Representative Baron Hill (D-IN-09)

Representative Baron Hill (D-IN-09)
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Sponsored	Cosponsored	Maverick	Attendance	RBA*
147 points	694 points	2278 points	82.3% points	.095 points

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H.R.6372 Baron Hill 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Commodity Futures Restoration Act To reestablish standards from the Commodity Exchange Act to provide for the regulation of United States markets in energy commodity futures, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.6319 Baron Hill 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Commission on Affordable Health Care Act of 2008 To establish the Commission on Affordable Health Care to study and provide recommendations for establishing a health care system to provide affordable health care to all citizens of the United States and for the roles of certain health care entities in providing such services under such system, and to provide for expedited Congressional consideration of such recommendations. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.6261 Baron Hill 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Midwest Storm Victim Relief Act of 2008 To increase the maximum amount of financial assistance that an individual or household is eligible to receive under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in connection with recent storm damage and flooding in the Midwest, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, June 13, 2008
H.R.6117 Baron Hill 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Small Business Regulatory Equity Act of 2008 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to analyze the impacts of Federal regulations on small businesses. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.5798 Baron Hill 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Homefront Heroes Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for care packages provided for soldiers in combat zones. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008

H.R.5785 Baron Hill 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Homefront Heroes Helping Frontline Families Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for providing volunteer service to military families through the America Supports You program of the Department of Defense. Referred to House committee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5786 Baron Hill 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Homefront Heroes Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for care packages provided for soldiers in combat zones. Referred to House committee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.RES.1018 Baron Hill 24 Cosponsors 1 points	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the House Ethics Commission. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
H.R.3781 Baron Hill 20 Cosponsors 5 points	Biodiesel Promotion and Quality Assurance Act of 2007 To amend the Clean Air Act to promote and assure the quality of biodiesel fuel, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, October 9, 2007
H.R.3726 Baron Hill 26 Cosponsors 5 points	Property Tax Relief Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for real property taxes on the principal residences to all individuals whether or not they itemize other deductions. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 2, 2007
H.R.3640 Baron Hill 1 Cosponsors 5 points	James Madison Memorial Commission Act of 2007 To establish the James Madison Memorial Commission to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a James Madison memorial in Washington, DC, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
H.R.3562 Baron Hill 12 Cosponsors 5 points	Property Tax Relief Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for real property taxes on the principal residences to all individuals whether or not they itemize other deductions. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
H.R.3478 Baron Hill 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To prohibit the closure or relocation of the field office of the Farm Service Agency in Clark County, Indiana. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 5, 2007
H.R.3460 Baron Hill 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Amendments Act of 2007 To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, August 27, 2007
H.R.2927 Baron Hill 177 Cosponsors 5 points	To increase the corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles, to promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, June 28, 2007
H.RES.486 Baron Hill 2 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Anthem Project, which has worked to restore America's voice by re-teaching Americans to sing the national anthem. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 14, 2007
H.R.2685 Baron Hill 30 Cosponsors 5 points	Fiscal Honesty and Accountability Act of 2007 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to extend the discretionary spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, June 12, 2007
H.R.2686 Baron Hill 43 Cosponsors 5 points	Budget Enforcement and Accountability Act of 2007 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Control Act of 1985 to extend the pay-as-you-go provisions through fiscal year 2012. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, June 12, 2007
H.R.2480 Baron Hill 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Gas Price Relief Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the Federal motor fuel excise taxes until the average price of unleaded gasoline is below $3 per gallon for at least 6 months. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
H.R.2481 Baron Hill 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Fuel Efficiency Encouragement Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the number of new qualified hybrid and advanced lean-burn technology vehicles eligible for the alternative motor vehicle credit and to provide for a credit for manufacturing hybrid vehicles. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
H.R.2399 Baron Hill 7 Cosponsors 30 points	Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and title 18, United States Code, to combat the crime of alien smuggling and related activities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 23, 2007
H.R.1754 Baron Hill 59 Cosponsors 5 points	House Ethics Commission Establishment Act of 2007 To establish the House Ethics Commission, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 29, 2007
H.R.3106 Baron Hill 8 Cosponsors 20 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 805 Main Street in Ferdinand, Indiana, as the "Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office". Became Public Law No: 110-105 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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H.R.3480 Chris Carney 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2007 To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for those involved in receiving stolen property where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1424 Patrick Kennedy 270 Cosponsors 0 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.6045 Peter Visclosky 170 Cosponsors 12 points	Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012. House floor actions on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.988 Jim Matheson 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Designating the month of March 2008 as "MRSA Awareness Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, September 25, 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.1381 Lucille Roybal-Allard 113 Cosponsors 0 points	Resolution expressing the sense of the House that there should be an increased public and private commitment prioritizing prevention and public health for all people in the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.3548 Bruce Braley 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2007 To enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public, and for other purposes. Read twice on Friday, August 1, 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.RES.1316 James McGovern 53 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, Operation Desert Storm, and global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by LST amphibious craft during these conflicts. Passed/agreed to in House on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6805 Joe Donnelly 3 Cosponsors 3 points	Biofuels Pipeline Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain income and gains relating to fuels as qualifying income for publicly traded partnerships. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5788 Peter DeFazio 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008 To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish prohibitions against voice communications using a mobile communications device on commercial airline flights, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6695 Tim Walz 13 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to conform the mileage reimbursement rates used under the beneficiary travel program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the mileage reimbursement rates for Government employees on official business who use privately owned vehicles, to eliminate all deductibles under the beneficiary travel program, to ensure that all veterans can participate in the beneficiary travel program, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6720 Tim Bishop 10 Cosponsors 3 points	Natural Gas Strategy Act To establish the Commission on Comprehensive Strategies for the Placement of Natural Gas Infrastructure, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.2140 Shelley Berkley 72 Cosponsors 3 points	Internet Gambling Study Act To provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences to identify the proper response of the United States to the growth of Internet gambling. House committee/subcommittee actions on Monday, July 28, 2008
H.R.6595 Tim Walz 3 Cosponsors 3 points	Middle Class Tax Fairness Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide middle class tax relief while closing tax loopholes, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.RES.1202 Tom Davis 66 Cosponsors 0 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.1323 Harry Mitchell 26 Cosponsors 1 points	Commending the Arizona State University softball team for their victory in the 2008 Women's College World Series. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.984 Gabrielle Giffords 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of July 26, 2008 as "National Day of the Cowboy". Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.2208 Rick Boucher 63 Cosponsors 3 points	Coal Liquid Fuel Act To provide for a standby loan program for certain coal-to-liquid projects. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.RES.1260 Melissa Bean 100 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 0 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.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 0 points	ADA Restoration Act of 2007 To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Read the second time on Friday, June 27, 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.6330 Bart Stupak 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2008 To provide for regulation of certain transactions involving energy commodities, to strengthen the enforcement authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act and the Federal Power Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.R.5448 Tom Allen 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Full Faith in Veterans Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, to improve the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.6258 Rick Boucher 14 Cosponsors 3 points	Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act To accelerate the development and early deployment of systems for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel electric generation facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.6264 John Larson 7 Cosponsors 3 points	To prevent excessive speculation in over-the-counter derivatives markets for certain energy commodities by limiting participation in those markets to persons who are capable of producing, manufacturing, or taking physical delivery of the commodities. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.6238 John Dingell 40 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide for the establishment of an interagency working group to conduct a study to identify the factors that affect the pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products, and to make recommendations on appropriate coordination of oversight and regulation. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.3754 Jim Costa 11 Cosponsors 0 points	To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.RES.1010 Joe Donnelly 46 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the importance of manufactured housing in the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.R.5940 Bart Gordon 30 Cosponsors 0 points	National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008 To authorize activities for support of nanotechnology research and development, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 6, 2008
H.R.3058 Peter DeFazio 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Public Land Communities Transition Assistance Act of 2007 To amend chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter to units of general local government in which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Thursday, June 5, 2008
H.CON.RES.138 Elijah Cummings 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting National Men's Health Week. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
H.R.6056 Maurice Hinchey 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Preserving the American Historical Record Act To authorize the Archivist of the United States to make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
H.R.5552 Gabrielle Giffords 27 Cosponsors 3 points	Border Security Accountability Act of 2008 To require a report on the efforts of the United States Government to increase border security. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.R.5787 Dennis Moore 10 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Real Property Disposal Enhancement Act of 2008 To amend title 40, United States Code, to enhance authorities with regard to real property that has yet to be reported excess, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.R.1157 Nita Lowey 269 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.339 Michael Burgess 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1026 Sanford Bishop 80 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Congressional Club. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1124 Janice Schakowsky 108 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Brain Tumor Awareness Month, and for other purposes. 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.6067 Nick Lampson 20 Cosponsors 3 points	Invest in Energy Independence Act To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to help reduce the oil prices to consumers, to reduce the cost of petroleum acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, to better match the composition of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to refinery requirements in the United States, to fund energy research and development, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.RES.1133 Tim Walz 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating Winona State University on winning the 2008 Division II men's basketball championships. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.RES.1173 Doris Matsui 40 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing AmeriCorps Week. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.RES.1134 Grace Napolitano 148 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.RES.1191 Kathy Castor 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.R.1512 Linda Sanchez 60 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 12, 2008
H.R.5627 Lincoln Diaz-Balart 22 Cosponsors 0 points	To award the congressional gold medal to Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, in recognition of his courageous and unwavering commitment to democracy and human rights in Cuba. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 9, 2008
H.RES.1086 Eddie Bernice Johnson 115 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, May 8, 2008
H.R.5875 Joe Courtney 19 Cosponsors 3 points	PROTECT Act of 2008 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that personal protective equipment undergoes survivability testing before full-scale production. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 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.578 Adam Putnam 55 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Watermelon Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.RES.892 Charlie Wilson 74 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of a "National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day". Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.5069 Peter Visclosky 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2008 To require manufacturers to demonstrate sufficient means to cover, for certain products distributed in commerce, costs of potential recalls, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5899