Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Floyd Spence
Floyd Spence was a Republican U.S. representative from South Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1971, who sponsored 6 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. 2165 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold…Aug 29, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 4205 Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001Oct 30, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-398.
- H.Res. 631 Honoring the members of the crew of the guided missile destroyer U.S.S. COLE (DDG-67) who were killed or wounded in the terrorist bombing attack on that…Oct 18, 2000 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 5408 Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001Oct 6, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
- H.Res. 534 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the recent nuclear weapons security failures at Los Alamos National Laboratory demonstrate that…Jul 17, 2000 · On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 5, 2 Present (Roll no. 401). (text: CR…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1350 (104th) Maritime Security Act of 1996Became law
- H.R. 1119 (105th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998Became law
- H.R. 3616 (105th) Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999Became law
- H.R. 3230 (104th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997Became law
- H.J.Res. 101 (106th) Recognizing the 225th birthday of the United States Army.Became law
- H.R. 7 (104th) National Security Revitalization ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1401 (106th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1530 (104th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Spence has won
Rep. Spence has won 13 U.S. House elections (1976–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.1 to 79.9 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 1 bill sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 1 | 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 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.