Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Robert S. Walker
Robert Walker was a Republican U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–104th 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. 4138 Hydrogen Future Act of 1996Oct 9, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-271.
- H.R. 3060 Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act of 1996Oct 2, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-227.
- H.R. 655 Hydrogen Future Act of 1996Sep 24, 1996 · For Further Action See H.R.4138.
- H.R. 3936 Space Commercialization Promotion Act of 1996Sep 18, 1996 · Received in the Senate.
- H.Con.Res. 211 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a technical correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3060.Sep 17, 1996 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3322 (104th) Omnibus Civilian Science Authorization Act of 1996Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1601 (104th) International Space Station Authorization Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2405 (104th) Omnibus Civilian Science Authorization Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1022 (104th) Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 456 (102nd) Requiring the Speaker of the House to produce court documents relating to the criminal investigation of the House Post Office.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Walker has won
Rep. Walker has won 10 U.S. House elections (1976–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 25.4 to 55.6 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | 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 | 6 | See the 6 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.