Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Claudine Schneider
Claudine Schneider was a Republican U.S. representative from Rhode Island, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–101st 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. 4236 To extend until January 1, 1994, the existing temporary suspension of duty on lasamid.Aug 20, 1990 · See H.R.1594.
- H.R. 1956 To suspend temporarily the duty on K-Acid.Aug 20, 1990 · See H.R.1594.
- H.R. 1795 To suspend temporarily the duty on Neville and Winter's acid.Aug 20, 1990 · See H.R.1594.
- H.R. 1794 To suspend temporarily the duty on Broenner's acid.Aug 20, 1990 · See H.R.1594.
- H.R. 1793 To temporarily suspend the duty on chlorhexanone.Aug 20, 1990 · See H.R.1594.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 648 (100th) A joint resolution to encourage increased international cooperation to protect biological diversity.Became law
- H.Con.Res. 69 (101st) To urge the development and implementation of a comprehensive United States oceans and Great Lakes policy.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2737 (100th) Continental Scientific Drilling and Exploration ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 746 (101st) National Observance Advisory Act237 cosponsors
- H.R. 245 (100th) National Observance Advisory Act203 cosponsors
- H.R. 1078 (101st) Global Warming Prevention Act of 1989144 cosponsors
- H.Res. 130 (101st) Requiring that disposable trays, dishes, and beverage containers used in the food service operations of the House of Representatives be biodegradable.49 cosponsors
- H.Res. 283 (100th) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that more Members of Congress should travel in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and…43 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Schneider has won
Rep. Schneider has won 5 U.S. House elections (1980–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.6 to 44.2 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 30 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 30 | 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 101st 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.