Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
Nancy Kassebaum was a Republican U.S. senator from Kansas, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 10 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
- S. 1897 National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1996Nov 8, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- S. 1044 Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996Oct 11, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-299.
- S. 2178 Better Pharmaceuticals for Children ActSep 30, 1996 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
- S. 2170 Save Our Savings Act of 1996Sep 30, 1996 · Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs.
- S. 1221 Legal Services Reform Act of 1996Sep 30, 1996 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 638.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 641 (104th) Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996Became law
- S.J.Res. 319 (102nd) A joint resolution to designate the second Sunday in October of 1992 as "National Children's Day".Became law
- S. 1458 (103rd) General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994Became law
- S.J.Res. 127 (102nd) A joint resolution to designate the month of May 1991, as "National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month".Became law
- S.J.Res. 251 (102nd) A joint resolution to designate the month of May 1992 as "National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month."Became law
- S.J.Res. 92 (102nd) A joint resolution to designate July 28, 1992, as "Buffalo Soldiers Day".Became law
- S. 1792 (101st) A bill to amend the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 to avoid penalizing producers who planted a replacement crop on disaster-affected acreage, and for other…Became law
- S.J.Res. 192 (102nd) A joint resolution designating October 30, 1991 as "Refugee Day".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Kassebaum has won
Sen. Kassebaum has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1978, 1984, 1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.5 to 54.8 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 32 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 32 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 15 | See the 15 → |
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.