Representative Ed Pastor (D-AZ-04)

Representative Ed Pastor (D-AZ-04)
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Sponsored	Cosponsored	Maverick	Attendance	RBA*
45 points	516 points	105 points	82.7% points	.000 points

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H.R.6754 Ed Pastor 0 Cosponsors 5 points	White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, engineering, and designing a certain water system project. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.7024 Ed Pastor 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2008 To protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.6888 Ed Pastor 0 Cosponsors 5 points	For the relief of Alfredo Ramirez Vasquez. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.5751 Ed Pastor 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2008 To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain land adjacent to the Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.3301 Ed Pastor 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007 To authorize and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and other land in southeast Arizona. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, November 1, 2007

H.RES.654 Ed Pastor 53 Cosponsors 5 points	Congratulating the Phoenix Mercury for winning the 2007 Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Championship. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, October 9, 2007
H.R.3576 Ed Pastor 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Employment Assistance for Victims of Domestic Abuse Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the work opportunity credit to include the hiring of certain domestic abuse victims by small employers, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
H.R.2794 Ed Pastor 2 Cosponsors 5 points	America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
H.R.1109 Ed Pastor 0 Cosponsors 5 points	For the relief of Alejandro E. Gonzales. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 26, 2007

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H.R.6034 James McGovern 31 Cosponsors 0 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.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.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.6702 Eliot Engel 10 Cosponsors 0 points	Securing Our Borders and Our Data Act of 2008 To impose requirements with regard to border searches of digital electronic devices and digital storage media, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 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.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.758 Rosa DeLauro 222 Cosponsors 0 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.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.415 Mike Honda 52 Cosponsors 0 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.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.6680 Jose Serrano 25 Cosponsors 3 points	Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act To permit the use of Federal funds for syringe exchange programs for purposes of reducing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.3094 Raul Grijalva 29 Cosponsors 0 points	National Park Centennial Fund Act To establish in the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as the National Park Centennial Fund, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
H.RES.645 Mario Diaz-Balart 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the House of Representatives to the professionalism and dedication of the United States Capitol Police as the House honors the 10th Anniversary of the tragic deaths of Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson, who lost their lives protecting the Capitol and the people inside from an armed attack. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
H.RES.1202 Tom Davis 66 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Guard Youth Challenge Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.2297 Gabrielle Giffords 5 Cosponsors 1 points	Arizona National Scenic Trail Act To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Arizona National Scenic Trail. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.423 Sue Myrick 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Kristen's Act Reauthorization of 2007 To authorize the Attorney General to provide grants for organizations to find missing adults. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1323 Harry Mitchell 26 Cosponsors 1 points	Commending the Arizona State University softball team for their victory in the 2008 Women's College World Series. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 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.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.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 6 points	Lumbee Recognition Act To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
H.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 5 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.CON.RES.195 Zach Wamp 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that a National Dysphagia Awareness Month should be established. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.3546 Hank Johnson 57 Cosponsors 0 points	To authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012. Received in the Senate on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6394 Gabrielle Giffords 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Border Health Care Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6427 Peter Welch 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer Act To provide funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Referred to House committee 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.R.3014 Hilda Solis 113 Cosponsors 3 points	Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007 To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions 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.6332 James Clyburn 67 Cosponsors 3 points	To authorize additoinal appropriations for summer youth employment activities under the Workforce Invesment Act of 1998 for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.R.1333 Charles Dent 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Support Act of 2007 To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.RES.1029 Luis Gutierrez 52 Cosponsors 1 points	Congratulating and recognizing Mr. Juan Antonio "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez for his continued success on and off of the golf course. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.359 Hilda Solis 68 Cosponsors 0 points	Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estarada Chavez and the farm labor movement. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.512 Xavier Becerra 107 Cosponsors 27 points	Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2007 To establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.1191 Rick Renzi 1 Cosponsors 0 points	To authorize the National Park Service to pay for services rendered by subcontractors under a General Services Administration Indefinite Deliver/Indefinite Quantity Contract issued for work to be completed at the Grand Canyon National Park. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.6217 Albio Sires 61 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 39, United States Code, to modify the procedures governing the closure or consolidation of post offices. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.5524 John Yarmuth 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 To amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.R.5924 Robert Wexler 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act To provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.6020 Zoe Lofgren 18 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect the well-being of soldiers and their families, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.6039 Zoe Lofgren 34 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.305 Earl Blumenauer 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, June 2, 2008
H.R.1157 Nita Lowey 269 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.339 Michael Burgess 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.5664 Ciro Rodriguez 3 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update at least once every six years the plans and specifications for specially adapted housing furnished to veterans by the Secretary. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1153 Mazie Hirono 78 Cosponsors 1 points	Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.2790 Phil Hare 25 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health. Referred to Senate committee 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.6076 Doris Matsui 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Home Retention and Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 To amend the Truth in Lending Act to permit deferrals on certain home mortgage foreclosures for a limited period to allow homeowners to take remedial action, to require home mortgage servicers to provide advance notice of any upcoming reset of the mortgage interest rate, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.RES.1134 Grace Napolitano 148 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.R.5818 Maxine Waters 27 Cosponsors 0 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.RES.1091 Don Young 112 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the life, achievements, and contributions of Charlton Heston and extending its deepest sympathies to the family of Charlton Heston for the loss of such a great generous man, husband, and father. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.CON.RES.342 Mike Ross 55 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new policy restricting women's access to medications containing estriol does not serve the public interest. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.5913 Linda Sanchez 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for service of process over foreign nationals in cases involving defective products causing injury in the United States, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 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.R.5877 Mazie Hirono 35 Cosponsors 3 points	Shingles Prevention Act To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for the shingles vaccine under the Medicare Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.5613 John Dingell 219 Cosponsors 0 points	Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 To extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009, and for other purposes. Read the second time on Monday, April 28, 2008
H.R.5869 Ciro Rodriguez 15 Cosponsors 1 points	Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2008 To authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 28, 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.2634 Maxine Waters 104 Cosponsors 0 points	Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007 To provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.CON.RES.323 Phil Gingrey 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing Congressional support for the goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.R.4109 Robert Scott 8 Cosponsors 0 points	Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 To provide for the redress of prison abuses, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.5179 Rush Holt 12 Cosponsors 0 points	International Education Leadership Act of 2008 To establish in the Department of Education an Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education and an Office of International and Foreign Language Education. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 17, 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.5036 Rush Holt 91 Cosponsors 0 points	Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008 To direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.5606 Adam Schiff 37 Cosponsors 0 points	Child Protection Improvements Act of 2008 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.2016 Raul Grijalva 67 Cosponsors 0 points	National Landscape Conservation System Act To establish the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Thursday, April 10, 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.R.5748 Kenny Marchant 16 Cosponsors 0 points	Ryan Dant Health Care Opportunity Act of 2008 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to exclude earned income in determining eligibility for medical assistance for individuals with extremely high prescription drug costs. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 10, 2008