Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ-10)

Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ-10)
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253 points	1447 points	59 points	79.1% points	.214 points

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H.RES.389 Donald Payne 50 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Malaria Awareness Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Saturday, September 27, 2008
H.R.7164 Donald Payne 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund Act of 2008 To authorize the Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund (SAEDF) to conduct public offerings or private placements for the purpose of soliciting and accepting venture capital, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.7165 Donald Payne 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to authorize regional and concurrent compacts under that Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.CON.RES.381 Donald Payne 54 Cosponsors 5 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.R.6416 Donald Payne 18 Cosponsors 5 points	Just and Lasting Peace in Sudan Act of 2008 To codify existing sanctions against the Government of Sudan until the Government of Sudan meets certain conditions relating to a just and lasting peace in Sudan. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008

H.RES.1230 Donald Payne 60 Cosponsors 8 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.R.2627 Donald Payne 9 Cosponsors 30 points	Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison To establish the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey as the successor to the Edison National Historic Site. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.CON.RES.318 Donald Payne 5 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Year of Sanitation. Referred to House committee on Friday, March 14, 2008
H.R.1693 Donald Payne 54 Cosponsors 5 points	National Liberty Memorial Act To authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia at Constitution Gardens previously approved to honor free persons and slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American Revolution. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, March 6, 2008
H.CON.RES.283 Donald Payne 30 Cosponsors 9 points	Calling for a peaceful resolution to the current electoral crisis in Kenya. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, February 8, 2008
H.R.4914 Donald Payne 5 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 to provide for the integration of food security and nutrition activities into prevention, care, treatment, and support activities. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
H.RES.910 Donald Payne 0 Cosponsors 1 points	Calling for the full implementation of the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
H.R.4449 Donald Payne 30 Cosponsors 5 points	Prescribe A Book Act To aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
H.R.4335 Donald Payne 78 Cosponsors 5 points	To promote youth financial education. Referred to House committee on Thursday, December 6, 2007
H.R.4063 Donald Payne 44 Cosponsors 5 points	Restitution for the Exonerated Act of 2007 To authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, December 3, 2007
H.CON.RES.211 Donald Payne 57 Cosponsors 6 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of World Diabetes Day. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, November 14, 2007
H.CON.RES.247 Donald Payne 28 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing support for advancing vital United States interests through increased engagement in health programs that alleviate disease and poverty, and reduce premature death in developing nations, especially through programs that combat high levels of infectious disease, improve children's and women's health, decrease malnutrition, reduce unintended pregnancies, fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, encourage healthy behaviors, and strengthen health care capacity. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, November 6, 2007
H.RES.792 Donald Payne 6 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the dedication and hard work of Professor Eric Reeves on behalf of the people of Sudan. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 1, 2007
H.R.3642 Donald Payne 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Expanded Learning Time Demonstration Act To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for expanded learning time schools and programs. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
H.R.2003 Donald Payne 84 Cosponsors 30 points	Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act of 2007 To encourage and facilitate the consolidation of peace and security, respect for human rights, democracy, and economic freedom in Ethiopia. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, October 3, 2007
H.R.3345 Donald Payne 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Substitute Teaching Improvement Act To authorize the Secretary of Education to establish a competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies in order to increase the effectiveness of substitute teaching, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
H.R.3035 Donald Payne 101 Cosponsors 1 points	To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Jerry Lewis in recognition of his outstanding service to the Nation. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 12, 2007
H.RES.98 Donald Payne 51 Cosponsors 5 points	Honoring the life and achievements of the late Dr. John Garang de Mabior and reaffirming the continued commitment of the House of Representatives to a just and lasting peace in the Republic of the Sudan. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, March 6, 2007
H.R.3432 Donald Payne 95 Cosponsors 100 points	200th Anniversary Commemoration Commission of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act of 2007 A bill to establish the Commission on the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Became Public Law No: 110-183 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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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.1907 Jim Saxton 26 Cosponsors 5 points	Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act To authorize the acquisition of land and interests in land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes. Read twice on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.840 Julia Carson 85 Cosponsors 1 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.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.R.3036 John Sarbanes 64 Cosponsors 0 points	No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 To reauthorize and enhance the National Environmental Education Act, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee 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.CON.RES.351 Rush Holt 51 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the 225th Anniversary of the Continental Congress meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1783. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.374 Zach Wamp 26 Cosponsors 0 points	Concurrent resolution supporting Christian, Jewish, and Muslim interfaith dialogue that promotes peace, understanding, unity, and religious freedom. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.360 Barbara Lee 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the important social and economic contributions and accomplishments of the New Deal to our Nation on the 75th anniversary of legislation establishing the initial New Deal social and public works programs. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6598 John Conyers 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption. House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration en... 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.R.5265 Eliot Engel 123 Cosponsors 3 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.7041 Chris Carney 13 Cosponsors 3 points	Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants on a competitive basis to regional biocontainment laboratories for maintaining surge capacity that can be used to respond to acts of bioterrorism or outbreaks of infectious diseases, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 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.RES.135 Eddie Bernice Johnson 41 Cosponsors 0 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.6950 Pete Stark 52 Cosponsors 8 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.R.6126 Linda Sanchez 22 Cosponsors 0 points	Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008 To amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration. Placed on the Union Calendar on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.7115 Bobby Rush 6 Cosponsors 3 points	CAN DO Act of 2008 To require the Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice, to establish a 5-year competitive grant program to establish pilot programs to reduce the rate of occurrence of gun-related crimes in high-crime communities. 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.1943 Maxine Waters 42 Cosponsors 6 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.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.7090 Anna Eshoo 70 Cosponsors 3 points	Act to Save America's Forests To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal land, to designate certain Federal land as Ancient forests, roadless areas, watershed protection areas, and special areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited, to transfer administrative jurisdiction of Giant Sequoia National Monument to the National Park Service, to consider areas for inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.1464 Tom Udall 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007 To assist in the conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.3202 Chris Smith 29 Cosponsors 3 points	Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2007 To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad. Placed on the Union Calendar on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.1497 Earl Blumenauer 67 Cosponsors 0 points	Legal Timber Protection Act To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to plants illegally harvested outside of the United States, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar 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.RES.1496 Alcee Hastings 5 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing persons of African descent in Europe. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.390 Tom Lantos 30 Cosponsors 6 points	Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act To require the establishment of a national database in the National Archives to preserve records of servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction and to provide grants to State and local entities to establish similar local databases. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, September 23, 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.RES.1369 Barbara Lee 35 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing nongovernmental organizations working to bring just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1402 Joseph Crowley 41 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting a transition to democracy through free, fair, credible, peaceful, and transparent elections in Bangladesh. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.CON.RES.424 Maxine Waters 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling on the Attorney General to protect the right to vote of every person in the United States by promptly and thoroughly investigating complaints of violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1227 Carolyn Maloney 39 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and calling on the international community to take immediate actions to respond to the violence. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1361 Howard Berman 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should lead a high-level diplomatic effort to ensure that the Durban Review Conference serves as a forum to review implementation of commitments made at the 2001 Durban Conference to combat all forms of racism by defeating the campaign by some members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to divert the United Nation's Durban Review Conference from a review of problems in their own and other countries by attacking Israel, promoting anti-Semitism, and undermining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Passed/agreed to in House 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 15 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.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.RES.1438 Devin Nunes 15 Cosponsors 3 points	Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Azorean Refugee Act of 1958 and celebrating the extensive contributions of Portuguese-American communities to the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1472 Chris Smith 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting international health and education grant programs related to autism spectrum disorders. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1478 Frank Pallone 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Falls Prevention Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of falls among older adults. Referred to House committee 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.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.CON.RES.344 Sheila Jackson-Lee 48 Cosponsors 0 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.R.6875 Dennis Kucinich 18 Cosponsors 3 points	Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2008 To abolish the death penalty under Federal law. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.RES.1254 Eliot Engel 34 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the values and goals of the "Joint Action Plan Between the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Government of the United States of America to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality", signed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brazilian Minister of Racial Integration Edson Santos on March 13, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 9, 2008
H.R.2452 Tim Bishop 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that publicly owned treatment works monitor for and report sewer overflows, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.3021 Ben Chandler 140 Cosponsors 0 points	21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6796 Maxine Waters 7 Cosponsors 3 points	Stop Very Unscrupulous Loan Transfers from Underprivileged countries to Rich, Exploitive Funds Act To prevent speculation and profiteering in the defaulted debt of certain poor countries, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008