Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Charles B. Rangel
Charles Rangel was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1971, who voted with most Democrats on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–114th 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. 40 Encouraging reunions of divided Korean American families.Dec 12, 2016 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.J.Res. 103 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the…Dec 5, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- H.Res. 915 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Marcus Garvey.Oct 11, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- H.Res. 799 Calling on the United States Government to resume talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea regarding the research, investigation, recovery, and…Sep 7, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
- H.R. 4421 Colonel Charles Young Congressional Gold Medal ActFeb 1, 2016 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4046 (108th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New York, New York, as the 'Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post…Became law
- H.R. 954 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 365 West 125th Street in New York, New York, as the "Percy Sutton Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 4443 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 90 Vermilyea Avenue, in New York, New York, as the "Corporal Juan Mariel Alcantara…Became law
- H.R. 3648 (110th) Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007Became law
- H.R. 4212 (100th) A bill to amend the Joint Resolution of April 27, 1962, to permit the Secretary of the Interior to establish the former home of Alexander Hamilton as a…Became law
- H.R. 1472 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 167 East 124th Street in New York, New York, as the "Tito Puente Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 1830 (110th) To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008.Became law
- H.R. 837 (111th) To designate the Federal building located at 799 United Nations Plaza in New York, New York, as the "Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Rangel has won
Rep. Rangel has won 20 U.S. House elections (1976–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 39.7 to 95.9 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 New York’s 13th district done while Rep. Rangel served?
2013 to 2016 in NY-13: typical household income was up 19% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 3.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.7 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 New York’s 13th district during Rangel’s time representing it (2013 to 2017). 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. NY-13 was redrawn in 2012 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Rangel’s term so far (2013 to 2016) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | 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 114th 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.