Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
John Shimkus
John Shimkus was a Republican U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Republicans on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (113th–116th 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
- YeaOn 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. 6730 To authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to convey certain property to the Massac-Metropolis Port District, and for…May 5, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- H.R. 6488 Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2020Apr 10, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
- H.Res. 889 Recognizing the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on the 30th anniversary of the restoration of their independence.Apr 3, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and the Environment.
- H.Res. 300 Expressing support for the designation of August 23, 2019, as Black Ribbon Day to recognize the victims of Soviet and Nazi regimes.Apr 9, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- H.R. 6294 REVAMP ActJun 28, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4013 (107th) Rare Diseases Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 3833 (107th) Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 2576 (114th) Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century ActBecame law
- H.R. 389 (108th) Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory ActBecame law
- H.R. 5504 (107th) Anton's LawBecame law
- H.R. 3343 (107th) To amend title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 397 (108th) To reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Illinois.Became law
- H.R. 1287 (109th) Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 312 East North Avenue in Flora, Illinois, as the "Robert T. Ferguson Post Office…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Shimkus has won
Rep. Shimkus has won 12 U.S. House elections (1996–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.5 to 49.8 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 15th district done while Rep. Shimkus served?
2013 to 2019 in IL-15: typical household income was up 9% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 3.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.9 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 15th district during Shimkus’s time representing it (2013 to 2021). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. IL-15 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Shimkus’s term so far (2013 to 2019) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 2 | See the 2 → |
| 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 116th 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.