Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Jim Slattery
James Slattery was a Democratic U.S. representative from Kansas, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 4088 Veterans' Benefits Act of 1994Oct 7, 1994 · See H.R.5244.
- H.R. 3456 Surviving Spouses' Benefits Act of 1993Oct 7, 1994 · See H.R.5244.
- H.R. 3392 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1994Sep 28, 1994 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 677.
- H.R. 3607 To revive and extend until December 31, 1996, the suspension of duty on certain chemicals, and for other purposes.Aug 12, 1994 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 4844 For the relief of Gulnur Akbal Walmsley.Aug 4, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2987 (101st) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Leavenworth, Kansas, as the "Dwight D. Eisenhower Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".Became law
- H.R. 798 (103rd) Veterans' Compensation Rates Codification Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 3341 (103rd) To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of special pension payable to persons who have received the Congressional Medal of Honor.Became law
- H.R. 517 (100th) A bill to designate Soldier Creek Diversion Unit in Topeka, Kansas, as the "Lewis M. Paramore Diversion Unit".Became law
- H.J.Res. 519 (101st) Designating April 16, 1990, as "National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day".Became law
- H.J.Res. 309 (102nd) Designating August 29, 1991, as "National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day".Became law
- H.R. 3340 (103rd) Veterans' Compensation Rates Amendments of 1993Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Slattery has won
Rep. Slattery has won 6 U.S. House elections (1982–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.9 to 46.5 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 51 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 51 | 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 103rd 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.