Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Rod R. Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (105th–107th 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
- H.R. 3234 Hubert H. Humphrey Civic Education Enhancement ActMar 27, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
- H.R. 3242 Biological and Chemical Weapons Preparedness Act of 2001Nov 28, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3182 Trooper Timothy Mossbruker Memorial ActNov 27, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- H.R. 3091 Anti-Terrorism Explosives Control Act of 2001Nov 27, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- H.R. 3153 State Bioterrorism Preparedness ActOct 29, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5016 (106th) To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 514 Express Center Drive in Chicago, Illinois, as the "J. T. Weeker Service Center".Became law
- H.R. 2773 (105th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3750 North Kedzie Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Daniel J. Doffyn Post Office…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 902 (106th) Gun Show Accountability Act66 cosponsors
- H.R. 2774 (105th) To prohibit the transfer of a handgun by a licensed dealer unless the transferee states that the transferee is not the subject of a restraining order with…51 cosponsors
- H.R. 3833 (105th) To better regulate the transfer of firearms at gun shows.33 cosponsors
- H.R. 109 (106th) To better regulate the transfer of firearms at gun shows.31 cosponsors
- H.R. 3208 (106th) Daniel Keysar Memorial and Childhood Consumer Product Safety Act of 199914 cosponsors
- H.R. 85 (106th) To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit, with certain exceptions, the transfer of a handgun to, or the possession of a handgun by, an individual…14 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Blagojevich has won
Rep. Blagojevich has won 3 U.S. House elections (1996–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 28.2 to 74.5 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | 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 107th 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.