Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Ben Jones
Ben Jones was a Democratic U.S. representative from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 1989.
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. 5943 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage employers to provide drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs to their employees by providing a…Sep 15, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 4495 To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on 1,8 Dichloroanthraquinone and 1,8 Diaminonapthalene.Jul 22, 1992 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 3016 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the targeted jobs credit for hiring economically disadvantaged veterans who are discharged involuntarily…Jul 24, 1991 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 2262 To recognize the organization known as the National Association of Women Veterans, Incorporated.May 13, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
- H.R. 1005 To provide that the 25 percent pay increase under the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 be deferred with respect to Members of Congress and officials in the executive…Feb 20, 1991 · Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3480 (101st) To recognize the organization known as the National Association of Women Veterans, Incorporated.96 cosponsors
- H.R. 5496 (101st) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the targeted jobs credit for hiring economically disadvantaged veterans who are discharged involuntarily…5 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Jones has won
Rep. Jones has won 2 U.S. House elections (1988–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.9 to 20.6 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
102nd 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 | 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 102nd 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.