Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Dennis E. Eckart
Dennis Eckart was a Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 2 bills 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. 2194 Federal Facilities Compliance Act of 1991Oct 6, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-386.
- H.R. 3560 Cable Consumer Protection Act of 1991Jul 23, 1992 · For Further Action See H.R.4850.
- H.R. 3380 Fair Competition in Broadcasting Act of 1991Jul 23, 1992 · For Further Action See H.R.4850.
- H.J.Res. 517 To provide for a settlement of the railroad labor-management disputes between certain railroads and certain of their employees.Jun 26, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-306.
- H.J.Res. 515 To provide for a settlement of the railroad labor-management disputes between certain railroads and certain of their employees.Jun 25, 1992 · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1056 (101st) Federal Facilities Compliance Act of 1989Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3785 (100th) A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify provisions concerning the application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities.Reported from committee
- H.Con.Res. 95 (102nd) Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should assist United States small businesses seeking to become involved in the rebuilding of…84 cosponsors
- H.R. 3418 (100th) A bill to establish certain grant programs, requirements, and prohibitions for the purpose of protecting emergency response employees from infectious…63 cosponsors
- H.R. 2141 (100th) Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 198750 cosponsors
- H.R. 5098 (101st) Savings and Loan Accountability and Management Reform Act of 199045 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Eckart has won
Rep. Eckart has won 6 U.S. House elections (1980–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.9 to 47.6 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 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | 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.