Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Donald J. Pease
Donald Pease was a Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1977.
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. 6090 Child Labor Deterrence Act of 1992Oct 6, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5318 United States-China Act of 1992Oct 2, 1992 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 5900 Trade Worker Adjustment Assistance Act of 1992Sep 8, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5612 To restrict the use of certain State or local tax incentives.Jul 23, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development.
- H.R. 2512 Customs Informed Compliance and Automation Act of 1991May 6, 1992 · See H.R.3935.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4939 (101st) Regarding the extension of most-favored-nation treatment to the products of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 743 (101st) Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 198 (101st) Authorizing a concert performance on the Capitol grounds.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1307 (100th) A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to require the President to submit with his budget an analysis of its impact on international competitiveness of…Reported from committee
- H.R. 4733 (101st) Young American Workers' Bill of Rights37 cosponsors
- H.R. 1735 (100th) Fair Trade and Economic Justice Act34 cosponsors
- H.R. 2676 (100th) Extended Unemployment Insurance Reform Act of 198730 cosponsors
- H.R. 177 (102nd) To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in determining…23 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Pease has won
Rep. Pease has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 19.7 to 39.6 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | 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 102nd 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.