Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Steve Kagen
Steve Kagen was a Democratic U.S. representative from Wisconsin, first elected to Congress in 2007, who sponsored 1 bill 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. 6474 To direct the Secretary of the Army to cease construction of a temporary causeway in connection with the project for the Renard Island Confined Disposal…Dec 2, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- H.R. 6285 To prohibit the importation into the United States of paper products that are not manufactured in accordance with requirements that are at least as stringent…Sep 29, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.Res. 1699 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that foreign countries have engaged in unfair trade practices in the United States with regards to paper…Sep 29, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 6039 Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway National Heritage Area Act of 2010Aug 9, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- H.R. 5520 Oil Spill Responsibility Act of 2010Jun 15, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2408 (110th) To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as the "Milo C. Huempfner Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient…Became law
- H.Res. 697 (110th) Commending Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre for establishing a National Football League record for most career touchdown passes, and for other…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 6074 (110th) Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 421 (110th) Honoring the trailblazing accomplishments of the "Mercury 13" women, whose efforts in the early 1960s demonstrated the capabilities of American women to…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4700 (111th) Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 201067 cosponsors
- H.R. 4231 (110th) Rural Veterans Health Care Access Act of 200733 cosponsors
- H.R. 1521 (110th) Universal Health Act of 2007: Repeal of the Late Enrollment Penalty in Medicare Part D26 cosponsors
- H.R. 3874 (110th) Small Business Growth and Opportunity Act23 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kagen has won
Rep. Kagen has won 2 U.S. House elections (2006–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.1 to 8.1 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 Wisconsin’s 8th district done while Rep. Kagen served?
2007 to 2010 in WI-8: typical household income was down 9% 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 2.8 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 Wisconsin’s 8th district during Kagen’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. WI-8 was redrawn in 2012 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Kagen’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 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 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.