Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Helen Delich Bentley
Helen Bentley was a Republican U.S. representative from Maryland, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 4295 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue certificates of documentation for 6 dredging vessels.Jul 28, 1994 · Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4820.
- H.R. 56 To amend the Shipping Act of 1984 to provide for equitable treatment of United States ocean freight forwarders by ocean carrier conferences.May 24, 1994 · Text of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4391.
- H.R. 4387 To require that an application for a writ of habeas corpus be submitted with the consent of the person for whose relief it is intended.May 16, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
- H.R. 58 Merchant Marine Memorial Enhancement Act of 1993Nov 23, 1993 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- H.R. 2047 To clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States.Nov 22, 1993 · Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.2150.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 518 (100th) A joint resolution designating the week of September 25, 1988 as "Religious Freedom Week".Became law
- H.R. 3598 (102nd) Intermodal Safe Container Transportation Act of 1992Became law
- H.J.Res. 325 (102nd) To designate the weeks of September 22 through 28, 1991 and September 20 through 26, 1992 each as "Religious Freedom Week".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 668 (101st) Merchant Mariner Memorial Act of 1990Reported from committee
- H.R. 5190 (102nd) To clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States.Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 638 (101st) To designate the week of September 23 through 29, 1990, as "Religious Freedom Week".221 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 238 (101st) Designating the week of September 24, 1989, as "Religious Freedom Week".219 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 30 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Labor, in cooperation with the ACTION Agency, should publicize and promote projects under the…97 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bentley has won
Rep. Bentley has won 5 U.S. House elections (1984–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.7 to 48.7 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
103rd 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 | 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 103rd 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.