Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Charles T. Canady
Charles Canady was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (103rd–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. 4292 Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000Oct 5, 2000 · Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- H.R. 5018 Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2000Oct 4, 2000 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 562.
- H.R. 4908 Notice of Electronic Monitoring ActSep 6, 2000 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 4862 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000Jul 18, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- H.R. 3660 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2000May 25, 2000 · Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3235 (104th) Office of Government Ethics Authorization Act of 1996Became law
- H.R. 1833 (104th) Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2372 (106th) Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2000Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1691 (106th) Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2564 (104th) Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3435 (104th) Lobbying Disclosure Technical Amendments Act of 1996Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3117 (105th) Civil Rights Commission Act of 1998Passed a chamber
- H.R. 925 (104th) Private Property Protection Act of 1995Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Canady has won
Rep. Canady has won 4 U.S. House elections (1992–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.2 to 30.0 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 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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 | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.