Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Terry L. Bruce
Terry Bruce was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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. 2871 Clean Coal Technology Efficiency Improvement Act of 1991Oct 8, 1992 · For Further Action See H.R.776.
- H.R. 2378 Consumer Protection Standards for Long Term Care Insurance Act of 1991Jul 23, 1992 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 5033 To reliquidate certain entries on which excessive countervailing duties were paid, and for other purposes.May 6, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 4299 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in order to provide an incentive for business to invest in pollution abatement property and related assets.Feb 25, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.Res. 331 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the opening of Japanese markets, and for other purposes.Feb 4, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2858 (100th) Regulatory Fairness ActBecame law
- H.R. 5112 (101st) Home Health Care and Alzheimer's Disease Amendments of 1990Became law
- H.R. 5113 (101st) Injury Control Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 5553 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 301 West Main Street in Benton, Illinois, as the "Kenneth J. Gray Federal…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3216 (102nd) Food Quality Protection Act of 1991139 cosponsors
- H.R. 4485 (101st) Medicare Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Payment Amendments of 199099 cosponsors
- H.R. 3899 (101st) Medicare Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Payment Amendments of 199050 cosponsors
- H.R. 4484 (101st) Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act of 199049 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bruce has won
Rep. Bruce has won 4 U.S. House elections (1984–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.5 to 33.9 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
102nd 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 102nd 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.