Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Charles S. Robb
Charles Robb was a Democratic U.S. senator from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (101st–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
- S. 533 Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Control Act of 1999Oct 25, 2000 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10991)
- S. 2865 Virginia Wilderness Act of 2000Oct 12, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- S. 3000 A bill to authorize the exchange of land between the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of Central Intelligence at the George Washington Memorial…Oct 6, 2000 · Held at the desk.
- S. 3147 A bill to authorize the establishment, on land of the Department of the Interior in the District of Columbia or its environs, of a memorial and gardens in…Oct 2, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- S. 3024 Medicare Glaucoma Detection Act of 2000Sep 11, 2000 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 90 (103rd) A joint resolution to recognize the achievements of radio amateurs, and to establish support for such amateurs as national policy.Became law
- S. 423 (105th) A bill to extend the legislative authority for the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall to establish a memorial to honor George Mason.Became law
- S. 1543 (101st) A bill to authorize the Colonial Dames at Gunston Hall to establish a memorial to George Mason in the District of Columbia.Became law
- S.J.Res. 168 (103rd) A joint resolution designating May 11, 1994, as "Vietnam Human Rights Day".Became law
- S. 1716 (103rd) A bill to amend the Thomas Jefferson Commemoration Commission Act to extend the deadlines for reports.Became law
- S.J.Res. 154 (103rd) A joint resolution designating January 16, 1994, as "Religious Freedom Day".Became law
- S.Res. 181 (105th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that on March 2nd, every child in America should be in the company of someone who will read to him or her.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 175 (105th) A bill to designate the week of May 3, 1998 as "National Correctional Officers and Employees Week."Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Robb has won
Sen. Robb has won 2 U.S. Senate elections (1988, 1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.7 to 42.6 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 38 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 38 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
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.