Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress

Spencer Abraham

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · MichiganSenate 1995–2001

Spencer Abraham was a Republican U.S. senator from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 11 bills that became law (104th–106th Congress).

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140Bills & resolutions sponsored104th–106th Congress (excludes amendments)

28Passed a chamberof 140 bills & resolutions sponsored

11Became law11 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 104th–106th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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. 3276 A bill to make technical corrections to the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 and certain amendments made by that Act.
Dec 15, 2000 · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S11891)
S. 11 Wei Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience Act
Nov 22, 2000 · Became Private Law No: 106-14.
S. 1455 College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000
Nov 1, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-420.
S.Con.Res. 130 A concurrent resolution establishing a special task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the…
Oct 24, 2000 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
S. 2406 Mother Teresa Religious Workers Act
Oct 23, 2000 · Held at the desk.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Abraham has won

Sen. Abraham has won 1 U.S. Senate election (1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.1 to 9.1 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 9.1 points1994, MI Senate

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Michigan Senate (class 1)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Spencer Abraham (R) 1994 → Debbie Stabenow (D) 2000–2018 → Elissa Slotkin (D) 2024.

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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 63 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	63	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	7	See the 7 →
With a committee report listed	4	See the 4 →
With a Congress.gov note	1	See the 1 →

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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.