Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Gerald B. H. Solomon
Gerald Solomon was a Republican U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 6 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. 2070 Correction Officers Health and Safety Act of 1998Nov 12, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-370.
- H.J.Res. 138 Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress.Nov 3, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-350.
- H.Con.Res. 353 Providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress.Oct 21, 1998 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 4829 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt…Oct 20, 1998 · Received in the Senate.
- H.Res. 608 Providing for a committee of two Members to be appointed by the House to inform the President.Oct 20, 1998 · Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 594, H. Res. 608 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H11583)
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 680 (104th) To extend the time for construction of certain FERC licensed hydro projects.Became law
- H.J.Res. 133 (102nd) Authorizing and requesting the President to designate the second full week in March 1991 as "National Employ the Older Worker Week".Became law
- H.R. 4137 (104th) Drug-Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act of 1996Became law
- H.J.Res. 131 (105th) Waiving certain enrollment requirements for the remainder of the One Hundred Fifth Congress with respect to any bill or joint resolution making general or…Became law
- H.J.Res. 54 (105th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 79 (104th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2327 (100th) Veterans' Administration Beneficiary Travel, Quality assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Amendments of 1987Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 168 (104th) Amending clause 4 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House to abolish the Consent Calendar and to establish in its place a Corrections Calendar.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Solomon has won
Rep. Solomon has won 10 U.S. House elections (1978–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.0 to 47.9 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 141 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 141 | 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 | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a committee report listed | 48 | See the 48 → |
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.