Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Joe Skeen
Joseph Skeen was a Republican U.S. representative from New Mexico, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 12 bills that became law (100th–107th 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. 706 Lease Lot Conveyance Act of 2002Dec 16, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-335.
- H.R. 5093 Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003Sep 25, 2002 · Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9185-9186)
- H.R. 1913 To require the valuation of nontribal interest ownership of subsurface rights within the boundaries of the Acoma Indian Reservation, and for other purposes.Feb 6, 2002 · Became Public Law No: 107-138.
- H.R. 2217 Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002Nov 5, 2001 · Became Public Law No: 107-63.
- H.R. 4725 To amend the Zuni Land Conservation Act of 1990 to provide for the expenditure of Zuni funds by that tribe.Dec 7, 2000 · House Committee on Education and the Workforce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 15, 2000.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3035 (105th) National Drought Policy Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 740 (104th) To confer jurisdiction on the United States Court of Federal Claims with respect to land claims of Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe.Became law
- H.R. 1906 (106th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000Became law
- H.R. 4461 (106th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001Became law
- H.R. 2160 (105th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998Became law
- H.R. 1976 (104th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996Became law
- H.R. 3603 (104th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Skeen has won
Rep. Skeen has won 11 U.S. House elections (1980–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.0 to 48.7 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.