Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Dan Quayle
John Quayle was a Republican U.S. senator from Indiana, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–101st 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. 2700 Pension Benefit Protection ActAug 23, 1988 · Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department.
- S. 2679 At-Risk Youth Employment and Training Amendments of 1988Aug 23, 1988 · Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department.
- S.J.Res. 248 A joint resolution to designate the week of October 2, 1988, through October 8, 1988, as "Mental Illness Awareness Week".Aug 11, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-390.
- S. 2579 Library Improvement Act of 1988Jul 20, 1988 · Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department.
- S. 2546 Choices in Child Care Act of 1988Jun 21, 1988 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 76 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week of October 4, 1987, through October 10, 1987 as "Mental Illness Awareness Week".Became law
- S.Res. 181 (100th) A resolution congratulating Indiana University on winning the NCAA Basketball Championship.Passed a chamber
- S. 857 (100th) Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 1987Reported from committee
- S.J.Res. 271 (100th) A joint resolution to designate August 20, 1988, as "Drum and Bugle Corps Recognition Day".34 cosponsors
- S.Res. 218 (100th) A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that each Senate committee that reports legislation that requires employers to provide new employee benefits…33 cosponsors
- S. 685 (100th) A bill to amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to make permanent the administrative offset debt collection provisions with respect to education loans.24 cosponsors
- S.Res. 104 (100th) A resolution calling on the Internal Revenue Service to revise Form W-4.14 cosponsors
- S. 383 (100th) Bilingual Education Act Amendments of 198710 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Quayle has won
Sen. Quayle has won 2 U.S. House elections (1976–1978) and 2 U.S. Senate elections (1980, 1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.6 to 30.6 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.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.