Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Dan Rostenkowski
Daniel Rostenkowski was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1959, 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
- H.R. 4245 Social Security Long-Range Solvency Act of 1994Sep 27, 1994 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 4040 Reemployment Act of 1994Jul 22, 1994 · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- H.R. 3419 Tax Simplification and Technical Corrections Act of 1993May 23, 1994 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- H.R. 4066 To suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1994 World Cup Soccer Games…Apr 30, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-237.
- H.Res. 333 Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on Ways and Means in the second session of…Feb 23, 1994 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4 (102nd) To extend the time for performing certain acts under the internal revenue laws for individuals performing services as part of the Desert Shield operation.Became law
- H.R. 4095 (102nd) To increase the number of weeks for which benefits are payable under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 920 (103rd) Emergency Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993Became law
- H.J.Res. 363 (101st) To designate 1989 as "United States Customs Service 200th Anniversary Year".Became law
- H.R. 1876 (103rd) To provide authority for the President to enter into trade agreements to conclude the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the auspices of…Became law
- H.R. 3450 (103rd) North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation ActBecame law
- H.R. 3575 (102nd) Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 3624 (102nd) To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide appropriate procedures for the appointment of the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Rostenkowski has won
Rep. Rostenkowski has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.2 to 71.9 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 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | 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 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.