Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Paul Simon
Paul Simon was a Democratic U.S. senator from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 25 bills that became law (100th–104th 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
- S. 811 Water Desalination Act of 1996Oct 11, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-298.
- S. 2161 Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996Oct 1, 1996 · Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639.
- S. 2095 Government Corporation and Government Sponsored Enterprise Standards ActSep 30, 1996 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12008-12009)
- S. 1490 Pension Audit Improvement Act of 1995Jul 31, 1996 · Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
- S. 1997 Presidential Succession Clarification ActJul 26, 1996 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 287 (102nd) A joint resolution to designate the week of October 4, 1992, through October 10, 1992, as "Mental Illness Awareness Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 256 (101st) A joint resolution to designate the week of October 7, 1990, through October 13, 1990, as "Mental Illness Awareness Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 55 (101st) A joint resolution to designate the week of October 1, 1989, through October 7, 1989, as "Mental Illness Awareness Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 110 (101st) A joint resolution designating October 5, 1989, as "Raoul Wallenberg Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 61 (103rd) A joint resolution to designate the week of October 3, 1993, through October 9, 1993, as "Mental Illness Awareness Week".Became law
- S.J.Res. 127 (101st) A joint resolution designating Labor Day Weekend, September 2-4, 1989, as "National Drive for Life Weekend".Became law
- S.J.Res. 289 (101st) A joint resolution to designate October 1990 as "Polish American Heritage Month".Became law
- S.J.Res. 135 (100th) A joint resolution to designate October 1987 as "Polish American Heritage Month".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Simon has won
Sen. Simon has won 4 U.S. House elections (1976–1982) and 2 U.S. Senate elections (1984, 1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.9 to 34.8 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 39 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 39 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.