Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
William L. Armstrong
William Armstrong was a Republican U.S. senator from Colorado, first elected to Congress in 1973, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (100th–101st 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
- S. 1118 A bill to provide for the transfer of the Platoro Reservoir to the Conejos Water Conservancy District of the State of Colorado, and for the protection of fish…Dec 3, 1990 · For Further Action See H.R.1462.
- S. 2737 Korean War Veterans Memorial Thirty-Eighth Anniversary Commemorative Coin ActOct 31, 1990 · Became Public Law No: 101-495.
- S. 3104 A bill for the relief of Sonanong Poonpipat (Latch).Sep 25, 1990 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- S. 3061 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for producing fuel from nonconventional sources to gas produced from oil shale, to…Sep 17, 1990 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S.Con.Res. 144 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need to account as fully as possible for Americans still missing or otherwise…Aug 3, 1990 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 85 (101st) A joint resolution to designate the week of July 24 - 30, 1989, as the "National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War".Became law
- S.J.Res. 318 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week of July 25-31, 1988, as the "National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War."Became law
- S.J.Res. 62 (101st) A joint resolution designating May 1989 as "National Stroke Awareness Month".Became law
- S. 1776 (100th) A bill to modernize United States circulating coin designs, of which one reverse will have a theme of the Bicentennial of the Constitution.Passed a chamber
- S.J.Res. 290 (101st) A joint resolution to designate the week of July 22, 1990, through July 28, 1990, as the "National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in…Passed a chamber
- S. 670 (101st) A bill to recognize the organization known as The Retired Enlisted Association, Incorporated.Passed a chamber
- S. 450 (100th) A bill to recognize the organization known as the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum.Passed a chamber
- S. 2748 (100th) A bill to extend the authorization in Public Law 96-309 to design and construct a gunite lining on certain reaches of the Bessemer Ditch in the vicinity of…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Armstrong has won
Sen. Armstrong has won 1 U.S. House election (1976–1976) and 2 U.S. Senate elections (1978, 1984). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.4 to 32.9 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 29 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 29 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 101st 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.