Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Quentin N. Burdick
Quentin Burdick was a Democratic U.S. senator from North Dakota, first elected to Congress in 1959, who sponsored 10 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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
- S. 2902 Desalinization Research and Development Act of 1992Jul 29, 1992 · Held at the desk.
- S. 2734 Water Resources Development Act of 1992May 15, 1992 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 465.
- S. 2194 A bill to assure a priority to Indian lands in the location of certain facilities.Feb 5, 1992 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- S. 1204 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991Oct 31, 1991 · Senate passed companion measure H.R. 2950 in lieu of this measure by Voice Vote.
- S. 1083 Act to Extend Public Law 100-582May 24, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 254 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on May 15, 1988, and ending on May 21, 1988, as "National Rural Health Awareness Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 117 (101st) A joint resolution to designate the week of November 19, 1989 through November 25, 1989 and the week of November 18, 1990 through November 24, 1990, as…Became law
- S.J.Res. 66 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week of November 22 through November 28, 1987, as "National Family Week".Became law
- S. 1360 (100th) A bill to amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974, and for other purposes.Became law
- S. 1230 (101st) An Act to authorize the acquisition of additional lands for inclusion in the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, and for other purposes.Became law
- S. 2740 (101st) Water Resources Development Act of 1990Became law
- S. 3187 (101st) An original bill to address immediate problems affecting environmental cleanup activities.Became law
- S. 1986 (100th) Plastic Pollution Control Act of 1987Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Burdick has won
Sen. Burdick has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982, 1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.4 to 28.8 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| 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 102nd 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.