Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Leslie L. Byrne
Leslie Byrne was a Democratic U.S. representative from Virginia, 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. 3344 For the relief of Lloyd B. Gamble.Oct 8, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- H.R. 5076 Marion Malley Walsh Drunk Driving Act of 1994Oct 6, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
- H.R. 4739 Congressional Occupational Safety and Health ActAug 4, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety.
- H.R. 3418 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade of the…Jul 28, 1994 · Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4820.
- H.R. 4694 Federal Retirees Fairness ActJun 30, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 253 (103rd) To designate May 2, 1994, through May 8, 1994, as "Public Service Recognition Week".229 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 333 (103rd) Designating May 11, 1994, as "Vietnam Human Rights Day".222 cosponsors
- H.R. 3328 (103rd) To prohibit the United States Postal Service from expending any further funds in connection with instituting a new logo until such time as its operations are…119 cosponsors
- H.R. 3761 (103rd) Small Business Empowerment Act65 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 147 (103rd) Expressing the sense of the Congress that any health care reform legislation that is enacted should require a Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or…57 cosponsors
- H.R. 3513 (103rd) To terminate the gas turbine-modular helium reactor program of the Department of Energy, and to dedicate the savings to deficit reduction.46 cosponsors
- H.R. 940 (103rd) Immunization Now Act of 199332 cosponsors
- H.R. 1047 (103rd) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include, as a home health service, nutritional counseling provided by or under the supervision of a…24 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Byrne has won
Rep. Byrne has won 1 U.S. House election (1992–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.8 to 4.8 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 36 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 36 | 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 103rd 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.