Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Slade Gorton
Thomas Gorton was a Republican U.S. senator from Washington, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (100th–106th 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. 2951 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to investigate opportunities to better manage the water resources in the Salmon Creek…Nov 9, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-499.
- S. 893 A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to provide equitable treatment with respect to State and local income taxes for certain individuals who perform…Nov 9, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-489.
- S. 2301 A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the provisions of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to…Oct 20, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- S. 2163 A bill to provide for a study of the engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of electrification of the Chandler Pumping Plant at Prosser Diversion…Oct 4, 2000 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 937.
- S. 1266 Academic Achievement for All Act (Straight A's Act)Sep 6, 2000 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8041-8042)
Top bills sponsored
- S. 1216 (102nd) Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992Became law
- S. 1813 (101st) A bill to ensure that funds provided under section 4213 of the Indian Alcohol and Substances Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 may be used to acquire…Became law
- S. 1193 (105th) Aviation Insurance Reauthorization Act of 1997Became law
- S. 1683 (105th) A bill to transfer administrative jurisdiction over part of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of…Became law
- S.J.Res. 124 (101st) A joint resolution to designate October as "National Quality Month".Passed a chamber
- S. 956 (104th) An Act to establish a Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Courts of Appeals.Passed a chamber
- S. 2071 (106th) Electric Reliability 2000 ActPassed a chamber
- S. 1167 (106th) A bill to amend the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act to provide for expanding the scope of the Independent Scientific Review…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Gorton has won
Sen. Gorton has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1980, 1988, 1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.2 to 11.5 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 29 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 29 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a committee report listed | 7 | See the 7 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th 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.