Former representative · California's 47th district
Katie Porter
Katie Porter served in Congress from 2019 to 2025, last as a Democratic representative for California's 47th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 150, and cast 760 of 769 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2019
- Last term ended
- Jan 3, 2025

Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 12.3%150 of 1,222 · rank 20 of 442 | 99%760 of 769 · rank 129 of 442 | 850 became law | 15%113 of 766 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 0.3%3 of 997 · rank 368 of 443 | 99%565 of 570 · rank 123 of 443 | 541 became law | 7%41 of 617 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 269–153· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
- Nov 30, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 307–119· Against party
- Nov 1, 2023· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Failed 179–213· Against party
- Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party
- Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 205–229· Against party
- Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 216–219· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34
- Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235
- S. 759: Beagle Brigade Act of 2023Not votingDec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
- H.R. 1101: Lumbee Fairness ActNot votingDec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
- H.R. 115: Midnight Rules Relief ActNot votingDec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39
- S. 141: Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement ActNot votingDec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 390–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
139 sponsored · 1 became law
How far they got
- Introduced13496%
- Reported by committee10.7%
- Passed one chamber32.2%
- Became law10.7%
Policy areas
- Government Operations and Politics21
- Health21
- Armed Forces and National Security11
- Congress11
- Taxation11
- Energy9
- Transportation and Public Works9
- Education8
Latest activity
- H.R. 10554 Pentagon Medical Malpractice Claims Reporting ActIntroduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Dec 20, 2024
- H.R. 8987 Lowest Price for Patients Act of 2024Introduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 7641 Justice for Patients ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 6490 Medicare Economic Security Solutions ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 5854 Medicare Advantage Consumer Protection and Transparency ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 3387 No Surprise Bills for New Moms ActIntroduced· Taxation· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 10162 RESERVE Federal Land ActIntroduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Nov 22, 2024
- H.R. 5658 Vote by Mail Tracking ActPassed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Nov 19, 2024
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
No committee seats are listed.
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to California's 47th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.4B
- Per resident
- $1,830
- Rank in California
- 13 of 52
- Contract actions
- 12.8K
- New awards: 8,713
By fiscal year
- 2.3BFY2017
- 2.3BFY2018
- 2.2BFY2019
- 2.3BFY2020
- 1.9BFY2021
- 918.5MFY2022
- 1.2BFY2023
- 1.4BFY2024
- 1.1BFY2025
- 1.4BFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of the Army$178.7M13%Department of Defense
- Department of the Navy$160.6M12%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$156.3M11%Department of Defense
- U.S. Special Operations Command$142.9M10%Department of Defense
- Department of the Air Force$130.2M9.4%Department of Defense
- Federal Acquisition Service$88.8M6.4%General Services Administration
- Department of Veterans Affairs$53M3.8%
Top recipients
- ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.$730.1M53%59 awards
- PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION$121.2M8.8%662 awards
- RRDS INC$92.9M6.7%2,711 awards
- THE BOEING COMPANY$63M4.6%39 awards
- DZYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$40.8M2.9%4 awards
- GLOBAL PCCI (GPC)$38.8M2.8%124 awards
- PINNACLE PETROLEUM, INC.$25.4M1.8%1,131 awards
- SALIENT CRGT, INC.$22.9M1.7%1 award
- CYNERGY PROFESSIONAL SYSTEMS LLC$21.6M1.6%134 awards
- EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC$15.6M1.1%351 awards
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2024 cycle
- Raised
- $490.9K
- through Jun 30, 2024
- Cash on hand
- $0
- From committees
- $0
- 0 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $0
- 0 PACs · — of committee money
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $490.9K | $0 | $00 PACs · — of committee money |
| 2022 | $26M | $677.5K | $8,5003 PACs · 1% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- House · California's 47th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · California's 45th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · California's 45th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.