Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara Kennelly was a Democratic U.S. representative from Connecticut, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 1 bill 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. 4030 Affordable and Quality Child Care Act of 1998Jun 26, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
- H.R. 3965 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the provision added by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 that imposes tax increases on certain families by…May 22, 1998 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3895 21st Century Firearm Technology and Safety Act of 1998May 22, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- H.R. 3763 To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain customs entries of nuclear fuel assemblies.May 6, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 1670 Airline Passenger Safety Act of 1997Mar 30, 1998 · See H.R.2843.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3724 (103rd) To designate the United States courthouse located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, as the "Brien McMahon Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 5651 (102nd) To provide for the payment of retirement and survivor annuities to certain ex-spouses of employees of the Central Intelligence Agency and to provide for the…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 166 (104th) Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 32 (104th) Designating minority membership to the Committee on House Oversight.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 337 (104th) Electing Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. of Illinois to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 523 (104th) Designating minority membership to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1067 (102nd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds.399 cosponsors
- H.R. 979 (105th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of private activity which may be issued in each State, and to index such amount for inflation.327 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kennelly has won
Rep. Kennelly has won 8 U.S. House elections (1982–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 23.8 to 54.5 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 22 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 22 | 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.