Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
William E. Dannemeyer
William Dannemeyer was a Republican U.S. representative from California, 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.Res. 547 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Presidential commission should be established to investigate whether there has been any measurable…Oct 15, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
- H.J.Res. 240 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary prayer in public schools.Aug 6, 1992 · Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Dannemeyer. Petition No: 102-7.
- H.R. 5561 Health Freedom Act of 1992Jul 24, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
- H.Res. 528 Providing for the consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 240) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary…Jul 24, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
- H.R. 5668 To eliminate the recent 25 percent pay increase for Members of Congress until such time as a constitutional amendment is proposed to the States which would…Jul 22, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3734 (102nd) Congressional Accountability Act55 cosponsors
- H.R. 341 (100th) A bill to require a treaty for any relinquishing to any country of any territory, exclusive economic zone, or fishery conservation zone of the United States…54 cosponsors
- H.R. 2272 (100th) AIDS Confidentiality and Accountability Act of 198753 cosponsors
- H.R. 2273 (100th) A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from making certain grants to any public entity…47 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 297 (101st) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the right of the people to allow voluntary prayer and the teaching of the…34 cosponsors
- H.R. 2241 (102nd) Common Sense Budget Act of 199132 cosponsors
- H.R. 2788 (102nd) Kimberly Bergalis Patient and Health Provider Protection Act of 199127 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 233 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Martha Raye.25 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Dannemeyer has won
Rep. Dannemeyer has won 7 U.S. House elections (1978–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 27.4 to 52.5 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | 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 102nd 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.