U.S. House · Illinois, District 11

Rep. Bill Foster

Democrat Serving since March 8, 2008Term ends Jan. 3, 2027Missed 0.6% of votes (4 of 674) · How this is measured

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Foster
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Bill Foster's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress43rdpercentile
More liberal than 57% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
227th most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress88thpercentile
More conservative than 87% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
33rd most conservative of 259
The House43rdpercentile
More liberal than 56% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
186th most liberal of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

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Votes with own party
97%
Q1 2025: 96% → Q3 2026: 94%

Lower than 140 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual97%
Expected94%
Difference+2 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Bill Foster. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 469 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 94%See the 469 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
14%all votes
Q1 2025: 11% → Q3 2026: 27%

Higher than 155 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual14%
Expected16%
Difference−3 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Bill Foster. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 141 votes14% on legislation onlySee the 141 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Bill Foster went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Bill Foster voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

How this is measured
DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 55.0%Trump 43.5%

Illinois's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.

Issue by issue

How often Bill Foster votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Bill Foster sides with their party least often on Finance and Financial Sector (85%) and Commerce (88%).

Bill FosterAverage for House Democrats
  1. Finance and Financial Sector 85%Average 88% · 13 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  2. Commerce 88%Average 94% · 8 votes on Commerce
  3. Labor and Employment 92%Average 97% · 12 votes on Labor and Employment
  4. Crime and Law Enforcement 93%Average 89% · 28 votes on Crime and Law Enforcement
  5. International Affairs 94%Average 96% · 16 votes on International Affairs
  6. Government Operations and Politics 94%Average 92% · 18 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  7. Energy 95%Average 96% · 38 votes on Energy
  8. Environmental Protection 96%Average 96% · 27 votes on Environmental Protection
  9. Economics and Public Finance 97%Average 99% · 63 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  10. Congress 99%Average 100% · 112 votes on Congress
  11. Armed Forces and National Security 100%Average 97% · 41 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  12. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 98% · 19 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  13. Immigration 100%Average 91% · 15 votes on Immigration
  14. Education 100%Average 89% · 12 votes on Education
  15. Agriculture and Food 100%Average 94% · 8 votes on Agriculture and Food
  16. Law 100%Average 99% · 6 votes on Law
  17. Health 100%Average 100% · 7 votes on Health

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Animals (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Emergency Management (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

4 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Contact and committees

Contact

D.C. office phone
202-225-3515
Office
2366 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1311
Official website
foster.house.gov

Committees

  • Committee on Financial Services
    3 subcommittees
    • Financial Institutions Ranking member
    • Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
    • National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions
  • Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Committee data: the congress-legislators project (public domain), refreshed with every update. Chair and ranking-member roles as published there.

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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