Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Steven Schiff
Steven Schiff was a Republican U.S. representative from New Mexico, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (101st–105th 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. 1273 National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998Jul 29, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-207.
- H.Res. 389 Celebrating the "New Mexico Cuartocentenario", the 400th anniversary commemoration of the first permanent Spanish settlement in New Mexico.Mar 20, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
- H.R. 2361 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the "three strikes" life sentence.Aug 15, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- H.R. 1424 Petroglyph National Monument Boundary Adjustment ActApr 30, 1997 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- H.R. 1272 Fire Administration Authorization Act of 1997Apr 24, 1997 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1385 (103rd) To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow formula grants to be used to prosecute persons driving while intoxicated.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1206 (102nd) To confer jurisdiction on the United States Claims Court with respect to land claims of Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1851 (104th) Fire Administration Authorization Act of 1995Reported from committee
- H.R. 1852 (104th) National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1995Reported from committee
- H.R. 3690 (101st) To amend chapter 13 of title 11 of the United States Code to prevent the discharge of certain fines, penalties, and forfeitures.35 cosponsors
- H.R. 2326 (104th) Health Care Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 199533 cosponsors
- H.R. 974 (102nd) Americans With Disabilities Luxury Tax Relief Act32 cosponsors
- H.R. 745 (101st) Petroglyph National Monument Establishment Act of 198924 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Schiff has won
Rep. Schiff has won 5 U.S. House elections (1988–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.3 to 47.9 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 6 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 105th 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.