Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Jim McDermott
Jim Mcdermott was a Democratic U.S. representative from Washington, first elected to Congress in 1989, who voted with most Democrats on 92% 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
- NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6265 Medigap Consumer Protection Act of 2016Oct 7, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5947 Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016Sep 7, 2016 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5436 Protecting America's Health Measures ActJun 16, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5396 Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2016Jun 16, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5268 Medicare Beneficiary Enrollment Improvement ActMay 20, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5605 (102nd) Cedar River Watershed Land Exchange Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 3548 (111th) Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009Became law
- H.R. 6867 (110th) Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008Became law
- H.R. 2608 (110th) SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees ActBecame law
- H.R. 5302 (106th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 1010 Fifth Avenue in Seattle, Washington, as the "William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 6893 (110th) Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008Became law
- H.R. 5749 (110th) Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 113 (103rd) Relating to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. McDermott has won
Rep. McDermott has won 14 U.S. House elections (1988–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 48.3 to 78.8 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 Washington’s 7th district done while Rep. McDermott served?
2005 to 2011 in WA-7: typical household income was up 6% 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 1.6 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 Washington’s 7th district during McDermott’s time representing it (1989 to 2017). 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. WA-7 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 1989 to 2017.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 19 | See the 19 → |
| 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 114th 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.