Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Niki Tsongas
Niki Tsongas was a Democratic U.S. representative from Massachusetts, first elected to Congress in 2007, who voted with most Democrats on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 3186 Every Kid Outdoors ActNov 28, 2018 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 680.
- H.R. 6825 Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2018Sep 21, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- H.R. 5291 Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity ActJun 26, 2018 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 2142 INTERDICT ActJan 10, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-112.
- H.R. 2279 U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2017May 1, 2017 · Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2240 (112th) Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012Became law
- H.R. 5853 (110th) Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 412 (113th) Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5319 (112th) Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study ActReported from committee
- H.R. 632 (114th) U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 201544 cosponsors
- H.R. 1529 (112th) Defense STRONG Act40 cosponsors
- H.R. 4693 (113th) U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 201433 cosponsors
- H.R. 2059 (113th) Coast Guard STRONG Act21 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Tsongas has won
Rep. Tsongas has won 5 U.S. House elections (2008–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.6 to 50.9 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 Massachusetts’s 3rd district done while Rep. Tsongas served?
2013 to 2018 in MA-3: typical household income was up 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.8 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 3rd district during Tsongas’s time representing it (2013 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. MA-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Tsongas’s term so far (2013 to 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 5 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| 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.