Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Sam Nunn
Samuel Nunn was a Democratic U.S. senator from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 1971, who sponsored 5 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
- S. 1706 A bill to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for assistance for highway relocation with respect to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National…Sep 30, 1996 · By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 104-382.
- S. 2120 A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 475 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia, as the "William Augustus Bootle…Sep 25, 1996 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- S. 1387 Homesteading and Neighborhood Restoration Act of 1995Nov 2, 1995 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
- S. 244 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995May 22, 1995 · Became Public Law No: 104-13.
- S. 560 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1994Dec 5, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 223 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on April 10, 1988, and ending on April 16, 1988, as "National Productivity Improvement Week.Became law
- S. 2182 (103rd) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995Became law
- S. 2569 (102nd) An original bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to make the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; to…Became law
- S. 3215 (101st) A bill to authorize the transfer by lease of a specified naval landing ship dock to the Government of Brazil.Became law
- S. 1298 (103rd) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994Passed a chamber
- S. 1337 (103rd) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994Passed a chamber
- S. 1338 (103rd) Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994Passed a chamber
- S. 1339 (103rd) Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 1994Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Nunn has won
Sen. Nunn has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1978, 1984, 1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 59.9 to 66.3 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 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
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.