Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02)

Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02)
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312 points	884 points	42 points	82.2% points	.273 points

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H.R.5577 Bennie Thompson 20 Cosponsors 5 points	Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend, modify, and recodify the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities, and for other purposes. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consider... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6425 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Homeland Security Relief Corps Act of 2008 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to maintain a Response and Recovery Corps to perform functions related to the collective response to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.7218 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management performance grants to provide for domestic preparedness and collective response to catastrophic incidents, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.6244 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue regulations that require that any award fee under a cost-plus-award-fee contract entered into by the Department of Homeland Security shall be determined and paid based on a successful acquisition outcome that is specified in the contract, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.6245 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a direct link on the website of the Department of Homeland Security to the website of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008

H.R.6246 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To require the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to establish an international registered traveler program that incorporates available technologies to expedite and enhance the security, screening, and processing of international travelers at United States borders, including United States citizens and lawful permanent residents, who enter and exit the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.6247 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and acquire new technologies to inspect and screen air cargo on passenger aircraft to ensure transportation security, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.6762 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Homeowners Insurance and Mitigation Assistance Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against tax for increased homeowners insurance premiums suffered by certain coastal homeowners subject to increased risk from hurricane events, and for homeowner mitigation expenditures for natural catastrophic events. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1241 Bennie Thompson 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Resolution congratulating Ensign DeCarol Davis upon her serving as the valedictorian of the Coast Guard Academy's class of 2008 and becoming the first African American to earn this honor, and encouraging the Coast Guard Academy to seek and enroll diverse candidates in the cadet corps. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.6424 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Property Mitigation Assistance Act of 2008 To establish a homeowner mitigation loan program within the Federal Emergency Management Agency to promote pre-disaster property mitigation measures. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.5982 Bennie Thompson 1 Cosponsors 30 points	Biometric Enhancement for Airport-Risk Reduction Act of 2008 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, for purposes of transportation security, to conduct a study on how airports can transition to uniform, standards-based, and interoperable biometric identifier systems for airport workers with unescorted access to secure or sterile areas of an airport, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.RES.1038 Bennie Thompson 1 Cosponsors 8 points	Recognizing the fifth anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security and honoring the Department's employees for their extraordinary efforts and contributions to protect and secure our Nation. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.R.4457 Bennie Thompson 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To establish the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area and the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, December 14, 2007
H.R.4079 Bennie Thompson 7 Cosponsors 5 points	Safe and Healthy Emergency Housing Act of 2007 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require that temporary housing units provided to assist disaster victims comply with certain formaldehyde emissions requirements, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, November 6, 2007
H.R.2479 Bennie Thompson 7 Cosponsors 5 points	Emergency Child Care Services Act To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act relating to emergency child care services, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, November 6, 2007
H.R.4010 Bennie Thompson 1 Cosponsors 1 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 West Percy Street in Indianola, Mississippi, as the "Minnie Cox Post Office Building". Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
H.R.1680 Bennie Thompson 9 Cosponsors 30 points	Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007 To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate to prevent and deter the acquisition of ammonium nitrate by terrorists, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, October 24, 2007
H.R.1684 Bennie Thompson 10 Cosponsors 30 points	Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 To authorize appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, May 11, 2007
H.R.2006 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Secure Visa Waiver and Preventing Terrorist Travel Partnership Act To improve the Nation's homeland security by strengthening the security of the visa waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 4, 2007
H.R.1401 Bennie Thompson 18 Cosponsors 30 points	Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007 To improve the security of railroads, public transportation, and over-the-road buses in the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, March 28, 2007
H.R.399 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 10 points	To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse". Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, March 14, 2007
H.R.863 Bennie Thompson 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Improving Communications Interoperability Grant Program Act To improve communications interoperability for emergency response. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 23, 2007
H.RES.191 Bennie Thompson 1 Cosponsors 1 points	Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Homeland Security in the One Hundred Tenth Congress. Referred to House committee on Friday, February 16, 2007
H.R.978 Bennie Thompson 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Intelligence Community Audit Act of 2007 To reaffirm the authority of the Comptroller General to audit and evaluate the programs, activities, and financial transactions of the intelligence community, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, February 9, 2007
H.RES.151 Bennie Thompson 16 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing and honoring York for his role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 8, 2007
H.R.1 Bennie Thompson 202 Cosponsors 91 points	To provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Became Public Law No: 110-53 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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H.AMDT.285 Bennie Thompson 0 points	An amendment to strike section 537(b). Section 537(b) establishes an objective of awarding at least 3 percent of all contracts to small business. No Action on
H.AMDT.146 Bennie Thompson 0 points	An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-136 to add reporting requirements, revise annuitant provisions, and require a GAO report on law enforcement retirement systems. The amendment also adds a provision related to travel efficiency. The amendment also strikes some provisions of the bill. No Action on
H.AMDT.60 Bennie Thompson 0 points	An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-74 to make technical and clerical changes to H.R. 1401, as reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. It also clarifies the relationship between the Department of Homeland Security and Transportation in carrying out certain portions of the bill, and modifies the whistleblower protections for federal employees and contractors to make them more similar to those granted in H.R. 985. No Action on

H.R.4131 Laura Richardson 70 Cosponsors 7 points	To designate a portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, as the "Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway". Presented to President on Friday, October 10, 2008
H.R.1717 Michael McCaul 15 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a National Bio and Agro-defense Facility. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consider... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.214 Peter King 39 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation. 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.R.6869 Loretta Sanchez 10 Cosponsors 3 points	Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2008 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a rule with respect to border security searches of electronic devices, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.RES.135 Eddie Bernice Johnson 41 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week should be established. Passed/agreed to in House on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.923 John Lewis 81 Cosponsors 17 points	Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.1943 Maxine Waters 42 Cosponsors 0 points	Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2007 To provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.3815 Ed Perlmutter 13 Cosponsors 15 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.CON.RES.426 Maxine Waters 52 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Minority AIDS Initiative. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.6999 Elijah Cummings 3 Cosponsors 3 points	Integrated Deepwater Program Reform Act of 2008 To restructure the Coast Guard Integrated Deepwater Program, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 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.2352 Steve Rothman 55 Cosponsors 0 points	School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.176 Barbara Lee 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Act of 2007 To authorize the establishment of educational exchange and development programs for member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, September 15, 2008
H.CON.RES.344 Sheila Jackson-Lee 48 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the disproportionate impact of the global food crisis on children in the developing world. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.RES.1429 Yvette Clarke 10 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the employees of the Department of Homeland Security, their partners at all levels of government, and the millions of emergency response providers and law enforcement agents nationwide should be commended for their dedicated service on the Nation's front lines in the war against acts of terrorism. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 11, 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.6295 Dan Lungren 7 Cosponsors 0 points	To enhance drug trafficking interdiction by creating a Federal felony relating to operating or embarking in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5170 Chris Carney 1 Cosponsors 18 points	Department of Homeland Security Component Privacy Officer Act of 2008 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for a privacy official within each component of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.5983 James Langevin 5 Cosponsors 18 points	Homeland Security Network Defense and Accountability Act of 2008 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the information security of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6193 Jane Harman 7 Cosponsors 18 points	Improving Public Access to Documents Act of 2008 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer policies, procedures, and programs to promote the implementation of the Controlled Unclassified Information Framework applicable to unclassified information that is homeland security information, terrorism information, weapons of mass destruction information and other information within the scope of the information sharing environment established under section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485), and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1406 Hilda Solis 17 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and supporting the work of Community Health Workers. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.896 Joe Baca 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for primary lateral sclerosis, supporting the goals and ideals of Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6388 Henry Waxman 18 Cosponsors 18 points	Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2008 To provide additional authorities to the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.194 Steve Cohen 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 29, 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.CON.RES.364 Barbara Lee 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the Significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.RES.1311 Chaka Fattah 74 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of National GEAR UP Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.CON.RES.381 Donald Payne 54 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring and recognizing the dedication and achievements of Thurgood Marshall on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Received in the Senate on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1090 William Jefferson 48 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the esteemed former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.6316 Lloyd Doggett 91 Cosponsors 3 points	To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions through the creation of a domestic carbon market and international trade measures, and to direct the revenue therefrom to public interests. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.3121 Maxine Waters 12 Cosponsors 0 points	Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 To restore the financial solvency of the national flood insurance program and to provide for such program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms and floods, and for other purposes. Resolving differences -- House actions on Thursday, July 10, 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.CON.RES.370 Sheila Jackson-Lee 51 Cosponsors 5 points	Expressing support for designation of September 2008 as "Gospel Music Heritage Month" and honoring gospel music for its valuable and longstanding contributions to the culture of the United States. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.RES.353 Elijah Cummings 101 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be an increased commitment supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.3014 Hilda Solis 113 Cosponsors 3 points	Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007 To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.CON.RES.372 Carolyn Kilpatrick 35 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Black Music Month and to honor the outstanding contributions that African American singers and musicians have made to the United States. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.CON.RES.2 Donna Christensen 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that children in the United States should understand and appreciate the contributions of individuals from the territories of the United States and the contributions of such individuals in United States history. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.RES.1229 Greg Meeks 107 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the achievements of America's high school valedictorians of the graduating class of 2008, promoting the importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and rewarding academic excellence of all American high school students. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 23, 2008
H.R.6332 James Clyburn 67 Cosponsors 3 points	To authorize additoinal appropriations for summer youth employment activities under the Workforce Invesment Act of 1998 for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.R.6335 Corrine Brown 9 Cosponsors 0 points	To provide for the transfer to the Government of Haiti of the real property of the former United States Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.R.4179 Yvette Clarke 16 Cosponsors 18 points	Fair, Accurate, Secure and Timely Redress Act of 2007 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an appeal and redress process for individuals wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight, or denied a right, benefit, or privilege, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.4749 Peter King 2 Cosponsors 18 points	National Bombing Prevention Act of 2007 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office for Bombing Prevention, to address terrorist explosive threats, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.RES.1230 Donald Payne 60 Cosponsors 4 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.1150 Sheila Jackson-Lee 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with the congressional mandate provided for in the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit lines. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 18, 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.RES.1237 Danny Davis 69 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and more effectively facing the challenges of the future. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.6255 Barbara Lee 37 Cosponsors 3 points	Next Steps for Haiti Act of 2008 To provide for professional exchanges with Haiti, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.512 Xavier Becerra 107 Cosponsors