Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1989, who voted with most Republicans on 94% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 4 bills that became law (101st–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
- 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.Res. 845 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a standing Committee on Repeals.Jan 2, 2013 · Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
- H.Res. 611 Promoting global energy supply security through increased cooperation among the United States, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, and Georgia.May 7, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia.
- H.R. 4817 Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act of 2012Apr 27, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- H.R. 4132 FAST ActMar 9, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3737 ULTRADec 23, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2498 (106th) Public Health Improvement ActBecame law
- H.R. 2023 (108th) Asthmatic Schoolchildren's Treatment and Health Management Act of 2004Became law
- H.R. 2116 (106th) Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits ActBecame law
- H.R. 727 (107th) To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act.Became law
- H.R. 1036 (108th) Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 822 (112th) National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5109 (106th) Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3980 (105th) Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Care and Research Act of 1998Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Stearns has won
Rep. Stearns has won 12 U.S. House elections (1988–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.9 to 42.9 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 Florida’s 6th district done while Rep. Stearns served?
2005 to 2011 in FL-6: typical household income was down 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 6.0 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 6th district during Stearns’s time representing it (1989 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. FL-6 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1989 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 28 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 28 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 24 | See the 24 → |
| 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.