Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Mike Ross
Mike Ross was a Democratic U.S. representative from Arkansas, first elected to Congress in 2001, who voted with most Democrats on 60% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 3 bills that became law (107th–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
- 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. 4795 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain urea resins.May 2, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 4794 To suspend temporarily the duty on magnesium hydroxide with a purity greater than or equal to 99.8 percent.May 2, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 4793 To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,3-Dibromo-5-Dimethylhydantoin.May 2, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 4792 To suspend temporarily the duty on allyl bromide.May 2, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 4791 To suspend temporarily the duty on 4,4'-methylenebis(2-chloroaniline).May 2, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3853 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 208 South Main Street in Parkdale, Arkansas, as the Willie Vaughn Post Office.Became law
- H.R. 2011 (110th) To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 100 East 8th Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as the "George Howard, Jr. Federal…Became law
- H.R. 781 (110th) To redesignate Lock and Dam No. 5 of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System near Redfield, Arkansas, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act…Became law
- H.Res. 1603 (111th) Expressing support for designation of September 2010 as National Craniofacial Acceptance Month.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4192 (109th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1155 (110th) Honoring the recipients of the El Dorado Promise scholarship.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 138 (110th) Recognizing the importance of Hot Springs National Park on its 175th anniversary.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 390 (110th) Recognizing the importance of the Ouachita National Forest on its 100th anniversary.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ross has won
Rep. Ross has won 6 U.S. House elections (2000–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.9 to 72.3 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 Arkansas’s 4th district done while Rep. Ross served?
2005 to 2011 in AR-4: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 1.8 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 1.4 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 Arkansas’s 4th district during Ross’s time representing it (2001 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. AR-4 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 2001 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 29 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 29 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 29 | See the 29 → |
| 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 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.