Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1989, who voted with most Republicans on 89% 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.R. 1918 Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018Dec 20, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-335.
- H.Res. 274 Condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human…Dec 12, 2018 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 2646 United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Extension ActNov 29, 2018 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 703.
- H.R. 6683 Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018Oct 9, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- H.Res. 981 Condemning the violence, persecution, intimidation, and murders committed by the Government of Nicaragua against its citizens.Jul 25, 2018 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1905 (112th) Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012Became law
- H.R. 4240 (112th) Ambassador James R. Lilley and Congressman Stephen J. Solarz North Korea Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2012Became law
- H.R. 5030 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13500 SW 250 Street in Princeton, Florida, as the "Corporal Christian A. Guzman…Became law
- H.R. 2671 (110th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 301 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida, as the "C. Clyde Atkins United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 2061 (115th) North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2017Became law
- H.R. 2913 (111th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 301 Simonton Street in Key West, Florida, as the "Sidney M. Aronovitz United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 907 (114th) United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015Became law
- H.R. 5834 (110th) North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2008Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ros-Lehtinen has won
Rep. Ros-Lehtinen has won 14 U.S. House elections (1990–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.8 to 40.5 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 Florida’s 27th district done while Rep. Ros-Lehtinen served?
2016 to 2018 in FL-27: typical household income was up 13% 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 Florida’s 27th district during Ros-Lehtinen’s time representing it (2013 to 2019). 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. FL-27 was redrawn in 2012, 2016 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, 2016 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2013 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 24 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 24 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 16 | See the 16 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| 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.