Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Robert E. Badham
Robert Badham was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1977.
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. 5173 A bill for the relief of Ray F. Seuga.Oct 4, 1988 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- H.R. 2296 Los Angeles and San Diego Basins Air Safety Enhancement Act of 1987Dec 18, 1987 · See H.R.2310.
- H.Res. 143 A resolution calling on the House of Representatives to resist all attempts to deny the home mortgage interest deduction to any taxpayer whose home is a boat.Apr 9, 1987 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 1764 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection agency shall have authority to regulate air pollution on…Mar 31, 1987 · Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
- H.R. 1142 A bill to terminate the effect of provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require bilingual ballots and election materials and to permit the States…Feb 26, 1987 · Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Top bills sponsored
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Badham has won
Rep. Badham has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.5 to 48.4 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
100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 6 | 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 | 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 100th 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.