Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Robert K. Dornan
Robert Dornan was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1977.
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. 4344 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that a member of the Armed Forces who is diagnosed as being HIV-positive within one year of entering…Oct 4, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on National Security.
- H.R. 4000 To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the provisions of chapter 76 of that title (relating to missing persons) as in effect before the amendments…Sep 27, 1996 · Received in the Senate.
- H.Con.Res. 222 Providing that George Washington's "Farewell Address" shall be read at the beginning of each Congress.Sep 26, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
- H.Res. 493 Urging that certain actions be taken with respect to Vietnamese asylum seekers.Sep 5, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
- H.R. 3926 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the separation from military service under certain circumstances of members of the Armed Forces diagnosed…Aug 29, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 505 (100th) A resolution condemning the systematic violation of international recognized human rights by the Government of Romania.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 381 (100th) Lebanon Reconstruction Resolution of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 248 (100th) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of efforts to forge a political compromise in Fiji which preserves its traditions…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 419 (101st) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the memory of Walt Disney should be honored on the 35th anniversary of his contribution to the…Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 384 (100th) A joint resolution designating November 14, 1987 as "Congressional Medal of Honor Day".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1600 (100th) A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to display the flag of the United States of America at the apex of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.235 cosponsors
- H.R. 1473 (102nd) To repeal section 3205 of title 38, United States Code.166 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 317 (100th) A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning support for Amateur Radio and Amateur Radio frequency allocations vital for Public…106 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Dornan has won
Rep. Dornan has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.0 to 23.9 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 34 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 34 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.