Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Robert T. Stafford
Robert Stafford was a Republican U.S. senator from Vermont, 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
- S. 2496 A bill to provide for the leasing of certain real property to the American National Red Cross, District of Columbia Chapter, for the construction and…Nov 8, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-637.
- S. 2380 Disaster Relief Act Amendments of 1988Oct 22, 1988 · Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- S. 1425 A bill to authorize construction of a public building for the Environmental Protection Agency.Oct 13, 1988 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1144.
- S. 2666 Global Environmental Protection Act of 1988Sep 16, 1988 · Subcommittee on Hazardous Wastes and Toxic. Hearings held.
- S. 2663 Global Environmental Protection Act of 1988Jul 27, 1988 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 1005 (100th) Elementary and Secondary Education Improvement Act of 198713 cosponsors
- S. 300 (100th) New Clean Air Act10 cosponsors
- S. 830 (100th) Student Loan Bankruptcy Prevention Act5 cosponsors
- S. 1990 (100th) Global Environmental Protection Act of 19874 cosponsors
- S. 82 (100th) Federal-Aid Highway Act of 19874 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Stafford has won
Sen. Stafford has won 2 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.0 to 4.7 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 23 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 23 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| 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.