Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Henry A. Waxman
Henry Waxman was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1975, who voted with most Democrats on 96% 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4364 Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014Apr 4, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
- H.R. 4298 GRID ActMar 28, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- H.R. 4004 To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings of the Department of Veterans Affairs at the West Los…Feb 11, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3982 Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014Feb 7, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- H.R. 2910 Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013Sep 13, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1256 (111th) To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United…Became law
- H.R. 3595 (102nd) Medicaid Voluntary Contribution and Provider-Specific Tax Amendments of 1991Became law
- H.R. 4790 (101st) Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 3667 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 South Barrington Street in Los Angeles, California, as the "Karl Malden Station".Became law
- H.R. 1873 (103rd) To require certain payments made to victims of Nazi persecution to be disregarded in determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits or services based…Became law
- H.R. 3562 (101st) Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 2202 (103rd) Preventive Health Amendments of 1993Became law
- H.R. 3508 (102nd) Health Professions Education Extension Amendments of 1992Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Waxman has won
Rep. Waxman has won 19 U.S. House elections (1976–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.9 to 80.4 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 California’s 33rd district done while Rep. Waxman served?
2013 to 2014 in CA-33: typical household income was up 10% 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 California’s 33rd district during Waxman’s time representing it (2013 to 2015). 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. CA-33 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Waxman’s term so far (2013 and 2014) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
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 | 8 | See the 8 → |
| 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.