Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Max Sandlin
Max Sandlin was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1997.
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. 4356 Small Business Health Insurance Promotion Act of 2004Jun 25, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- H.R. 4462 Making appropriations for homeland security programs within the Departments of Energy, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security for the fiscal year…May 21, 2004 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E957)
- H.R. 4124 Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004Apr 2, 2004 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E513)
- H.R. 2175 Rural Healthcare Access Improvement Act of 2003Jun 2, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 1158 Medical Liability Insurance Crisis Response Act of 2003Mar 31, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 848 (107th) Social Security Benefits Restoration Act of 2001149 cosponsors
- H.R. 742 (106th) Social Security Benefits Restoration Act of 199962 cosponsors
- H.R. 4983 (107th) Health Benefits Claims Prompt Payment Act of 200225 cosponsors
- H.R. 5253 (107th) Medical Liability Insurance Crisis Response Act of 200216 cosponsors
- H.R. 3077 (105th) Social Security Benefits Restoration Act of 19978 cosponsors
- H.R. 3609 (106th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt certain silviculture activities from permits under the national pollutant discharge elimination…6 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sandlin has won
Rep. Sandlin has won 4 U.S. House elections (1996–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.8 to 18.8 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 108th 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.