Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Gerald D. Kleczka
Gerald Kleczka was a Democratic U.S. representative from Wisconsin, first elected to Congress in 1983.
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. 4673 Opt Out of ID Chips ActJul 7, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
- H.R. 3236 Permanently Inhibit Gougers ActOct 6, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
- H.R. 2759 Bruce Vento Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2003Sep 4, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- H.Res. 296 Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, which has been a significant part of the social, economic, and…Jul 14, 2003 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 2453 Medicare Substitute Adult Day Care Services Act of 2003Jun 24, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 182 (103rd) Dismissing the election contest against Jay Dickey.Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 604 (101st) Designating October 1990 as "Polish American Heritage Month".218 cosponsors
- H.R. 239 (101st) First-Time Home Buyer's Act of 1989103 cosponsors
- H.R. 1525 (106th) Independent Contractor Clarification Act of 1999101 cosponsors
- H.R. 1622 (106th) Dog and Cat Protection Act of 199999 cosponsors
- H.Res. 67 (100th) A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the Community Development Block Grant Program.92 cosponsors
- H.R. 1742 (108th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the eligibility of veterans for mortgage bond financing, and for other purposes.83 cosponsors
- H.R. 1813 (105th) Personal Information Privacy Act of 199774 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kleczka has won
Rep. Kleczka has won 10 U.S. House elections (1984–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.9 to 73.4 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | 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 108th 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.