Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Bob Carr
Bob Carr was a Democratic U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 4556 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995Sep 30, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-331.
- H.R. 4672 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade and on…Jul 28, 1994 · Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4820.
- H.R. 4627 Prisoner Transfer Equity Act of 1994Jun 22, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- H.R. 4399 Senior Citizens Against Marketing Scams Act of 1994May 17, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
- H.R. 3924 Two-Time Loser Act of 1994Mar 8, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2750 (103rd) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994Became law
- H.R. 2490 (103rd) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 336 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on November 15, 1987, and ending on November 22, 1987, as "National Arts Week".229 cosponsors
- H.R. 81 (100th) Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust Act of 1986102 cosponsors
- H.R. 81 (101st) Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust Act of 198984 cosponsors
- H.R. 81 (103rd) Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust Act of 199359 cosponsors
- H.R. 1395 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional standard deduction of $600 for certain physically disabled individuals.45 cosponsors
- H.R. 81 (102nd) Hunger Emergency Assistance and Relief Trust Act of 199140 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Carr has won
Rep. Carr has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.3 to 19.3 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | 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 103rd 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.