Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Edward A. Pease
Edward Pease was a Republican U.S. representative from Indiana, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (105th–106th 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. 4068 Religious Workers Act of 2000Nov 1, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-409.
- H.Res. 491 Naming a room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol in honor of former Representative G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery.May 15, 2000 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 2513 To direct the Administrator of General Services to acquire a building located in Terre Haute, Indiana, and for other purposes.Nov 19, 1999 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- H.R. 4668 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 30 North 7th Street in Terre Haute, Indiana, as the "John T. Myers Federal Building".Oct 8, 1998 · Rereferred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
- H.R. 1249 To redesignate the Federal building located at 107 Federal Building, in Terre Haute, Indiana, as the "John T. Myers Federal Building".Oct 22, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 213 (105th) Designating majority membership on certain standing committees of the House.Passed a chamber
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 2 U.S. House elections (1996–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 27.3 to 40.7 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 3 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th 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.