Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Robert E. Wise Jr.
Bob Wise was a Democratic U.S. representative from West Virginia, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–106th 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. 4651 To amend the Social Security Act to provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees under the old-age, survivors, and disability…Jun 13, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3765 Health Insurance Liability Recovery Protection Act of 2000May 24, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.R. 3666 Social Security Benefit Restoration Act of 2000Feb 18, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- H.R. 3507 Coal Miners' Unemployment Assistance Act of 1999Nov 19, 1999 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- H.R. 3062 Coal Miner Environmental Impact Assistance Act of 1999Oct 19, 1999 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2848 (101st) Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act Amendments of 1989Became law
- H.R. 2442 (103rd) Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 1994Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5450 (101st) Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5243 (103rd) Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 1994Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 84 (105th) Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3198 (102nd) Veterans Dignity in Health Care Act of 1991124 cosponsors
- H.R. 676 (102nd) To require that the United States Postal Service rescind changes recently implemented relating to standards for the delivery of mail.110 cosponsors
- H.R. 4460 (101st) Relief for Terminated Workers Act49 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Wise has won
Rep. Wise has won 9 U.S. House elections (1982–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 16.3 to 51.6 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 106th 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.