Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Lynn M. Martin
Lynn Martin was a Republican U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1981.
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.J.Res. 684 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting the number of consecutive terms Members of the Senate and House may serve.Nov 16, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
- H.R. 5636 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require as a condition of receiving formula grants that States have in effect a…Oct 2, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- H.R. 5585 To amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to include the pay of Members of Congress and high-level officers of the…Sep 14, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
- H.R. 5180 Depository Institutions' Civil and Criminal Enforcement ActJul 15, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.
- H.J.Res. 614 To designate the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the "Decade of the Child".Jul 9, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 406 (100th) A resolution raising a question of the privileges of the House.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4576 (100th) Congressional and Judicial Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1988109 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 45 (101st) Establishing procedures for expedited consideration by the Congress of certain bills and joint resolutions submitted by the President.62 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 153 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress in opposition to the third country meat directive by the European Community requiring individual…57 cosponsors
- H.R. 3276 (101st) Congressional and Judicial Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 198950 cosponsors
- H.R. 3220 (101st) Drug Paraphernalia Control Act of 198947 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 521 (101st) Designating July 8 through 14, 1990, as "National Agent Orange Sreening Awareness Week".40 cosponsors
- H.R. 4463 (100th) Cooperative Child Care Act for Responsible Efforts40 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Martin has won
Rep. Martin has won 5 U.S. House elections (1980–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.4 to 34.8 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 21 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 21 | 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.