Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Vernon J. Ehlers
Vernon Ehlers was a Republican U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (103rd–111th 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.Res. 1560 Supporting the increased understanding of, and interest in, computer science and computing careers among the public and in schools, and to ensure an ample and…Sep 23, 2010 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Con.Res. 292 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Aerospace Week, and for other purposes.Sep 14, 2010 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.Res. 1310 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the laser.May 4, 2010 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 1222 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Library Week.Apr 30, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- H.Con.Res. 272 Recognizing the many contributions made by general aviation pilots and operators to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts, and for other purposes.Apr 30, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 6460 (110th) Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008Became law
- H.R. 1070 (107th) Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 5479 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 North Kidd Street in Ionia, Michigan, as the "Alonzo Woodruff Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 2346 (106th) To authorize the enforcement by State and local governments of certain Federal Communications Commission regulations regarding use of citizens band radio…Became law
- H.R. 1860 (107th) Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001Became law
- H.R. 758 (109th) To establish an interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop a national strategy for aerospace workforce recruitment, training, and cultivation.Became law
- H.R. 100 (107th) National Science Education ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3598 (108th) Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2004Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ehlers has won
Rep. Ehlers has won 8 U.S. House elections (1994–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 25.7 to 50.3 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.
How has Michigan’s 3rd district done while Rep. Ehlers served?
2005 to 2010 in MI-3: typical household income was down 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 4.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 3.8 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Michigan’s 3rd district during Ehlers’s time representing it (1993 to 2011). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. MI-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Ehlers’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 21 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 21 | 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 111th 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.