Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Thomas J. Downey
Thomas Downey was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–102nd 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. 5956 National Grandparent Resource Center Act of 1992Oct 9, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- H.R. 5846 Emergency Jobless Benefits and Transitional Employment Act of 1992Oct 9, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.
- H.R. 5600 Children's InitiativeOct 5, 1992 · See H.R.11.
- H.R. 3603 Children's InitiativeOct 5, 1992 · See H.R.11.
- H.R. 2571 Family Preservation Act of 1991Oct 5, 1992 · See H.R.11.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 141 (102nd) Designating the week beginning May 13, 1991, as "National Senior Nutrition Week".Became law
- H.R. 1945 (100th) Medicare Mental Illness Non-Discrimination ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 4727 (102nd) Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992Reported from committee
- H.Con.Res. 276 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Older Americans Act of 1965.223 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 444 (102nd) Designating the week beginning May 17, 1992, as "National Senior Nutrition Week".188 cosponsors
- H.R. 4473 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt free lance authors, photographers, and artists from the capitalization rules added by the Tax…118 cosponsors
- H.R. 1557 (102nd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that charitable contributions of appreciated property will not be treated as an item of tax preference.94 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 311 (100th) National Economic Commission Act of 198774 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Downey has won
Rep. Downey has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.4 to 31.9 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 24 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 24 | 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 102nd 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.