Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
D. French Slaughter Jr.
D. Slaughter was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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. 424 To expand the boundaries of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park.Oct 3, 1992 · See S.225.
- H.R. 829 To amend title 28, United States Code, to make changes in the composition of the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia.Dec 10, 1991 · Became Public Law No: 102-200.
- H.R. 2652 Thomas Jefferson Commemoration ActJun 19, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.
- H.R. 1528 Medicare Trust Fund Integrity Act of 1991Mar 29, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 702 Health Care Savings Account Act of 1991Feb 11, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4721 (101st) To designate the Federal building located at 340 North Pleasant Valley Road in Winchester, Virginia, as the "J. Kenneth Robinson Postal Building".Became law
- H.R. 875 (101st) Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park Expansion Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 3791 (101st) For the relief of Beulah C. Shifflett.Became law
- H.R. 1477 (100th) A bill for the relief of Beulah C. Shifflett.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 955 (100th) Health Care Savings Account Act of 198745 cosponsors
- H.R. 1080 (101st) Health Care Savings Account Act of 198939 cosponsors
- H.R. 2132 (101st) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts otherwise includible on the surrender of cancellation of any life insurance…29 cosponsors
- H.R. 2133 (101st) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans for payment of long-term care…29 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Slaughter has won
Rep. Slaughter has won 4 U.S. House elections (1984–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 16.3 to 16.4 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | 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 102nd 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.