Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Larry Kissell
Larry Kissell was a Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 2009, who voted with most Democrats on 66% 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
- 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.Res. 818 Expressing support for designating January 8th as Elvis Presley Day.Nov 27, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 6466 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care under the…Sep 20, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 1160 McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery Conveyance ActJul 19, 2012 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 466.
- H.R. 2996 Gulf War Syndrome `Presumptive Illness' Extension Act of 2011Jun 6, 2012 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 5327 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on preparations based on ethanediamide, N-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-N'-(4-isodecylphenyl)-.May 14, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3116 (111th) Berry Amendment Extension ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 494 (111th) Recognizing the exemplary service of the soldiers of the 30th Infantry Division (Old Hickory) of the United States Army during World War II.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 238 (111th) Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 660 (111th) Recognizing the distinguished history of the Laurinburg Normal Industrial Institute.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2329 (111th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.134 cosponsors
- H.R. 1469 (112th) Honor Our Fallen Heroes Act93 cosponsors
- H.R. 2499 (112th) Lymphedema Diagnosis and Treatment Cost-Saving Act of 201192 cosponsors
- H.R. 694 (112th) Teacher Tax Deduction Act of 201161 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kissell has won
Rep. Kissell has won 2 U.S. House elections (2008–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.3 to 10.8 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 North Carolina’s 8th district done while Rep. Kissell served?
2009 to 2011 in NC-8: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 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 North Carolina’s 8th district during Kissell’s time representing it (2009 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. NC-8 was redrawn in 2012, 2016, 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, 2009 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2009 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 27 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 27 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 24 | See the 24 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.