Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Bill Paxon
Bill Paxon was a Republican U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (101st–105th 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. 3157 Teachers in the Classroom ActFeb 27, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
- H.Res. 268 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no new energy taxes or fees should be imposed on the American public for the purposes of complying…Oct 9, 1997 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 2483 To terminate the taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 other than Social Security and railroad retirement-related taxes.Sep 26, 1997 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8038-8040)
- H.R. 2018 To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, New York.Jul 25, 1997 · Became Public Law No: 105-31.
- H.R. 1610 To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance organizations.May 21, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4433 (101st) To disqualify any individual or business concern who violates a Federal environmental law, or who holds a beneficial business interest in a person who has…43 cosponsors
- H.Res. 247 (101st) Larkin I. Smith Narcotic Committee Reorganization Resolution37 cosponsors
- H.Res. 216 (101st) To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control.33 cosponsors
- H.R. 2443 (104th) To amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.30 cosponsors
- H.Res. 80 (102nd) Larkin I. Smith Narcotic Committee Reorganization Resolution22 cosponsors
- H.Res. 173 (102nd) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in light of current economic conditions the Federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel shall…20 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Paxon has won
Rep. Paxon has won 5 U.S. House elections (1988–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.8 to 45.5 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 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.