Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Thaddeus G. McCotter
Thaddeus McCotter was a Republican U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 2003, who voted with most Republicans on 91% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (108th–112th 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 Agreeing to the Conference Report — MAP-21Jun 29, 2012 · Passed
- YeaOn Passage — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013Jun 29, 2012 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Recommit with Instructions — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013Jun 29, 2012 · Failed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Amendment — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013Jun 29, 2012 · Agreed to
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Amendment — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013Jun 29, 2012 · Agreed to
5 most recent bills
- H.Res. 416 Condemning Communist China's discrimination, harassment, imprisonment, torture, and execution of its prisoners of conscience, and supporting the Tuidang…Oct 25, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
- H.R. 2889 Save Social Security ActSep 19, 2011 · Referred for a period ending not later than September 19, 2011, (or for a later time if the Chairman so designates) to the Subcommittee on Social Security, in…
- H.R. 2261 To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations or a United Nations agency if the United Nations or such agency supports the recognition of an…Jun 21, 2011 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- H.R. 1782 To implement the recommendations of the report of the Government Accountability Office entitled "Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government…May 5, 2011 · Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined…
- H.Res. 241 Honoring the members of the United States Armed Forces, the intelligence community, and the Obama and Bush Administrations whose dedicated service brought the…May 3, 2011 · Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2215 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the "John J. Shivnen Post Office…Became law
- H.Res. 1328 (111th) Honoring the life and legacy of William Earnest "Ernie" Harwell.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 608 (109th) Condemning the escalating levels of religious persecution in the People's Republic of China.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 99 (109th) Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to the families of the victims of the terrorist attacks in Madrid that occurred one year ago, on…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 273 (109th) Urging the withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon, support for free and fair democratic elections in Lebanon, and the development of democratic…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 499 (109th) Condemning the murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov on July 9, 2004, in Moscow and the murders of other members of the media in the Russian Federation.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 838 (110th) Welcoming His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on his first apostolic visit to the United States.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 604 (110th) Expressing the nation's sincerest appreciation and thanks for the service of the members of the 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) upon the occasion of the final…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. McCotter has won
Rep. McCotter has won 5 U.S. House elections (2002–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.0 to 20.8 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 Michigan’s 11th district done while Rep. McCotter served?
2005 to 2011 in MI-11: typical household income was down 15% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 4.8 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.3 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 Michigan’s 11th district during McCotter’s time representing it (2003 to 2012). 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. MI-11 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in McCotter’s term so far (2005 to 2011) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th 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 | 7 | See the 7 → |
| 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 112th 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.