Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Dave R Nagle
Dave Nagle was a Democratic U.S. representative from Iowa, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–102nd 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. 6025 Generalized System of Preferences Reform Act of 1992Sep 28, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.Con.Res. 337 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the General Accounting Office should conduct a study of the economic impacts of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…Jul 8, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- H.R. 4941 Generalized System of Preferences Reform Act of 1992Apr 22, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 4940 To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on sulfapyridine.Apr 16, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 1830 To reduce the column 1-general rate of duty on piperonyl butoxide (PBO).Feb 26, 1992 · See H.R.4318.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3689 (100th) A bill to designate the United States Post Office Building located at 300 Sycamore Street in Waterloo, Iowa, as the "H. R. Gross Post Office Building".Became law
- H.J.Res. 452 (101st) To designate the week of June 10, 1990, through June 16, 1990, as "State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week".219 cosponsors
- H.R. 4288 (101st) Soybean Graduated Equity Loan Program Act of 199013 cosponsors
- H.R. 3172 (100th) Relying on Ethanol for America Program Act3 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Nagle has won
Rep. Nagle has won 3 U.S. House elections (1986–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.2 to 26.7 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 102nd 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.