Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
John F. Tierney
John Tierney was a Democratic U.S. representative from Massachusetts, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Democrats on 95% 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
- 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. 5128 International Human Rights Defense Act of 2014Sep 8, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
- H.R. 4582 Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing ActJun 13, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.R. 4741 Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2014Jun 3, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- H.R. 4652 Increasing Small Business Lending ActMay 9, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- H.R. 4209 SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014Apr 16, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1339 (112th) To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United States.Became law
- H.Res. 605 (108th) Recognizing the importance of increasing awareness of autism, supporting programs for increased research and improved treatment of autism, improving training…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3824 (113th) Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act184 cosponsors
- H.R. 1322 (108th) Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 200396 cosponsors
- H.R. 1322 (107th) Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 200196 cosponsors
- H.R. 1322 (110th) Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 200788 cosponsors
- H.R. 1322 (109th) Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 200579 cosponsors
- H.R. 4300 (111th) Restoring America's Commitment to Consumers Act of 200972 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Tierney has won
Rep. Tierney has won 9 U.S. House elections (1996–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.1 to 40.1 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 Massachusetts’s 6th district done while Rep. Tierney served?
2005 to 2011 in MA-6: 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 up 3.5 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 Massachusetts’s 6th district during Tierney’s time representing it (1997 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. MA-6 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1997 to 2015.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 15 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 15 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 15 | See the 15 → |
| 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 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.