Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Joseph M. McDade
Joseph Mcdade was a Republican U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1963, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (100th–105th 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. 4060 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1999Oct 7, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-245.
- H.R. 3396 Citizens Protection Act of 1998Jun 16, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
- H.R. 3781 Lackawanna Valley Heritage Area Act of 1998May 7, 1998 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- H.R. 2005 To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of the Act popularly known as the "Death on the High Seas Act" to aviation incidents.Apr 21, 1998 · Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. Hearings held.
- H.R. 2901 To improve cellular telephone service in selected rural areas and to achieve equitable treatment of certain cellular license applicants.Nov 14, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3880 (100th) A bill to extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council for an additional ten years.Became law
- H.R. 2203 (105th) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998Became law
- H.R. 3364 (104th) To designate a United States courthouse in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the "William J. Nealon United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.J.Res. 411 (102nd) To designate the week of September 13, 1992, through September 19, 1992, as "National Rehabilitation Week".Became law
- H.J.Res. 583 (100th) A joint resolution designating the week beginning September 11, 1988, as "National Outpatient Ambulatory Surgery Week".Became law
- H.Res. 570 (100th) A resolution to congratulate the United Nations peacekeeping forces for being awarded the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize, and to seek their assistance in the matter…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3519 (102nd) To authorize the establishment of the Steamtown National Historic Site.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 536 (104th) To extend indefinitely the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to collect a commercial operation fee in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. McDade has won
Rep. McDade has won 11 U.S. House elections (1976–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 23.6 to 80.8 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | 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 | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 105th 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.