Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.
Robert Cramer was a Democratic U.S. representative from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 1991, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (102nd–110th 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.Res. 1224 Commending the Tennessee Valley Authority on its 75th anniversary.Sep 29, 2008 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 4213 To amend the Small Business Act to provide for an increase in the amount of awards under the first and second phases of the Small Business Innovation Research…Jan 28, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
- H.R. 4212 To authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to deem certain small business concerns qualified HUBZone small business concerns.Nov 15, 2007 · Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- H.R. 1145 Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area ActJul 12, 2007 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 5930 Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area ActAug 7, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2628 (107th) Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area Study Act of 2002Became law
- H.Con.Res. 110 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the July 20, 1999, 30th Anniversary of the first lunar landing should be a day of celebration and reflection on the…70 cosponsors
- H.R. 4729 (102nd) National Children's Advocacy Program Act of 199236 cosponsors
- H.R. 2588 (106th) To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that certain employees of Federal, State, and local emergency management and civil…13 cosponsors
- H.R. 4998 (103rd) Weather Service Modernization Performance Review Act of 199412 cosponsors
- H.R. 4027 (105th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to lengthen the accrual period prior to the death of an individual who is owed certain veterans' benefits, for the…11 cosponsors
- H.R. 3608 (105th) To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that certain employees of Federal, State and local emergency management and civil…10 cosponsors
- H.R. 1804 (105th) To designate the Federal building located at 210 Seminary Street in Florence, Alabama, as the "John McKinley Federal Building".6 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Cramer has won
Rep. Cramer has won 9 U.S. House elections (1990–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.0 to 78.3 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.
How has Alabama’s 5th district done while Rep. Cramer served?
2005 to 2008 in AL-5: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Alabama’s 5th district during Cramer’s time representing it (1991 to 2009). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. AL-5 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Cramer’s term so far (2005 to 2008) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th 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.