Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Charles Pashayan Jr.
Charles Pashayan was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1979.
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. 2937 For the relief of Rodney E. Hoover.Oct 2, 1990 · By request of Mr. Sensenbrenner the House passed over the measure without prejudice.
- H.J.Res. 622 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget.Jul 18, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
- H.J.Res. 621 Suggesting an amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced budget.Jul 17, 1990 · For Further Action See H.J.Res.268.
- H.R. 3811 Parks Centennial Act of 1990Apr 26, 1990 · Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.
- H.R. 3514 Integrated Pest Management Research Act of 1989Nov 13, 1989 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 342 (100th) A joint resolution to designate August 20, 1988, as "Drum and Bugle Corps Recognition Day".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1491 (100th) A bill for the relief of Rodney E. Hoover.Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 96 (100th) A joint resolution designating the month of September 1987 as "National Ceramic Arts Month".93 cosponsors
- H.R. 2711 (101st) Forest Users' Protection Act of 198934 cosponsors
- H.R. 3078 (100th) Forest Users' Protection Act of 198718 cosponsors
- H.R. 2932 (101st) Farmer to Consumer Farm Produce Enhancement Act15 cosponsors
- H.R. 3223 (100th) Agricultural Quarantine Enforcement Act of 19873 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Pashayan has won
Rep. Pashayan has won 6 U.S. House elections (1978–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.0 to 45.0 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | 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 101st 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.