Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Floyd H. Flake
Floyd Flake was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1987.
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. 717 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to continue the exemption of certain institutions of higher education serving minorities from default-based…Mar 21, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
- H.R. 2123 Savings Association Insurance Fund Capitalization Act of 1995Aug 11, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
- H.R. 1258 Small Business Capital Access Act of 1995Apr 6, 1995 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4342)
- H.R. 1181 Family Investment and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1995Mar 14, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- H.R. 4546 Family Investment and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1994Jun 13, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 377 (100th) A joint resolution designating March 27, 1988, as "National Black American Inventors Day".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4621 (101st) Mickey Leland Peace Dividend Housing Assistance Act of 199068 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 220 (101st) Designating March 27, 1990, as "National Black American Inventors Day".62 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 505 (100th) A joint resolution designating May 1-7, 1988, as "Students for Child Survival Week".43 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 252 (103rd) Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to recognize the achievements of Lewis Howard Latimer.37 cosponsors
- H.R. 2707 (103rd) Bank Enterprise Act Amendments of 199326 cosponsors
- H.R. 4238 (103rd) Liberian Relief, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Act of 199426 cosponsors
- H.R. 482 (102nd) Fair Treatment for Freedom National Bank Act25 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Flake has won
Rep. Flake has won 6 U.S. House elections (1986–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 35.2 to 71.7 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 1 bill sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 1 | 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 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.