Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Lowell P. Weicker Jr.
Lowell Weicker was a Republican U.S. senator from Connecticut, first elected to Congress in 1969, 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. 2846 A bill to provide for the awarding of grants for the purchase of drugs used in the treatment of AIDS.Oct 4, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-471.
- S. 2086 A bill to establish a trust fund using civil penalties collected under the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970 to compensate victims of the collapse of…Sep 26, 1988 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 998.
- S.J.Res. 328 A joint resolution to designate the day of September 14, 1988, as "National Medical Research Day".Sep 16, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-434.
- S. 2518 Construction Safety and Health Improvement Act of 1988Jul 18, 1988 · Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department.
- S. 2345 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1988May 16, 1988 · Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, Architectural and Transportation Barriers…
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 142 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the day of October 1, 1987, as "National Medical Research Day".Became law
- S. 1167 (100th) Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife RefugeBecame law
- S.J.Res. 194 (100th) A joint resolution to require a comprehensive review of U.S. policy and commitments in the Persian Gulf region.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 209 (100th) A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Stewart B. McKinney, of Connecticut.Passed a chamber
- S. 1581 (100th) A bill to prohibit the importation of objects from the R.M.S. Titanic.Passed a chamber
- S.J.Res. 275 (100th) A joint resolution to designate August 1-8, 1988, as "National Harness Horse Week."27 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Weicker has won
Sen. Weicker has won 2 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.3 to 16.5 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 22 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 22 | 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.