Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Anthony Lee Coelho
Anthony Coelho was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 7 bills 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. 2273 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990May 22, 1990 · Laid on the table. See S. 933 for further action.
- H.R. 2026 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to prohibit the importation of kiwifruit, peaches, pears, nectarines, and plums that do not comply with any grade…Apr 11, 1990 · Favorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
- H.J.Res. 269 To designate October 1, 1989, through October 7, 1989, as "National Disability Awareness Week".May 31, 1989 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.
- H.R. 1047 To recognize the organization known as the National Academies of Practice.Mar 27, 1989 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
- H.J.Res. 36 Designating April 24, 1989, as "National Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923".Feb 14, 1989 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 921 (100th) A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the appropriate minimum altitude for aircraft flying over national park system…Became law
- H.R. 317 (100th) A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Merced River in California as a component of the National Wild and Scenic…Became law
- H.J.Res. 309 (100th) A joint resolution to establish the Speaker's Civic Achievement Awards Program to be administered under the Librarian of Congress to recognize achievement in…Became law
- H.R. 5199 (100th) A bill to make nonmailable any plant, fruit, vegetable, or other matter, the movement of which in interstate commerce has been prohibited or restricted by the…Became law
- H.R. 525 (100th) A bill for the relief of John M. Gill.Became law
- H.J.Res. 199 (100th) A joint resolution designating April 1988 as "Actors' Fund of America Appreciation Month".Became law
- H.J.Res. 650 (100th) A joint resolution designating April 1989 as "Actors' Fund of America Appreciation Month".Became law
- H.Res. 162 (100th) A resolution paying special tribute to Portuguese diplomat Dr. de Sousa Mendes for his extraordinary acts of mercy and justice during World War II.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Coelho has won
Rep. Coelho has won 6 U.S. House elections (1978–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.2 to 46.6 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 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 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.