Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Doug Walgren
Doug Walgren was a Democratic U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 7 bills that became law (100th–101st 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. 5958 Tropical Forest Consumer Information and Protection Act of 1990Dec 3, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 5930 To provide authority for the President to seize Iraqi-held interests in U.S. entities engaged in interstate commerce, and for other purposes.Dec 3, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 996 Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education Act of 1990Nov 16, 1990 · Became Public Law No: 101-589.
- H.R. 5224 Gas Related Activities Act of 1990Nov 15, 1990 · For Further Action See H.R.3656.
- H.R. 4951 Medicare Home Hemodialysis Improvement Act of 1990Nov 5, 1990 · See H.R.5835.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 812 (100th) Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 3968 (101st) To amend the Organ Transplant Amendments Act of 1988 to change an effective date.Became law
- H.R. 4417 (100th) A bill to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the programs of the National Bureau of Standards for fiscal year 1989, and for other…Became law
- H.R. 4418 (100th) National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 4419 (100th) A bill to authorize appropriations for activities under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974.Became law
- H.J.Res. 417 (100th) A joint resolution designating May 1988 as "Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month".Became law
- H.R. 4952 (101st) Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3704 (100th) Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1988Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Walgren has won
Rep. Walgren has won 7 U.S. House elections (1976–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.3 to 36.9 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 30 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 30 | 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 | 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 101st 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.