Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress

Robert T. Schilling
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.
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. 3985 Building Better Business Partnerships Act of 2012Dec 21, 2012 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 526.
- H.R. 5706 Army Arsenal Strategic Workload Enhancement Act of 2012Jul 10, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- H.R. 5649 Manufacturing Certainty and Captive Finance Affiliate Clarification ActMay 30, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
- H.R. 5849 Charity Care Tax Deduction for Physicians Act of 2012May 18, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3723 Enhanced Veteran Healthcare Experience Act of 2011Apr 16, 2012 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2397 (112th) Congressional Retirement Age Act of 201126 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 82 (112th) Prohibiting the House or Senate from adjourning for a period of more than 3 days during a fiscal year unless the House involved has adopted a concurrent…6 cosponsors
- H.R. 2570 (112th) To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the permanent and expanded authority for Army industrial facilities to enter into certain cooperative…3 cosponsors
- H.R. 4177 (112th) Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 20123 cosponsors
- H.Res. 381 (112th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the memorial park on Hero Street USA, in Silvis, Illinois, should be recognized as Hero Street…3 cosponsors
- H.R. 3376 (112th) Saving Over Spending Act1 cosponsor
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.
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.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See 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.
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.