Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
David E. Bonior
David Bonior was a Democratic U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–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. 4799 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2002Oct 3, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 5459 To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community.Sep 25, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- H.R. 5271 To waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Gary Lee McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor…Sep 5, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 3642 401(k) Pension Right to Know Act of 2002May 9, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- H.R. 3374 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a minimum pension rate for certain veterans.Dec 21, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 587 (100th) A joint resolution designating July 2 and 3, 1988, as "United States-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship".Became law
- H.Con.Res. 250 (103rd) Expressing the sense of the Congress in support of efforts by the Government of Mexico, and the major political parties and concerned members of civic society…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 103 (103rd) Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 920) to extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 210 (103rd) Waiving certain points of order against the bill (H.R. 2492) making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 230 (103rd) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1964) to authorize appropriations for the Maritime Administration for fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 265 (103rd) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3167) to extend the emergency unemployment compensation program, to establish a system of worker profiling, and…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 410 (103rd) Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3221) to provide for the adjudication of certain claims against the Government of Iraq.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 474 (103rd) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3937) entitled the "Export Administration Act of 1994".Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bonior has won
Rep. Bonior has won 13 U.S. House elections (1976–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.2 to 32.7 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 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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.