Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Phil Gramm
William Gramm was a Republican U.S. senator from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–107th 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. 5 Social Security Preservation ActNov 19, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 4 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat earnings on contributions to tax-deferred savings accounts as gain from the sale or exchange of a…Nov 19, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 3151 Afghanistan Free Trade Agreement ActNov 13, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10889-10890)
- S. 3150 Turkey Free Trade Agreement ActNov 13, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10889)
- S.Res. 319 A resolution recognizing the accomplishments of Professor Milton Friedman.Aug 1, 2002 · Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8021; text as passed…
Top bills sponsored
- S. 1260 (105th) Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998Became law
- S. 559 (106th) A bill to designate the Federal building located at 300 East 8th Street in Austin, Texas, as the "J.J. "Jake" Pickle Federal Building".Became law
- S. 80 (103rd) Big Thicket National Preserve Addition Act of 1993Became law
- S. 900 (106th) Gramm-Leach-Bliley ActBecame law
- S. 1675 (104th) Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996Became law
- S. 143 (107th) Competitive Market Supervision Act of 2001Passed a chamber
- S. 628 (105th) A bill to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at the corner of 7th Street and East Jackson Street in Brownsville, Texas, as the "Reynaldo…Passed a chamber
- S. 1971 (106th) Milton Friedman Congressional Gold Medal ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Gramm has won
Sen. Gramm has won 3 U.S. House elections (1978–1982) and 3 U.S. Senate elections (1984, 1990, 1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.8 to 89.1 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 24 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 24 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.