Representative Gresham Barrett (R-SC-03)

Representative Gresham Barrett (R-SC-03)
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H.R.6923 Gresham Barrett 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Complete the Fence Act To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to complete at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the Southwest border by December 31, 2010, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.7086 Gresham Barrett 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Pathway to Nuclear Power Act To help our Nation meet our growing energy needs and strengthen our energy security through the development of nuclear power in the United States. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6665 Gresham Barrett 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Caring Family Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against income tax for individuals who care for certain dependents with long-term care needs. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6417 Gresham Barrett 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To prevent Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay adjustment scheduled to take effect in 2009. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.5370 Gresham Barrett 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on certain gelatins. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, February 12, 2008

H.R.5371 Gresham Barrett 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend the duty on Aluminum (0.008" and thinner). Referred to House committee on Tuesday, February 12, 2008
H.R.5368 Gresham Barrett 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend the duty on Aluminum (0.010" and thicker). Referred to House committee on Tuesday, February 12, 2008
H.R.5369 Gresham Barrett 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on certain products. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, February 12, 2008
H.R.4367 Gresham Barrett 5 Cosponsors 5 points	To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Aiken, South Carolina, as the "Matthew V. Dillon Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic". Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
H.CON.RES.218 Gresham Barrett 41 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding United States immigration and border security laws. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 24, 2007
H.R.2714 Gresham Barrett 8 Cosponsors 5 points	To require the President to delay or reverse the implementation of a decision of a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body that is adverse to the United States involving the calculation of dumping margins and weighted average dumping margins, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 18, 2007
H.R.2104 Gresham Barrett 53 Cosponsors 5 points	Public Prayer Protection Act of 2007 To protect the right of elected and appointed officials to express their religious beliefs through public prayer. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 4, 2007
H.R.1121 Gresham Barrett 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Government Waste Reduction Act of 2007 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to extend the discretionary spending limits through fiscal year 2012, to extend paygo for direct spending, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, February 16, 2007
H.R.1122 Gresham Barrett 24 Cosponsors 5 points	Emergency Spending Control Act of 2007 To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to simplify annual concurrent resolutions on the budget and to budget for emergencies. Referred to House committee on Friday, February 16, 2007
H.R.1335 Gresham Barrett 5 Cosponsors 20 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 508 East Main Street in Seneca, South Carolina, as the "S/Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post Office Building". Became Public Law No: 110-59 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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H.CON.RES.255 Mike Ferguson 59 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the United States commitment to preservation of religious and cultural sites and condemning instances where sites are desecrated. 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.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.CON.RES.376 Ed Markey 50 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating the 2007-2008 National Basketball Association World Champions, the Boston Celtics, on an outstanding and historic season. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.7226 John Shadegg 32 Cosponsors 3 points	Net Worth Certificate Program Act of 2008 To direct the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to create a "net worth certificate" program along the lines of what Congress enacted in the 1980s for the savings and loan industry. Referred to House committee 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.R.7124 John Shadegg 17 Cosponsors 3 points	To establish procedures for causes and claims relating to the leasing of Federal lands (including submerged lands) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 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.RES.1143 Todd Platts 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of the Apple Crunch and the Nation's domestic apple industry. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6667 John Campbell 28 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for the cost of fuel used for commuting to and from work whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6023 Todd Akin 37 Cosponsors 3 points	Freedom to Serve Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain forms of interference with military recruiting. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 28, 2008
H.R.6384 Rob Bishop 47 Cosponsors 0 points	Americans for American Energy Act of 2008 To provide a comprehensive plan for greater American energy independence. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.RES.1325 Patrick McHenry 51 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the life of Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr., distinguished former Senator from North Carolina. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.RES.1333 Mike Arcuri 40 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Tay-Sachs Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.RES.1328 Todd Platts 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.6070 John Carter 69 Cosponsors 3 points	Military Spouses Residency Relief Act To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the residency of spouses of military personnel. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.970 John Shimkus 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of June 30 as "National Corvette Day". Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6379 Mary Fallin 46 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Exploration and Production Reform Act of 2008 To expedite the exploration and development of oil and gas from Federal lands, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6367 Kevin Brady 30 Cosponsors 0 points	To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a law enforcement officer who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while pursuing or apprehending a suspect. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.CON.RES.32 Jeff Miller 50 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the members of the United States Air Force who were killed in the June 25, 1996, terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers United States military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.RES.1303 Frank Wolf 44 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.1483 Ralph Regula 22 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.497 Joe Wilson 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007 To authorize the Marion Park Project, a committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia, and its environs to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.6207 Todd Akin 38 Cosponsors 0 points	To develop American energy independence, lower gas prices, and open reliable national sources of energy. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.J.RES.81 John Campbell 38 Cosponsors 3 points	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to control spending. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.RES.1114 Jeff Fortenberry 53 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of the Arbor Day Foundation and National Arbor Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.6001 Steve Buyer 19 Cosponsors 3 points	Main Street U.S.A. Energy Security Act of 2008 To rebalance the United States energy portfolio, to increase and utilize the Nation's domestic energy resources and supply, to strengthen energy security and independence, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 23, 2008
H.R.2885 Paul Kanjorski 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Credit Monitoring Clarification Act To amend the Credit Repair Organizations Act to clarify the applicability of certain provisions to credit monitoring services, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
H.R.2894 Dutch Ruppersberger 296 Cosponsors 0 points	Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner" and the War of 1812, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 19, 2008
H.RES.1147 Geoff Davis 31 Cosponsors 1 points	Congratulating the Northern Kentucky University Norse women's basketball team, champions of the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II tournament. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, May 19, 2008
H.R.6026 Jerry Lewis 147 Cosponsors 0 points	Clean Global War on Terror Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
H.R.5794 Kevin Brady 70 Cosponsors 3 points	Federal Sunset Act of 2008 To provide for the periodic review of the efficiency and public need for Federal agencies, to establish a Commission for the purpose of reviewing the efficiency and public need of such agencies, and to provide for the abolishment of agencies for which a public need does not exist. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, May 12, 2008
H.RES.1113 Jeff Fortenberry 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.RES.1122 Marilyn Musgrave 112 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing Armed Forces Day. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.RES.578 Adam Putnam 55 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Watermelon Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.RES.1043 Jeff Fortenberry 51 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the life and legacy of Chief Standing Bear, a pioneer in civil rights for Native Americans, on the 100th anniversary of Chief Standing Bear's death. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.4193 Jerry Moran 27 Cosponsors 0 points	To provide for an automatic one-year extension of the authorizations of appropriations and direct spending programs of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5903 Mike Conaway 26 Cosponsors 3 points	To redesignate the Federal building and United States Courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, as the "George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building ". Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.RES.1016 Tom Feeney 93 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of William F. Buckley, Jr. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 23, 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.RES.1140 Trent Franks 35 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 10th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 23, 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.5795 John Campbell 2 Cosponsors 0 points	To require the Secretary of the Interior to notify units of local government when a Native American group files a petition to become a federally recognized Indian tribe and before the decision on the petition is made, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.RES.886 Doug Lamborn 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing sympathy to the victims and families of the tragic acts of violence in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Arvada, Colorado. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5783 John Campbell 44 Cosponsors 3 points	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to make contributions to the Federal Government on their income tax returns. Referred to House committee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5699 Jeb Hensarling 46 Cosponsors 3 points	Blogger Protection Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to protect uncompensated Internet activity by individuals from treatment as a contribution or expenditure under the Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.302 Kay Granger 124 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the observance of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.5646 Paul Broun 48 Cosponsors 0 points	Protecting the Second Amendment and Hunting Rights on Federal Lands Act of 2008 To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry firearms and ammunition in units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System and to require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is managed. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
H.R.4088 Heath Shuler 153 Cosponsors 3 points	Border Law Enforcement Act To provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.315 Joe Wilson 111 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the idea that coalition victory in Iraq is possible. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.RES.951 Scott Garrett 263 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
H.RES.959 Marilyn Musgrave 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the Adopt-a-Platoon program, which encourages support to deployed soldiers through letters, care packages, pen pal campaigns, and monetary donations. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 29, 2008
H.R.5490 Steve Chabot 33 Cosponsors 0 points	Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2007 To reform the program for rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, February 26, 2008
H.R.5131 Ted Poe 61 Cosponsors 0 points	Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for the destruction of memorials, headstones, markers, and graves commemorating persons serving in the Armed Forces on private property. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.RES.867 Gene Green 54 Cosponsors 1 points	Commending the Houston Dynamo soccer team for winning the 2007 Major League Soccer Cup. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
H.R.5222 John Campbell 92 Cosponsors 0 points	Semper Fi Act To rescind funds appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, for the City of Berkeley, California, and any entities located in such city, and to provide that such funds shall be transferred to the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account of the Department of Defense for the purposes of recruiting. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
H.R.4464 Tom Price 107 Cosponsors 1 points	Common Sense English Act To ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
H.R.5148 Randy Neugebauer 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the United States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 1, 2008
H.RES.949 Paul Broun 2 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and commending the 100th Anniversary of the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
H.CON.RES.284 Todd Akin 33 Cosponsors 0 points	Encouraging the President to proclaim 2008 as "The National Year of the Bible". Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
H.R.5143 Ruben Hinojosa 49 Cosponsors 0 points	Securing Success for Veterans on Campus Act of 2008 To encourage model programs to support veteran student success in postsecondary education by coordinating services to address the academic, financial, physical, and social needs of veteran students. Referred to House committee on Monday, January 28, 2008
H.J.RES.67 Trent Franks 26 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.R.4930 Joe Wilson 82 Cosponsors 0 points	National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.R.5109 Scott Garrett 98 Cosponsors 1 points	Economic Growth Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for permanent tax incentives for economic growth. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.R.5032 Jim Jordan 68 Cosponsors 0 points	Ultrasound Informed Consent Act To ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, January 17, 2008