Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
James A. Traficant Jr.
James Traficant was a Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 11 bills that became law (100th–107th 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. 3982 Steel Workers Relief Act of 2002Jun 18, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- H.R. 2424 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage by $1.62 over 3 years.Mar 19, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 3633 Oklahoma City Victims Compensation ActMar 18, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
- H.Con.Res. 308 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should appoint an independent counsel to investigate and report on the granting of pilot's…Mar 18, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
- H.Con.Res. 307 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should appoint an independent counsel to investigate and report on campaign donations made to…Mar 18, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 490 (103rd) To provide for the conveyance of certain lands and improvements in Washington, District of Columbia, to the Columbia Hospital for Women to provide a site for…Became law
- H.R. 2129 (105th) To designate the United States Post Office located at 150 North 3rd Street in Steubenville, Ohio, as the "Douglas Applegate Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 2357 (106th) To designate the United States Post Office located at 3675 Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as the "Louise Stokes Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 1901 (106th) To designate the United States border station located in Pharr, Texas, as the "Kika de la Garza United States Border Station".Became law
- H.R. 869 (104th) To designate the Federal building and U.S. Courthouse located at 125 Market Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the "Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building and U.S.…Became law
- H.R. 965 (104th) To designate the Federal building located at 600 Martin Luther King, Jr. Place in Louisville, Kentucky, as the "Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 2461 (100th) A bill for the relief of Milena Mesin and Bozena Mesin.Became law
- H.J.Res. 75 (103rd) Designating January 16, 1994, as "National Good Teen Day".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Traficant has won
Rep. Traficant has won 9 U.S. House elections (1984–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.7 to 81.9 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 33 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 33 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.