Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Ronnie Shows
Ronnie Shows was a Democratic U.S. representative from Mississippi, first elected to Congress in 1999.
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. 4898 To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to address the needs of low-income households in States with high needs for cooling assistance, by…Oct 10, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- H.R. 5541 Rejecting Social Security Privatization Act of 2002Oct 2, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.Res. 557 Expressing support for United States forestry, lumber, wood, paper, and allied product industries and encouraging protection of these industries against the…Sep 25, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5178 Fair Treatment of Compensation in Bankruptcy Act of 2002Aug 20, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
- H.J.Res. 93 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.Jul 18, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 179 (107th) Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act322 cosponsors
- H.R. 3573 (106th) Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act305 cosponsors
- H.R. 2966 (106th) Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act290 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 104 (107th) Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring the members of the Armed…132 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 77 (106th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring the members of the Armed…105 cosponsors
- H.R. 1819 (107th) Free Trade Community Relief Act77 cosponsors
- H.R. 1967 (106th) NAFTA Impact Relief Act75 cosponsors
- H.R. 1280 (107th) Veterans' Higher Education Opportunities Act of 200135 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Shows has won
Rep. Shows has won 2 U.S. House elections (1998–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.5 to 18.3 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | 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 | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.