Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
David E. Skaggs
David Skaggs was a Democratic U.S. representative from Colorado, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–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. 4850 Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act of 1998Oct 16, 1998 · Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- H.R. 302 Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act of 1997Oct 16, 1998 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11032)
- H.R. 2291 To amend the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978 to enable the Secretary of the Interior to more effectively utilize the proceeds of sales of certain…Oct 11, 1998 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2074)
- H.R. 1865 Spanish Peaks Wilderness Act of 1998Sep 1, 1998 · Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.
- H.R. 4505 Northern Colorado Headwaters Wilderness Act of 1998Aug 14, 1998 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 631 (103rd) Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 1134 (103rd) Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public Lands Transfer Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 1716 (103rd) To amend the Act of January 26, 1915, establishing Rocky Mountain National Park, to provide for the protection of certain lands in Rocky Mountain National…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3281 (102nd) National Air and Space Museum Expansion Site Selection Act of 1992Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 408 (100th) A joint resolution to designate March 16, 1988, as "Freedom of Information Day".175 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 276 (103rd) Concerning deployment of United States Armed Forces in Haiti.118 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 65 (104th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, the assault weapons ban, and the restrictions on the transfer of handguns…44 cosponsors
- H.R. 3435 (103rd) Juvenile Firearm Regulation Act of 199335 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Skaggs has won
Rep. Skaggs has won 6 U.S. House elections (1986–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.9 to 28.1 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 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.