Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Nita M. Lowey
Nita Lowey was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1989, who voted with most Democrats on 97% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 12 bills that became law (113th–116th 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.Con.Res. 127 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 133.Dec 22, 2020 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.Con.Res. 128 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1520.Dec 21, 2020 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.J.Res. 110 Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021Dec 20, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-226.
- H.J.Res. 107 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021Dec 18, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-225.
- H.R. 8900 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions ActDec 11, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-215.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1157 (110th) Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2008Became law
- H.R. 1628 (102nd) To authorize the construction of a monument in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor Thomas Paine, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 672 (115th) Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017Became law
- H.R. 2778 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3 Quaker Ridge Road in New Rochelle, New York, as the "Robert Merrill Postal Station".Became law
- H.R. 4995 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7 Columbus Avenue in Tuckahoe, New York, as the "Ronald Bucca Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 1397 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 41 Purdy Avenue in Rye, New York, as the "Caroline O'Day Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 601 (115th) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017Became law
- H.R. 3081 (111th) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Lowey has won
Rep. Lowey has won 16 U.S. House elections (1988–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.8 to 75.8 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 New York’s 17th district done while Rep. Lowey served?
2013 to 2019 in NY-17: typical household income was up 12% 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 down 3.4 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 New York’s 17th district during Lowey’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. NY-17 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Lowey’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 43 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 43 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 33 | See the 33 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 14 | See the 14 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
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.