Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Bruce F. Vento
Bruce Vento was a Democratic U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 14 bills that became law (100th–106th 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. 371 Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000May 26, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-207.
- H.Res. 169 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to democracy, free elections, and human rights in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.Nov 16, 1999 · The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 2882 Internet Consumer Information Protection ActOct 6, 1999 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
- H.R. 629 Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Amendments Act of of 1999Jun 14, 1999 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 104.
- H.R. 313 Consumer Internet Privacy Protection Act of 1999Apr 12, 1999 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5126 (102nd) Civil War Battlefield Commemorative Coin Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 3789 (101st) Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 4352 (100th) Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 1939 (100th) Constitution Heritage Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 1860 (100th) Federal Land Exchange Facilitation Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 4818 (100th) A bill to establish the National Park of Samoa.Became law
- H.R. 436 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse at 316 North Robert Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, as the "Warren E. Burger Federal…Became law
- H.R. 1744 (100th) A bill to amend the National Historic Preservation Act to extend the authorization for the Historic Preservation Fund.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Vento has won
Rep. Vento has won 12 U.S. House elections (1976–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.0 to 48.3 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
106th 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th 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.