Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Robert W. Kasten Jr.
Robert Kasten was a Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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
- S. 2484 National Triad Program ActSep 29, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
- S. 640 Product Liability Fairness ActSep 10, 1992 · Cloture upon reconsideration not invoked by Yea-Nay Vote. 58-38. Record Vote No: 199.
- S. 3215 Minority Enterprise Development Act of 1992Aug 12, 1992 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 3199 Financial Assistance for Compliance ActAug 12, 1992 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- S. 3194 A bill to amend provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 pertaining to small business loans.Aug 12, 1992 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 137 (101st) A joint resolution designating January 7, 1990, through January 13, 1990, as "National Law Enforcement Training Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 40 (100th) A joint resolution to give special recognition to the birth and achievements of Aldo Leopold.Became law
- S.J.Res. 227 (101st) A joint resolution to designate March 11, through March 17, 1990, as "Deaf Awareness Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 329 (101st) An Act to designate the week of November 3, 1990, to November 10, 1990, as "National Week to Commemorate the Victims of the Famine in the Ukraine, 1932-1933,"…Became law
- S.J.Res. 56 (102nd) A joint resolution to designate the period commencing March 10, 1991 and ending on March 16, 1991, as "Deaf Awareness Week".Passed a chamber
- S. 1400 (101st) Product Liability Reform ActReported from committee
- S. 638 (101st) A bill to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel Nor'wester.Reported from committee
- S.J.Res. 288 (101st) A joint resolution designating January 6, 1991, through January 12, 1991, as "National Law Enforcement Training Week".58 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Kasten has won
Sen. Kasten has won 1 U.S. House election (1976–1976) and 2 U.S. Senate elections (1980, 1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.9 to 31.8 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 43 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 43 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 102nd 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.