Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Lynn N. Rivers
Lynn Rivers was a Democratic U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1995.
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. 5106 Alopecia Fairness Expansion Act of 2002Aug 9, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5230 SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food ActAug 7, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
- H.R. 5210 National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2002Jul 29, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 547 To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and…Jul 11, 2002 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1236)
- H.R. 3967 Genomic Research and Diagnostic Accessibility Act of 2002May 6, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1586 (105th) National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 199721 cosponsors
- H.R. 1667 (107th) National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 20019 cosponsors
- H.R. 4084 (107th) Corporate Asset Protection Act of 20028 cosponsors
- H.R. 3540 (105th) To assess the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on domestic job loss and the environment, and for other purposes.8 cosponsors
- H.Res. 432 (104th) Amending the Code of Official Conduct in the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member from soliciting or accepting campaign contributions in…7 cosponsors
- H.R. 1697 (105th) To assess the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on domestic job loss and the environment, and for other purposes.6 cosponsors
- H.R. 2433 (105th) Citizens' Right to Know Act6 cosponsors
- H.Res. 263 (104th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that the expenses of special-order speeches be paid from the Members Representational Allowance…6 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Rivers has won
Rep. Rivers has won 4 U.S. House elections (1994–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.8 to 32.6 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | 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 107th 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.