Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Philip M. Crane
Philip Crane was a Republican U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1969, who sponsored 11 bills that became law (100th–108th 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. 1047 Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004Dec 3, 2004 · Became Public Law No: 108-429.
- H.R. 5387 Wauconda Technical and Environmental Remediation Act of 2004Dec 1, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 5224 For the relief of Dylan Brian Benwell.Oct 15, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- H.Res. 821 Condemning the abduction of Dylan Benwell from the United States and calling for his return.Oct 7, 2004 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 4840 Tax Simplification for America's Job Creators Act of 2004Sep 7, 2004 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 434 (106th) Trade and Development Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 3009 (107th) Trade Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 3161 (104th) To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Romania.Became law
- H.R. 3728 (102nd) To provide for a 6-month extension of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution.Became law
- H.R. 1642 (104th) To extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Cambodia, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 2853 (104th) To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Bulgaria.Became law
- H.R. 3074 (104th) To amend the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 to provide the President with additional proclamation authority with respect to…Became law
- H.R. 1643 (104th) To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Bulgaria.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Crane has won
Rep. Crane has won 14 U.S. House elections (1976–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.9 to 64.4 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 24 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 24 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 108th 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.