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FILE · G000336
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Porter J. Goss

Representative for Florida, district 14 · Republican

Born 1938

Republican · FL House 1989–2005
8,488votes cast 97.5%attendance 92.3%party loyalty 8congresses served
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Porter J. Goss

Recent bills they sponsored
  • H.R. 4584 · Directing Community Integration Act June 16, 2004 · In committee
  • H.R. 4548 · Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 June 14, 2004 · Public Law 108-487
  • H.Res. 451 · Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2417) to authorize appropri… November 19, 2003 · Passed House
  • H.R. 2417 · Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 June 11, 2003 · Public Law 108-177
  • H.Res. 97 · Providing amounts for the expenses of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the One Hundred… February 25, 2003 · In committee
From the current-Congress bills Power & Politics tracks. This is not a complete count.
Every term served
8 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
HouseFlorida · District 14RepublicanJanuary 7, 2003 – September 23, 2004
HouseFlorida · District 14RepublicanJanuary 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
HouseFlorida · District 14RepublicanJanuary 6, 1999 – January 3, 2001
HouseFlorida · District 14RepublicanJanuary 7, 1997 – January 3, 1999
HouseFlorida · District 14RepublicanJanuary 4, 1995 – January 3, 1997
HouseFlorida · District 14RepublicanJanuary 5, 1993 – January 3, 1995
HouseFlorida · District 13RepublicanJanuary 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
HouseFlorida · District 13RepublicanJanuary 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
These are the official start and end dates of each term. A member who left early or arrived late served only part of it.

Source: congress-legislators, a public-domain record of every member of Congress, checked October 27, 2026.

The Constitution
Where they sit

Ideology, measured from every vote they cast

DW-NOMINATE first dimension (Voteview, UCLA), shown against the 108th Congress House.

The record

Every roll-call vote on file

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Record timeline

  1. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.R. 4548: Became Public Law No: 108-487.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  2. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Agreeing to the Conference Report: H.R. 1308 (House Roll Call 472 (108th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  3. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Resolution: H.Res. 794 (House Roll Call 471 (108th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  4. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 794 (House Roll Call 470 (108th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  5. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 785 (House Roll Call 469 (108th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  6. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: H.R. 1057 (House Roll Call 468 (108th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  7. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Passage: H.R. 2028 (House Roll Call 467 (108th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  8. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Agreeing to the Amendment: H.R. 2028 (House Roll Call 466 (108th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Failed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  9. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Passage: H.R. 5025 (House Roll Call 465 (108th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  10. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 5025 (House Roll Call 464 (108th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Failed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

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