Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Christopher John
Christopher John was a Democratic U.S. representative from Louisiana, first elected to Congress in 1997.
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. 4957 Keeping Our Education Promise to America's Children Act of 2004Sep 7, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- H.R. 4833 Rural Education Equity Act of 2004Sep 7, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- H.R. 4959 Hunting Heritage and Fishing Preservation Act of 2004Aug 2, 2004 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- H.R. 4958 Energy Independence for a Strong America Act of 2004Jul 29, 2004 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- H.R. 4819 Essential Waterways Operations and Maintenance Act of 2004Jul 19, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 342 (108th) Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 4793 (107th) Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5398 (106th) To provide that land which is owned by the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana but which is not held in trust by the United States for the Tribe may be leased or…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1868 (106th) Rural Education Development Initiative for the 21st Century Act32 cosponsors
- H.R. 1096 (107th) Rural Education Development Initiative for the 21st Century Act31 cosponsors
- H.R. 4235 (105th) Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 199830 cosponsors
- H.R. 3228 (105th) To amend the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to add the requirement that if Federal budget is in surplus then the vetoed item shall be used to reduce the public…22 cosponsors
- H.R. 3440 (108th) To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from taking any action to implement any recommendation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset…19 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. John has won
Rep. John has won 4 U.S. House elections (1996–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.2 to 73.6 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | 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 | 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 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.