Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Wes Cooley
Wes Cooley was a Republican U.S. representative from Oregon, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (104th–104th 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. 1290 To reinstate the permit for, and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of, a hydroelectric project in Oregon, and for…Oct 9, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-245.
- H.R. 4294 To prohibit further extension or establishment of any national monument in Oregon without full public participation and an express Act of Congress, and for…Sep 28, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- H.R. 2392 Umatilla Basin Project Completion ActSep 28, 1996 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 467.
- H.R. 2693 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Hells Canyon Wilderness in the States of Oregon and Idaho…Sep 9, 1996 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421.
- H.R. 3875 To redesignate the dam located at mile 153.6 on the Rogue River in Jackson County, Oregon, and commonly known as the Lost Creek Dam Lake Project, as the…Aug 5, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2061 (104th) To designate the Federal building located at 1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, Oregon as the "David J. Wheeler Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 1581 (104th) To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture to the City of Sumpter, Oregon.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3290 (104th) To authorize appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 2002.Reported from committee
- H.R. 1713 (104th) Livestock Grazing Act60 cosponsors
- H.R. 2568 (104th) To require adoption of a management plan for the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area that allows appropriate use of motorized and nonmotorized river craft…3 cosponsors
- H.R. 3377 (104th) Rural Right-of-Way Fairness Act1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Cooley has won
Rep. Cooley has won 1 U.S. House election (1994–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.6 to 18.6 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | 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 | 6 | See the 6 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.