Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Patrick Meehan
Patrick Meehan was a Republican U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 86% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 4 bills that became law (113th–115th 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 Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn 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
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.Con.Res. 72 Expressing the sense of Congress that child safety is the first priority of custody and visitation adjudications, and that State courts should improve…Sep 26, 2018 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 2926 REACH ActSep 12, 2018 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Lance asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2926, a bill originally…
- H.R. 1898 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program…Jul 11, 2018 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mrs. Blackburn asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be the first sponsor of H.R. 1898, a bill originally introduced by…
- H.R. 3395 529 OPTIONS ActMay 7, 2018 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Norcross asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3395, a bill originally…
- H.R. 4614 Nuclear Powers America Act of 2017Dec 11, 2017 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4007 (113th) Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014Became law
- H.R. 1314 (114th) Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015Became law
- H.R. 2952 (113th) Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment ActBecame law
- H.R. 4875 (114th) United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016Became law
- H.R. 3488 (113th) Preclearance Authorization Act of 2014Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3668 (112th) Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 2012Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4969 (114th) John Thomas Decker Act of 2016Passed a chamber
- H.R. 998 (114th) Preclearance Authorization Act of 2015Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Meehan has won
Rep. Meehan has won 4 U.S. House elections (2010–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.0 to 24.1 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 Pennsylvania’s 7th district done while Rep. Meehan served?
2012 to 2017 in PA-7: typical household income was up 12% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.1 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 Pennsylvania’s 7th district during Meehan’s time representing it (2011 to 2018). 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. PA-7 was redrawn in 2012, 2018 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2017 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2018.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 15 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 15 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 12 | See the 12 → |
| 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 115th 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.