Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Vic Fazio
Vic Fazio was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 12 bills that became law (100th–105th 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. 4223 Colusa Basin Watershed Integrated Resources Management ActOct 12, 1998 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 457.
- H.R. 4659 Keep Kids Safe at School's ActOct 9, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- H.Res. 530 Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.Sep 11, 1998 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 492 Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.Jun 24, 1998 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 434 Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.May 14, 1998 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2348 (103rd) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994Became law
- H.R. 4454 (103rd) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995Became law
- H.R. 2506 (102nd) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992Became law
- H.R. 5427 (102nd) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993Became law
- H.R. 3014 (101st) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990Became law
- H.R. 3703 (101st) To authorize the Rumsey Indian Rancheria to convey a certain parcel of land.Became law
- H.R. 5399 (101st) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991Became law
- H.R. 4587 (100th) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Fazio has won
Rep. Fazio has won 10 U.S. House elections (1978–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.7 to 40.3 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
105th 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 105th 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.