Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 8 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. 529 Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief ActAug 10, 1993 · For Further Action See H.R.2264.
- H.R. 475 Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Patient Protection Act of 1993Aug 10, 1993 · See H.R.2264.
- H.R. 534 To provide that a special census shall be conducted, without charge to a requesting State, county, or other unit of government, if necessary to correct a…Mar 16, 1993 · Executive Comment Requested from OMB,, Commerce.
- H.R. 532 Federal Foreign Language Institute Consolidation ActFeb 11, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education and Training.
- H.R. 295 To require the Secretary of the Interior to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Mission San Antonio de Padua in California and its…Feb 9, 1993 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4016 (102nd) Community Environmental Response Facilitation ActBecame law
- H.R. 1340 (100th) Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987Became law
- H.R. 3435 (100th) Charitable Assistance and Food Bank Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 4998 (100th) A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make technical corrections in the Family Independence Demonstration Project.Became law
- H.R. 3299 (101st) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 5835 (101st) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990Became law
- H.J.Res. 175 (102nd) To designate the weeks beginning December 1, 1991, and November 29, 1992, as "National Home Care Week".Became law
- H.J.Res. 201 (102nd) Designating the week beginning December 1, 1991, and the week beginning November 15, 1992, each as "Geography Awareness Week".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Panetta has won
Rep. Panetta has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.8 to 70.7 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 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | 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.