Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
John W. Bryant
John Bryant was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–104th 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. 4145 Act to Save America's ForestsOct 4, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research and Forestry.
- H.R. 2883 Family Farm and Home Protection ActJan 31, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.Res. 127 Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 40) to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives concerning the receipt of gifts from…Nov 28, 1995 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2236)
- H.Res. 242 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2261) to provide for the regulation of lobbyists and gift reform, and for other purposes.Nov 8, 1995 · Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Bryant (TX). Petition No: 104-6.
- H.R. 2407 Forest Biodiversity Act of 1995Oct 10, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1677 (101st) Children's Television Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 3966 (100th) Children's Television Act of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 207 (102nd) Commemorating the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the chartering, by an Act of Congress of the Boy Scouts of America.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5410 (100th) Foreign Ownership Disclosure Act of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4490 (103rd) To extend the Administrative Conference of the United States, and for other purposes.Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 231 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week beginning October 4, 1987, as "National School Yearbook Week".224 cosponsors
- H.R. 1164 (103rd) Forest Biodiversity and Clearcutting Prohibition Act of 1993108 cosponsors
- H.R. 74 (102nd) Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act94 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bryant has won
Rep. Bryant has won 7 U.S. House elections (1982–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.7 to 31.2 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
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 | 0 | None listed |
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.