Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Ken Bentsen
Ken Bentsen was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 2 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. 4717 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1199 Pasadena Boulevard in Pasadena, Texas, as the "Jim Fonteno Post Office Building".Oct 30, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-268.
- H.R. 5656 SCHIP Allotment Extension Availability Act of 2002Oct 28, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5696 Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Funding Reform Act of 2002Oct 25, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
- H.R. 3670 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Farmers, Fishermen, Communities, and Firms Act of 2002Jun 12, 2002 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3458-3459)
- H.R. 3769 Insider Trading Full Disclosure Act of 2002May 9, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2961 (106th) International Patient Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 576 (106th) To amend title 4, United States Code, to add the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to the list of days on which the flag should especially be displayed.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3216 (105th) To amend the Act commonly called the "Flag Code" to add the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to the list of days on which the flag should especially be…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 61 (106th) Medicare Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 199929 cosponsors
- H.R. 854 (106th) Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary Assistance Act of 199925 cosponsors
- H.R. 566 (105th) Medigap Protection Act of 199718 cosponsors
- H.R. 3359 (107th) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Farmers, Communities, and Firms Act of 200116 cosponsors
- H.R. 3115 (107th) Supporting the Goals of the America's Fund for Afghan Children's Act15 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bentsen has won
Rep. Bentsen has won 4 U.S. House elections (1994–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.3 to 21.6 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 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | 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 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.