Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Richard T. Schulze
Richard Schulze was a Republican U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 1 bill 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.R. 6053 To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to restore the duty that prevailed under the Tariff Schedules of the United States for certain…Oct 1, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5671 Individual Investment Account Act of 1992Jul 22, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5444 Market Economy Incentive ActJul 7, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5469 Open Space Preservation Act of 1992Jun 23, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.Res. 428 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that secondary schools throughout the Nation should implement a financial planning program using the…May 12, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 593 (100th) A bill to request the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Andrew Wyeth, and to provide for the production of bronze duplicates of such…Became law
- H.R. 747 (101st) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for interest on educational loans.330 cosponsors
- H.R. 592 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for interest on educational loans.255 cosponsors
- H.R. 747 (102nd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for interest on certain educational loans.158 cosponsors
- H.R. 2012 (102nd) Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act of 1991140 cosponsors
- H.R. 1317 (101st) Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act of 1989134 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 225 (102nd) To designate September 28, 1991, as "National Hunting and Fishing Day".86 cosponsors
- H.Res. 188 (100th) A resolution to amend the Rules of the House to require that each House committee that reports legislation that requires employers to provide new employee…86 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Schulze has won
Rep. Schulze has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.6 to 56.4 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 34 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 34 | 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.