Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
Joe Knollenberg
Joe Knollenberg was a Republican U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (103rd–110th 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.Res. 112 Recognizing and congratulating Guardian Industries and its 75th anniversary of commitment and leadership in the United States and global glass, automotive…Aug 1, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.Res. 1366 Recognizing Honor Flight Michigan, Inc., for its important work in recognizing World War II veterans and expressing condolences to the family and friends of…Jul 23, 2008 · Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- H.R. 5917 New Bridging Industry and Government Through Hi-Tech Research on Energy Efficiency Act of 2008Apr 30, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- H.R. 5816 Coordinated American Response To Extreme Radicals ActApr 16, 2008 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker…
- H.Res. 953 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of…Mar 12, 2008 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 32 (109th) Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods ActBecame law
- H.R. 4884 (106th) To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 West 2nd Street in Royal Oak, Michigan, as the "William S. Broomfield Post…Became law
- H.R. 3058 (109th) Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006Became law
- H.R. 2559 (108th) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004Became law
- H.R. 4837 (108th) Military Construction Appropriations and Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2005Became law
- H.R. 2944 (107th) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002Became law
- H.R. 5576 (109th) Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 698 (109th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Knollenberg has won
Rep. Knollenberg has won 8 U.S. House elections (1992–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.3 to 37.7 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.
How has Michigan’s 9th district done while Rep. Knollenberg served?
2005 to 2008 in MI-9: typical household income was down 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 1.8 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
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 Michigan’s 9th district during Knollenberg’s time representing it (2003 to 2009). 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. MI-9 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Knollenberg’s term so far (2005 to 2008) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 15 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 15 | 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 110th 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.