Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Bill Frenzel
William Frenzel was a Republican U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 1971.
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. 3573 Social Security Preservation and Budget Process Reform Act of 1989Nov 5, 1990 · See H.R.5835.
- H.R. 3884 To temporarily reduce the column 2 rate of duty on certain paper cutting machines.Sep 24, 1990 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 5344 To provide for a lower rate of duty on East German products imported during the transition to a unified Germany.Sep 4, 1990 · Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.
- H.R. 4791 To reduce temporarily the duty on flurbiprofen.Sep 4, 1990 · Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.
- H.R. 4318 To extend until January 1, 1995, the existing temporary suspension of duty on cyclosporine.Aug 20, 1990 · See H.R.1594.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 579 (100th) A joint resolution to designate February 1989 as "America Loves Its Kids Month".235 cosponsors
- H.R. 173 (101st) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that charitable contributions of appreciated property will not be treated as an item of tax preference.85 cosponsors
- H.R. 1613 (101st) Common Sense Budget Act of 198972 cosponsors
- H.R. 3547 (101st) To mandate the Secretary of the Treasury to pay social security benefits under title II of the Social Security Act notwithstanding a failure to increase the…33 cosponsors
- H.R. 1441 (100th) A bill to provide a 1-year extension for individuals of the waiver of estimated tax penalties for underpayments of tax which are attributable to the Tax…32 cosponsors
- H.R. 2608 (101st) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit private foundations and community foundations to establish tax-exempt cooperative service organizations.30 cosponsors
- H.R. 1390 (101st) Domestic Corporation Taxation Equality Act of 198923 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 252 (100th) A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal aid for refugee assistance programs should not be reduced, and for other purposes.17 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Frenzel has won
Rep. Frenzel has won 7 U.S. House elections (1976–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 31.5 to 51.2 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 46 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 46 | 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 101st 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.