Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
William (Bill) Clay
William Clay was a Democratic U.S. representative from Missouri, first elected to Congress in 1969, who sponsored 12 bills that became law (100th–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. 4476 Dual Degree Achievement ActJun 28, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
- H.R. 4346 Safe and Successful Schools ActMay 2, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- H.R. 3705 Public School Repair and Renovation Act of 2000Feb 29, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- H.R. 1960 Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999May 26, 1999 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- H.R. 1623 Class Size Reduction and Teacher Quality Act of 1999Apr 29, 1999 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 20 (103rd) Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993Became law
- H.R. 3345 (103rd) Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994Became law
- H.R. 3041 (102nd) To designate the Federal building located at 1520 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri, as the "L. Douglas Abram Federal Building".Became law
- H.J.Res. 587 (101st) Committing to the private sector the responsibility for support of the Civic Achievement Award Program in Honor of the Office of Speaker of the House of…Became law
- H.R. 2850 (102nd) Technical and Miscellaneous Civil Service Amendments Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 3186 (104th) To designate the Federal building located at 1655 Woodson Road in Overland, Missouri, as the "Sammy L. Davis Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 4595 (103rd) To designate the building located at 4021 Laclede in St. Louis, Missouri, for the period of time during which it houses operations of the United States Postal…Became law
- H.R. 3169 (102nd) To lengthen from five to seven years the expiration period applicable to legislative authority relating to construction of commemorative works on Federal land…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Clay has won
Rep. Clay has won 12 U.S. House elections (1976–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 21.8 to 48.1 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 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 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.