Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress

Rahm Emanuel

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · IllinoisHouse 2003–2009 (IL-5)

Rahm Emanuel was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 2003.

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86Bills & resolutions sponsored108th–110th Congress (excludes amendments)

23Passed a chamberof 86 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law108th–110th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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. 1527 Congratulating the members of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams on their success in the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and supporting…
Oct 3, 2008 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.Res. 1426 Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
Sep 11, 2008 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.R. 6570 New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act
Jul 22, 2008 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be…
H.Res. 1342 Electing certain Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Jul 15, 2008 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.R. 6371 Earned Income Credit Information Act of 2008
Jun 25, 2008 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Emanuel has won

Rep. Emanuel has won 4 U.S. House elections (2002–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 38.0 to 56.0 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won4 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 38.0 points2002, IL-5

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 4 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Illinois’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Rod Blagojevich (D) 1996–2000 → Rahm Emanuel (D) 2002–2008 → Mike Quigley (D) 2010–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 5th district done while Rep. Emanuel served?

2005 to 2008 in IL-5: typical household income was up 5% 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.

Typical household income · after inflation

IL-5: $85.5K in 2005 → $90.2K in 2008

IL-5 up 5%Illinois up 1%U.S. up 2%

Share of people below the poverty line

IL-5: 10.1% in 2005 → 10.0% in 2008

IL-5 about the sameIllinois about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of workers looking for a job

IL-5: 6.9% in 2005 → 6.1% in 2008

IL-5 about the sameIllinois down 1.0 pointsU.S. down 0.5 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 Illinois’s 5th district during Emanuel’s time representing it (2003 to 2009). 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-5 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Emanuel’s term so far (2005 to 2008) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 40 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	40	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	1	See the 1 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th 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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.