Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Ted Weiss
Theodore Weiss was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1977.
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. 5120 Intergovernmental Health Care Fraud and Abuse Commission Act of 1992Jul 8, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
- H.R. 5420 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the treatment of cooperative housing corporations.Jun 17, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.J.Res. 464 Supporting the restoration of democratic government in Peru.Apr 21, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
- H.R. 4832 To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to require the Resolution Trust Corporation to maintain residential properties of institutions for which the…Apr 15, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.
- H.Con.Res. 306 Condemning the extraconstitutional and antidemocratic actions of President Fujimori of Peru.Apr 9, 1992 · An objection was heard to the unanimous consent request to consider the measure.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 354 (101st) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States military assistance for the Republic of Liberia and human rights abuses in Liberia.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 176 (102nd) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 472 (101st) To express support for Chile's transition to democracy.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 371 (100th) A concurrent resolution concerning the United States response to the atrocities reportedly carried out in Burundi in August.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 241 (102nd) Expressing support for Zambia's transition to democracy.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 161 (102nd) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the American public should observe the 100th anniversary of moviemaking and recognize the contributions of the…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 201 (102nd) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the people of the United States should recognize "An Artistic Discovery", the Congressional High…Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 430 (101st) To designate December 1, 1989, as "World AIDS Day".Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Weiss has won
Rep. Weiss has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 55.2 to 71.5 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
102nd 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 102nd 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.