Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Steve Gunderson
Steve Gunderson was a Republican U.S. representative from Wisconsin, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–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.R. 4250 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a State the option of covering community-based attendant services under the Medicaid program.Oct 4, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.R. 4249 Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1996Oct 4, 1996 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- H.R. 4302 Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Inspection Reform Act of 1996Sep 28, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- H.R. 743 Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995Jul 31, 1996 · On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 3753 Rural Health Improvement Act of 1996Jul 16, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4992 (100th) Telecommunications Accessibility Enhancement Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 1123 (100th) A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the date for submitting the report required by the National Commission on Dairy Policy.Became law
- H.J.Res. 613 (100th) A joint resolution designating the week beginning March 7, 1989, as "Deaf Awareness Week".Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 140 (101st) Designating March 7 through March 13, 1989, as "Deaf Awareness Week".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3336 (100th) Crimes Against Older Americans Information and Coordination Act of 198772 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 584 (100th) A joint resolution calling upon all churches, synagogues, schools, community centers, and other public buildings to toll their bells for one minute beginning…61 cosponsors
- H.Res. 220 (101st) Making the clerk hire allowance available for payment of merit pay.50 cosponsors
- H.Res. 332 (102nd) To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a recorded vote upon final passage of legislation that would make an appropriation or provide…49 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gunderson has won
Rep. Gunderson has won 8 U.S. House elections (1980–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.0 to 36.7 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 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | 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.