Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Alfonse D'Amato
Alfonse D'Amato was a Republican U.S. senator from New York, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 15 bills that became law (100th–105th 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. 1408 Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Act of 1998Nov 12, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-378.
- S. 2375 International Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998Nov 10, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-366.
- S. 1179 National Flood Insurance Reauthorization Act of 1997Oct 21, 1998 · Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
- S.Res. 311 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of the Interior should the establishment of a memorial to Thomas Paine on the National Park…Oct 20, 1998 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- S. 2640 A bill to extend the authorization for the Upper Deleware Citizens Advisory Council.Oct 16, 1998 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 25 (101st) A joint resolution to designate the week of May 7, 1989, through May 14, 1989, as "Jewish Heritage Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 241 (101st) A joint resolution to designate the week of May 6, 1990 through May 13, 1990, as "Jewish Heritage Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 30 (103rd) A joint resolution to designate the weeks of April 25 through May 2, 1993, and April 10 through 17, 1994, as "Jewish Heritage Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 5 (100th) A joint resolution designating June 14, 1987, as "Baltic Freedom Day".Became law
- S. 1900 (105th) U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act of 1998Became law
- S. 318 (105th) Homeowners Protection Act of 1998Became law
- S. 768 (105th) A bill for the relief of Michel Christopher Meili, Giuseppina Meili, Mirjam Naomi Meili, and Davide Meili.Became law
- S. 1184 (101st) A bill to allow the obsolete destroyer U.S.S. Edson (DD 946) to be transferred to the Intrepid Sea-Air Space Museum in New York before the expiration of the…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. D’Amato has won
Sen. D’Amato has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1980, 1986, 1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.1 to 15.7 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 79 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 79 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a committee report listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 105th 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.