Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Al Swift
Allen Swift was a Democratic U.S. representative from Washington, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 9 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 4545 An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out certain Federal railroad safety laws, and for other purposes.Oct 7, 1994 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 3965 Waste Export and Import Control Act of 1994Oct 7, 1994 · Executive Comment Received from EPA.
- H.R. 4933 Landfill Technological Improvement Act of 1994Aug 30, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 3800 Superfund Reform Act of 1994Aug 26, 1994 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 392.
- H.R. 2243 Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments of 1994Aug 26, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-312.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2 (103rd) National Voter Registration Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 868 (103rd) Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention ActBecame law
- H.R. 4250 (102nd) Amtrak Authorization and Development ActBecame law
- H.R. 2607 (102nd) Rail Safety Enforcement and Review ActBecame law
- H.R. 427 (102nd) To disclaim any interests of the United States in certain lands on San Juan Island, Washington and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 2100 (100th) A bill to designate the border station at 9931 Guide Meridian, Lynden, Washington, as the "Kenneth G. Ward Border Station".Became law
- H.R. 4844 (102nd) Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration ActBecame law
- H.R. 6191 (102nd) Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution ActBecame law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Swift has won
Rep. Swift has won 8 U.S. House elections (1978–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.8 to 44.4 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | 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 103rd 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.