Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Joseph P. Kolter
Joseph Kolter was a Democratic U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1983.
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. 4157 Public Works and Economic Development Act Amendments of 1992Oct 3, 1992 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- H.R. 4199 To direct the Administrator of General Services to review existing House of Representatives motor vehicle leases and to require that future leasing be…Feb 7, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- H.R. 3293 To direct the Secretary of Energy to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the effects on human health of…Oct 4, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- H.R. 2753 To amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require that passenger motor vehicle repair businesses supply customers with information…Aug 13, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 2293 To require the Secretary of Transportation to develop a Federal motor vehicle safety standard relating to the mandatory implementation of an audible reverse…Jul 22, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Con.Res. 30 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that no major change in the payment methodology for physicians' services, including services…326 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 177 (101st) Designating October 8 through 14, 1989, as "National School Lunch Week".92 cosponsors
- H.R. 360 (100th) A bill to require that the remaining $40,000,000 of United States assistance for the Nicaraguan democratic resistance be withheld until completion of the…85 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 147 (101st) To designate September 1, 1989, as "National Day of Recognition of the Polish Armed Forces of World War II".53 cosponsors
- H.R. 1178 (102nd) Amending the Railway Labor Act to provide that a majority of valid votes cast by members of a craft or class of employees shall determine the representative…26 cosponsors
- H.R. 242 (101st) Organ Transplant Assistance Act of 198922 cosponsors
- H.R. 1301 (100th) A bill to amend Public Law 99-591 to extend through 1987 the requirement that certain benefits be paid to retired former employees of debtors in bankruptcy.22 cosponsors
- H.R. 931 (100th) A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code to clarify the current meaning of section 1113 relating to the rejection of collective bargaining…20 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kolter has won
Rep. Kolter has won 5 U.S. House elections (1982–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.8 to 40.3 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | 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 102nd 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.