Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Norman D. Shumway
Norman Shumway was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1979, 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. 4438 To reauthorize and amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972.Nov 8, 1990 · See also H.R. 5835.
- H.R. 1109 To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the California National Historic Trail and Pony Express National Historic Trail as components of the…Oct 4, 1990 · Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
- H.R. 5524 To suspend temporarily the duty on canned corned mutton.Sep 4, 1990 · Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, USDA, Labor, ITC, USTR.
- H.R. 364 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except…Jul 17, 1990 · For Further Action See H.J.Res.268.
- H.R. 1404 Sly Park Unit Sale ActJun 14, 1990 · Provisions Included In H.R.2567.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 137 (100th) A joint resolution designating the Month of May as "National Asparagus Month".Became law
- H.Con.Res. 67 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the continuing disregard and systematic abuse of the most fundamental rights by the…98 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 217 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the continuing disregard and systematic abuse of basic human rights and freedoms by the…77 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 81 (101st) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States establishing English as the official language of the United States.69 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 83 (100th) A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States establishing English as the official language of the United States.58 cosponsors
- H.R. 1662 (100th) Federal Lands Receipts Clarification Act51 cosponsors
- H.R. 956 (101st) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for contributions to individual retirement accounts.42 cosponsors
- H.R. 2988 (100th) Western States National Trail Act of 198728 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Shumway has won
Rep. Shumway has won 6 U.S. House elections (1978–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.8 to 49.4 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | 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.