Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
William M. Cowan
William "Mo" Cowan was a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts, first elected to Congress in 2013.
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.Res. 152 A resolution designating November 28, 2013, as "National Holoprosencephaly Awareness Day" to increase awareness and education of the disorder.May 22, 2013 · Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3767)
- S. 746 A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a market-driven inventory system.Apr 17, 2013 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 2 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| 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 113th 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.