Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Pete Geren
Pete Geren was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1989.
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. 4329 To designate the Federal building located at 300 East 8th Street in Austin, Texas, as the "J. J. 'Jake' Pickle Federal Building".Sep 30, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- H.R. 4232 To designate the United States Post Office building located at 251 West Lancaster Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the "Jim Wright Post Office Building".Sep 27, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
- H.R. 3949 For the relief of Senior Master Sergeant William L. Sullivan, United States Air Force.Sep 9, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
- H.R. 3010 To assure that advertisements by States for participation in their lotteries provide information to the consumer on the statistical probability of winning and…Mar 18, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.
- H.R. 2217 Common Sense Amendments for All Endangered Species ActAug 9, 1995 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 338 (103rd) To designate October, 1994 as "National Decorative Painting Month".69 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 278 (103rd) Designating the week of March 21 through 27, 1994, as "National Long-Term Care Administrators Week".66 cosponsors
- H.R. 4336 (101st) Organ Procurement Process Review Act of 199058 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 362 (103rd) To designate March 20 through 26, 1995, as "National Long-Term Care Administrators Week".40 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 32 (104th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Sikh nation should be allowed to exercise the right of self-determination in their homeland, Punjab, Khalistan.31 cosponsors
- H.R. 4253 (102nd) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide waiver of late enrollment penalty and establishment of a special enrollment period under part B of…27 cosponsors
- H.R. 4334 (102nd) To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to deregulation of intrastate trucking.25 cosponsors
- H.R. 3256 (103rd) Child Protection Act of 199320 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Geren has won
Rep. Geren has won 3 U.S. House elections (1990–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 25.5 to 42.6 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | 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.