Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Scotty Baesler
Scotty Baesler was a Democratic U.S. representative from Kentucky, first elected to Congress in 1993.
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. 4860 National Domestic Violence Victim Notification ActOct 21, 1998 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2272)
- H.R. 3867 LEAF ActJun 15, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
- H.R. 3769 Fairness for Working Families ActApr 30, 1998 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- H.R. 3264 Tobacco Community Economic Stabilization and Support ActMar 16, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
- H.R. 3281 To exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll with a managed care entity under the Medicaid Program.Mar 3, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 259 (105th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) amending the Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for election for…30 cosponsors
- H.R. 1366 (105th) Federal Election Reform Act of 199717 cosponsors
- H.Res. 272 (105th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) amending the Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for election for…4 cosponsors
- H.R. 2414 (104th) Youth Smoking Prevention Act of 19953 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Baesler has won
Rep. Baesler has won 3 U.S. House elections (1992–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.4 to 21.4 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | 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 105th 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.