Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
James H. Scheuer
James Scheuer was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1965, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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.J.Res. 422 Designating May 1992 as "Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month".Oct 30, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-577.
- H.R. 5961 Federal Fair Franchising Practices Act of 1992Oct 15, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 1583 Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Purchase Incentive ActOct 8, 1992 · For Further Action See H.R.776.
- H.R. 5992 Weather Service Modernization Act of 1992Sep 22, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
- H.Res. 564 Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Ted Weiss, a Representative from the State of New York.Sep 14, 1992 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 527 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week of April 17, 1988, through April 24, 1988, as "Jewish Heritage Week".Became law
- H.Con.Res. 115 (100th) A concurrent resolution providing for participation by delegations of members of both Houses of Congress in ceremonies to be held in April 1989 in New York…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2427 (101st) To authorize appropriations for certain atmospheric and satellite programs and functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2355 (100th) Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1987Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1268 (101st) National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research ActReported from committee
- H.R. 585 (102nd) National Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research ActReported from committee
- H.R. 2734 (101st) National Ground Water Research Act of 1990Reported from committee
- H.R. 2253 (100th) Ground Water Research, Development, and Demonstration ActReported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Scheuer has won
Rep. Scheuer has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 25.5 to 80.4 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 29 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 29 | 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 102nd 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.