Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Peter I. Blute
Peter Blute was a Republican U.S. representative from Massachusetts, first elected to Congress in 1993.
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. 4143 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the English language and civics requirements for naturalization for persons who are over 65 and have…Oct 4, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
- H.R. 3768 To designate a United States Post Office to be located in Groton, Massachusetts, as the "Augusta 'Gusty' Hornblower United States Post Office".Jul 31, 1996 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- H.R. 3639 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.Jun 24, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- H.R. 2934 Taxpayer Savings Act of 1996Feb 13, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops.
- H.R. 2882 To require that the pay and benefits of the President, the Vice President, Members of Congress, and certain high level Government employees be treated in the…Jan 30, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 117 (104th) Senior Citizens Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 255 (103rd) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any laws enacted pertaining to the reform of our Nation's health care system should apply to Members…91 cosponsors
- H.R. 118 (104th) Fugitive Felon Welfare Elimination Act of 199543 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 320 (103rd) Designating April 11, 1994, as "Persian Gulf War Veteran Recognition Day".31 cosponsors
- H.R. 3787 (103rd) To amend the formula for determining the Official Mail Allowance for members of the House of Representatives; to amend the provisions of title 39, United…22 cosponsors
- H.R. 3943 (103rd) Senior Citizens Housing Safety Act21 cosponsors
- H.R. 2059 (103rd) To rescind unused funds resulting from the abolition of the Select Committees on Aging; Children, Youth and Families; Hunger; and Narcotics Abuse and Control.17 cosponsors
- H.R. 4211 (103rd) Biotechnology Competitiveness Act of 19949 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Blute has won
Rep. Blute has won 2 U.S. House elections (1992–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.1 to 10.4 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.