Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Carl D. Pursell
Carl Pursell was a Republican U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1977.
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.Con.Res. 340 Recognizing the accomplishments of the National Eye Institute.Jul 24, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
- H.R. 2447 National Institute of Nursing Research ActJun 10, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
- H.R. 1174 To repeal the Newspaper Preservation Act.Jun 7, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
- H.R. 840 Elementary School Counseling Demonstration ActFeb 22, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
- H.R. 4970 To repeal the Newspaper Preservation Act.Jun 11, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 927 (101st) To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to construct or improve facilities for the conduct of nursing…49 cosponsors
- H.R. 4190 (100th) A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to construct or improve facilities for the conduct of…46 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 266 (100th) A concurrent resolution calling for the reestablishment of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America to study the nature of the United States…40 cosponsors
- H.R. 3970 (101st) Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act36 cosponsors
- H.R. 3225 (100th) Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Research and Training Act of 198730 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Pursell has won
Rep. Pursell has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.2 to 38.2 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | 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 102nd 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.