Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Tom Bliley
Thomas Bliley was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 14 bills that became law (100th–106th 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. 5291 Beneficiary Improvement and Protection Act of 2000Dec 7, 2000 · House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 15, 2000.
- H.R. 2884 Energy Act of 2000Nov 9, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-469.
- H.R. 5476 Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act of 2000Oct 31, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.Con.Res. 396 Celebrating the birth of James Madison and his contributions to the Nation.Oct 26, 2000 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 5225 Richmond National Battlefield Park Act of 2000Oct 18, 2000 · Received in the Senate.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1627 (104th) Food Quality Protection Act of 1996Became law
- H.J.Res. 457 (102nd) Designating January 16, 1993, as "Religious Freedom Day".Became law
- H.R. 4382 (105th) Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 1034 (106th) To declare a portion of the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia, to be nonnavigable waters of the United States for purposes of title 46…Became law
- H.R. 4107 (101st) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to permit certain uses of lands within Richmond National Battlefield Park and Colonial National Historical Park in the…Became law
- H.R. 2969 (102nd) District of Columbia Emergency Deficit Reduction Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 2824 (103rd) To modify the project for flood control, James River Basin, Richmond, Virginia.Became law
- H.J.Res. 356 (102nd) Designating December 1991 as "Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bliley has won
Rep. Bliley has won 10 U.S. House elections (1980–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.5 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 30 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 30 | 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 | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a committee report listed | 10 | See the 10 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th 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.