Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
John Edward Porter
John Porter was a Republican U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–106th 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. 4577 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001Dec 21, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-554.
- H.R. 5656 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001Dec 14, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
- H.Con.Res. 328 Expressing the sense of the Congress in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the free and fair elections in Burma and the urgent need to improve the…Oct 11, 2000 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 2166 Bear Protection Act of 1999Sep 21, 2000 · Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Voice Vote.
- H.Con.Res. 257 Concerning the emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community.Sep 20, 2000 · Received in the Senate.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2264 (105th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998Became law
- H.J.Res. 415 (103rd) Designating the week beginning October 16, 1994, as "National Penny Charity Week".Became law
- H.R. 911 (105th) Volunteer Protection Act of 1997Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 102 (104th) Concerning the emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 172 (105th) Expressing the sense of Congress in support of efforts to foster friendship and cooperation between the United States and Mongolia, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2127 (104th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3755 (104th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Porter has won
Rep. Porter has won 10 U.S. House elections (1980–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.0 to 50.2 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th 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.