Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Donald W. Riegle Jr.
Donald Riegle was a Democratic U.S. senator from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1967, who sponsored 22 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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
- S. 2395 An act to designate the United States Courthouse in Detroit, Michigan, as the "Theodore Levin Courthouse", and for other purposes.Oct 22, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-405.
- S. 1066 A bill to restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.Sep 21, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-323.
- S. 2402 Homeowners Insurance Disclosure Act of 1994Aug 18, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
- S. 2361 Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Act of 1994Aug 4, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- S.J.Res. 212 A joint resolution designating August 2, 1994, as "National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day".Jul 21, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 249 (100th) A joint resolution designating June 14, 1988 "Baltic Freedom Day."Became law
- S.J.Res. 251 (101st) A joint resolution designating "Baltic Freedom Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 63 (101st) A joint resolution designating June 14, 1989, as "Baltic Freedom Day", and for other purposes.Became law
- S.J.Res. 293 (101st) A joint resolution to designate November 6, 1990, as "National Philanthropy Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 118 (101st) A joint resolution designating October 6, 1989, as "German-American Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 87 (100th) A joint resolution to designate November 17, 1987, as "National Community Education Day".Became law
- S. 2209 (100th) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989Became law
- S. 543 (102nd) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Riegle has won
Sen. Riegle has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982, 1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.6 to 22.0 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 63 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 63 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| 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 103rd 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.