Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Michael Patrick Flanagan
Michael Flanagan was a Republican U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (104th–104th 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.J.Res. 191 To confer honorary citizenship of the United States on Agnes Gonxha Bojahiu, also known as Mother Teresa.Oct 1, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-218.
- H.R. 3834 To redesignate the Dunning Post Office in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Roger P. McAuliffe Post Office".Aug 20, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-189.
- H.R. 3128 To make it unlawful to send lobbying communications to Congress which are fraudulent.Mar 28, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- H.R. 1431 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 30-percent of gross income limitation applicable to regulated investment companies.Apr 7, 1995 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E821)
- H.Con.Res. 17 Relating to the treatment of Social Security under any constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget.Feb 1, 1995 · Referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions, that if one committee reports…
Elections Rep. Flanagan has won
Rep. Flanagan has won 1 U.S. House election (1994–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.9 to 8.9 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 5 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.