Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
John Ashcroft
John Ashcroft was a Republican U.S. senator from Missouri, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (104th–106th 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. 3264 Records Access Improvements Act of 2000Nov 14, 2000 · Star Print ordered on the bill.
- S. 3263 Children's Classroom Trust Fund ActNov 14, 2000 · Star Print ordered on the bill.
- S. 3159 A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify provisions relating to the use of accrued compensatory time by certain public employees.Oct 4, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S. 1638 A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the retroactive eligibility dates for financial assistance for higher…Oct 2, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-276.
- S. 3102 Putting Parents First ActSep 25, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 486 (106th) Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act of 1999Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 263 (106th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should communicate to the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries…Passed a chamber
- S. 185 (106th) A bill to establish a Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 183 (106th) A resolution designating the week beginning on September 19, 1999, and ending on September 25, 1999, as National Home Education Week.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 120 (106th) A resolution requesting that the President raise the issue of agricultural biotechnology at the June G-8 Summit meeting.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 250 (106th) A resolution recognizing the outstanding achievement of the St. Louis Rams in winning Super Bowl XXXIV.Passed a chamber
- S. 4 (105th) Family Friendly Workplace ActReported from committee
- S. 2024 (105th) Methamphetamine Trafficking Penalty Enhancement Act of 1998Reported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Ashcroft has won
Sen. Ashcroft has won 1 U.S. Senate election (1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 24.0 to 24.0 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 60 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 60 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th 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.