Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Cass Ballenger
Cass Ballenger was a Republican U.S. representative from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (100th–108th 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.Res. 847 Honoring the life of astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr.Nov 19, 2004 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 4796 Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2004Jul 9, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3393 To amend title 40, United States Code, to add Catawba and Cleveland Counties, North Carolina to the Appalachian region.Oct 30, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- H.R. 2516 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify that Christmas tree farming is agriculture under that Act.Jul 21, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 1465 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4832 East Highway 27 in Iron Station, North Carolina, as the "General Charles Gabriel…Jul 14, 2003 · Became Public Law No: 108-53.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 353 (102nd) Designating January 4, 1992 through January 10, 1992, as "Braille Literacy Week".Became law
- H.R. 2877 (105th) To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.Became law
- H.R. 2864 (105th) Occupational Safety and Health Administration Compliance Assistance Authorization Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 1749 (106th) To designate Wilson Creek in Avery and Caldwell Counties, North Carolina, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.Became law
- H.R. 5178 (106th) Needlestick Safety and Prevention ActBecame law
- H.R. 1 (105th) Working Families Flexibility Act of 1997Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2391 (104th) Working Families Flexibility Act of 1996Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 286 (103rd) Recognizing the contribution of President Alfredo Christiani of El Salvador to achieve peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ballenger has won
Rep. Ballenger has won 9 U.S. House elections (1986–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 15.0 to 71.2 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 108th 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.