Representative Charlie Wilson (D-OH-06)

Representative Charlie Wilson (D-OH-06)
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H.R.6342 Charlie Wilson 13 Cosponsors 1 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 2nd Avenue in Gallipolis, Ohio, as the "Bob Evans Post Office Building". Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.RES.892 Charlie Wilson 74 Cosponsors 5 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.5510 Charlie Wilson 16 Cosponsors 5 points	Social Security Fairness for the Terminally Ill Act of 2008 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period in the disability insurance program, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.R.3647 Charlie Wilson 7 Cosponsors 5 points	To delay for 6 months the requirement to use tamper-resistant prescription pads under the Medicaid Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 8, 2007
H.R.3090 Charlie Wilson 59 Cosponsors 5 points	Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act of 2007 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to limit to class II narcotics the required use of tamper-resistant prescription pads under the Medicaid Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 18, 2007

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H.R.840 Julia Carson 85 Cosponsors 0 points	Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2007 To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate the housing assistance programs for homeless persons under title IV of such Act, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.239 Jean Schmidt 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and acknowledging the important role of adoption, and commending all parties involved, including birthparents who carry out an adoption plan, adoptive families, and adopted children. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.5611 David Scott 52 Cosponsors 18 points	National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2008 To reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6694 Al Green 28 Cosponsors 0 points	FHA Seller-Financed Downpayment Reform and Risk-Based Pricing Authorization Act of 2008 To revise the requirements for seller-financed downpayments for mortgages for single-family housing insured by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under title II of the National Housing Act and to authorize risk-based insurance premiums for certain mortgagors under such mortgages. Placed on the Union Calendar 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.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.6460 Vernon Ehlers 46 Cosponsors 0 points	Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.971 Anthony Weiner 189 Cosponsors 0 points	Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers (including health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in the same manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the National Labor Relations Act. Placed on the Union Calendar on Sunday, September 28, 2008
H.R.6950 Pete Stark 52 Cosponsors 24 points	Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 To establish the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal for organ donors and the family of organ donors. Received in the Senate on Friday, September 26, 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.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.6577 Jim Oberstar 46 Cosponsors 1 points	Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact To express the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin. Placed on the Union Calendar on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1390 Dennis Cardoza 35 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of a 4-H National Youth Science Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, September 22, 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.6078 Ed Perlmutter 43 Cosponsors 3 points	GREEN Act of 2008 To encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing, commercial structures, and other buildings, and to create sustainable communities. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6578 Nick Lampson 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Consumer Energy Supply Act of 2008 To provide for the sale of light grade petroleum from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and its replacement with heavy grade petroleum. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.R.6573 Betty Sutton 8 Cosponsors 3 points	Office of Domestic Product Promotion Act To create an Office of Domestic Product Promotion within the Department of Commerce to promote the sale of United States products. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.RES.1259 Mike Arcuri 31 Cosponsors 3 points	Congratulating the Hamilton College Continentals on winning the NCAA Division III women's lacrosse championship. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.4461 Dennis Moore 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Community Building Code Administration Grant Act of 2007 To promote and enhance the operation of local building code enforcement administration across the country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant program. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.4199 Mike Turner 12 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to add sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 9, 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.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.R.5935 Peter Visclosky 33 Cosponsors 3 points	American Steel First Act of 2008 To require certain Federal agencies to use iron and steel produced in the United States in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.1231 Heath Shuler 66 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Vietnam Veterans Day and calling on the American people to recognize such a day. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.2818 Ed Perlmutter 134 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of epilepsy centers of excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.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.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.2197 Zack Space 6 Cosponsors 0 points	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act To modify the boundary of the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.5749 Jim McDermott 36 Cosponsors 3 points	Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008 To provide for a program of emergency unemployment compensation. Read the second time on Friday, June 13, 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.1126 Dan Lipinski 9 Cosponsors 0 points	To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.4926 Betty Sutton 98 Cosponsors 18 points	Josh Miller HEARTS Act To establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools. Referred to Senate committee 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 18 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.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.J.RES.86 Zack Space 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the efforts of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services to address the stigma associated with mental health and substance use disorders. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6074 Steve Kagen 18 Cosponsors 15 points	Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008 To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal and for other purposes. Received in the Senate 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.1144 Jose Serrano 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of a Frank Sinatra Day, in honor of the dedication of the Frank Sinatra commemorative stamp. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 20, 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.R.1783 Rahm Emanuel 114 Cosponsors 0 points	Elder Justice Act To amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions 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.5818 Maxine Waters 27 Cosponsors 6 points	Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008 To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and to make grants to States for related costs. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 12, 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.5960 Jason Altmire 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting America's Manufacturers Act To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for a limitation on presidential discretion with respect to actions to address market disruption. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.364 Bart Gordon 26 Cosponsors 0 points	To provide for the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.RES.1109 Albio Sires 82 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the memory of Dith Pran by remembering his life's work and continuing to acknowledge and remember the victims of genocides that have taken place around the globe. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 6, 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.R.5830 Barney Frank 43 Cosponsors 3 points	FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008 To create a voluntary FHA program that provides mortgage refinancing assistance to allow families to stay in their homes, protect neighborhoods, and help stabilize the housing market. Placed on the Union Calendar on Monday, May 5, 2008
H.RES.1096 Dennis Moore 30 Cosponsors 1 points	Commending the University of Kansas Jayhawks for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I basketball championship. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.RES.49 Dave Camp 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Letter Carriers Appreciation Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.RES.1079 Ruben Hinojosa 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month 2008, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.5069 Peter Visclosky 13 Cosponsors 3 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.5870 Tim Ryan 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Emergency Neighborhood Reclamation Act of 2008 To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to assist local governments with vacant housing problems, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee 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.5789 David Wu 3 Cosponsors 3 points	Science and Technology Innovation Act of 2008 To reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.281 Susan Davis 84 Cosponsors 0 points	Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections. Placed on the Union Calendar on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.RES.259 Frank LoBiondo 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring and recognizing the work of the Meals On Wheels Association of America, its member senior nutrition programs throughout the country, and their annual March For Meals campaigns. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5609 Sanford Bishop 49 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide for transitional health care for members of the Armed Forces separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.RES.838 Thaddeus McCotter 80 Cosponsors 1 points	Welcoming His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on his first apostolic visit to the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.4847 Harry Mitchell 28 Cosponsors 0 points	United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2007 To reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, April 4, 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.3956 Zack Space 3 Cosponsors 1 points	Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2007 To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weights and the compositions of circulating coins, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 25, 2008
H.R.5638 Zoe Lofgren 7 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 13, 2008
H.RES.948 Nancy Boyda 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating the University of Kansas ("KU") football team for winning the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl and having the most successful year in program history. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.R.5467 Patrick Murphy 29 Cosponsors 0 points	Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2008 To amend the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) in order to prevent the loss of billions in taxpayer dollars. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.RES.1006 Nick Rahall 12 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Miner's Day to celebrate and honor the contributions of miners and encouraging the people of the United States to participate in local and National activities celebrating and honoring the contributions of miners. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 28, 2008
H.R.3521 Albio Sires 6 Cosponsors 0 points	Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act of 2007 To improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. House floor actions on Tuesday, February 26, 2008
H.RES.930 Brian Baird 29 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "Career and Technical Education Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.RES.987 Brian Baird 108 Cosponsors 0 points	Encouraging Americans to join others across the country in using their rebate checks to invest in renewable energy and energy-efficient products and services in order to save money, stimulate the economy, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, February 14, 2008
H.RES.960 Steve Rothman 62 Cosponsors 1 points	Congratulating the National Football League champion New York Giants for winning Super Bowl XLII and completing one of the most remarkable postseason runs in professional sports history. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, February 13, 2008
H.RES.917 Dan Lipinski 46 Cosponsors