Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Daniel Lipinski
Daniel Lipinski was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 2005, who voted with most Democrats on 84% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–116th 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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 7934 Energy Innovation CorpsAug 4, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- H.Res. 986 Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Katyn Massacre.Jun 26, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and the Environment.
- H.R. 7106 Social Sciences Protect Our Nation ActJun 4, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- H.R. 6770 Mobility Options, Resiliency, and Efficiency (MORE) through TDM ActMay 11, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- H.R. 6653 MASKS ON ActMay 1, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3085 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3349 West 111th Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Captain Herbert Johnson Memorial…Became law
- H.R. 4692 (111th) National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010Passed a chamber
- H.R. 632 (110th) H-Prize Act of 2007Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 59 (110th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineeers Week, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5865 (112th) American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2051 (116th) Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4061 (111th) Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1126 (110th) To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Lipinski has won
Rep. Lipinski has won 8 U.S. House elections (2004–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 29.1 to 99.9 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 Illinois’s 3rd district done while Rep. Lipinski served?
2012 to 2019 in IL-3: typical household income was up 12% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.4 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 Illinois’s 3rd district during Lipinski’s time representing it (2005 to 2021). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. IL-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2019 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2005 to 2021.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 40 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 40 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 34 | See the 34 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.