Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Bob Barr
Bob Barr was a Republican U.S. representative from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (104th–107th 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.R. 5609 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 East 1st Street in Rome, Georgia, as the "Martha Berry Post Office".Nov 15, 2002 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 4561 Federal Agency Protection of Privacy ActOct 8, 2002 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 2929 Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2001Oct 8, 2002 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 4884 Educator Appreciation and Classroom Help ActJun 6, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3897 Health Care Antitrust Improvements Act of 2002Mar 7, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3396 (104th) Defense of Marriage ActBecame law
- H.J.Res. 91 (105th) Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin CompactBecame law
- H.R. 4786 (106th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Postal Way in Carrollton, Georgia, as the "Samuel P. Roberts Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 2336 (104th) To amend the Doug Barnard, Jr.--1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games Commemorative Coin Act, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 2625 (105th) To redesignate Washington National Airport as "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2092 (104th) Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act of 1996Passed a chamber
- H.R. 103 (105th) Private Security Officer Quality Assurance Act of 1997Passed a chamber
- H.R. 123 (106th) Bill Emerson English Language Empowerment Act of 1999138 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Barr has won
Rep. Barr has won 4 U.S. House elections (1994–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.9 to 15.6 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.