Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Jack Kemp
Jack Kemp was a Republican U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1971, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–100th 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. 4690 Plant-Opening and Jobs Creation Act of 1988Nov 10, 1988 · Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4333.
- H.R. 1826 A bill for the relief of Natasha Susan Middelmann, Samantha Abigail Middelmann, Naomi Katrina Orloff Middelmann, and Hannah Emily Middelmann.Oct 28, 1988 · Became Private Law No: 100-27.
- H.J.Res. 625 A joint resolution Entitled: " Nicaragua Freedom Act of 1988".Aug 8, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
- H.R. 3632 Acid Deposition Control Act of 1987Nov 30, 1987 · Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
- H.R. 3095 International Financial Security Act of 1987Nov 17, 1987 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2587 (100th) A bill to make unlawful the establishment or maintenance within the United States of an office of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and for other purposes.80 cosponsors
- H.R. 1282 (100th) American Trade, Growth, and Employment Promotion Act14 cosponsors
- H.R. 3419 (100th) AIDS Prevention Act of 198710 cosponsors
- H.R. 2612 (100th) A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while…5 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 263 (100th) A joint resolution making an urgent supplemental appropriation for emergency assistance to the Polish independent trade union organization NSZZ "Solidarnosc"…1 cosponsor
- H.R. 2301 (100th) A bill to designate the Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Buffalo, New York, as the "Major Robert J. DiTommaso Veterans' Administration Medical…1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kemp has won
Rep. Kemp has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 15.5 to 89.7 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
100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 15 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 15 | 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 100th 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.