Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Carolyn McCarthy
Carolyn Mccarthy was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Democrats on 93% 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5005 Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2014Nov 17, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- H.R. 2759 Teachers at the Table ActSep 13, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- H.R. 1857 Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2013Jul 8, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- H.R. 1955 Long Island Aviation History ActMay 20, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- H.R. 1041 PRE-K ActApr 23, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1388 (111th) Serve America ActBecame law
- H.R. 586 (111th) Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009Became law
- H.R. 2079 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Main Street in East Rockaway, New York, as the "John J. Cook Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 2640 (110th) NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007Became law
- H.Res. 1401 (111th) Expressing gratitude for the contributions that the air traffic controllers of the United States make to keep the traveling public safe and the airspace of…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 998 (110th) Civil Rights History Project Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 136 (110th) Commending the Girl Scouts of the United States of America on the occasion of their 95th anniversary, for providing quality age-appropriate experiences that…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 254 (111th) A resolution recognizing the contributions of Irish-Americans in the history and progress of the United States.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. McCarthy has won
Rep. McCarthy has won 9 U.S. House elections (1996–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.5 to 27.4 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 New York’s 4th district done while Rep. McCarthy served?
2005 to 2011 in NY-4: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.2 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 4th district during McCarthy’s time representing it (1997 to 2015). 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. NY-4 was redrawn in 2012, 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 1997 to 2015.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th 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 | 10 | See the 10 → |
| 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 113th 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.