Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Ron Paul
Ron Paul was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1975, who voted with most Republicans on 69% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 459 Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 580.
- H.R. 6342 Compassionate Freedom of Choice Act of 2012Aug 3, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5993 Syria Non-Intervention Act of 2012Jun 27, 2012 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4071)
- H.R. 5629 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on cerium sulfide pigments.May 14, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5628 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on mixtures or coprecipitates of yttrium oxide and europium oxide.May 14, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2121 (111th) To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in Galveston, Texas, to the Galveston Historical Foundation.Became law
- H.Con.Res. 448 (109th) Commending the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the completion of the Space Shuttle's second Return-to-Flight mission.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 277 (107th) Recognizing the important contributions of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 90 (106th) Withdrawing the approval of the United States from the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization.Reported from committee
- H.R. 154 (108th) To exclude certain properties from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.Reported from committee
- H.R. 2674 (106th) Palmetto Bend Conveyance ActReported from committee
- H.R. 1207 (111th) Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009320 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 55 (106th) To disapprove a rule relating to delivery of mail to a commercial mail receiving agency, issued by the United States Postal Service.68 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Paul has won
Rep. Paul has won 11 U.S. House elections (1978–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.1 to 52.0 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 Texas’s 14th district done while Rep. Paul served?
2005 to 2011 in TX-14: typical household income was up 15% 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 Texas’s 14th district during Paul’s time representing it (1997 to 2013). 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. TX-14 was redrawn in 2012 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1997 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 53 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 53 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 52 | See the 52 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.