Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Fred Grandy
Fred Grandy was a Republican U.S. representative from Iowa, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 4133 To expand the Tree Assistance Program of the Department of Agriculture to assist agriculture producers to pay the costs of replanting commercially grown trees…Mar 29, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources.
- H.R. 2252 To extend until January 1, 1997, the existing suspension of duty on mercuric oxide.Dec 7, 1993 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 2251 To extend until January 1, 1997, the existing suspension of duty on fluazifop-p-butyl.Nov 2, 1993 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 2166 To extend until January 1, 1995, the existing suspension of duty on fluazifop-p-butyl.Nov 2, 1993 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 2168 To reduce the column 1-general rate of duty on piperonyl butoxide (PBO).Oct 29, 1993 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 379 (101st) Commending the citizens of the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area for their heroism and spirit of volunteerism in selflessly providing assistance and…Became law
- H.J.Res. 247 (101st) Designating May 29, 1989, as the "National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the USS IOWA".Became law
- H.R. 5647 (102nd) To provide that the special estate tax valuation recapture provisions shall cease to apply after 1992 in the case of property acquired from decedents dying…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 162 (103rd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals for an indefinite period, and to…163 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 452 (102nd) Designating the week of September 14 through September 20, 1992, as "National Small Independent Telephone Company Week".83 cosponsors
- H.R. 2708 (103rd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide taxpayers engaged in certain agriculture-related activities a credit against income tax for property…49 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 261 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding trade with Japan in beef.38 cosponsors
- H.R. 181 (101st) Social Security Notch Act of 198935 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Grandy has won
Rep. Grandy has won 4 U.S. House elections (1986–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.9 to 98.6 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | 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 103rd 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.