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Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress

Official portrait of Rep. Robert T. Schilling

Robert T. Schilling

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · IllinoisHouse 2011–2013 (IL-17)

Robert Schilling was a Republican U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 91% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.

11Bills & resolutions sponsored112th–112th Congress (excludes amendments)
0Passed a chamberof 11 bills & resolutions sponsored
0Became law112th–112th Congress
56Broke with partyof 634 yes/no votes, 112th (8.8%)
23Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (3.5%)
—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.

5 most recent votes

5 most recent bills

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Schilling has won

Rep. Schilling has won 1 U.S. House election (2010–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.6 to 9.6 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)2010, IL-17: won by 9.6 points2010IL-17
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 9.6 points2010, IL-17
Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Illinois’s 17th districtWinners, most recent three: Robert T. Schilling (R) 2010 → Cheri Bustos (D) 2012–2020 → Eric Sorensen (D) 2022–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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

112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored11Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement9See the 9 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed1See the 1 →
With a committee report listed1See the 1 →
With a Congress.gov note1See the 1 →
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.