Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Thomas A. Daschle
Thomas Daschle was a Democratic U.S. senator from South Dakota, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 12 bills that became law (100th–108th 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. 1996 Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Modernization and Development ActNov 30, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- S. 1530 Tribal Parity ActNov 29, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- S. 2938 A bill to grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.Nov 16, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- S. 2851 A bill to amend the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to establish certain conditions under which a Farm Credit System institution can terminate its status as a System…Sep 28, 2004 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9814)
- S.Res. 425 A resolution honoring former President William Jefferson Clinton on the occasion of his 58th birthday.Sep 14, 2004 · Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9231, S9237-9238; text of…
Top bills sponsored
- S. 2099 (103rd) Northern Great Plains Rural Development ActBecame law
- S. 964 (106th) Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation ActBecame law
- S. 156 (105th) Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund ActBecame law
- S. 164 (103rd) A bill to authorize the adjustment of the boundaries of the South Dakota portion of the Sioux Ranger District of Custer National Forest, and for other purposes.Became law
- S. 1770 (102nd) A bill to convey certain surplus real property located in the Black Hills National Forest to the Black Hills Workshop and Training Center, and for other…Became law
- S. 452 (102nd) A bill to authorize a transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain land to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.Became law
- S.J.Res. 22 (107th) A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against the Unites States on…Became law
- S.J.Res. 222 (102nd) A joint resolution to designate 1992 as the "Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and non-Indians".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Daschle has won
Sen. Daschle has won 4 U.S. House elections (1978–1984) and 3 U.S. Senate elections (1986, 1992, 1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.1 to 32.4 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 65 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 65 | 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 | 4 | See the 4 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 108th 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.