Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Jim Courter
James Courter was a Republican U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1979.
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. 1496 To roll back the Expanded East Coast Plan issued by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.Nov 5, 1990 · See H.R.5835 (Title IX).
- H.R. 1339 To roll back the Expanded East Coast Plan issued by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.Nov 5, 1990 · See H.R.5835 (Title IX).
- H.R. 5414 Safe Senior Citizens Housing Act of 1990Aug 15, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
- H.R. 4678 To suspend for a 5-year period the duty on Dithiobisbenzanilide.Jul 31, 1990 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 5159 Senior Citizens Fire Safety Act of 1990Jun 26, 1990 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Con.Res. 260 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charles E. Thornton, Lee…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 74 (101st) Directing the Secretary of Defense to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives concerning the actions of the Commission on Base Realignment…Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 410 (100th) A joint resolution designating December 7, 1987, as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" on the occasion of the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.78 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 676 (100th) A joint resolution designating December 7, 1988 as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" on the occasion of the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.55 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 41 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should break United States diplomatic relations with the Government of…39 cosponsors
- H.R. 2144 (100th) A bill to prohibit the employment of nationals from Warsaw Pact countries at United States diplomatic and consular missions in those countries.33 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 109 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the construction of a new chancery building in Moscow.26 cosponsors
- H.R. 1239 (101st) Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 198916 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Courter has won
Rep. Courter has won 6 U.S. House elections (1978–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.7 to 45.3 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 29 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 29 | 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.