Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Harris W. Fawell
Harris Fawell was a Republican U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–105th 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. 4770 Democratic Rights for Union Members Act of 1998Oct 13, 1998 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2107-2109)
- H.R. 2888 Sales Incentive Compensation ActJun 16, 1998 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
- H.R. 3751 Family and Medical Leave Clarification ActMay 15, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- H.R. 3473 To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to allow institutions of higher education to offer faculty members who are serving under a contract…Mar 17, 1998 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- H.R. 2449 Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement ActFeb 5, 1998 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1377 (105th) Savings are Vital to Everyone's Retirement Act of 1997Became law
- H.R. 1225 (104th) Court Reporter Fair Labor Amendments of 1995Became law
- H.R. 1490 (100th) A bill for the relief of Jean DeYoung.Became law
- H.R. 849 (104th) Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1227 (104th) To amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 relating to the payment of wages to employees who use employer owned vehicles.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1515 (105th) Expansion of Portability and Health Insurance Coverage Act of 1997Reported from committee
- H.R. 1625 (105th) Worker Paycheck Fairness ActReported from committee
- H.R. 995 (104th) ERISA Targeted Health Insurance Reform Act of 1996Reported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Fawell has won
Rep. Fawell has won 7 U.S. House elections (1984–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 19.9 to 46.8 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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 | 3 | See the 3 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 105th 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.