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Bill Foster

Bill Foster

DemocratIL-11 · Representative
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Bill Foster

Bill Foster

DemocratIL-11 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Moderate (-0.238)
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Bill Foster is a Democrat Representative from IL, District 11. He has served 18 years in Congress across 9 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as moderate, voting with his party 97.6% of the time.

18
Years in Office
9
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

97.6%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
11 votes against party
0.9%
Missed Votesⓘ
470 total votes
9
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Bill Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+1.6% vs avg
97.6%
Avg: 96.0%
Missed Votes-2.7% vs avg
0.9%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored+1.8 vs avg
9
Avg: 7.2

Committee Assignments

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Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence SubcommitteeMemberFinancial Institutions and Monetary Policy SubcommitteeRanking MemberFinancial Services CommitteeMemberNational Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions SubcommitteeMemberScience, Space, and Technology CommitteeMember

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-02-25

$2,189,968
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,518,158
Total Receiptsⓘ
$878,755
Disbursementsⓘ
$841,522
Individual Donors
$558,000
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2008–2011House · IL-14 · Democrat
2013–2027House · IL-11 · DemocratCurrent

District Demographics

IL-11 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

750,921
Population
$106,961
Median Income
39.3
Median Age
44.8%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 68.1%Black 6.1%Hispanic 19.3%Asian 8.4%