Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Ron Klink
Ron Klink was a Democratic U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (103rd–106th 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. 167 Social Security Preservation ActDec 15, 2000 · Rereferred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in…
- H.R. 4933 Veterans Readjustment Appointments Reauthorization Act of 2000Dec 7, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
- H.R. 5356 Dairy Farmer Viability ActOct 10, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- H.R. 5115 Same Insurance as Congress ActSep 13, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
- H.R. 5052 Fairness for Dairy Farmers Act of 2000Aug 16, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2695 (104th) To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of certain hydroelectric projects in the State of Pennsylvania.Became law
- H.R. 308 (104th) Hopewell Township Investment Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4704 (103rd) Hopewell Township Investment Act of 1994Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 34 (104th) Designating minority membership to the Committee on Rules.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1984 (105th) To provide for a four-year moratorium on the establishment of new standards for ozone and fine particulate matter under the Clean Air Act, pending further…200 cosponsors
- H.R. 3948 (105th) To maintain health care coverage for veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs for tobacco related illnesses, and to provide for additional authorization…40 cosponsors
- H.R. 4566 (106th) Steel and Metal Consumers Radioactivity Protection Act35 cosponsors
- H.R. 213 (105th) Individual Training Account Act of 199728 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Klink has won
Rep. Klink has won 4 U.S. House elections (1992–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 27.6 to 58.1 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | 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 106th 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.