Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Ronald K. Machtley
Ronald Machtley was a Republican U.S. representative from Rhode Island, first elected to Congress in 1989.
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. 3922 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for…Sep 20, 1994 · Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4837.
- H.R. 4707 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make permanent the visa waiver program and to authorize, under certain conditions, the designation of certain…Aug 11, 1994 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 3910 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pigments.Jun 23, 1994 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 4240 To ensure that defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance programs of the Department of Defense are directed primarily toward those States…May 3, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
- H.R. 4254 Public and Federally Assisted Housing Security Act of 1994Apr 29, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 100 (102nd) To recognize the 200th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Portugal.Reported from committee
- H.Con.Res. 202 (103rd) Expressing the sense of the Congress that all appropriations made for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 1995 should be expended…104 cosponsors
- H.R. 2130 (103rd) Small Business 503 Loan Refinancing Assistance Act of 199347 cosponsors
- H.R. 4965 (101st) Tobacco Deregulation Act of 199024 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 274 (102nd) Expressing the sense of the Congress that any economic recovery or tax relief package enacted by the Congress should include a correction of the "notch"…23 cosponsors
- H.R. 3651 (101st) To amend title 10, United States Code, to require sealed bids and competitive proposals for the procurement of professional services by the Department of…18 cosponsors
- H.R. 5163 (101st) To establish a comprehensive program for reducing energy consumption in Department of Defense facilities and to establish incentives within the Department of…18 cosponsors
- H.R. 726 (103rd) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt mental health services furnished to an individual who is a resident of a nursing facility from the…17 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Machtley has won
Rep. Machtley has won 3 U.S. House elections (1988–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.3 to 45.3 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 37 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 37 | 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 103rd 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.