Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Thomas J. Rooney
Thomas Rooney was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 2009, who voted with most Republicans on 94% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
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
- NayOn 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. 6663 Secure Elections ActAug 10, 2018 · Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Intelligence (Permanent Select)…
- H.R. 506 Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017Mar 15, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 3884 National Child Identification Assistance ActSep 28, 2017 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- H.R. 3509 CITRUS ActSep 1, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
- H.Res. 467 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations Security Council should immediately impose an arms embargo against the Government…Jul 20, 2017 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2470 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 19190 Cochran Boulevard FRNT in Port Charlotte, Florida, as the "Lieutenant Commander…Became law
- H.R. 1791 (112th) To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the "Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United…Became law
- H.R. 347 (112th) Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011Became law
- H.R. 3637 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 401 Old Dixie Highway in Jupiter, Florida, as the "Roy Schallern Rood Post Office…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3193 (111th) To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the "Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4676 (114th) Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 861 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Military Family Month.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1325 (111th) Recognizing National Missing Children's Day.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Rooney has won
Rep. Rooney has won 5 U.S. House elections (2008–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 17.3 to 33.8 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 17th district done while Rep. Rooney served?
2016 to 2018 in FL-17: typical household income was up 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.2 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 Florida’s 17th district during Rooney’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-17 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 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 6 | See the 6 → |
| 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 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.