Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Peter Barca
Peter Barca was a Democratic U.S. representative from Wisconsin, 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. 5129 To provide for a reduction in the number of members of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Europe unless the European member nations of NATO…Oct 6, 1994 · Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
- H.R. 5011 Welfare-to-Work Incentives Act of 1994Aug 29, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations.
- H.R. 4893 To repeal the North/South Center Act of 1991.Aug 17, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations.
- H.R. 4923 Dairy Equity ActAug 11, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock.
- H.R. 4127 Federal Mandate Compensation ActAug 11, 1994 · See H.R.4771.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Con.Res. 156 (103rd) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the coverage of members of Congress under health care reform legislation.42 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 228 (103rd) Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to violence against truckers.15 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 273 (103rd) Expressing the sense of the Congress that any comprehensive health care reform measure should ensure that extemporaneous compounding is made available to…3 cosponsors
- H.R. 3823 (103rd) Welfare Fairness Act2 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | 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.