Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Vince Snowbarger
Vince Snowbarger was a Republican U.S. representative from Kansas, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (105th–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. 4259 Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian PolytechnicInstitute Administrative Systems Act of 1998Oct 31, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-337.
- H.R. 4808 Depository Institution-GSE Affiliation Act of 1998Oct 12, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
- H.R. 4574 Merchant Marine-Railroad Retirement Correction Act of 1998Sep 28, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
- H.R. 4649 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of medical security accounts for individuals who are 40 years old or older.Sep 26, 1998 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.Con.Res. 321 Expressing the sense of the Congress that money saved from efforts to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare Program should be deposited in the…Aug 28, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1588 (105th) United Nations Accountability Act of 199714 cosponsors
- H.R. 1337 (105th) Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act of 19974 cosponsors
- H.R. 2177 (105th) To designate the United States Courthouse located at 500 State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, as the "Robert J. Dole United States Courthouse".3 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Snowbarger has won
Rep. Snowbarger has won 1 U.S. House election (1996–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.4 to 4.4 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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.