Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
J. J. Pickle
J. Pickle was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1963, who sponsored 2 bills 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. 4275 Social Security Entitlement Reform Amendments of 1994Sep 27, 1994 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 5006 Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1994Aug 21, 1994 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8943)
- H.R. 3585 Social Security Entitlement Reform Amendments of 1993Nov 30, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- H.R. 3684 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the pension plan rules applicable to State judicial retirement plans.Nov 22, 1993 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3211 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a temporary delay in the requirement to pay certain premiums under the Coal Industry Retiree Health…Oct 22, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3319 (100th) A bill for the relief of Susan A. Sampeck.Became law
- H.R. 2334 (101st) To redesignate the Post Office located at 300 East Ninth Street in Austin, Texas, as the "Homer Thornberry Judicial Building".Became law
- H.R. 2655 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal Building located at 330 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, District of Columbia, as the "Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3837 (102nd) Federal Program Improvement Act of 1992Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5637 (102nd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of certain buildings under the rehabilitation credit, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4877 (101st) To redesignate the Austin Dam located near Austin, Texas, as the "Tom Miller Dam".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1957 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the credit for increases in research expenses and for basic research payments.273 cosponsors
- H.R. 1406 (102nd) Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1991269 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Pickle has won
Rep. Pickle has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.3 to 86.9 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 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 | 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.