Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Larry Pressler
Larry Pressler was a Republican U.S. senator from South Dakota, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 9 bills that became law (100th–104th 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
- S. 1356 Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1995Sep 30, 1996 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11951)
- S. 1735 United States Tourism Organization ActSep 24, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
- S. 2091 Small Business and Farm Transportation Regulatory Relief ActSep 18, 1996 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- S. 1994 Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996Sep 18, 1996 · Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 539. (consideration: CR S10777)
- S. 1831 National Transportation Safety Board Amendments of 1996Sep 18, 1996 · Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 503. (consideration: CR S10898)
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 15 (100th) A joint resolution designating the month of November 1987 as "National Alzheimer's Disease Month".Became law
- S.J.Res. 261 (100th) A joint resolution designating the month of November 1988 as "National Alzheimer's Disease Month".Became law
- S. 52 (100th) Continental Scientific Drilling and Exploration ActBecame law
- S. 652 (104th) Telecommunications Act of 1996Became law
- S.J.Res. 36 (102nd) A joint resolution to designate the months of November 1991, and November 1992, as "National Alzheimer's Disease Month".Became law
- S.J.Res. 16 (101st) A joint resolution designating the month of November 1989 as "National Alzheimer's Disease Month".Became law
- S. 1926 (103rd) Food Stamp Program Improvements Act of 1994Became law
- S. 1777 (103rd) A bill to extend the suspended implementation of certain requirements of the food stamp program on Indian reservations, to suspend certain eligibility…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Pressler has won
Sen. Pressler has won 1 U.S. House election (1976–1976) and 3 U.S. Senate elections (1978, 1984, 1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.3 to 60.4 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 54 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 54 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 13 | See the 13 → |
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.