Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Mike Synar
Michael Synar was a Democratic U.S. representative from Oklahoma, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 1 bill 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. 4994 Baseball Fans and Communities Protection Act of 1994Nov 29, 1994 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 488.
- H.R. 1846 Native American Trust Fund Accounting and Management Reform Act of 1993Sep 28, 1994 · For Further Action See H.R.4833.
- H.R. 4821 Honey Springs National Battlefield and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1994Jul 29, 1994 · Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Prior to Referral.
- H.R. 743 National Park Revitalization ActApr 21, 1994 · For Further Action See S.208.
- H.R. 3702 To amend section 1341 of title 28, United States Code, relating to the jurisdiction of the district courts over certain tax controversies.Jan 28, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 416 (103rd) To extend the period during which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code remains in effect, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 3070 (100th) PCB Regulatory Improvements Act of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4209 (102nd) Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations of Oklahoma Claims Act of 1992Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3781 (100th) DOE Waste Cleanup Act of 1987Reported from committee
- H.R. 3307 (100th) Sentencing Guidelines Stay of Implementation Act of 1987Reported from committee
- H.R. 2966 (102nd) Petroleum Marketing Competition Enhancement Act136 cosponsors
- H.R. 2326 (103rd) Bankruptcy Amendments of 1993134 cosponsors
- H.R. 2083 (102nd) Circle of Poison Prevention Act of 199197 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Synar has won
Rep. Synar has won 8 U.S. House elections (1978–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.0 to 48.1 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 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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.