Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Lauch Faircloth
Duncan Faircloth was a Republican U.S. senator from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (103rd–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
- S. 2651 Save the Surplus Act of 1998Oct 21, 1998 · Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one…
- S. 1674 Legal Reform Commission Act of 1998Oct 13, 1998 · Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight and Courts.
- S. 2590 Financial Services Act of 1998Oct 8, 1998 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
- S. 2544 Homeownership and Community Development Act of 1998Oct 2, 1998 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
- S. 2490 A bill to prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from requiring the purchase of goods and services from on-campus businesses, intentionally…Sep 17, 1998 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 2197 (104th) A bill to extend the authorized period of stay within the United States for certain nurses.Became law
- S.Res. 211 (105th) A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate on the death of the Honorable Terry Sanford, former United States Senator from North Carolina.Passed a chamber
- S. 1219 (105th) Pfiesteria Research Act of 1997Reported from committee
- S. 1156 (105th) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998Reported from committee
- S. 2333 (105th) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999Reported from committee
- S. 1890 (104th) Church Arson Prevention Act of 199643 cosponsors
- S. 732 (105th) First Flight Commemorative Coin Act of 199741 cosponsors
- S. 1285 (105th) Marriage Tax Elimination Act39 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Faircloth has won
Sen. Faircloth has won 1 U.S. Senate election (1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.0 to 4.0 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 48 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 48 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
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.