Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Bill Luther
William Luther was a Democratic U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 1995.
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. 5623 To provide for prioritization of transportation of nuclear waste from utilities to a permanent repository on the basis of renewable energy use.Oct 28, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- H.R. 5124 Darlene's LawJul 29, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3835 To provide for equitable reimbursement rates under the Medicare Program for thin prep pap smears tests.Mar 13, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 126 Trident II (D-5) Missile Production Limitation ActMar 15, 2001 · Executive Comment requested from DOD.
- H.R. 125 Help Equip Local Police ActMar 15, 2001 · Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 475 (105th) Recognizing the importance of achieving the goal of the 1997 Microcredit Summit to provide access to microcredit to 100,000,000 of the world's poorest families.Reported from committee
- H.Res. 251 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to the escalating violence in East Timor.41 cosponsors
- H.R. 2864 (106th) Same Day Voter Registration Act of 199940 cosponsors
- H.R. 614 (105th) To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.36 cosponsors
- H.R. 2090 (104th) To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.31 cosponsors
- H.R. 2898 (105th) B-2 Bomber Production Limitation Act28 cosponsors
- H.R. 128 (107th) Same Day Voter Registration Act of 200126 cosponsors
- H.R. 1043 (105th) Help Equip Local Police Act23 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Luther has won
Rep. Luther has won 4 U.S. House elections (1994–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.2 to 11.8 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | 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 107th 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.