Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Paul S. Trible Jr.
Paul Trible was a Republican U.S. senator from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (100th–100th 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
- S.J.Res. 345 A joint resolution to designate October 8, 1988, as "National Day of Outreach to the Rural Disabled".Oct 21, 1988 · Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
- S. 2677 A bill to establish a program of Federal grants to assist local educational agencies to establish and provide for a school year of not less that 218 days.Aug 23, 1988 · Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Education Department, OMB.
- S.J.Res. 294 A joint resolution designating August 9, 1988, as "National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day".Aug 16, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-396.
- S. 2247 A bill to modify restrictions on the use of certain property conveyed to the Peninsula Airport Commission.Jul 11, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Aviation.
- S.Res. 442 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should convene an International Conference on Combatting Illegal Drug Production…Jun 23, 1988 · Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 94-0. Record Vote No: 199.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 121 (100th) A joint resolution designating August 11, 1987, as "National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 70 (100th) A joint resolution commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan.Became law
- S.J.Res. 175 (100th) A joint resolution to recognize the efforts of the United States Soccer Federation in bringing the World Cup to the United States in 1994.Became law
- S. 1788 (100th) Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act of 1987Reported from committee
- S. 69 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the basis recovery rule for pension plans.18 cosponsors
- S. 2481 (100th) Freedom Fighter Assistance Act of 19886 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Trible has won
Sen. Trible has won 3 U.S. House elections (1976–1980) and 1 U.S. Senate election (1982). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.1 to 81.0 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
100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 23 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 23 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| 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 100th 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.