Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Mac Thornberry
William Thornberry was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1995, who voted with most Republicans on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 3 bills that became law (113th–116th 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. 8365 Accurate Weather for Public Safety ActSep 24, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- H.R. 6613 Indo-Pacific Deterrence InitiativeApr 23, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be…
- H.R. 6489 To improve military family readiness.Apr 10, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- H.R. 3014 Accelerating Defense Innovation Act of 2019May 23, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- H.R. 2287 Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water ActApr 11, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 72 (106th) Granting the consent of the Congress to the Red River Boundary Compact.Became law
- H.R. 3687 (105th) Canadian River Project Prepayment ActBecame law
- H.R. 2810 (115th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018Became law
- H.R. 5515 (115th) John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019Became law
- H.R. 5772 (115th) To designate the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the "J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United…Became law
- H.R. 4505 (111th) To enable State homes to furnish nursing home care to parents any of whose children died while serving in the Armed Forces.Became law
- H.R. 4836 (108th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Amarillo, Texas, as the "Thomas E. Creek Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2130 (114th) Red River Private Property Protection ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Thornberry has won
Rep. Thornberry has won 13 U.S. House elections (1994–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.8 to 84.8 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 Texas’s 13th district done while Rep. Thornberry served?
2012 to 2019 in TX-13: typical household income was up 4% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.9 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 Texas’s 13th district during Thornberry’s time representing it (1995 to 2021). 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. TX-13 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, 2012 to 2019 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1995 to 2021.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 7 | See the 7 → |
| 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 116th 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.