Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress

Major R. Owens

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · New YorkHouse 1983–2007 (NY-12, NY-11)

Major Owens was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 14 bills that became law (100th–109th Congress).

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229Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–109th Congress (excludes amendments)

28Passed a chamberof 229 bills & resolutions sponsored

14Became law14 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 100th–109th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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. 6339 Homeland Security Community Mobilization Act of 2006
Dec 5, 2006 · Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for…
H.R. 6028 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to improve the infrastructure of elementary and secondary schools.
Sep 29, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
H.R. 6190 Immigration Relief and Protection Act of 2006
Sep 26, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R. 6177 To establish the United States Postal Service Memorial Fund for the benefit of the families of Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. of the United States…
Sep 26, 2006 · Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker…
H.J.Res. 92 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to ensure a free and adequate education for every child who is a citizen.
Jul 20, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Owens has won

Rep. Owens has won 12 U.S. House elections (1982–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 29.2 to 86.0 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won12 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 29.2 points1992, NY-11

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 12 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, New York’s 11th districtWinners, most recent three: Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. (R) 2016 → Max Rose (D) 2018 → Nicole Malliotakis (R) 2020–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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.

How has New York’s 11th district done while Rep. Owens served?

2005 to 2006 in NY-11: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflation

NY-11: $66.3K in 2005 → $68.4K in 2006

NY-11 about the sameNew York about the sameU.S. up 1%

Share of people below the poverty line

NY-11: 19.3% in 2005 → 19.8% in 2006

NY-11 about the sameNew York up 0.4 pointsU.S. about the same

Share of workers looking for a job

NY-11: 9.3% in 2005 → 8.7% in 2006

NY-11 about the sameNew York down 0.5 pointsU.S. down 0.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in New York’s 11th district during Owens’s time representing it (1993 to 2007). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. NY-11 was redrawn in 2012 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Owens’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	19	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 109th 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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.