Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Richard K. Armey
Dick Armey was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 8 bills that became law (100th–107th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5005 Homeland Security Act of 2002Nov 25, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-296.
- H.Res. 615 Providing for a committee of two Members to be appointed by the House to inform the President.Nov 15, 2002 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 614 Providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighth Congress.Nov 15, 2002 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 5710 Homeland Security Information Sharing ActNov 14, 2002 · Received in the Senate.
- H.Res. 590 Relating to early organization of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighth Congress.Oct 16, 2002 · On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H8009-8010)
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4481 (100th) National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989Became law
- H.J.Res. 51 (107th) Approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.Became law
- H.J.Res. 36 (105th) Approving the Presidential finding that the limitation on obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations Export Financing, and Related…Became law
- H.J.Res. 80 (107th) Appointing the day for the convening of the second session of the One Hundred Seventh Congress.Became law
- H.J.Res. 85 (106th) Appointing the day for the convening of the second session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress.Became law
- H.J.Res. 103 (105th) Waiving certain enrollment requirements with respect to certain specified bills of the One Hundred Fifth Congress.Became law
- H.J.Res. 198 (104th) Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress and the day for the counting in Congress of the electoral votes…Became law
- H.Con.Res. 292 (106th) Congratulating the people of Taiwan for the successful conclusion of presidential elections on March 18, 2000, and reaffirming United States policy toward…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Armey has won
Rep. Armey has won 9 U.S. House elections (1984–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.5 to 76.3 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 40 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 40 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 5 | See the 5 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.