Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Fernand J. St Germain
Fernand St Germain was a Democratic U.S. representative from Rhode Island, first elected to Congress in 1961, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–100th 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. 5521 Federal Asset Disposition Association Dissolution ActOct 21, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.
- H.R. 5490 A bill for the relief of William J. Guadagni.Oct 18, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
- H.R. 5407 A bill to establish a National Commission on the Thrift Industry.Oct 6, 1988 · For Further Action See S.2653.
- H.R. 5094 Depository Institutions Act of 1988Sep 27, 1988 · Placed on Union Calendar No: 589.
- H.R. 4981 Emergency Bank Consolidation Act of 1988Jul 15, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 27 (100th) Competitive Equality Banking Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 28 (100th) Expedited Funds Availability ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1562 (100th) A bill to make permanent certain authority of the National Credit Union Administration Board.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 431 (100th) A bill to extend until February 1, 1988, the emergency acquisition and net worth guarantee provisions of the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4853 (100th) Money Laundering Control Amendments of 1988Reported from committee
- H.R. 903 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit pension and annuity plans to make distributions to participants for purposes of acquiring a…26 cosponsors
- H.R. 4711 (100th) A bill to extend the prohibition on the voluntary termination of any thrift institution's insured status under title IV of the National Housing Act for 1…25 cosponsors
- H.R. 3624 (100th) Cable Television Consumer Protection Act of 198711 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Germain has won
Rep. Germain has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 15.4 to 37.0 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
100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | 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 100th 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.