Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Karen McCarthy
Karen Mccarthy was a Democratic U.S. representative from Missouri, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (104th–108th 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. 4579 Truman Farm Home Expansion ActOct 30, 2004 · Became Public Law No: 108-396.
- H.Con.Res. 34 Expressing the sense of the Congress that private health insurance companies should take a proactive role in promoting healthy lifestyles, and for other…Oct 6, 2004 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 4736 Independent Film Small Business Job Creation Act of 2004Jun 25, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.Con.Res. 421 Recognizing the Liberty Memorial Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as "America's National World War I Museum", and for other purposes.May 12, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- H.Con.Res. 514 Concerning expedited security determinations relating to nonimmigrant visa requests for certain artists and entertainers from countries that are state…Nov 12, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4700 (106th) To grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact.Became law
- H.R. 75 (105th) Medicare Commission Act of 199726 cosponsors
- H.R. 3992 (104th) Medicare Commission Act of 199621 cosponsors
- H.Res. 326 (107th) Encouraging more revenue sharing among major league baseball teams as an alternative to team eliminations.13 cosponsors
- H.R. 362 (107th) Justice through Assured Knowledge and Enforcement Act10 cosponsors
- H.R. 4954 (106th) Justice Through Assured Knowledge and Enforcement Act7 cosponsors
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 5 U.S. House elections (1994–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.1 to 40.2 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 108th 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.