Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Thomas Joseph Tauke
Thomas Tauke was a Republican U.S. representative from Iowa, first elected to Congress in 1979.
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. 5916 To require the President of the United States to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the event of a domestic energy supply shortage, to amend the Energy…Dec 3, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- H.R. 5824 To authorize States to regulate certain solid waste.Oct 30, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 5701 To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the exportation of refined petroleum products except…Oct 30, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- H.R. 4997 To permit States to waive application of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 with respect to vehicles used to transport farm supplies from retail…Sep 28, 1990 · Executive Comment Received from DOT.
- H.Con.Res. 364 Expressing the sense of Congress concerning a drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.Sep 24, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4982 (100th) Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration ActPassed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 461 (100th) A joint resolution designating the week beginning May 15, 1988, as "National Rural Health Awareness Week".223 cosponsors
- H.R. 401 (101st) Congressional Pay Reform Act of 1987124 cosponsors
- H.R. 1140 (100th) Broadcast License Renewal Act of 1987123 cosponsors
- H.R. 759 (100th) Congressional Pay Reform Act of 198772 cosponsors
- H.R. 603 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for the interest on educational loans.54 cosponsors
- H.R. 1413 (100th) A bill to restore limited circulation second-class rates of postage for copies of a publication mailed to counties adjacent to the county of publication, and…48 cosponsors
- H.R. 4768 (100th) Choices in Child Care Act of 198841 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Tauke has won
Rep. Tauke has won 6 U.S. House elections (1978–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.2 to 27.8 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 32 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 32 | 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 101st 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.