Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Peter J. Roskam
Peter Roskam was a Republican U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 2007, who voted with most Republicans on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–115th 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.
5 most recent votes
- NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6167 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5707 South Cass Avenue in Westmont, Illinois, as the "James William Robinson Jr.…Dec 21, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-365.
- H.R. 5924 Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018Oct 19, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
- H.R. 6690 Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018Sep 17, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- H.R. 6311 Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018Jul 26, 2018 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 6301 Promoting High-Value Health Care Through Flexibility for High Deductible Health Plans Act of 2018Jul 19, 2018 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 654.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2139 (112th) Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin ActBecame law
- H.Res. 605 (110th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1617 (111th) Supporting the goals and purpose of Gold Star Mothers Day, which is observed on the last Sunday in September of each year in remembrance of the supreme…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5053 (114th) Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1843 (115th) Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5523 (114th) Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1058 (114th) Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5773 (115th) PASS Act of 2018Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Roskam has won
Rep. Roskam has won 6 U.S. House elections (2006–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.7 to 34.3 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.
How has Illinois’s 6th district done while Rep. Roskam served?
2012 to 2018 in IL-6: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.7 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Illinois’s 6th district during Roskam’s time representing it (2007 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. IL-6 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2007 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th 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 | 20 | See the 20 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 7 | See the 7 → |
| With a committee report listed | 6 | See the 6 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.