Representative Buck McKeon (R-CA-25)

Representative Buck McKeon (R-CA-25)
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H.R.7072 Buck McKeon 11 Cosponsors 5 points	To make technical corrections in the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6156 Buck McKeon 2 Cosponsors 0 points	Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Wild Heritage Act To designate certain land as wilderness in the State of California, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.356 Buck McKeon 0 Cosponsors 30 points	To remove certain restrictions on the Mammoth Community Water District's ability to use certain property acquired by that District from the United States. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.RES.1076 Buck McKeon 57 Cosponsors 1 points	Calling upon the courts to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.5887 Buck McKeon 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Soledad Canyon Mine Act To provide to the Secretary of Interior a mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of materials CA-20139 and CA-22901, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 24, 2008

H.R.3977 Buck McKeon 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the tariff rate for certain mechanics' work gloves. Referred to House committee on Thursday, October 25, 2007
H.R.3747 Buck McKeon 7 Cosponsors 5 points	Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2007 To enhance the workforce investment system of the Nation by strengthening one-stop career centers, providing for more effective governance arrangements, promoting access to a more comprehensive array of employment and training, integrating existing employment and training programs to avoid duplication and overlap, establishing a targeted approach to serving youth, and improving performance accountability, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
H.R.3746 Buck McKeon 8 Cosponsors 5 points	College Access and Opportunity Act of 2007 To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965. Referred to House committee on Thursday, October 4, 2007
H.R.2577 Buck McKeon 13 Cosponsors 5 points	State and Local Flexibility Improvement Act To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide additional flexibility to State and local educational agencies to raise the academic achievement of all students. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
H.R.2203 Buck McKeon 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Improving Supplemental Education by Ensuring Parental Awareness Act To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase student access and participation in supplemental educational services, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
H.R.1994 Buck McKeon 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Financial Aid Accountability and Transparency Act of 2007 To provide more transparency in the financial aid process and to ensure that students are receiving the best information about financial aid opportunities. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 9, 2007
H.R.1822 Buck McKeon 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Workplace Representation Integrity Act To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require attestation and proof of citizenship or lawful residency from employees seeking labor representation by way of a process other than through a secret ballot election. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 9, 2007
H.R.1939 Buck McKeon 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Reading First Improvement Act To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the Reading First program. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 9, 2007
H.R.1486 Buck McKeon 12 Cosponsors 5 points	Empowering Parents Through Choice Act To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide parental choice for those students that attend schools that are in need of improvement and have been identified for restructuring. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
H.R.324 Buck McKeon 35 Cosponsors 5 points	Working Families Wage and Access to Health Care Act To increase the minimum wage, to provide access to health care coverage to employees of small businesses, and to preserve American jobs. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 9, 2007
H.R.472 Buck McKeon 7 Cosponsors 5 points	College Affordability and Transparency Act of 2007 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to address the issues of college affordability and transparency. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 9, 2007
H.RES.45 Buck McKeon 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Electing minority members and the Resident Commissioner to certain committees of the House of Representatives. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, January 10, 2007

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H.AMDT.23 Buck McKeon 0 points	An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 110-26 in the Nature of a Substitute. This amendment in the nature of a substitute would strike the underlying text and insert in its place the text of H.R. 866, the Secret Ballot Protection Act. The amendment would prohibit the recognition of unions via card check, and provide that a union may only be recognized and certified after a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. No Action on
H.AMDT.960 Buck McKeon 0 points	An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-539 to require the Corporation to establish priorities for programs funded under the national service laws for programs that recruit veterans into service opportunities, promote community-based efforts to meet the needs of military families while a family member is deployed, and promote community-based efforts to meet the needs of military families when a member of the family returns from a deployment. The amendment also would require the Corporation to annually report to Congress on the number and percentage of national service positions eligible for the education award that are filled by veterans, and to establish annual goals for increasing those numbers and percentages. No Action on
H.AMDT.510 Buck McKeon 0 points	An amendment to reduce appropriations for the Employment and Training Administration by $43,746,000 and increase appropriations for education for the disadvantaged by $75,000,000. No Action on
H.AMDT.492 Buck McKeon 0 points	An amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part B of House Report 110-224 to reduce subsidies in the loan programs an d invests the majority of the savings in the Pell Grant program by providing increases of $350 in 2008 and $100 each year thereafter. It also provides a plan for improved consumer information and public accountability with respect to college costs. No Action on
H.AMDT.934 Buck McKeon 0 points	An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-523 to require the National Research Council to conduct a study of the regulat ions on institutions of higher education. No Action on

H.R.7327 Charles Rangel 3 Cosponsors 27 points	Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 To make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, December 11, 2008
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.CON.RES.405 Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 30 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the first full week of April as "National Workplace Wellness Week". Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6092 Phil Gingrey 42 Cosponsors 2 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 Tallapoosa Street in Bremen, Georgia, as the "Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office Building". Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6889 George Miller 3 Cosponsors 27 points	To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Friday, September 26, 2008

H.RES.1494 Lamar Smith 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of The Christian Science Monitor newspaper. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.RES.1481 Lamar Smith 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Christian Science Monitor newspaper. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 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.5477 Adam Schiff 50 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, California, as the "Chi Mui Post Office Building". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.CON.RES.358 Dean Heller 35 Cosponsors 0 points	Concurrent resolution commending the members of the Nevada Army and Air National Guard and the Nevada Reserve members of the Armed Forces for their dedicated, unselfish, and professional service, commitment, and sacrifices to the State of Nevada and the United States during more than five years of deployments to and in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6788 Randy Kuhl 49 Cosponsors 3 points	SCHIP Full Funding Extension Act of 2008 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend through fiscal year 2012 funding under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 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.1128 Dave Davis 50 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support of the goals and ideals of National Carriage Driving Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.RES.1262 Darrell Issa 49 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Commerce should use all reasonable measures to ensure that every person is counted in the 2010 decennial census. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.R.2493 Roy Blunt 83 Cosponsors 0 points	Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2007 To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number of boutique fuels, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.2208 Rick Boucher 63 Cosponsors 0 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.1255 Tom Cole 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring Toby Keith's commitment to members of the Armed Forces. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
H.RES.1283 Lee Terry 78 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing heartfelt sympathy for the victims and their families following the tornado that hit Little Sioux, Iowa, on June 11, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.5656 Jeb Hensarling 93 Cosponsors 0 points	To repeal a requirement with respect to the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.2279 Joseph Pitts 75 Cosponsors 0 points	To expedite the construction of new refining capacity on closed military installations in the United States, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.512 Xavier Becerra 107 Cosponsors 0 points	Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2007 To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.6207 Todd Akin 38 Cosponsors 1 points	To develop American energy independence, lower gas prices, and open reliable national sources of energy. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.3089 Mac Thornberry 87 Cosponsors 0 points	No More Excuses Energy Act of 2007 To secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.R.1328 Frank Pallone 58 Cosponsors 3 points	Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007 To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act. Placed on the Union Calendar 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.334 Chris Shays 60 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military Appreciation Month. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.RES.1152 Mike Ferguson 82 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring Arnold Palmer for his distinguished career in the sport of golf and his commitment to excellence and sportsmanship. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6048 Mike Turner 58 Cosponsors 6 points	To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.986 John Boehner 57 Cosponsors 2 points	Recognizing the courage and sacrifice of those members of the United States Armed Forces who were held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and calling for a full accounting of the 1,729 members of the Armed Forces who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict. House floor actions on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
H.RES.1134 Grace Napolitano 148 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.R.6025 Cathy McMorris Rodgers 11 Cosponsors 3 points	Family-Friendly Workplace Act To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
H.R.6026 Jerry Lewis 147 Cosponsors 0 points	Clean Global War on Terror Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
H.R.5794 Kevin Brady 70 Cosponsors 3 points	Federal Sunset Act of 2008 To provide for the periodic review of the efficiency and public need for Federal agencies, to establish a Commission for the purpose of reviewing the efficiency and public need of such agencies, and to provide for the abolishment of agencies for which a public need does not exist. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, May 12, 2008
H.R.6002 Gary Miller 4 Cosponsors 3 points	Free Way Act of 2008 To amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit the collection of certain tolls on existing high occupancy vehicles. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 8, 2008
H.RES.1091 Don Young 112 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the life, achievements, and contributions of Charlton Heston and extending its deepest sympathies to the family of Charlton Heston for the loss of such a great generous man, husband, and father. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.RES.1122 Marilyn Musgrave 112 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing Armed Forces Day. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.RES.1119 Todd Platts 5 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals highlighted through National Volunteer Week. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.R.5914 Paul Kanjorski 18 Cosponsors 1 points	Student Loan Access Act of 2008 To clarify the authority of the Federal Financing Bank to purchase loans guaranteed under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.CON.RES.323 Phil Gingrey 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing Congressional support for the goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, April 23, 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.5825 Devin Nunes 237 Cosponsors 3 points	Hubbard Act To amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United States Code, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.R.5775 Pete Sessions 25 Cosponsors 3 points	Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Enforcement Act of 2008 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to provide for specified civil penalties for violations of that Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 10, 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.5723 Paul Kanjorski 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Emergency Student Loan Market Liquidity Act To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to allow Federal home loan banks to invest surplus funds in student loan securities and make advances for student loan financing, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee 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.R.3361 Charles Rangel 3 Cosponsors 15 points	Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007 To make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Received in the Senate on Monday, March 31, 2008
H.RES.953 Joe Knollenberg 44 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces both at home and abroad. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
H.RES.493 Jerry Lewis 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating the women's water polo team of the University of California, Los Angeles, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Water Polo National Championship, and congratulating UCLA on its 100th NCAA sports national title, making it the most accomplished athletic program in NCAA history. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.315 Joe Wilson 111 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the idea that coalition victory in Iraq is possible. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.RES.958 John Kline 75 Cosponsors 0 points	Reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to the patriotic and professional men and women serving in the United States Marine Corps in defense of the United States. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 29, 2008
H.RES.944 David Scott 71 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the service and accomplishments of Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, United States Army, for his 37 years of service on behalf of the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.5222 John Campbell 92 Cosponsors 1 points	Semper Fi Act To rescind funds appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, for the City of Berkeley, California, and any entities located in such city, and to provide that such funds shall be transferred to the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account of the Department of Defense for the purposes of recruiting. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
H.R.4344 Tim Walberg 28 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend section 435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of economic hardship. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
H.R.4464 Tom Price 107 Cosponsors 3 points	Common Sense English Act To ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
H.RES.753 Jim Moran 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring and thanking the soldiers that served the top secret units for the United States Military Intelligence Service under the project name "Post Office Box 1142". Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 1, 2008
H.RES.932 Linda Sanchez 42 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing support for designation of the week of February 4 through February 8, 2008 as "National School Counseling Week". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.RES.916 Dan Lipinski 55 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, January 23, 2008