Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Mickey Leland
George Leland was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–101st 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. 2585 Air Toxics Control Act of 1989May 23, 1990 · For Further Action See H.R.3030.
- H.R. 982 Postal Reorganization Act Amendments of 1989Dec 19, 1989 · Provisions of Measure Incorporated into H.R. 3299.
- H.R. 800 Medicaid Infant Mortality Amendments of 1989Dec 19, 1989 · Provisions of Measure Incorporated into H.R. 3299.
- H.R. 2812 Federal Fire Service Pay Schedule Act of 1989Oct 31, 1989 · PERMISSION TO ADD COSPONSORS - Mrs. Morella asked unanimous consent to be allowed to submit the following cosponsors for H.R. 2812; Messrs. Conyers and…
- H.R. 3184 Department of Energy Minority Economic Impact Revitalization ActSep 15, 1989 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 368 (100th) A joint resolution designating the week of November 8 through November 14, 1987, as "National Food Bank Week".Became law
- H.R. 3592 (100th) A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to limit the rate of pay at which the Postal Service may compensate experts and consultants.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4984 (100th) International Health Corps ActReported from committee
- H.R. 177 (100th) Food Assistance for the Homeless Act of 1987Reported from committee
- H.R. 4907 (100th) Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments Act of 1988Reported from committee
- H.R. 1855 (100th) A bill to amend the Public Service Act to extend programs for health information and health promotion.Reported from committee
- H.Res. 14 (100th) A resolution to establish the Select Committee on Hunger.172 cosponsors
- H.R. 4049 (100th) Women in Development Act of 1988169 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Leland has won
Rep. Leland has won 6 U.S. House elections (1978–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 59.8 to 93.5 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | 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.