Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Martin A. Russo
Martin Russo was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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. 5648 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revise the application of the wagering taxes to charitable organizations.Oct 5, 1992 · See H.R.11.
- H.R. 1838 To reissue a production incentive certificate.Oct 5, 1992 · See H.R.5100.
- H.R. 1749 To correct the tariff rate inversion on certain iron and steel pipe and tube products.Oct 5, 1992 · See H.R.5100.
- H.R. 4083 To make permanent the transfer to the Railroad Retirement Account of income tax revenues attributable to the taxation of tier II railroad retirement benefits.Jun 25, 1992 · Measure Incorporated into H.R.11 (Section 2005).
- H.R. 4952 To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on TFA and DM-8.Apr 29, 1992 · Executive Comment Requested from Treasury, Commerce, ITC, USTR.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 149 (101st) Designating February 16, 1990, as "Lithuanian Independence Day".Became law
- H.J.Res. 606 (101st) Designating February 16, 1991, as "Lithuanian Independence Day".Became law
- H.Con.Res. 239 (102nd) Congratulating the people of Lithuania for their successful peaceful revolution and their continuing commitment to the ideals of democracy.Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 129 (100th) A joint resolution designating February 16, 1987, as "Lithuanian Independence Day".Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 448 (100th) A joint resolution designating February 16, 1989, as "Lithuanian Independence Day".Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 602 (100th) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration should submit to Congress a…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 251 (102nd) Returning to the Senate the bill S. 1241.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1007 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the special 3-year basis recovery rule in computing the amount of an employee's annuity…127 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Russo has won
Rep. Russo has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.4 to 48.0 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 24 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 24 | 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.