Representative Adam Smith (D-WA-09)

Representative Adam Smith (D-WA-09)
Supporting Lineup

Sponsored	Cosponsored	Maverick	Attendance	RBA*
66 points	580 points	227 points	79.3% points	.125 points

Bio

News

Interests

Congresspedia

Looking back on the caste system

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | 8:21 PM CST

Capitalism is not dead leading Catholic businessmen tell cardinal

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 | 8:37 PM CST

Economix: Can Businesses Do Well and Do Good?

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 | 12:18 PM CST

The age of Coke killed Wedgwood's cup and saucer

Monday, January 5, 2009 | 10:36 PM CST

Google Hopes to Open a Trove of Little-Seen Books

Monday, January 5, 2009 | 1:39 AM CST

More news

Legislation

Amendments

Co-sponsored Leg

Co-sponsored Amdts

All Votes

Maverick Votes

H.R.7117 Adam Smith 0 Cosponsors 5 points	National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Act To establish a program to improve freight mobility in the United States, to establish the National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Fund, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.7118 Adam Smith 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Travelers' Privacy Protection Act of 2008 To protect citizens and legal residents of the United States from unreasonable searches and seizures of electronic equipment at the border, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.5953 Adam Smith 5 Cosponsors 5 points	MediFair Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of items and services provided to Medicare beneficiaries residing in rural areas. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, May 5, 2008
H.R.4247 Adam Smith 19 Cosponsors 5 points	Strengthening the Transition and Reintegration Of the National Guard and Reserves Act To improve certain compensation, health care, and education benefits for individuals who serve in a reserve component of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, December 20, 2007
H.RES.911 Adam Smith 21 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House that the United States should increase United States forces in Afghanistan and responsibly redeploy forces from Iraq. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, December 19, 2007

H.R.3801 Adam Smith 22 Cosponsors 5 points	Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, October 10, 2007
H.R.1302 Adam Smith 84 Cosponsors 30 points	Global Poverty Act of 2007 To require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
H.R.2043 Adam Smith 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To provide for a Medicaid demonstration project for chronic disease management. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 26, 2007
H.R.1259 Adam Smith 21 Cosponsors 5 points	High-Performance Buildings Act of 2007 To increase the use and research of sustainable building design technology, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 11, 2007

( More )

H.R.5443 Ed Royce 51 Cosponsors 0 points	United States-Republic of Korea Defense Cooperation Improvement Act of 2008 To improve defense cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the United States. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1424 Patrick Kennedy 270 Cosponsors 27 points	Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
H.R.1343 Gene Green 247 Cosponsors 0 points	Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.J.RES.62 Joe Baca 82 Cosponsors 20 points	Native American Heritage Day Act of 2007 To honor the achievements and contributions of Native Americans to the United States, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6828 Brad Sherman 4 Cosponsors 3 points	Export Control Improvements Act To make improvements in the electronic filing of export data, to strengthen enforcement authorities under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008

H.R.1532 Gene Green 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 222 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. Received in the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.1421 Walter Jones 44 Cosponsors 0 points	Solemnly commemorating the 25th anniversary of the tragic October 1983 terrorist bombing of the United States Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon and remembering those who lost their lives and those who were injured. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.3815 Ed Perlmutter 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2007 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source homeland security information products, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.RES.1000 Michael Doyle 58 Cosponsors 0 points	To commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Naming of Pittsburgh as the culmination of the Forbes Campaign across Pennsylvania and the significance this event played in the making of America, in the settlement of the Continent, and in spreading the ideals of freedom and democracy throughout the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.RES.1369 Barbara Lee 35 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing nongovernmental organizations working to bring just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1402 Joseph Crowley 41 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting a transition to democracy through free, fair, credible, peaceful, and transparent elections in Bangladesh. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1374 Cathy McMorris Rodgers 8 Cosponsors 3 points	Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Grand Coulee Dam and recognizing its critical role in the national and economic security of the United States and the contributions of hydroelectric power to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1364 Geoff Davis 36 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the persons who are serving or have served in the airborne forces of the Armed Forces. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, September 4, 2008
H.R.3021 Ben Chandler 140 Cosponsors 0 points	21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6738 Jay Inslee 10 Cosponsors 3 points	The National Bioenergy Partnership Act To establish a National Bioenergy Partnership. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6740 Jay Inslee 4 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.415 Mike Honda 52 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring Edward Day Cohota, Joseph L. Pierce, and other veterans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent who fought in the United States Civil War. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.1266 Elton Gallegly 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating Albania and Croatia on being invited to begin accession talks with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and expressing support for continuing to enlarge the alliance. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.1379 Barbara Lee 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Passport Month. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.RES.1202 Tom Davis 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Guard Youth Challenge Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.RES.1139 Neil Abercrombie 36 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and congratulating the men and women who provide exceptional service to our military and keep our Pacific Fleet "fit to fight". Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.3227 Doc Hastings 5 Cosponsors 0 points	To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1261 Diana Degette 26 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating East High School in Denver, Colorado, on winning the 2008 "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" national competition. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.3329 Al Green 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Homes for Heroes Act of 2007 To provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6387 Chris Van Hollen 7 Cosponsors 0 points	Afghanistan-Pakistan Security and Prosperity Enhancement Act To provide duty-free treatment for certain goods from designated Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.RES.1328 Todd Platts 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 6 points	Lumbee Recognition Act To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
H.RES.1307 Brian Baird 42 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the Kingdom of Bhutan's participation in the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and commending the people and the Government of the Kingdom of Bhutan for their commitment to holding elections and broadening political participation. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.2818 Ed Perlmutter 134 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of epilepsy centers of excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.6364 Norm Dicks 6 Cosponsors 3 points	Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for programs and activities to protect the water quality of Puget Sound, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.RES.1230 Donald Payne 60 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning postelection violence in Zimbabwe and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.RES.1002 Earl Blumenauer 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of a "Public Radio Recognition Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.161 Jay Inslee 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Bainbridge Island Japanese American Monument Act of 2007 To adjust the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.886 Rick Larsen 6 Cosponsors 9 points	Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2007 To enhance ecosystem protection and the range of outdoor opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River valley of the State of Washington by designating certain lower-elevation Federal lands as wilderness, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.RES.1268 Betty McCollum 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States foreign assistance is a critical instrument for achieving our national security goals and that modernizing United States foreign assistance should become a national priority. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.6039 Zoe Lofgren 34 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.752 G. K. Butterfield 61 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2007 To direct Federal agencies to transfer excess Federal electronic equipment, including computers, computer components, printers, and fax machines, to educational recipients. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.R.3819 Zack Space 48 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse veterans receiving emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for such treatment until such veterans are transferred to Department facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.RES.1026 Sanford Bishop 80 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Congressional Club. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.2894 Dutch Ruppersberger 296 Cosponsors 0 points	Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner" and the War of 1812, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 19, 2008
H.R.980 Dale Kildee 278 Cosponsors 0 points	Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. Senate floor actions on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.R.5990 Jim Matheson 6 Cosponsors 0 points	Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act To require ratings label on video games and to prohibit the sales and rentals of adult-rated video games to minors. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, May 8, 2008
H.RES.952 Ron Klein 149 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Teacher Day to honor and celebrate teachers in the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, May 5, 2008
H.RES.1011 Frank Wolf 60 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling on the United States Government and the international community to promptly develop, fund, and implement a comprehensive regional strategy to protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian operations, contain and reduce violence, and contribute to conditions for sustainable peace and good governance in Chad, as well as in the wider region that includes the northern region of the Central African Republic and the Darfur region of Sudan. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, May 5, 2008
H.R.5689 Lloyd Doggett 106 Cosponsors 3 points	Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title 18, United States Code, to deter the smuggling of tobacco products into the United States, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.RES.1130 Sam Graves 85 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the roles and contributions of America's teachers to building and enhancing our Nation's civic, cultural, and economic well being. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.RES.1073 Danny Davis 58 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that public servants should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the Nation during Public Service Recognition Week, May 5 through 11, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.5854 Chris Van Hollen 46 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers Association of America, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 28, 2008
H.R.2809 Jay Inslee 28 Cosponsors 3 points	New Apollo Energy Act of 2007 To ensure that the United States leads the world baseline in developing and manufacturing next generation energy technologies, to grow the economy of the United States, to create new highly trained, highly skilled American jobs, to eliminate American overdependence on foreign oil, and to address the threat of global warming. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.4775 Peter DeFazio 35 Cosponsors 0 points	Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act To prohibit the manufacture, processing, possession, or distribution in commerce of the poison sodium fluoroacetate (known as "Compound 1080"), to provide for the collection and destruction of remaining stocks of Compound 1080, to compensate persons who turn in Compound 1080 to the Secretary of Agriculture for destruction, to prohibit the use of certain predator control devices by the federal government, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.900 Jose Serrano 128 Cosponsors 3 points	Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007 To provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico. Placed on the Union Calendar on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.5874 Michael Burgess 42 Cosponsors 0 points	National MS Disease Registry Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a permanent Multiple Sclerosis National Surveillance System. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.2537 Frank Pallone 39 Cosponsors 0 points	Beach Protection Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to beach monitoring, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
H.R.5828 Donald Manzullo 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Securing Exports Through Coordination and Technology Act To enhance the reliability of information in the Automated Export System, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
H.R.281 Susan Davis 84 Cosponsors 0 points	Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections. Placed on the Union Calendar on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5674 Kendrick Meek 42 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide secure storage areas in prison facilities for employees authorized to carry a firearm. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5714 Ike Skelton 107 Cosponsors 3 points	United States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 2008 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the establishment of the United States Army in 1775, to honor the American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States Army and its role in American society, from the Colonial period to today. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
H.RES.1020 Peter Welch 60 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the tremendous service that members of the Armed Forces have given to the Nation, especially those who have been wounded in combat. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
H.R.2040 John Lewis 311 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 2, 2008
H.RES.1069 Joseph Crowley 44 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the use of television programming by Hamas to indoctrinate hatred, violence, and anti-Semitism toward Israel in young Palestinian children. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.3905 Jim McDermott 22 Cosponsors 3 points	New Partnership for Development Act of 2007 To provide for an additional trade preference program for least developed countries, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 25, 2008
H.R.5635 Ron Kind 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Digital Television Transition Consumer Relief Act of 2008 To suspend temporarily the duty on digital-to-analog converter boxes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, March 19, 2008
H.R.1084 Sam Farr 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2007 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to build operational readiness in civilian agencies, and for other purposes. Read the second time on Friday, March 7, 2008
H.R.5560 Peter Welch 78 Cosponsors 0 points	Right to Clean Vehicles Act To permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.RES.968 Jim Moran 22 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 29, 2008
H.R.5229 Roscoe Bartlett 57 Cosponsors 1 points	Montgomery GI Bill Educational Assistance Transferability Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove certain limitations on the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 29, 2008
H.R.4838 Tammy Baldwin 89 Cosponsors 0 points	Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2007 To provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.RES.930 Brian Baird 29 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "Career and Technical Education Month".