Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress
Tom Osborne
Tom Osborne was a Republican U.S. representative from Nebraska, first elected to Congress in 2001, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (107th–109th 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. 4750 Lower Republican River Basin Study ActNov 13, 2006 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- H.R. 6011 Coordinated Youth Education, Employment Training, and Residential Treatment Act of 2006Sep 28, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
- H.R. 5775 CAFO Tax Credit ActJul 12, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 4065 Temporary Worker Registration and Visa Act of 2005Jun 14, 2006 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3975-3976)
- H.Res. 660 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month.Feb 8, 2006 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3209 (108th) To amend the Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 1972 to clarify the acreage for which the North Loup division is authorized to provide irrigation water…Became law
- H.R. 3030 (108th) Improving the Community Services Block Grant Act of 2004Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2040 (108th) To amend the Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1998 to extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and certain irrigation water…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5016 (108th) To extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4938 (107th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study to determine the most feasible method of developing…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 46 (109th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 25 (108th) Supporting efforts to promote greater awareness of the need for youth mentors and increased involvement with youth through mentoring.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 856 (109th) Federal Youth Coordination ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Osborne has won
Rep. Osborne has won 3 U.S. House elections (2000–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 66.3 to 86.3 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.
How has Nebraska’s 3rd district done while Rep. Osborne served?
2005 to 2006 in NE-3: 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.
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 Nebraska’s 3rd district during Osborne’s time representing it (2001 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. NE-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Osborne’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 15 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 15 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.