Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress

Bob Clement
Bob Clement was a Democratic U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–107th 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.Con.Res. 343 Expressing the sense of the Congress supporting music education and Music in Our Schools Month.May 9, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- H.R. 3536 Nursing Shortage State Response Act of 2001Dec 28, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- H.R. 3117 To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, 5-sulfo-1,3-dimethyl ester sodium salt.Oct 31, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 2654 Transit Rail Accommodation Improvement and Needs Act for the 21st CenturyJul 27, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- H.R. 2521 To permit States to place supplemental guide signs relating to veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways.Jul 18, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 603 (101st) To designate the month of October 1990 as "Country Music Month".Became law
- H.J.Res. 520 (102nd) To designate the month of October 1992 as "Country Music Month".Became law
- H.R. 968 (101st) Noise Reduction Reimbursement Act of 1989Became law
- H.J.Res. 305 (102nd) To designate the month of October 1991, as "Country Music Month".Became law
- H.J.Res. 401 (101st) To designate the month of October 1989 as "Country Music Month".Became law
- H.R. 2921 (103rd) Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1179 (104th) Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation ActPassed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 106 (103rd) To designate the months of October 1993 and October 1994 as "Country Music Month".227 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Clement has won
Rep. Clement has won 7 U.S. House elections (1988–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 21.5 to 76.0 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | 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 107th 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.