Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Jay Dickey
Jay Dickey was a Republican U.S. representative from Arkansas, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (103rd–106th 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
- H.R. 5334 Patients Before Paperwork Medicare Red Tape Reduction Act of 2000Oct 20, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.J.Res. 106 To disapprove a final rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency concerning water pollution.Jul 19, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- H.Con.Res. 296 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the necessity to expedite the settlement process for discrimination claims against the Department of…May 8, 2000 · On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 216 - 180 (Roll no. 146). (text: CR H2623-2624)
- H.R. 3820 To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of carbides.Mar 21, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 3625 Timber and Agriculture Environmental Fairness ActFeb 11, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3877 (104th) To designate the United States Post Office building in Camden, Arkansas, as the "Honorable David H. Pryor Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 1347 (103rd) To modify the boundary of Hot Springs National Park.Became law
- H.R. 3880 (103rd) To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finding that a State medicaid plan is not in compliance with title XIX of the Social Security Act…38 cosponsors
- H.R. 1505 (103rd) To require a 25-percent reduction in appropriations for the legislative branch of the Government.26 cosponsors
- H.R. 222 (104th) To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finding that a State medicaid plan is not in compliance with title XIX of the Social Security Act…21 cosponsors
- H.R. 892 (104th) Independent Counsel Accountability and Reform Act of 199517 cosponsors
- H.R. 3310 (104th) To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal retirement annuities to Members of Congress convicted of any felony, and for other purposes.14 cosponsors
- H.R. 3239 (104th) Independent Counsel Accountability and Reform Act of 199612 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Dickey has won
Rep. Dickey has won 4 U.S. House elections (1992–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.6 to 27.0 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 106th 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.