Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
C. W. Bill Young
C. W. Young was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1971, who voted with most Republicans on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.J.Res. 78 National Intelligence Program Operations Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014Oct 3, 2013 · Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
- H.R. 2397 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014Jul 30, 2013 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
- H.R. 2210 Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship Improvements Act of 2013Jul 18, 2013 · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- H.R. 1820 SAFEGUARDS Act of 2013May 6, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- H.R. 1400 To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship.Apr 2, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2202 (105th) National Bone Marrow Registry Reauthorization Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 2863 (109th) Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006Became law
- H.R. 5631 (109th) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007Became law
- H.R. 1559 (108th) Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003Became law
- H.R. 3289 (108th) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004Became law
- H.R. 2216 (107th) Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001Became law
- H.R. 4775 (107th) 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United StatesBecame law
- H.R. 1141 (106th) 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations ActBecame law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Young has won
Rep. Young has won 19 U.S. House elections (1976–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.2 to 61.8 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
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 6 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 113th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.