Res. 483 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Veterans of Foreign Wars Day.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 663 (110th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Veterans of Foreign Wars Day.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kline has won
Rep. Kline has won 7 U.S. House elections (2002–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.2 to 26.7 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 Minnesota’s 2nd district done while Rep. Kline served?
2005 to 2011 in MN-2: typical household income was down 9% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.5 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.0 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 Minnesota’s 2nd district during Kline’s time representing it (2003 to 2017). 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. MN-2 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2003 to 2017.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 114th 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.