Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Bill Emerson
Bill Emerson was a Republican U.S. representative from Missouri, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–104th 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. 123 Bill Emerson English Language Empowerment Act of 1996Aug 2, 1996 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- H.R. 701 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the City of Rolla, Missouri.Jul 24, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-165.
- H.R. 238 Ozark Wild Horses Protection ActJun 28, 1996 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.
- H.R. 2130 Farmer Mac Reform Act of 1995Mar 20, 1996 · For Further Action See H.R.2029.
- H.R. 236 To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit participating households to use food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements of vitamins, minerals…Feb 27, 1996 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3604 (102nd) Greer Spring Acquisition and Protection Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 1101 (102nd) For the relief of William A. Cassity.Became law
- H.R. 3533 (101st) Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 Amendments ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3426 (103rd) To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to the City of Rolla, Missouri.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 39 (104th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Federal disaster relief.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1474 (100th) A bill for the relief of Oscar H. McCormack.Reported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Emerson has won
Rep. Emerson has won 8 U.S. House elections (1980–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.0 to 42.7 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | 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 | 4 | See the 4 → |
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.