Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Joseph J. DioGuardi
Joseph Dioguardi was a Republican U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–100th 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. 3366 A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to promote the welfare of homeless families by affirming the right of States under the AFDC program to…Nov 7, 1988 · Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4352.
- H.R. 5331 A bill for the relief of Joan Daronco.Sep 22, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
- H.R. 5322 A bill to amend the Judicial Survivors' Annuity Act to eliminate the requirement that a Federal justice or judge, who is assassinated, must serve a specific…Sep 22, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
- H.R. 5127 Long Island Sound Superfund Act of 1988Aug 15, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.
- H.R. 2605 Children's Home Video Protection Act of 1987Aug 11, 1988 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 569 (100th) A joint resolution designating June 12 through 18, 1988, as "Lyme Disease Awareness Week".Became law
- H.R. 3509 (100th) A bill for the relief of Henry Johnson.133 cosponsors
- H.R. 3510 (100th) A bill for the relief of Dorris Miller.133 cosponsors
- H.R. 3142 (100th) Federal Financial Management Improvement and Public Accountability Act66 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 162 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing concern over the conditions of ethnic Albanians living in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.59 cosponsors
- H.R. 1241 (100th) Federal Financial Management Improvement Act58 cosponsors
- H.Res. 411 (100th) A resolution concerning Adem Demaci.51 cosponsors
- H.R. 3397 (100th) A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants to the States for the purpose of providing to the public information on Lyme…30 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Dioguardi has won
Rep. Dioguardi has won 2 U.S. House elections (1984–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.9 to 9.3 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
100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 51 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 51 | 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 100th 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.