Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Stephen L. Neal
Stephen Neal was a Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 2 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
- H.R. 3841 Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994Sep 29, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-328.
- H.R. 4956 Financial Services Competitiveness ActAug 30, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 788 To eliminate the exemption for Congress from the application of certain provisions of Federal law and for other purposes.Jul 25, 1994 · See H.R.4822.
- H.J.Res. 57 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that, except in cases of national emergency, expenditures of the United States…Mar 17, 1994 · See H.J.Res.103.
- H.J.Res. 56 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that, except in cases of national emergency, expenditures of the United States…Mar 17, 1994 · See H.J.Res.103.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 158 (102nd) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located on Highway 64 East in Hiddenite, North Carolina, as the "Zora Leah S. Thomas Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 157 (102nd) To name the Post Office building located at 200 3d Street, S.W., in Taylorsville, North Carolina, as the "Clifford G. Watts Post Office".Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 383 (100th) A joint resolution designating March 25, 1988 as "Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy".225 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 571 (100th) A joint resolution designating March 25, 1989 as "Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy".135 cosponsors
- H.R. 3892 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore to State and local governments the right to purchase gasoline without payment of the Federal…119 cosponsors
- H.R. 4990 (101st) Savings Association Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1990108 cosponsors
- H.Res. 134 (101st) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Federal excise tax rates should not be increased.89 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 171 (100th) A joint resolution designating the honeybee as the national insect.61 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Neal has won
Rep. Neal has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.5 to 21.1 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 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | 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 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.