Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Moynihan was a Democratic U.S. senator from New York, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 36 bills that became law (100th–106th 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. 3259 Historic Performing Arts Facility Rehabilitation ActOct 27, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 2498 A bill to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip laboratory, administrative, and support space to house base operations…Oct 27, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-383.
- S. 3195 United States Open Society Commission ActOct 12, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- S.Res. 368 A resolution to recognize the importance of relocating and renovating the Hamilton Grange, New York.Oct 12, 2000 · Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S10490)
- S. 172 Acid Deposition and Ozone Control ActOct 5, 2000 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/6/2000 S9934)
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 92 (103rd) Joint Resolution to designate the month of October 1993 as "National Down Syndrome Awareness Month".Became law
- S.J.Res. 254 (102nd) A joint resolution commending the New York Stock Exchange on the occasion of its bicentennial.Became law
- S.J.Res. 342 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week of November 28 through December 5, 1988, as "National Book Week."Became law
- S.J.Res. 169 (100th) A joint resolution designating October 2, 1988, as a national day of recognition for Mohandas K. Gandhi.Became law
- S.J.Res. 205 (100th) A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 (XXX) should be overturned, and for other purposes.Became law
- S. 1371 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal building located at 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, District of Columbia, as the "Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building".Became law
- S. 1020 (100th) A bill to create the office of Librarian of Congress Emeritus.Became law
- S. 67 (106th) A bill to designate the headquarters building of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, District of Columbia, as the "Robert C. Weaver…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Moynihan has won
Sen. Moynihan has won 4 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982, 1988, 1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.3 to 36.0 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 100 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 100 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th 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.