Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Pat Williams
Pat Williams was a Democratic U.S. representative from Montana, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 10 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. 4167 Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996Oct 9, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-272.
- H.R. 4114 Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996Oct 4, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 4188 Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 1995Sep 26, 1996 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1700)
- H.R. 4076 Congress 2000 Commission ActSep 12, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 3318 Southwest Montana Heritage and Recreation Area Act of 1996May 2, 1996 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1212 (100th) Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 1846 (100th) Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 2031 (102nd) Rural Telephone Cooperative Associations ERISA Amendments Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 2742 (101st) Library Services and Construction Act Amendments of 1990Became law
- H.R. 4416 (100th) National Geography Studies Centers ActBecame law
- H.R. 2032 (102nd) Nez Perce National Historical Park Additions Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 873 (103rd) Gallatin Range Consolidation and Protection Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 4857 (100th) A bill to amend the Job Training Partnership Act to make a technical change.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Williams has won
Rep. Williams has won 9 U.S. House elections (1978–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.5 to 33.7 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 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | 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 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.