Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03)

Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03)
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Sponsored	Cosponsored	Maverick	Attendance	RBA*
192 points	1375 points	191 points	82.4% points	.032 points

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A $20-a-month benefit if you cycle to work

Monday, January 5, 2009 | 11:28 AM CST

Uncle Sam's Bike-to-Work Allowance

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 | 6:06 PM CST

Obama's Transportation Secretary Must Be A Visionary

Friday, December 5, 2008 | 12:28 AM CST

Companies offer incentives to commute to work on bicycles

Monday, December 1, 2008 | 3:08 AM CST

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H.R.1497 Earl Blumenauer 67 Cosponsors 5 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.R.6290 Earl Blumenauer 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2008 To designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.6722 Earl Blumenauer 3 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the application of tax exempt bond financing relating to newly included counties in the Gulf Opportunity Zone to property, neither the acquisition of which occurred, nor the construction, reconstruction, or renovations began, prior to the enactment of the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1321 Earl Blumenauer 4 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program for its outstanding achievements. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, July 25, 2008
H.R.6452 Earl Blumenauer 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Green 301 To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to identify foreign country trade practices that negatively affect the environment and to take actions to address such practices. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, July 15, 2008

H.R.6495 Earl Blumenauer 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Transportation and Housing Choices for Gas Price Relief Act of 2008 To authorize programs and activities to support transportation and housing options that will assist American families in reducing transportation costs, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.6483 Earl Blumenauer 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Recreational Performance Outerwear Apparel Act of 2008 To provide for duty free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.1734 Earl Blumenauer 3 Cosponsors 6 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 630 Northeast Killingsworth Avenue in Portland, Oregon, as the "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Post Office". Referred to Senate subcommittee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.RES.1002 Earl Blumenauer 59 Cosponsors 5 points	Expressing support for the designation of a "Public Radio Recognition Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.CON.RES.305 Earl Blumenauer 34 Cosponsors 9 points	Recognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, June 2, 2008
H.R.5976 Earl Blumenauer 24 Cosponsors 5 points	United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century Act To establish the United States Commission on Rebuilding America for the 21st Century, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.2913 Earl Blumenauer 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Pollinator Habitat Protection Act of 2007 To amend the administrative requirements for conservation programs administered by the Department of Agriculture to ensure a greater emphasis on increasing habitat for native and managed pollinators and establishing cropping systems, integrated pest management regimes, and other practices to protect native and managed pollinators, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.RES.936 Earl Blumenauer 9 Cosponsors 8 points	Resolution reaffirming the goals and ideals that formed the impetus for Albert Gallatin's national plan for transportation improvements 200 years ago, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
H.RES.935 Earl Blumenauer 9 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the 100th anniversary of President Theodore Roosevelt's Conference of Governors, supporting the goals and ideals of that Conference, and recognizing the need for a similar undertaking today. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.R.4938 Earl Blumenauer 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on child carriers, chain tension adjustors, chain covers, and certain other articles designed for use on bicycles. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, January 17, 2008
H.R.4937 Earl Blumenauer 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on bicycle speedometers. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
H.R.4939 Earl Blumenauer 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on unicycles. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
H.R.4940 Earl Blumenauer 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on sets of steel tubing for bicycle frames. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
H.R.4941 Earl Blumenauer 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on bicycle wheel rims. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
H.R.4942 Earl Blumenauer 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on crank-gear and parts thereof. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
H.R.4943 Earl Blumenauer 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on brakes designed for bicycles. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
H.R.4944 Earl Blumenauer 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on nesoi hubs. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
H.R.4945 Earl Blumenauer 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on variable speed hubs (except 2- and 3-speed). Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
H.R.4946 Earl Blumenauer 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on bells designed for use on bicycles. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
H.R.3637 Earl Blumenauer 24 Cosponsors 5 points	Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 To direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to establish and evaluate sustainability programs, charged with developing and implementing integrated environmental, economic and social sustainability initiatives, and to direct the Secretary of Education to convene a summit of higher education experts in the area of sustainability. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
H.RES.725 Earl Blumenauer 36 Cosponsors 5 points	Recognizing the 35th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, October 16, 2007
H.R.3708 Earl Blumenauer 1 Cosponsors 5 points	American Family Farm and Ranchland Protection Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitations on the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to land subject to a qualified conservation easement. Referred to House committee on Monday, October 1, 2007
H.R.3636 Earl Blumenauer 15 Cosponsors 5 points	Superfund Reinvestment Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the financing of the Superfund. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 24, 2007
H.R.2364 Earl Blumenauer 20 Cosponsors 5 points	Local Food and Farm Support Act To promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
H.R.2265 Earl Blumenauer 76 Cosponsors 5 points	Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act of 2007 To provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis, to assist Iraqi refugees, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 25, 2007
H.R.2715 Earl Blumenauer 18 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include heavier vehicles in the limitation on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 14, 2007
H.RES.447 Earl Blumenauer 11 Cosponsors 1 points	Condemning the recent convictions and sentencing of Vietnamese pro-democracy activists, expressing concern over the future of the United States-Vietnam relationship, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
H.R.2491 Earl Blumenauer 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat charitable remainder pet trusts in a manner similar to charitable remainder annuity trusts. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
H.RES.196 Earl Blumenauer 26 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of World Water Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 17, 2007
H.R.1772 Earl Blumenauer 79 Cosponsors 5 points	Rural Wind Energy Development Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide credits for the installation of wind energy property, including by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 29, 2007
H.R.663 Earl Blumenauer 11 Cosponsors 5 points	New Direction for Iraq Act of 2007 To redeploy United States Armed Forces from Iraq and to establish a new direction for United States policy toward Iraq. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
H.R.1136 Earl Blumenauer 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Ethics Reform Act of 2007 To abolish the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in the House of Representatives, establish an Independent Ethics Commission, and provide for the transfer of the duties and functions of the committee to the Commission. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 19, 2007
H.R.1498 Earl Blumenauer 66 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 13, 2007
H.R.1336 Earl Blumenauer 6 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 8, 2007
H.CON.RES.53 Earl Blumenauer 17 Cosponsors 1 points	Celebrating the contributions of the architectural profession during National Architecture Week. Referred to House committee on Monday, February 5, 2007

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H.AMDT.212 Earl Blumenauer 0 points	An amendment numbered 26 printed in the Congressional Record to add a new section providing for consideration of location and energy efficiency in enterprise underwriting guidelines. No Action on
H.AMDT.302 Earl Blumenauer 0 points	An amendment regarding funding for BRAC 1990. No Action on
H.AMDT.711 Earl Blumenauer 0 points	An amendmend numbered 16 printed in Part B of House Report 110-261 to make conservation easements purchased through a transferable development rights program eligible for grants under the Farm and Ranchland Protection Program. No Action on
H.AMDT.597 Earl Blumenauer 0 points	An amendment to reduce funding (by transfer) for the Office of the Secretary Salaries and Expenses account by $6,200,000. No Action on
H.AMDT.376 Earl Blumenauer 0 points	An amendment to limit the use of funds for Pakistan to $250 million. No Action on

H.AMDT.973 Earl Blumenauer 0 points	An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-562 to add safe drinking water to nutrition and income security on the list of programs for which direct linkages are encouraged. No Action on
H.AMDT.99 Earl Blumenauer 0 points	An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 110-100 to strike section 2036 of the legislation and replace it with language directing the Secretary of the Army to update the principles and guidelines that the Army Corps of Engineers uses in the formulation, evaluation, and implementation of water resources projects. The amendment would require the Secretary to consult with other agencies and the public in developing the new principles and guidelines. No Action on
H.AMDT.819 Earl Blumenauer 0 points	An amendment numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 110-351 to require FEMA, when updating and maintaining flood maps, to take into consideration the impacts of global warming, the potential future impacts of global climate change-related weather events, and use the best available climate science in assessing flood and storm risks. No Action on
H.AMDT.743 Earl Blumenauer 0 points	An amendment numbered 1 printed in part B of House Report 110-300 to title IX would encourage natural gas utilities to plan for and prioritize energy efficiency. It requires state regulators to consider crafting rate policies that align utility revenue recovery measures with incentives for energy conservation. No Action on

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H.R.1907 Jim Saxton 26 Cosponsors 0 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 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.R.160 Rush Holt 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act To amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee 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.CON.RES.223 Chris Van Hollen 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring professional surveyors and recognizing their contributions to society. 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.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.R.6064 Lloyd Doggett 70 Cosponsors 0 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.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.6585 Darlene Hooley 4 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 311 Southwest 2nd Street in Corvallis, Oregon, as the "Helen Berg Post Office Building". Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1424 Patrick Kennedy 270 Cosponsors 27 points	Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
H.R.1343 Gene Green 247 Cosponsors 0 points	Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.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.6083 John Spratt 18 Cosponsors 0 points	To authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors. Cleared for White House on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6600 Lloyd Doggett 43 Cosponsors 15 points	Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards. Received in the Senate on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6489 Darlene Hooley 4 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 4th Street in Lake Oswego, Oregon, as the "Judie Hammerstad Post Office Building". Received in the Senate on Monday, September 29, 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.RES.389 Donald Payne 50 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Malaria Awareness Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Saturday, September 27, 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.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.7005 Charles Rangel 14 Cosponsors 15 points	Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide alternative minimum tax relief for individuals for 2008. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.7056 David Price 9 Cosponsors 3 points	Interrogation and Detention Reform Act of 2008 To improve United States capabilities for gathering human intelligence through the effective interrogation and detention of terrorist suspects and for bringing terrorists to justice through effective prosecution in accordance with the principles and values set forth in the Constitution and other laws. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.6049 Charles Rangel 17 Cosponsors 36 points	Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008 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 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.RES.1369 Barbara Lee 35 Cosponsors 0 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.1381 Lucille Roybal-Allard 113 Cosponsors 0 points	Resolution expressing the sense of the House that there should be an increased public and private commitment prioritizing prevention and public health for all people in the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.2352 Steve Rothman 55 Cosponsors 0 points	School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.6291 Peter DeFazio 3 Cosponsors 3 points	Oregon Treasures Act of 2008 To adjust the boundary of Oregon Caves National Monument, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.2608 Jim McDermott 15 Cosponsors 30 points	SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act An act to amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide, in fiscal years 2009 through 2011, extensions of supplemental security income for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to collect unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.3548 Bruce Braley 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2007 To enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public, and for other purposes. Read twice on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.3021 Ben Chandler 140 Cosponsors 0 points