Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Carlos J. Moorhead
Carlos Moorhead was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1973, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–104th 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. 1734 To reauthorize the National Film Preservation Board, and for other purposes.Oct 11, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-285.
- H.R. 4314 Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996Oct 4, 1996 · For Further Action See S.1887.
- H.R. 3968 Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996Oct 4, 1996 · For Further Action See S.1887.
- H.J.Res. 189 Granting the consent of Congress to the Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact.Sep 18, 1996 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 3460 Moorhead-Schroeder Patent Reform ActSep 12, 1996 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 423.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1295 (104th) Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995Became law
- H.J.Res. 122 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week beginning July 13, 1987, as "Snow White Week".Became law
- H.R. 587 (104th) To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents on biotechnological processes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1506 (104th) Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.R. 988 (104th) Attorney Accountability Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5822 (102nd) To designate the United States Court of Appeals Building located at 125 South Grand Avenue in Pasadena, California, as the "Richard H. Chambers United States…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1861 (104th) Copyright Clarifications Act of 1996Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2361 (104th) To amend the commencement dates of certain temporary Federal judgeships.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Moorhead has won
Rep. Moorhead has won 10 U.S. House elections (1976–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.2 to 70.5 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 30 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 30 | 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 | 10 | See the 10 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.