Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
John Linder
John Linder was a Republican U.S. representative from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (103rd–111th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5891 Poverty Measurement Improvement ActJul 28, 2010 · Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
- H.R. 5885 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the advance payment of the earned income tax credit.Jul 27, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.Con.Res. 118 Supporting the goals of Smart Irrigation Month, which recognizes the advances in irrigation technology and practices that help raise healthy plants and…May 5, 2009 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 135 Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2009Feb 4, 2009 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- H.Con.Res. 18 Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should resume normal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and for other purposes.Jan 9, 2009 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 62 (106th) To grant the consent of Congress to the boundary change between Georgia and South Carolina.Became law
- H.R. 379 (105th) For the relief of Larry Errol Pieterse.Became law
- H.R. 135 (108th) Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2003Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 15 (108th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 1) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 168 (108th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 743) to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards for…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 219 (108th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 766) to provide for a National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 230 (108th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1000) to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 255 (108th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 4) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Linder has won
Rep. Linder has won 9 U.S. House elections (1992–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.1 to 57.8 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 Georgia’s 7th district done while Rep. Linder served?
2007 to 2010 in GA-7: typical household income was down 11% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 5.8 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 Georgia’s 7th district during Linder’s time representing it (2003 to 2011). 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. GA-7 was redrawn in 2007, 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, 2007 to 2010 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2003 to 2011.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 6 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| 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 111th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.