Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress
William M. Thomas
William Thomas was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 27 bills that became law (100th–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. 1492 To provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other purposes.Dec 21, 2006 · Became Public Law No: 109-441.
- H.Con.Res. 495 Authorizing the printing as a House document of "United States House of Representatives, The Committee on Ways and Means: A History, 1789-2006".Dec 11, 2006 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 6420 Tax Exempt Hospitals Responsibility Act of 2006Dec 8, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 6406 To modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs, and for other…Dec 8, 2006 · Pursuant to section 2 of House Resolution 1100, the text of H.R. 6406 as passed by the House, will be appended to the engrossment of the House amendment to…
- H.R. 6408 Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006Dec 7, 2006 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, Education and the Workforce, and Government…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2 (108th) Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003Became law
- H.R. 4520 (108th) American Jobs Creation Act of 2004Became law
- H.R. 4103 (108th) AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004Became law
- H.R. 2685 (104th) To repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank.Became law
- H.R. 1001 (105th) To extend the term of appointment of certain members of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and the Physician Payment Review Commission.Became law
- H.R. 4297 (109th) Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005Became law
- H.R. 2603 (107th) United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation ActBecame law
- H.R. 3090 (107th) Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Thomas has won
Rep. Thomas has won 14 U.S. House elections (1978–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.5 to 57.8 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.
How has California’s 22nd district done while Rep. Thomas served?
2005 to 2006 in CA-22: 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 about the same.
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 California’s 22nd district during Thomas’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. CA-22 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Thomas’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 27 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 27 | 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 | 8 | See the 8 → |
| With a committee report listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 3 | See the 3 → |
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.