Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Calvin M. Dooley
Cal Dooley was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1991, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (102nd–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
- H.R. 5120 U.S. National Arboretum Appreciation Act of 2004Sep 30, 2004 · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- H.R. 1274 To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey to Fresno County, California, the existing Federal courthouse in that county.Apr 30, 2004 · Became Public Law No: 108-221.
- H.R. 3308 To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to convert the dairy forward pricing program into a permanent program of the Department of Agriculture.Oct 23, 2003 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- H.R. 1737 Asbestos Victims' Compensation Act of 2003Apr 10, 2003 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 1568 Medicare Rx Now Act of 2003Apr 10, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 765 (103rd) To resolve the status of certain land relinquished to the United States under the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36), and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 3077 (106th) To amend the Act that authorized construction of the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project, California, to facilitate water transfers in the Central…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4847 (106th) Reclamation Reform Refund Act of 2000Reported from committee
- H.R. 1896 (107th) Treatment on Demand Assistance Act31 cosponsors
- H.R. 5616 (107th) Sunset of Helms-Burton Act of 200223 cosponsors
- H.R. 1867 (103rd) Public Health Pesticides Protection Act of 199318 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Dooley has won
Rep. Dooley has won 7 U.S. House elections (1990–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.9 to 29.7 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 6 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.