Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Timothy J. Penny
Timothy Penny was a Democratic U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–103rd 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. 5234 Food for Trade Act of 1994Oct 19, 1994 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- H.R. 5171 To amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to require nutrient fortification of agricultural commodities provided for feeding…Oct 17, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment.
- H.R. 5065 Beginning Farmer Technical Corrections Act of 1994Oct 8, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
- H.R. 4373 Social Security COLA Limitation Act of 1994Sep 27, 1994 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 4372 Social Security Eligibility Act of 1994Sep 27, 1994 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 180 (102nd) To amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to veterans education and employment programs, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 1659 (100th) A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the per diem rates for payments by the Veterans' Administration to States for domiciliary care and…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1358 (101st) To amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to the Montgomery G.I. Bill, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3390 (101st) To amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to certain veterans' education programs, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2486 (101st) Veterans Recruitment Authority Act of 1989Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4087 (101st) Veterans Employment and Training Amendments of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4088 (101st) Veterans Recruitment Authority Act of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4089 (101st) Veterans Educational and Vocational Counseling Amendments of 1990Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Penny has won
Rep. Penny has won 6 U.S. House elections (1982–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.3 to 56.3 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 23 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 23 | 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 103rd 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.