Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Edward Zorinsky
Edward Zorinsky was a Democratic U.S. senator from Nebraska, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–100th 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
- S. 403 A bill to cost-sharing rules of the Missouri National Recreation Area.Feb 25, 1988 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources received executive comment from Army Corps of Engineers. Unfavorable.
- S.J.Res. 51 A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on July 27, 1987, and ending on August 2, 1987, as "National Czech American Heritage Week".Jul 10, 1987 · Became Public Law No: 100-69.
- S.J.Res. 65 A joint resolution to designate the week of April 5, 1987, through April 11, 1987, as "National Know Your Cholesterol Week".Mar 20, 1987 · Became Public Law No: 100-13.
- S. 515 A bill to provide equitable treatment under the highly-erodible land conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 to farmers who produced alfalfa…Mar 4, 1987 · Committee on Agriculture. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 410 ordered to be reported.
- S. 346 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to allow a worker to be employed in any non-railroad employment and still qualify for an annuity, subject…Jan 29, 1987 · Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Labor Department.
Top bills sponsored
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Zorinsky has won
Sen. Zorinsky has won 2 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.8 to 38.0 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
100th 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 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 100th 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.