Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Lynn C. Woolsey
Lynn Woolsey was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1993, who voted with most Democrats on 94% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (103rd–112th 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6409 Private Sector Whistleblower Protection Streamlining Act of 2012Oct 2, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.Res. 573 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.Mar 6, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 3178 Employee Misclassification Prevention ActNov 18, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 3151 Domestic Violence Leave ActNov 18, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 2346 Balancing Act of 2011Sep 8, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 793 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12781 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Inverness, California, as the "Specialist Jake…Became law
- H.R. 606 (109th) Angel Island Immigration Station Restoration and Preservation ActBecame law
- H.Res. 1174 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 211 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1021 (110th) Supporting the goals, ideals, and history of National Women's History Month.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1187 (110th) Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 4469 (108th) Angel Island Immigration Station Restoration and Preservation ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 226 (110th) A resolution to recognize American government officials who played a critical role in the creation and activity of the War Refugee Board in an effort to help…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Woolsey has won
Rep. Woolsey has won 10 U.S. House elections (1992–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.6 to 47.6 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 6th district done while Rep. Woolsey served?
2005 to 2011 in CA-6: typical household income was down 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 3.9 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 California’s 6th district during Woolsey’s time representing it (1993 to 2013). 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. CA-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 1993 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 14 | See the 14 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th 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.