U.S. Representative

Bill Foster

2366 Rayburn House Office Building (202) 225-3515 Official site

Bills introduced
265

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law
3

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored
2,641

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes
9,495

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches
408

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

Committee seats
5

Held now, including subcommittees

265 bills introduced

Across 9 Congresses, most in the 116th at 48. In the 119th, 38 — 12 more than the median representative, who filed 26. Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every member, never get a vote.

Bills introduced, against the typical representative 110th to 119th

median for the chamber, that Congress

Biography

A Representative from Illinois. Born in Madison, Wis. , October 7, 1955. B. A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dane County, Wis. , 1975. Ph. D. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1984. Physicist. Senior physicist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Entrepreneur. Fellow, American Physical Society. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative John Dennis Hastert, and reelected to the succeeding Congress (March 8, 2008-January 3, 2011). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-present).

Focus

Drawn from the 265 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

BillQuestionVotedDate
S 356On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaDec 9, 2025
HR 1049On PassageNayDec 4, 2025
HR 1069On PassageNayDec 4, 2025
HR 1005On PassageNayDec 3, 2025
HR 4305On PassageYeaDec 3, 2025
HR 2965On PassageNayDec 3, 2025
HRES 916On Agreeing to the ResolutionNoDec 2, 2025
HRES 916On Ordering the Previous QuestionNayDec 2, 2025

Committees

Current committees first, each with its role and years, and the subcommittees held now beneath it. Full history opens every role with its date and official record, and earlier subcommittee seats.

Full history
CommitteeRoleServedRecord
Science, Space, and Technology CommitteeMemberMay 20, 2025 to PresentH.Res. 430
MemberFeb 25, 2015 to Jan 3, 2023H.Res. 124 · End of the 117th Congress
Research and TechnologyMemberListed Mar 2019 to Dec 2022Hearing, Mar 2019
Investigations and OversightChairListed Feb 2020 to Oct 2022Hearing, Feb 2020
EnergyMemberListed Feb 2017 to Sep 2020Hearing, Feb 2017
SpaceMemberListed Mar 2017 to Sep 2018Hearing, Mar 2017
EnvironmentMemberListed May 2015 to Mar 2017Hearing, May 2015

Earlier committees

Full history
CommitteeRoleServedRecord
Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeMemberJan 28, 2009 to Jan 3, 2011H.Res. 96 · End of the 111th Congress
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus CrisisMemberListed Jul 2020 to Oct 2022Congressional Directory, Jul 2020
Domestic PolicyMemberListed Oct 2009 to Sep 2010Hearing, Oct 2009
National Security and Foreign AffairsMemberListed Feb 2009 to Jul 2010Hearing, Feb 2009
Domestic PolicyMemberListed Mar 2009 to Sep 2009Hearing, Mar 2009

Office spending

What this member's House office spent each year from its allowance, including interns, from the House's quarterly Statement of Disbursements. Beside it, the typical office: the median across every member that year.

YearTotalStaff payTravelRent and utilitiesMailPrintingOtherTypical office
2026 to Jun$809,061$767,334$16,586$16,208$133$2,176$6,625–
2025$1.9 million$1.5 million$42,756$140,958$13,965$26,100$79,883$1.9 million
2024$1.8 million$1.5 million$30,697$39,742$40,782$80,973$66,993$1.9 million
2023$1.8 million$1.4 million$50,290$140,638$46,015$75,715$79,691$1.9 million
2022$1.7 million$1.4 million$23,319$96,338$29,435$55,255$86,711$1.7 million
2021$1.4 million$1.2 million$6,229$136,320$57$681$71,842$1.5 million
2020$1.3 million$1.1 million$9,112$96,057$55$131$89,020$1.4 million
2019$1.3 million$1.1 million$30,232$100,843$1,016$1,661$72,753$1.4 million
2018$1.3 million$1.0 million$30,618$124,535$21,312$750$53,624$1.3 million
2017$1.3 million$985,920$34,449$126,975$761$46,545$100,178$1.3 million
2016$1.2 million$935,104$24,185$112,478$38,820$23,201$79,352$1.2 million

Years run from January 3. Bills for a year are often paid early the next year, so a recent year can still grow. Staff pay is the office's total; individual salaries are not shown here.

The district

Who lives in IL‑11, as drawn for the 119th Congress, from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey for 2025, beside the state and the nation.

Population
765,627

IL 12,719,141 · U.S. 341,784,859

Median household income
$114,879

IL $86,676 · U.S. $84,780

Median age
40.7

IL 39.7 · U.S. 39.5

Below the poverty line
5.7%

IL 11.5% · U.S. 11.8%

Bachelor's degree or higher (25 and over)
46.5%

IL 39.1% · U.S. 37.4%

Veterans (of adults)
3.7%

IL 4.5% · U.S. 5.9%

PeopleDistrictILU.S.
Population765,627±13,83012,719,141341,784,859
Median age40.7±0.639.739.5
Under 1821.8%±0.8%20.5%21.0%
65 and over18.1%±0.7%18.7%19.0%
Citizens 18 and over546,165±13,6209,281,018249,178,715
Veterans (of adults)3.7%±0.4%4.5%5.9%
With a disability10.9%±0.8%12.5%13.7%
Born outside the U.S.17.6%±1.0%15.6%14.7%
Speak a language other than English at home26.7%±1.4%25.0%22.9%

Survey estimates, each with its margin of error (±, at 90% confidence), for the district as drawn when the survey was taken. The map is at the top of the page.

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.