Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Phil Hare
Phil Hare was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 2007, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (110th–111th 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. 6268 Wage Theft Prevention and Community Partnership ActNov 18, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 6262 Jobs Through Procurement ActSep 29, 2010 · Referred to House Armed Services
- H.Res. 1639 Recognizing the contributions of the National Waterways Conference on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, and for other purposes.Sep 28, 2010 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 1366 Recognizing and honoring the freight railroad industry and its employees.Jul 27, 2010 · The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 611 Supporting the goals and ideals of "Fragile X Awareness Day".Jul 21, 2010 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 995 (110th) To amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became…Became law
- H.R. 521 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2633 11th Street in Rock Island, Illinois, as the "Lane Evans Post Office Building".Became law
- H.Res. 139 (111th) Commemorating the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln on the bicentennial of his birth.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2790 (110th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1089 (111th) Recognizing the 150th anniversary of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 516 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield, Illinois, as the "Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr.…Reported from committee
- H.R. 2514 (110th) Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act128 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hare has won
Rep. Hare has won 2 U.S. House elections (2006–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.3 to 14.3 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. Hare served?
2007 to 2010 in IL-17: typical household income was down 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 1.9 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 17th district during Hare’s time representing it (2007 to 2011). 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 Hare’s term so far (2007 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 21 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 21 | 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 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th 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.