Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress
Lane Evans
Lane Evans was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–109th 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. 4914 Veterans' Choice of Representation ActOct 6, 2006 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
- H.Con.Res. 235 Expressing the sense of the Congress that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased…Sep 25, 2006 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.Res. 759 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual…Sep 13, 2006 · Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- H.R. 5204 Federal Locks and Lock and Dam Facilities Act of 2006Apr 26, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
- H.R. 1588 Comprehensive Assistance for Veterans Exposed to Traumatic Stressors Act of 2005Nov 3, 2005 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2248)
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1090 (105th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow revision of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error.Became law
- H.R. 2744 (108th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 514 17th Street in Moline, Illinois, as the "David Bybee Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 3236 (102nd) Veterans' Radiation Exposure Amendments of 1992Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1483 (104th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow revision of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3645 (107th) Veterans Health Care and Procurement Improvement Act of 2002Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1257 (108th) Selected Reserve Home Loan Equity ActPassed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 56 (108th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 342 (108th) Supporting the National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc., of Galesburg, Illinois, in its endeavor to erect a monument known as the National Railroad Hall of Fame.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Evans has won
Rep. Evans has won 12 U.S. House elections (1982–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.1 to 33.0 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 Illinois’s 17th district done while Rep. Evans served?
2005 to 2006 in IL-17: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
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 Illinois’s 17th district during Evans’s time representing it (1983 to 2007). 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. IL-17 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Evans’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
109th 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 | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 109th 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.