Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Alan K. Simpson
Alan Simpson was a Republican U.S. senator from Wyoming, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–104th 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
- S. 2191 Alien Public Assistance Benefits Amendments of 1996Oct 3, 1996 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- S. 2188 A bill to provide for the retention of the name of the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming known as "Devils Tower", and for other…Oct 3, 1996 · Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
- S. 2152 Agent Orange Benefits Act of 1996Sep 27, 1996 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
- S. 2151 Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Reduction Assistance Act of 1996Sep 27, 1996 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
- S. 1791 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1996Sep 26, 1996 · Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 585. (consideration: CR S11461)
Top bills sponsored
- S. 1889 (102nd) A bill to designate the United States Courthouse located at 111 South Wolcott in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Ewing T. Kerr United States Courthouse".Became law
- S. 966 (104th) A bill for the relief of Nathan C. Vance, and for other purposes.Became law
- S.J.Res. 159 (102nd) A joint resolution to designate the month of June 1991, as "National Forest System Month".Became law
- S.J.Res. 244 (102nd) A joint resolution to recognize and honor the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws on its Centennial for its contribution to a strong…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 262 (102nd) A resolution to express the sorrow of the Senate upon the death of Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa, former Senator from the State of California.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 169 (100th) A resolution to commend Franzetta R. DeGooyer on the occasion of her retirement from service to the United States Senate.Passed a chamber
- S. 871 (103rd) A bill for the relief of Nathan C. Vance, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- S. 1359 (104th) Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1996Reported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Simpson has won
Sen. Simpson has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1978, 1984, 1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 24.3 to 56.6 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 36 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 36 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.