Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Michael Pappas
Michael Pappas was a Republican U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1997.
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.Res. 519 Concerning Iraqi development of weapons of mass destruction.Aug 6, 1998 · Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
- H.R. 3567 Medicare Home Health Equity Act of 1998Jun 10, 1998 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1096)
- H.Res. 267 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the citizens of the United States must remain committed to combat the distribution, sale, and use of…May 5, 1998 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 3566 Mid-Atlantic Open Space and Farmland Preservation ActApr 2, 1998 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- H.R. 3233 Historic Battleship Preservation ActMar 13, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 78 (105th) Designating majority membership on certain standing committees of the House.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 955 (105th) Family Freedom Home Office Deduction Act of 199777 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 188 (105th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claim of sovereignty to the islets in the Aegean Sea called Imia by Greece and Kardak by Turkey.42 cosponsors
- H.R. 245 (105th) Small Business-Family Farm and Investment Fairness Act of 19973 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Pappas has won
Rep. Pappas has won 1 U.S. House election (1996–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.8 to 3.8 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | 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 105th 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.