Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress
John E. Sweeney
John Sweeney was a Republican U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1999, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (106th–109th 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. 5820 Federal Agency Data Privacy Protection ActSep 26, 2006 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7477)
- H.R. 6071 High Risk Terrorism Prevention Initiative of 2006Sep 21, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
- H.R. 503 To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of…Sep 21, 2006 · Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
- H.Res. 189 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a day ought to be established to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons.Jun 29, 2006 · Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- H.R. 5708 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2951 New York Highway 43 in Averill Park, New York, as the "Major George Quamo Post…Jun 28, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1104 (106th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt…Became law
- H.R. 658 (106th) Thomas Cole National Historic Site ActBecame law
- H.R. 2328 (106th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Clean Lakes Program.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4946 (106th) National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2000Passed a chamber
- H.R. 203 (107th) National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2001Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 91 (106th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for a clinic to be conducted by the United States Luge Association.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 284 (106th) Honor Guard for Veterans Empowerment ActPassed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 191 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the Brooklyn Museum of Art should not receive Federal funds unless it cancels its upcoming exhibit featuring works of a…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sweeney has won
Rep. Sweeney has won 4 U.S. House elections (1998–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.9 to 42.4 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.
How has New York’s 20th district done while Rep. Sweeney served?
2005 to 2006 in NY-20: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 0.9 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in New York’s 20th district during Sweeney’s time representing it (2003 to 2007). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. NY-20 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Sweeney’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 109th 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.