Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Gary A. Franks
Gary Franks was a Republican U.S. representative from Connecticut, first elected to Congress in 1991.
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.Con.Res. 202 Expressing the sense of the Congress that United States companies should acquire technology that was developed by United States companies from those companies…Aug 9, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 3214 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to establish a brownfield cleanup loan program.Apr 15, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 3190 To prohibit Federal agencies to require or encourage preferences based on race, sex, or ethnic origin, in connection with Federal contracts.Apr 2, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
- H.R. 3093 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to establish a brownfield cleanup loan program.Mar 29, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 3092 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage State unemployment insurance laws to establish a system under which workers may purchase insurance to…Mar 18, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2862 (103rd) To assure compliance with the guarantees of the 5th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution by prohibiting the intentional creation of legislative…102 cosponsors
- H.R. 5462 (102nd) Urban Entrepreneurial Opportunities Act58 cosponsors
- H.R. 3487 (102nd) Small Business Jobs and Tax Benefits Act of 199124 cosponsors
- H.R. 508 (103rd) Urban Entrepreneurial Opportunities Act21 cosponsors
- H.R. 507 (103rd) IRA Self-Loan Act15 cosponsors
- H.R. 2425 (103rd) Gun Penalty Enhancement Act of 199314 cosponsors
- H.R. 2215 (103rd) Federal Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 199313 cosponsors
- H.R. 892 (103rd) Parental Responsibility Act13 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Franks has won
Rep. Franks has won 3 U.S. House elections (1990–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.5 to 12.5 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 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 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.