Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Steve Southerland II
Steve Southerland was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 2011, 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
- NayOn 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. 5078 Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014Sep 11, 2014 · Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 559.
- H.R. 5201 Right to Haul Act of 2014Jul 25, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- H.R. 4988 MAST ActJul 7, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- H.R. 4955 To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the tariff preference level on imports of certain cotton and man-made fiber, fabric…Jun 24, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 4222 To correct the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Florida, and for other purposes.Apr 8, 2014 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3856 (112th) State Waters Partnership Act of 201213 cosponsors
- H.R. 1632 (113th) Building Rural Communities Act12 cosponsors
- H.R. 935 (112th) To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available…12 cosponsors
- H.R. 3055 (113th) Providing Relief to Individuals Desiring Employment (PRIDE) Act of 201310 cosponsors
- H.R. 4176 (112th) To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available…6 cosponsors
- H.R. 4151 (112th) To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Bureau of Prisons land in Leon County, Florida.1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Southerland has won
Rep. Southerland has won 2 U.S. House elections (2010–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.5 to 12.2 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 2nd district done while Rep. Southerland served?
2012 to 2014 in FL-2: typical household income was about the same 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 2nd district during Southerland’s time representing it (2011 to 2015). 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-2 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, 2012 to 2014 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2015.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th 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 | 9 | See the 9 → |
| 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 113th 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.