Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress

Donna M. Christensen
Donna Christensen was a Democratic delegate from U.S. Virgin Islands, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–113th 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. 83 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015Dec 16, 2014 · Became Public Law No: 113-235.
- H.R. 5803 To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of…Dec 12, 2014 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 5466 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4500 Sunny Isle Shopping Center in Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin…Sep 15, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 3821 Derek M. Hodge Virgin Islands Improvement Act of 2013Jan 8, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 85 To create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.Jun 17, 2013 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 78.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 495 (107th) To designate the Federal building located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Ron de Lugo Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 2841 (106th) To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for greater fiscal autonomy consistent with other United States jurisdictions, and for other…Became law
- H.R. 714 (111th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 57 (110th) To repeal certain sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands.Became law
- H.R. 318 (109th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms located on St. Croix, Virgin Islands…Became law
- H.R. 2296 (106th) To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide that the number of members on the legislature of the Virgin Islands and the number of such…Became law
- H.R. 6116 (112th) To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for direct review by the United States Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands…Became law
- H.R. 2705 (110th) Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2007Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 15 | See the 15 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 113th 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.