Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Robert W. Kastenmeier
Robert Kastenmeier was a Democratic U.S. representative from Wisconsin, first elected to Congress in 1959, who sponsored 7 bills that became law (100th–101st 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. 3045 Copyright Remedy Clarification ActNov 15, 1990 · Became Public Law No: 101-553.
- H.R. 5381 Federal Courts Study Committee Implementation Act of 1990Oct 27, 1990 · Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- H.R. 5598 Patent Competitiveness and Technological Innovation Act of 1990Oct 26, 1990 · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 101-960, Part I.
- H.R. 2946 Patents in Space ActOct 26, 1990 · Laid on the table. See S. 459 for further action.
- H.R. 5498 Copyright Amendments Act of 1990Sep 27, 1990 · Laid on the table. See S. 198 for further action.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4262 (100th) Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 1622 (101st) Copyright Fees and Technical Amendments Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 3046 (101st) Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform and Miscellaneous Pay Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 4972 (100th) A bill to authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 4807 (100th) Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice ActBecame law
- H.J.Res. 446 (100th) A joint resolution designating October 30 through November 5, 1988, as "National Jukebox Week".Became law
- H.R. 237 (101st) Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4340 (100th) Retirement and Survivors' Annuities for Bankruptcy Judges and Magistrates Act of 1988Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kastenmeier has won
Rep. Kastenmeier has won 7 U.S. House elections (1976–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.6 to 31.2 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 36 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 36 | 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 | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 101st 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.