Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Richard A. Gephardt
Richard Gephardt was a Democratic U.S. representative from Missouri, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 20 bills that became law (100th–108th 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
- H.R. 5218 Matt's Health Insurance Plan Act of 2004Nov 18, 2004 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2028-2029)
- H.R. 3271 Earned Legalization and Family Unification Act of 2003Oct 22, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- H.R. 3081 ProMISE ActSep 23, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- H.R. 2153 Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission Act of 2003Sep 9, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and the House.
- H.R. 5600 Earned Legalization and Family Unification Act of 2002Nov 12, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4551 (102nd) Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992Became law
- H.J.Res. 346 (102nd) Approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.Became law
- H.R. 1529 (101st) To provide for the establishment of the White Haven National Historic Site in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 4790 (103rd) To designate the United States courthouse under construction in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 5110 (103rd) Uruguay Round Agreements ActBecame law
- H.J.Res. 228 (103rd) To approve the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of Romania.Became law
- H.R. 3000 (103rd) FRIENDSHIP ActBecame law
- H.J.Res. 281 (102nd) Approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of the Mongolian People's Republic.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gephardt has won
Rep. Gephardt has won 14 U.S. House elections (1976–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.6 to 63.8 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | 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 108th 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.