Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress

Rick Lazio
Rick Lazio was a Republican U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 6 bills 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. 2441 Fairness in Securities Transactions ActDec 15, 2000 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 596.
- H.R. 2442 Wartime Violation of Italian American Civil Liberties ActNov 7, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-451.
- H.R. 4681 To provide for the adjustment of status of certain Syrian nationals.Oct 27, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-378.
- H.R. 5274 Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence ActOct 20, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.Con.Res. 424 Providing for corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 4461.Oct 11, 2000 · Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1180 (106th) Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999Became law
- H.R. 2401 (106th) U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Extension ActBecame law
- H.R. 3219 (104th) Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996Became law
- H.R. 5193 (106th) FHA Downpayment Simplification Extension Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 1776 (106th) American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000Passed a chamber
- H.R. 202 (106th) Preserving Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st Century ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 2406 (104th) United States Housing Act of 1996Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 180 (104th) Commending the Americans who served the United States during the period known as the Cold War.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Lazio has won
Rep. Lazio has won 4 U.S. House elections (1992–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.6 to 36.3 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 31 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 31 | 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 | 8 | See the 8 → |
| With a committee report listed | 7 | See the 7 → |
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.