Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
James A. Hayes
Jimmy Hayes was a Republican U.S. representative from Louisiana, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–104th 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. 2940 Deepwater Port Modernization ActSep 19, 1996 · Received in the Senate.
- H.J.Res. 160 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 6 years.Mar 4, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- H.R. 2915 Work Opportunity Act of 1995Feb 20, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
- H.R. 1824 Voluntary Protection Authorization Act of 1995Jun 29, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 1433 Occupational Safety and Health Administration Consultation Services Authorization Act of 1995Apr 21, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3356 (103rd) To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 611 Broad Street, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, as the "Edwin Ford Hunter, Jr., United States…Became law
- H.R. 3617 (100th) A bill for the relief of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.Became law
- H.R. 4276 (100th) A bill to designate the United States Post Office Building located at 1105 Moss Street in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the "James Domengeaux Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 1330 (102nd) Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act of 1991174 cosponsors
- H.R. 1330 (103rd) Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act of 1993170 cosponsors
- H.R. 654 (103rd) United States Mint Bicentennial Coin Act100 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 526 (101st) Designating the week of October 9 through 13, 1990, as "National Health Care Food Service Week".78 cosponsors
- H.R. 1330 (104th) Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act of 199559 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hayes has won
Rep. Hayes has won 5 U.S. House elections (1986–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.1 to 14.1 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.