Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Joseph P. Kennedy II
Joseph Kennedy was a Democratic U.S. representative from Massachusetts, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 8 bills that became law (100th–105th 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. 4686 Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998Oct 20, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.R. 4848 Free Annual Credit Report Act of 1998Oct 16, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
- H.R. 3661 Persian Gulf War Veterans' Health and Medical Research Act of 1998Jun 12, 1998 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
- H.R. 3660 National Research Investment Act of 1998Apr 17, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- H.R. 3439 Credit Union Community Reinvestment ActMar 17, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 132 (101st) To designate the second Sunday in October of 1989 as "National Children's Day".Became law
- H.R. 1199 (101st) Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Pay Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 2243 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal Building located at 10 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts, as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 5453 (102nd) To designate the Central Square facility of the United States Postal Service in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the "Clifton Merriman Post Office Building".Became law
- H.J.Res. 389 (103rd) To designate the second Sunday in October of 1994 as "National Children's Day".Became law
- H.R. 3911 (101st) Attendant Allowance Adjustment ActBecame law
- H.R. 3616 (103rd) To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, Americans who have been…Became law
- H.J.Res. 513 (100th) A joint resolution to designate April 6, 1988, as "National Student-Athlete Day".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kennedy has won
Rep. Kennedy has won 6 U.S. House elections (1986–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 44.4 to 68.7 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 40 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 40 | 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 105th 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.