Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Walter Minnick
Walter Minnick was a Democratic U.S. representative from Idaho, 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.R. 6430 Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvement Act of 2010Nov 18, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- H.R. 4072 AMERICA Works ActSep 29, 2010 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- H.R. 5896 To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.Sep 20, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
- H.J.Res. 95 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing the States to call a limited convention solely for the purposes of considering…Sep 20, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- H.R. 4474 Idaho Wilderness Water Facilities ActAug 5, 2010 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 547.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2162 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 11th Avenue South in Nampa, Idaho, as the "Herbert A Littleton Postal Station".Became law
- H.Res. 879 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of American Education Week.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 151 (111th) Expressing the sense of Congress that China release democratic activist Liu Xiaobo from imprisonment.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1041 (111th) Congratulating and commending the University of Idaho's football team for winning the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1042 (111th) Commending the Boise State University Broncos football team for winning the 2010 Fiesta Bowl.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5933 (111th) Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010125 cosponsors
- H.R. 4921 (111th) Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 201034 cosponsors
- H.R. 1836 (111th) Payroll Tax Holiday Act of 200921 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Minnick has won
Rep. Minnick has won 1 U.S. House election (2008–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.2 to 1.2 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.
How has Idaho’s 1st district done while Rep. Minnick served?
2009 to 2010 in ID-1: typical household income was down 5% 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 Idaho’s 1st district during Minnick’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. ID-1’s lines did not change in these years, so every year 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 23 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 23 | 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 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
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.