Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Lewis F. Payne Jr.
L. Payne was a Democratic U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 1987.
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. 2283 To prohibit the regulation of the sale or use of tobacco or tobacco products by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.Sep 18, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.R. 960 Persons With Disabilities Trusts Tax Rate Restoration ActJul 12, 1995 · Committee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 1537 To extend until January 1, 1996, the existing suspension of duty on machines designed for heat-set, stretch texturing of continuous man-made fibers.Sep 28, 1994 · See H.R.5110.
- H.R. 5070 Persons With Disabilities Trusts Tax Rate Restoration ActSep 21, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3106 To amend the Thomas Jefferson Commemoration Commission Act to extend the deadlines for reports.Nov 10, 1993 · Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 789 (103rd) Jefferson Commemorative Coin Act of 1993253 cosponsors
- H.R. 2759 (103rd) Equity Expansion Act of 199342 cosponsors
- H.R. 1775 (103rd) Rural Federally-Qualified Health Center Resident Training Act of 199313 cosponsors
- H.R. 2031 (103rd) Rural Land Conservation Act of 199312 cosponsors
- H.R. 997 (103rd) To amend General Note 3(a)(iv) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to deny special tariff treatment to goods of the Commonwealth of the…12 cosponsors
- H.R. 1384 (102nd) To provide for a demonstration program by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to adjustable rate mortgages.10 cosponsors
- H.R. 3113 (102nd) To require the Secretary of Energy to disregard certain costs in evaluating bids to perform nuclear hot cell services.5 cosponsors
- H.R. 1939 (103rd) Grower-Donated Commodities Act of 19934 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Payne has won
Rep. Payne has won 4 U.S. House elections (1988–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.6 to 37.8 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 2 | 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 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.