Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Howard Metzenbaum was a Democratic U.S. senator from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1973, who sponsored 21 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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
- S. 2297 International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994Nov 29, 1994 · Held at the desk.
- S. 1312 Pension Annuitants Protection Act of 1994Oct 22, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-401.
- S. 2531 Pension Bill of Rights Act of 1994Oct 6, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
- S. 2504 Contingent Workforce Equity ActOct 5, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
- S. 1818 Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994Oct 5, 1994 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 718.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 122 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on October 18, 1987, and ending on October 24, 1987, as "Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week".Became law
- S. 247 (101st) State Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act of 1990Became law
- S. 2167 (100th) National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988Became law
- S. 1577 (102nd) Alzheimer's Disease Research, Training, and Education Amendments of 1992Became law
- S. 903 (100th) A bill to extend certain protections under title 11 of the United States Code, the Bankruptcy Code.Became law
- S. 794 (100th) A bill to amend chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, to impose criminal penalties and provide a civil action for damage to religious property and for…Became law
- S. 367 (102nd) Nontraditional Employment for Women ActBecame law
- S. 1382 (100th) Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Metzenbaum has won
Sen. Metzenbaum has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982, 1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.0 to 15.5 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 46 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 46 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| 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.