Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Bill Shuster
Bill Shuster was a Republican U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 2001, who voted with most Republicans on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 9 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. 7329 To make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted by the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes.Dec 21, 2018 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 7352 Performance-Based Building Act of 2018Dec 20, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- H.R. 7317 Performance-based Building Act of 2018Dec 18, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- H.R. 7316 To make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted by the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes.Dec 18, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- H.R. 6897 Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2018, Part IISep 29, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-250.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3080 (113th) Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014Became law
- H.R. 2062 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 57 West Street in Newville, Pennsylvania, as the "Randall D. Shughart Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 2845 (112th) Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011Became law
- H.R. 4727 (107th) Dam Safety and Security Act of 2003Became law
- H.R. 3421 (112th) Fallen Heroes of 9/11 ActBecame law
- H.R. 4076 (113th) HHEATT Act of 2014Became law
- H.R. 3996 (114th) Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015, Part IIBecame law
- H.R. 4324 (109th) Predisaster Mitigation Program Reauthorization Act of 2005Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Shuster has won
Rep. Shuster has won 8 U.S. House elections (2002–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.6 to 46.1 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 Pennsylvania’s 9th district done while Rep. Shuster served?
2005 to 2011 in PA-9: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 1.6 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.6 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 Pennsylvania’s 9th district during Shuster’s time representing it (2001 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. PA-9 was redrawn in 2012, 2018 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 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
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.