Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
George E. Brown, Jr.
George Brown was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1963, who sponsored 7 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. 88 To amend the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999, to repeal the requirement regarding data produced under Federal grants and agreements…Jul 15, 1999 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.Con.Res. 126 To honor the ExploraVision Awards Program and to encourage more students to participate in this innovative national student science competition.Jul 2, 1999 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
- H.R. 2077 Sequoia Ecosystem and Recreation Preserve Act of 1999Jun 21, 1999 · Referred to Department of Agriculture for comments.
- H.R. 1527 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Academic Opportunities Act for Fiscal Years 2000, 2001, and 2002Apr 27, 1999 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
- H.R. 1202 Captive Exotic Animal Protection Act of 1999Mar 31, 1999 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1988 (102nd) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1992Became law
- H.R. 3795 (102nd) To amend title 28, United States Code, to establish 3 divisions in the Central Judicial District of California.Became law
- H.R. 5343 (102nd) To make technical amendments to the American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991 and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act with respect to their treatment of the…Became law
- H.J.Res. 542 (102nd) Designating the week beginning November 8, 1992, as "Hire a Veteran Week".Became law
- H.J.Res. 280 (102nd) To designate the week beginning November 10, 1991, as "Hire a Veteran Week".Became law
- H.R. 6133 (102nd) Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 6135 (102nd) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1993Became law
- H.R. 3870 (103rd) Environmental Technologies Act of 1994Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Brown has won
Rep. Brown has won 12 U.S. House elections (1976–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.0 to 28.1 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 6 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 6 | 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 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.