Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Bob Schaffer
Robert Schaffer was a Republican U.S. representative from Colorado, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (105th–107th 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. 5308 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 South Howes Street in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the "Barney Apodaca Post Office".Nov 6, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-283.
- H.R. 5193 Back to School Tax Relief Act of 2002Oct 28, 2002 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1961, E1964-1965)
- H.R. 5192 Education Freedom ActOct 28, 2002 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1964-1965)
- H.Con.Res. 497 Supporting the goals and ideas of National Take Your Kids to Vote Day.Oct 2, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
- H.R. 5232 To provide a cost-sharing requirement for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado.Jul 31, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4389 (106th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain water distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District.Became law
- H.R. 4501 (105th) To require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to improve the access for persons with disabilities to outdoor…Became law
- H.Con.Res. 390 (106th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Taiwan's participation in the United Nations.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 135 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to the United States.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 578 (106th) Congratulating home educators and home schooled students across the Nation for their ongoing contributions to education and for the role they play in…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 28 (107th) Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 335 (107th) Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 548 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the national motto for the government of a religious people.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Schaffer has won
Rep. Schaffer has won 3 U.S. House elections (1996–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.1 to 72.0 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.