Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Patrick L. Swindall
Patrick Swindall was a Republican U.S. representative from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 1985.
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. 5200 A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the period of detention of excludable aliens pending removal in a manner similar to that provided…Oct 5, 1988 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- H.J.Res. 657 A joint resolution to ensure financial and management reform in the United Nations.Sep 26, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
- H.R. 4349 A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the period of detention of excluable aliens pending removal in the same manner as such detention…Aug 10, 1988 · Clean Bill H.R.5200 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
- H.R. 4913 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit dealers to use the installment method of accounting, and for other purposes.Jun 23, 1988 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3388 A bill for the relief of Benjamin H. Fonorow.May 4, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2083 (100th) A bill to impose travel restrictions on the personnel of certain foreign missions and foreign organizations in the United States.26 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 112 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the Government of Cuba's decision "to suspend all formalities regarding the execution" of…14 cosponsors
- H.R. 2084 (100th) A bill to require the Secretary of State to include the amount and type of foreign assistance in the report on policies pursued by other countries in…1 cosponsor
- H.R. 3014 (100th) A bill to limit the number of aliens in each fiscal year who may become lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Swindall has won
Rep. Swindall has won 2 U.S. House elections (1984–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.2 to 6.5 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 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | 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.