Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Ben Erdreich
Ben Erdreich was a Democratic U.S. representative from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 4 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. 4398 Federal Reserve Bank Branch Modernization ActOct 24, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-491.
- H.R. 5964 To direct the Secretary of Education to make a grant to Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama, for construction of a business and…Oct 9, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
- H.R. 4731 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study and report to the Congress regarding the insurance industry in the United States.Aug 7, 1992 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 461.
- H.R. 5669 Family Education Assistance Act of 1992Jul 22, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5461 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the regular investment tax credit for property placed in service during a specified period.Jun 23, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1243 (101st) Department of Energy Metal Casting Competitiveness Research Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 3961 (101st) To redesignate the Federal building located at 1800 5th Avenue, North in Birmingham, Alabama, as the "Robert S. Vance Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 614 (100th) A bill to designate the new United States courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, as the "Hugo L. Black United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 4407 (101st) National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2771 (101st) An Act to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, and to extend certain rural housing programs.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1236 (102nd) National Flood Insurance, Mitigation, and Erosion Management Act of 1991Passed a chamber
- H.R. 446 (100th) A bill for the relief of Jens-Peter Berndt.Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 613 (101st) Designating April 7 through 13, 1991, as "National County Government Week".237 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Erdreich has won
Rep. Erdreich has won 5 U.S. House elections (1982–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.8 to 86.9 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 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | 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.