Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Howard E. Wolpe
Howard Wolpe was a Democratic U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1979.
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. 5392 Electronic Commerce Act of 1992Jun 18, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 4986 Federal Facilities Toxics Release ActApr 21, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 4181 To provide support to States which require and encourage utilities to provide process-oriented energy efficiency technology assistance to certain industries.Feb 28, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- H.R. 3509 Solid Waste Metals Reduction ActOct 18, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 2504 Educational Exchanges Enhancement Act of 1991Jul 2, 1991 · Executive Comment Requested from State.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2800 (100th) Waste Reduction Act of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1457 (101st) Waste Reduction ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5931 (101st) Pollution Prevention Act of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 384 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the urgent famine situation in Ethiopia.Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 2 (100th) A joint resolution to direct the President to report on the status of implementation of the recommendations of the President's Commission on Industrial…129 cosponsors
- H.R. 567 (101st) To amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to extend indefinitely the current provisions governing the export of certain domestically produced crude oil.126 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 203 (101st) Concerning relations between the United States and the Government of Angola.102 cosponsors
- H.R. 5323 (101st) State Thrift Deposit Insurance Premium Act of 1990100 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Wolpe has won
Rep. Wolpe has won 7 U.S. House elections (1978–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.7 to 20.7 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
102nd 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 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.