Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Max Cleland
Max Cleland was a Democratic U.S. senator from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (105th–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
- S. 2483 National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2002Oct 9, 2002 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 696.
- S. 3077 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 206 South Main Street in Glennville, Georgia, as the "Michael Lee Woodcock…Oct 8, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- S.Res. 314 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued commemorating registered nurses.Sep 25, 2002 · Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services.
- S. 2839 Children's Electronic Access Safety Enhancement (CEASE) ActAug 1, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7906-7907)
- S. 1739 A bill to authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses.Aug 1, 2002 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 544.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 347 (105th) An Act to designate the Federal building located at 61 Forsyth Street SW., in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center."Became law
- S. 388 (106th) A bill to authorize the establishment of a disaster mitigation pilot program in the Small Business Administration.Became law
- S.Res. 187 (107th) A resolution commending the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police, the Office of the Attending Physician and his health care staff, and other…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 23 (107th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays in…Passed a chamber
- S. 695 (106th) An Act to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in various locations in the United States, and for other…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 94 (107th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to designate May 28, 2001, as a special day for recognizing the members of the Armed Forces who have been…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 224 (106th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to designate November 11, 1999, as a special day for recognizing the members of the Armed Forces and the…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 14 (107th) A resolution commending the Georgia Southern University Eagles football team for winning the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football championship.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Cleland has won
Sen. Cleland has won 1 U.S. Senate election (1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.3 to 1.3 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 49 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 49 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 3 | See the 3 → |
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.