Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Betsy Markey
Betsy Markey was a Democratic U.S. representative from Colorado, first elected to Congress in 2009, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (111th–111th 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.Res. 1541 Expressing support for designation of October 7, 2010, as national "Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day".Oct 13, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- H.R. 1858 To provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyances involving Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to correct the effects of an erroneous land survey…Sep 29, 2010 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
- H.R. 6211 Veterans Back and Spinal Therapy ActSep 24, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 6050 Bent's Old Fort Museum Collections Facility Act of 2010Aug 5, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- H.R. 6049 Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Visitor Center Act of 2010Aug 5, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4238 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 930 39th Avenue in Greeley, Colorado, as the "W.D. Farr Post Office Building".Became law
- H.Res. 1297 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of American Craft Beer Week.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 146 (111th) Designating March 2, 2009, as "Read Across America Day".Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 741 (111th) Expressing support for designation of October 8, 2009, as national Jumpstart's "Read for the Record Day".Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1111 (111th) Designating March 2, 2010, as "Read Across America Day".Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1020 (111th) Honoring the 95th anniversary of the signing of the Rocky Mountain National Park Act.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5730 (111th) Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 1186 (111th) Expressing support for designation of April as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Markey has won
Rep. Markey has won 1 U.S. House election (2008–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.4 to 12.4 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 Colorado’s 4th district done while Rep. Markey served?
2009 to 2010 in CO-4: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
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 Colorado’s 4th district during Markey’s time representing it (2009 to 2011). 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. CO-4 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Markey’s term so far (2009 and 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | 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 | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th 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.