Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
W. J. (Billy) Tauzin
W. Tauzin was a Republican U.S. representative from Louisiana, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 15 bills that became law (100th–108th 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. 5348 Atchafalaya National Heritage Area ActNov 8, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
- H.R. 4168 Individual Tax Freedom Act of 2004Apr 2, 2004 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each…
- H.R. 3969 Foreign Government Ownership Act of 2004Mar 30, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
- H.R. 6 Energy Policy Act of 2003Nov 21, 2003 · Motion by Senator Frist to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the conference report to accompnay H. R. 6 was not invoked (Roll Call Vote No. 456) entered…
- H.R. 3288 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make technical corrections with respect to the definition of qualifying State.Nov 17, 2003 · Became Public Law No: 108-127.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1514 (104th) Propane Education and Research Act of 1996Became law
- H.R. 4560 (107th) Auction Reform Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 1941 (100th) A bill to repeal and amend certain sections of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978.Became law
- H.R. 395 (108th) Do-Not-Call Implementation ActBecame law
- H.R. 1776 (102nd) Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 4888 (101st) To improve navigational safety and to reduce the hazards to navigation resulting from vessel collisions with pipelines in the marine environment, and for…Became law
- H.R. 3186 (103rd) To designate the United States Courthouse located in Houma, Louisiana, as the "George Arceneaux, Jr., United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 2150 (103rd) Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1993Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Tauzin has won
Rep. Tauzin has won 12 U.S. House elections (1980–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 68.8 to 78.1 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | 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 | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 108th 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.