Representative Charles Gonzalez (D-TX-20)

Representative Charles Gonzalez (D-TX-20)
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71 points	923 points	168 points	81.7% points	.000 points

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H.R.7074 Charles Gonzalez 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Home Office Tax Deduction Simplification and Improvement Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the deduction for use of a portion of a residence as a home office by providing an optional standard home office deduction. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6010 Charles Gonzalez 1 Cosponsors 5 points	National Trauma Institute Research Program Act To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a National Trauma Institute Research Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 23, 2008
H.R.5964 Charles Gonzalez 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Clean Air Act to extend the compliance period for persons subject to the renewable fuel mandate in the years 2008, 2009, and 2010. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.R.4227 Charles Gonzalez 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify an exception to certain prohibitions. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.4935 Charles Gonzalez 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories from the Medicare competitive acquisition program until the clinical comparability of such products can be validated. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008

H.R.4778 Charles Gonzalez 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories from the Medicare competitive acquisition program until the clinical comparability of such products can be validated. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, December 18, 2007
H.RES.721 Charles Gonzalez 15 Cosponsors 5 points	Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Mendez v. Westminster decision which ended segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students in California schools, and for other purposes;. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, October 22, 2007
H.R.3673 Charles Gonzalez 1 Cosponsors 5 points	National Trauma Institute Act To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a National Trauma Institute. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 19, 2007
H.R.2271 Charles Gonzalez 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Unlawful Employers Accountability and Illegal Alien State Reimbursement Act of 2007 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve enforcement of restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens and to reimburse State and local governments for costs associated with serving illegal aliens. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
H.R.1953 Charles Gonzalez 18 Cosponsors 5 points	Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits under title II of the Social Security Act. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 9, 2007
H.R.2422 Charles Gonzalez 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To require railroad carriers to prepare and maintain a plan for notifying local emergency responders before transporting hazardous materials through their jurisdictions. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 23, 2007
H.R.1952 Charles Gonzalez 17 Cosponsors 5 points	National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to achieve a national health information infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction under section 179 for the purchase of qualified health care information technology by medical care providers. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 25, 2007
H.R.1519 Charles Gonzalez 2 Cosponsors 5 points	American Homebuyers Protection Act To prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts that contain in a single document both a mandatory arbitration agreement and other contract provisions, to prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to a mandatory arbitration agreement as a condition precedent to entering into a homebuilding purchase contract, and to provide for the Federal Trade Commission to enforce violations of such prohibitions as unfair and deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 15, 2007
H.R.1005 Charles Gonzalez 0 Cosponsors 5 points	For the relief of Vicente Beltran Luna. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 26, 2007
H.RES.145 Charles Gonzalez 50 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the public service of Archbishop Patrick Flores. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 8, 2007

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H.R.6034 James McGovern 31 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children. Placed on the Union Calendar on Friday, October 3, 2008
H.R.948 Ed Markey 32 Cosponsors 3 points	Social Security Number Protection Act of 2007 To strengthen the authority of the Federal Government to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers, and for other purposes. House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.2583 Michael Burgess 23 Cosponsors 0 points	Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007 To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
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.2933 Gary Miller 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2007 To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for that Act, and for other purposes. Read twice on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.R.2994 Lois Capps 56 Cosponsors 0 points	National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 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.R.6064 Lloyd Doggett 70 Cosponsors 18 points	National Silver Alert Act To encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6357 John Dingell 12 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote the adoption of health information technology, and for other purposes. House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.642 Stephanie Jones 101 Cosponsors 0 points	College Fire Prevention Act To establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.429 Mike Conaway 55 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the importance of the United States wine industry to the American economy. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.3402 Eliot Engel 14 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling Card Consumer Protection Act To require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services. 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.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.2095 Jim Oberstar 94 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes. Cleared for White House 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.6437 Mike Conaway 33 Cosponsors 6 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 North Texas Avenue in Odessa, Texas, as the "Corporal Alfred Mac Wilson Post Office". Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.5265 Eliot Engel 123 Cosponsors 0 points	Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6869 Loretta Sanchez 10 Cosponsors 0 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.R.7147 Jesse L. Jackson 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.7157 Ed Markey 6 Cosponsors 3 points	Radio All Digital Channel Receiver Act To require that radios used in the satellite digital radio service be capable of receiving terrestrial digital radio signals. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.7162 Solomon Ortiz 4 Cosponsors 1 points	Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Improvement Act of 2008 To establish certain standards for the adjudication of United States passport applications, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 222 Cosponsors 24 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.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.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.R.6339 Zoe Lofgren 9 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Employees Deserve to Volunteer on the Elections Act of 2008 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide additional leave for Federal employees to serve as poll workers, and to direct the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to States for poll worker recruitment and training. Reported 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.R.4828 Solomon Ortiz 2 Cosponsors 0 points	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Boundary Expansion Act of 2007 To amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of the historic site, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.7069 Carolyn Maloney 4 Cosponsors 3 points	Restoring the Integrity of American Statistics Act of 2008 To make the Census Bureau an independent establishment. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.CON.RES.425 Michael Burgess 1 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to pass meaningful legislation to protect commercial and government data from data breaches. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.7040 Dennis Kucinich 6 Cosponsors 3 points	Protecting Voters in Foreclosure Act of 2008 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to ensure that individuals who reside in a jurisdiction in a residence subject to foreclosure proceedings may continue to vote in elections for Federal office held in the jurisdiction, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 24, 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.R.2831 George Miller 92 Cosponsors 0 points	Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.7003 Lloyd Doggett 10 Cosponsors 3 points	Wounded Veteran Job Security Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination and acts of reprisal against persons who receive treatment for illnesses, injuries, and disabilities incurred in or aggravated by service in the uniformed services. 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.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.R.998 Carolyn McCarthy 82 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil Rights History Project Act of 2007 To direct the Librarian of Congress and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out a joint project at the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.CON.RES.163 Heather Wilson 104 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress in support of further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.5167 Bruce Braley 37 Cosponsors 18 points	Justice for Victims of Torture and Terrorism Act A bill to terminate the authority of the President to waive, with regard to Iraq, certain provisions under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 unless certain conditions are met. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
H.R.2343 Danny Davis 66 Cosponsors 0 points	Education Begins at Home Act To expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health concerns, and for other purposes. House Committee on Armed Services Granted an extension for further consideration... on Friday, September 12, 2008
H.R.3114 Louise Slaughter 80 Cosponsors 0 points	National Women's Rights History Project Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 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.6041 Silvestre Reyes 20 Cosponsors 3 points	To redesignate the Rio Grande American Canal in El Paso, Texas, as the "Travis C. Johnson Canal". Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.CON.RES.361 Janice Schakowsky 66 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating Irena Sendler, a woman whose bravery saved the lives of thousands during the Holocaust and remembering her legacy of courage, selflessness, and hope. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1332 Dennis Cardoza 36 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the importance of connecting foster youth to the workforce through internship programs, and encouraging employers to increase employment of former foster youth. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.415 Mike Honda 52 Cosponsors 3 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.R.2192 Paul Hodes 44 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 30, 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.6679 Ciro Rodriguez 2 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to provide for reimbursement for costs incurred by the non-Federal interest in the flood control project in San Antonio, Texas, and for other purposes. Referred to House 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.R.6438 Joe Courtney 10 Cosponsors 0 points	National Guard Technician Recruitment and Retention Act of 2008 To amend title 10, United States Code, to lift restrictions on the availability of certain enlistment, reenlistment, and student loan benefits for military technicians, when membership in a reserve component is a condition of the military technician's employment and to repeal the prohibition in title 32, United States Code, against overtime pay for National Guard technicians. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, July 25, 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.CON.RES.295 Gus Bilirakis 42 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the deepest appreciation of Congress to the families of members of the United States Armed Forces. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 17, 2008
H.R.6293 Robin Hayes 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Military Children's School Investment Act To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a discretionary grant program for school construction for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.R.5546 John Conyers 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008 To amend the antitrust laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.CON.RES.299 Ed Markey 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1067 Joe Courtney 35 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the crossing of the North Pole by the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) and its significance in the history of both our Nation and the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, July 14, 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.5541 Nick Rahall 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6184 Mike Castle 7 Cosponsors 0 points	America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 To provide for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins that are emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.5741 Madeleine Bordallo 14 Cosponsors 18 points	Shark Conservation Act of 2008 To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the