Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Bob Packwood
Robert Packwood was a Republican U.S. senator from Oregon, first elected to Congress in 1969, who sponsored 4 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. 739 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade…Jul 30, 1996 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- S.Res. 165 A resolution commending the 60th anniversary of the Social Security Act.Aug 11, 1995 · Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S12518)
- S.Con.Res. 19 A concurrent resolution to correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 483.Jun 30, 1995 · Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 180, S. Con. Res. 19 is considered passed House.
- S. 785 A bill to require the Trustees of the medicare trust funds to report recommendations on resolving projected financial imbalance in medicare trust funds.May 9, 1995 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 750 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to properly characterize certain redemptions of stock held by corporations.May 3, 1995 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 126 (100th) A joint resolution to designate March 16, 1988, as "Freedom of Information Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 196 (100th) A joint resolution to designate February 4, 1988, as "National Women in Sports Day."Became law
- S.J.Res. 340 (100th) A designating November 27 through December 3, 1988, as "National Sir Winston Churchill Recognition Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 357 (101st) A joint resolution to designate September 15, 1990 to October 15, 1990 as "Community Center Month".Became law
- S.J.Res. 32 (101st) A joint resolution to designate February 2, 1989, as "National Women and Girls in Sports Day".Passed a chamber
- S.J.Res. 358 (101st) A joint resolution to designate February 7, 1991, as "National Women and Girls in Sports Day".Passed a chamber
- S.J.Res. 300 (101st) A joint resolution to designate September 1990 as "Jewish Community Center Month".Passed a chamber
- S.J.Res. 97 (103rd) A joint resolution to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Oregon Trail.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Packwood has won
Sen. Packwood has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1980, 1986, 1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.7 to 27.2 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 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.