Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Dick Cheney
Richard Cheney was a Republican U.S. representative from Wyoming, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–101st 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. 1001 To clarify that charges and fees may be collected in connection with foreign trade zones at certain small airports.Jun 15, 1989 · Executive Comment Received from Treasury.
- H.R. 712 A bill for the relief of Lawrence K. Lunt.Nov 10, 1988 · Became Private Law No: 100-45.
- H.Res. 561 A resolution directing the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to conduct an investigation regarding a possible unauthorized disclosure of classified…Sep 30, 1988 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
- H.R. 1089 A bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, to permit the use of park entrance, admission, and recreation use fees for the…Apr 1, 1987 · See H.R.1320.
- H.R. 1679 Acid Deposition Control Act of 1985Mar 26, 1987 · Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Top bills sponsored
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Cheney has won
Rep. Cheney has won 6 U.S. House elections (1978–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 17.3 to 49.2 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 1 bill sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 1 | 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 101st 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.