Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Porter J. Goss
Porter Goss was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 9 bills that became law (101st–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. 4548 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005Dec 23, 2004 · Became Public Law No: 108-487.
- H.R. 4584 Directing Community Integration ActJun 16, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
- H.R. 2417 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004Dec 13, 2003 · Became Public Law No: 108-177.
- H.Res. 451 Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2417) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for intelligence and…Nov 20, 2003 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 97 Providing amounts for the expenses of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the One Hundred Eighth Congress.Feb 25, 2003 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1023 (105th) Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 2883 (107th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002Became law
- H.R. 4628 (107th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003Became law
- H.R. 1555 (106th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000Became law
- H.R. 34 (106th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.Became law
- H.R. 3694 (105th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999Became law
- H.R. 5630 (106th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001Became law
- H.Con.Res. 57 (102nd) Deploring the release of millions of gallons of oil into the Persian Gulf and declaring that Saddam Hussein and Iraq should be held legally, morally, and…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Goss has won
Rep. Goss has won 8 U.S. House elections (1988–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 42.3 to 70.5 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 5 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
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.