Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Robert M. (Robin) Tallon
Robert Tallon was a Democratic U.S. representative from South Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–102nd 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. 2156 For the relief of William A. Proffitt.Oct 23, 1992 · Became Private Law No: 102-14.
- H.R. 4046 To provide for a joint report by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture to assist in decisions to reduce administrative…Jun 23, 1992 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 5024 Commission on the Airplane Crash at Gander, Newfoundland, ActMay 12, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
- H.R. 2339 To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duties on Chromotropic Acid and Color Index Reactive Blue 224.Feb 26, 1992 · See H.R.4318.
- H.R. 4180 To recognize the organization known as "Wildlife Action, Inc.".Feb 11, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3482 (101st) Hurricane Hugo Forestry Restoration ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 4276 (101st) To authorize coastwise documentation for the vessel HMS BOUNTY.Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 103 (102nd) Designating the second week in May 1991 as "National Tourism Week".222 cosponsors
- H.R. 1313 (100th) Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act171 cosponsors
- H.R. 3382 (101st) To provide grants to aid rural business and job creation in rural areas, to provide grants for emergency water assistance projects, and for other purposes.110 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 90 (102nd) To designate May 1991 as "Go Camping America Month".74 cosponsors
- H.Res. 290 (100th) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the reforms to be taken by the Government of Nicaragua in order to bring about lasting…66 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 125 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the differential in Medicare payments made to urban and rural hospitals be eliminated.52 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Tallon has won
Rep. Tallon has won 5 U.S. House elections (1982–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.0 to 52.2 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | 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 102nd 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.