Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Charles W. Stenholm
Charles Stenholm was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–108th 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.Con.Res. 517 Recognizing the continuing legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers and expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the establishment of a Buffalo Soldiers Heritage…Oct 8, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- H.R. 5203 Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2004Oct 4, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- H.R. 5196 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 South Swenson Street in Stamford, Texas, as the "Gordon Wood Post Office Building".Sep 30, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
- H.R. 4997 Fiscally Responsible Family Tax Relief Act of 2004Jul 22, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 4465 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to certified or licensed teachers.Jun 25, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3457 (100th) Poultry Producers Financial Protection Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 2366 (105th) Census of Agriculture Act of 1997Became law
- H.R. 5318 (100th) Egg Research and Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1988Became law
- H.R. 856 (108th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo…Became law
- H.R. 810 (103rd) For the relief of Elizabeth M. Hill.Became law
- H.R. 2407 (102nd) Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3436 (103rd) To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to ensure adequate access to retail food stores by recipients of food stamps and to maintain the integrity of the Food…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1789 (105th) To reauthorize the dairy indemnity program.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Stenholm has won
Rep. Stenholm has won 13 U.S. House elections (1978–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.0 to 94.2 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 108th 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.