Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
James E. Rogan
James Rogan was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (105th–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
- H.R. 2592 To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act.Oct 23, 2000 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 4157 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Lincoln Avenue in Pasadena, California, as the "Matthew 'Mack' Robinson Post…Oct 19, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-327.
- H.R. 4193 Charles A. Lazzaretto Peace Officer Widows and Widowers Protection Act of 1999Oct 4, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- H.R. 238 To amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose mandatory minimum sentences, and increase certain sentences, for bringing in and…Oct 4, 2000 · Received in the Senate.
- H.Con.Res. 345 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for cataloging and maintaining public memorials commemorating military conflicts of the United States…Sep 20, 2000 · Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 322 (106th) For the relief of Suchada Kwong.Became law
- H.R. 2366 (106th) Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2000Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3028 (106th) Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1761 (106th) Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2815 (106th) To present a congressional gold medal to astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, the crew of Apollo 11.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 222 (106th) Condemning the assassination of Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsian and other officials of the Armenian Government and expressing the sense of the…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Rogan has won
Rep. Rogan has won 2 U.S. House elections (1996–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.3 to 7.0 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 24 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 24 | 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 | 8 | See the 8 → |
| With a committee report listed | 7 | See the 7 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 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.