Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress

John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · MichiganHouse 2005–2007 (MI-7)

John Schwarz was a Republican U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 2005.

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8Bills & resolutions sponsored109th–109th Congress (excludes amendments)

1Passed a chamberof 8 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law109th–109th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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. 6403 Bridges of Hope for Transitional Health Insurance Act of 2006
Dec 6, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 5958 American TEOS Act of 2006
Jul 28, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 5358 Science and Mathematics Education for Competitiveness Act
Jun 22, 2006 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 293.
H.R. 5513 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2006
Jun 5, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
H.R. 3962 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for employees and contractors of health centers under section 330 of such Act who…
Sep 29, 2005 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Schwarz has won

Rep. Schwarz has won 1 U.S. House election (2004–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 22.1 to 22.1 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 22.1 points2004, MI-7

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Michigan’s 7th districtWinners, most recent three: Tim Walberg (R) 2010–2020 → Elissa Slotkin (D) 2022 → Tom Barrett (R) 2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 Michigan’s 7th district done while Rep. Schwarz served?

2005 to 2006 in MI-7: 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 about the same.

Typical household income · after inflation

MI-7: $75.8K in 2005 → $74.9K in 2006

MI-7 about the sameMichigan about the sameU.S. up 1%

Share of people below the poverty line

MI-7: 11.8% in 2005 → 12.4% in 2006

MI-7 about the sameMichigan about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of workers looking for a job

MI-7: 7.9% in 2005 → 7.9% in 2006

MI-7 about the sameMichigan up 0.6 pointsU.S. down 0.5 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 Michigan’s 7th district during Schwarz’s time representing it (2005 to 2007). 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. MI-7 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Schwarz’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	8	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	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	1	See the 1 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 109th 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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.