Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Guy Vander Jagt
Guy Van Der Jagt was a Republican U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1965, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–102nd 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
- H.R. 1456 Intangibles Amortization Clarification Act of 1991Oct 5, 1992 · See H.R.11.
- H.R. 5674 To clarify the tax treatment of intermodal containers, to revise the tax treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies, and for other purposes.Aug 5, 1992 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- H.R. 4741 Small Issue Bond Inflation Adjustment Act of 1992May 26, 1992 · Executive Comment Requested from Treasury.
- H.R. 4050 To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to include interim processors within industries producing processed agricultural products, and for other purposes.May 21, 1992 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 4275 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant status for the spouses of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence.May 13, 1992 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 177 (102nd) To designate November 16, 1991, as "Dutch-American Heritage Day".Became law
- H.J.Res. 352 (101st) Designating September 15, 1989, as "National Telephone Operators Recognition Day".66 cosponsors
- H.R. 1588 (101st) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for education loan interest incurred by doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals while…51 cosponsors
- H.R. 430 (102nd) National Dividend Act of 199136 cosponsors
- H.R. 622 (100th) A bill to amend section 132 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that de minimis fringe benefits furnished by an employer to an employee may…30 cosponsors
- H.R. 1709 (100th) Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Funds Tax Exempt Status Clarification Act of 198722 cosponsors
- H.R. 3021 (100th) A bill to amend section 1886 of the Social Security Act to require that certain hospitals be classified as being located in an urban area for purposes of…22 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Jagt has won
Rep. Jagt has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.5 to 93.1 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 29 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 29 | 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 | 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 102nd 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.