Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Elizabeth Furse
Elizabeth Furse was a Democratic U.S. representative from Oregon, first elected to Congress in 1993.
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. 4834 Northwest Salmon Recovery Act of 1998Oct 20, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- H.R. 3378 Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act of 1998Mar 10, 1998 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- H.Res. 307 Relating to a question of the privileges of the House.Nov 5, 1997 · On motion to table the measure Agreed to by recorded vote: 217 - 194, 1 Present (Roll no. 583). (consideration: CR H10102)
- H.R. 2597 Equity for Immigrants ActOct 6, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- H.R. 1726 Children's National Security ActAug 5, 1997 · See H.R.2014.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2063 (103rd) National Coastal Resources Development Act of 1993Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 302 (103rd) Designating 1994 through 1999 as the "Years of the Girl Child".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4289 (103rd) Waterways Restoration Act of 1994Reported from committee
- H.R. 58 (105th) Medicare Diabetes Education and Supplies Amendments of 1997285 cosponsors
- H.R. 1073 (104th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services under part B of the medicare…250 cosponsors
- H.R. 1074 (104th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for uniform coverage under part B of the medicare program of blood-testing strips for individuals…215 cosponsors
- H.R. 2745 (104th) Restoration of Natural Resources Laws on the Public Lands Act of 1995148 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 89 (105th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the 2004 Summer Olympic Games be held in Cape Town, South Africa.106 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Furse has won
Rep. Furse has won 3 U.S. House elections (1992–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.1 to 6.6 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 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | 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.