Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
John A. Yarmuth
John Yarmuth was a Democratic U.S. representative from Kentucky, first elected to Congress in 2007, who voted with most Democrats on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 4 bills that became law (113th–117th 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.Res. 1470 Expressing support for the designation of the week of November 14 through November 18, 2022, as "National Family Service Learning Week".Nov 14, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- H.J.Res. 89 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections.Nov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- H.R. 8948 Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022Sep 21, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- H.Res. 1360 Expressing support for designation of the week of September 18 through 24, 2022, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.Sep 15, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- H.R. 5376 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.Aug 16, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-169.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4454 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3050 Hunsinger Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, as the "Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen…Became law
- H.R. 1319 (117th) American Rescue Plan Act of 2021Became law
- H.R. 1868 (117th) To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 3877 (116th) Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019Became law
- H.Res. 314 (111th) Honoring and saluting Hillerich & Bradsby Co. on the 125th anniversary of the Louisville Slugger.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 385 (110th) Recognizing National AmeriCorps Week.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5524 (110th) Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 905 (111th) Recognizing the 70th anniversary of the retirement of Justice Louis D. Brandeis from the United States Supreme Court.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Yarmuth has won
Rep. Yarmuth has won 8 U.S. House elections (2006–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.4 to 29.4 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 Kentucky’s 3rd district done while Rep. Yarmuth served?
2012 to 2022 in KY-3: typical household income was up 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 3.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.8 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 Kentucky’s 3rd district during Yarmuth’s time representing it (2007 to 2023). 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. KY-3 was redrawn in 2012, 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 2022 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2007 to 2023.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th 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 | 7 | See the 7 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th 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.