Former representative · Indiana's 8th district
Larry Bucshon
Larry Bucshon served in Congress from 2011 to 2025, last as a Republican representative for Indiana's 8th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 54, and cast 684 of 825 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Jan 5, 2011
- 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 | 4.4%54 of 1,222 · rank 113 of 442 | 83%684 of 825 · rank 411 of 442 | 241 became law | 19%54 of 287 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 2.5%25 of 997 · rank 97 of 443 | 95%536 of 562 · rank 347 of 443 | 120 became law | 30%70 of 233 |
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.
Liberal −1+0.38+1 Conservative
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.
- H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025NayJul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 160–256· Against party
- H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025NayJul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 173–243· Against party
- H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025NayJul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 185–231· Against party
- H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025NayJul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 148–267· Against party
- H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025NayJul 24, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 156–236· Against party
- H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025NayJul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 147–269· Against party
- H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025NayJul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 145–268· Against party
- H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025NayJul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 145–267· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- H.R. 10545: American Relief Act, 2025Not votingDec 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
- Dec 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
- Dec 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
- Dec 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
- Dec 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.
36 sponsored · 1 became law
How far they got
- Introduced2878%
- Reported by committee514%
- Passed one chamber25.6%
- Became law12.8%
Policy areas
- Health16
- Commerce6
- Energy4
- Congress2
- Immigration2
- Science, Technology, Communications2
- Crime and Law Enforcement1
- Environmental Protection1
Latest activity
- H.R. 9805 Access to Claims Data ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 9778 PAVE ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 8574 340B ACCESS ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 5396 Coverage Determination Clarity Act of 2023Reported by committee· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 3290 340B Transparency ActReported by committee· Health· Nov 20, 2024
- H.J.Res. 218 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment".Introduced· Energy· Nov 12, 2024
- H.R. 9676 Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Recycling Innovation Act of 2024Introduced· Environmental Protection· Sep 19, 2024
- H.R. 8751 Improving Government Data-Driven Decisions ActIntroduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jun 14, 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 Indiana's 8th 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
- $752.3M
- Per resident
- $998
- Rank in Indiana
- 2 of 9
- Contract actions
- 7,200
- New awards: 5,780
By fiscal year
- 648.3MFY2017
- 797.7MFY2018
- 771.4MFY2019
- 807.9MFY2020
- 788.2MFY2021
- 910.6MFY2022
- 985.2MFY2023
- 1.1BFY2024
- 1.2BFY2025
- 752.3MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of the Navy$245.2M33%Department of Defense
- Department of the Air Force$208.1M28%Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency$188.4M25%Department of Defense
- Department of Justice
- Agricultural Marketing Service$23.1M3.1%Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Army$18.7M2.5%Department of Defense
- Departmental Offices$16.3M2.2%Department of the Interior
- Federal Acquisition Service$14.2M1.9%General Services Administration
Top recipients
- AMERIQUAL GROUP LLC$166.2M22%193 awards
- ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$83.4M11%3 awards
- AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$72.4M9.6%11 awards
- 21 awards
- MANTECH TSG-2 JOINT VENTURE$48.6M6.5%6 awards
- TRISTAR, INC.$36.6M4.9%7 awards
- AMERIQUAL GROUP, LLC$23.1M3.1%6 awards
- PRECISE SYSTEMS, INC.$16.3M2.2%7 awards
- NAPHCARE LLC$15.4M2.1%54 awards
- BANNER QUALITY MANAGEMENT INC$14.3M1.9%1 award
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
- $740.5K
- through Dec 31, 2024
- Cash on hand
- $315.7K
- From committees
- $530.4K
- 184 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $185.5K
- 61 PACs · 35% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2024
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac) | $5,000 | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| bristol-myers squibb companybristol-myers squibb company political action committee (bms pac) | $5,000 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $8.8M |
| abbott laboratoriesabbott laboratories employee political action committee | $5,000 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $90M |
| general motors companygeneral motors company political action committee (gm pac) | $5,000 | GENERAL MOTORS LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $652.9M |
| eli lilly and companyeli lilly and company political action committee | $5,000 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $286.4K |
| duke energy corporationduke energy corporation pac | $5,000 | DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $17.5M |
| at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac) | $5,000 | AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | -$3,412 |
| american college of emergency physiciansnational emergency medicine political action committee / american college of emergency physicians | $5,000 | AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $92K |
| comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal | $5,000 | COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $453.1K |
| amgen inc.amgen inc. political action committee | $5,000 | AMGEN INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization | $0 |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $740.5K | $530.4K | $185.5K61 PACs · 35% of committee money |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $325.5K79 PACs · 30% 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 · Indiana's 8th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · Indiana's 8th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · Indiana's 8th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · Indiana's 8th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
- House · Indiana's 8th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
- House · Indiana's 8th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
- House · Indiana's 8th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013
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.