Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Marvin Leath
James Leath was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1979.
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. 3139 Portability of Benefits for Nonappropriated Fund Employees Act of 1990Oct 12, 1990 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- H.R. 4390 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants (in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense) for the…Jun 13, 1990 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
- H.R. 4341 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants (in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense) for the…Apr 18, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
- H.R. 1259 A bill to recognize the organization known as the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Incorporated.Mar 22, 1988 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- H.R. 1452 A bill to amend chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, with respect to the refinancing of housing loans guaranteed, insured, or made under such chapter.Jul 27, 1987 · Executive Comment Received From VA.
Top bills sponsored
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Leath has won
Rep. Leath has won 6 U.S. House elections (1978–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.3 to 92.7 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 3 | 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 101st 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.