Representative Joe Sestak (D-PA-07)

Representative Joe Sestak (D-PA-07)
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Sponsored	Cosponsored	Maverick	Attendance	RBA*
211 points	680 points	278 points	81% points	.118 points

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From the Battlefield to the Campaign Trail

Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 9:55 PM CST

Pressure builds on Hillary Clinton to bow out

Friday, May 30, 2008 | 9:48 PM CST

Sestak: 'Cold, brutal facts of reality'

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 | 3:25 PM CST

Boeing Worker Facing Transfer Charged With Vandalizing Military Helicopter

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | 10:08 AM CST

Man charged in Army chopper vandalism

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | 6:53 PM CST

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H.RES.1288 Joe Sestak 4 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Campus Safety Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.5352 Joe Sestak 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2008 To protect seniors in the United States from elder abuse by establishing specialized elder abuse prosecution and research programs and activities to aid victims of elder abuse, to provide training to prosecutors and other law enforcement related to elder abuse prevention and protection, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.5061 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on Oryzalin. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 17, 2008
H.R.5062 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on lambda-cyhalothrin. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 17, 2008
H.R.5063 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Acephate. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 17, 2008

H.R.5064 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Ziram. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 17, 2008
H.R.5065 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Cypermenthrin. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 17, 2008
H.R.5066 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on mixtures of thiophanate methyl and application adjuvants. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 17, 2008
H.R.5067 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on thiophanate methyl. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 17, 2008
H.R.5068 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on asulam sodium salt. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 17, 2008
H.R.3863 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Enhancing America's Security through Strategic Redeployment from Iraq Act To provide a strategic approach to the war in Iraq to enhance the national security interests of the United States both at home and abroad, while ensuring the safety of the United States Armed Forces and ensuring stability in Iraq and the Middle East. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
H.R.2710 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To repeal and modify certain provisions of law relating to the review of the detention of enemy combatants. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 16, 2007
H.R.2224 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Christopher Kangas Fallen Firefighter Fairness Act To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of firefighter to include apprentices and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 25, 2007
H.R.2359 Joe Sestak 3 Cosponsors 40 points	SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007 To reauthorize programs to assist small business concerns, and for other purposes. Read the second time on Friday, June 22, 2007
H.R.2822 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Independent Ethics Commission Act of 2007 To establish an Independent Ethics Commission within the House of Representatives composed of former Federal judges. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 21, 2007
H.R.2544 Joe Sestak 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Independent Ethics Commission Act of 2007 To establish an Independent Ethics Commission within the House of Representatives composed of former Federal judges. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
H.R.960 Joe Sestak 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Enhancing America's Security through Redeployment from Iraq Act To enhance the national security interests of the United States both at home and abroad by setting a deliberate timetable for the redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq by December 31, 2007, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
H.R.3625 Joe Sestak 2 Cosponsors 95 points	To make permanent the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or national emergency. Became Public Law No: 110-93 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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H.AMDT.118 Joe Sestak 0 points	An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 110-116 to authorize the Education Secretary to carry out a program to forgive student loans for Head Start and Early Head Start teachers who have earned a bachelor's degree in a field related to early childhood education and who commit to teach in the program for a minimum of 3 years. No Action on
H.AMDT.1010 Joe Sestak 0 points	An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 110-603 to notifiy an applicant to the SBIR and STTR programs, who is not successful in receiving an award, that the applicant can request an explanation of why the applicant did not receive the award. No Action on
H.AMDT.75 Joe Sestak 0 points	An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 110-78 to require the Secretary of the Department of Defense to develop and implement a plan to help prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other stress-related psychopathologies (including substance abuse conditions) from developing in our military service members. In addition, this amendment would establish a new Peer-Reviewed research program within the Defense Health Program's research and development function to research the prevention of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and how to best strengthen the psychological resiliency of our military service members. No Action on
H.AMDT.163 Joe Sestak 0 points	An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 110-137 to close a loophole in the current bill that allows agencies to avoid doing small business impact studies by designating contracts as "transformed". It also lowers the new dollar threshold to ensure a greater portion of contracts are reviewed for their impact on small business as well as taxpayer savings. No Action on
H.AMDT.940 Joe Sestak 0 points	An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 110-523 to include physical therapists as an occupation defined as an area of national need to qualify for student loan forgiveness under Sec. 428K of the Higher Education Act. No Action on

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H.R.2964 Eddie Bernice Johnson 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Captive Primate Safety Act To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other purposes. Read twice 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.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.RES.1316 James McGovern 53 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, Operation Desert Storm, and global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by LST amphibious craft during these conflicts. Passed/agreed to in House on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.CON.RES.361 Janice Schakowsky 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Commemorating Irena Sendler, a woman whose bravery saved the lives of thousands during the Holocaust and remembering her legacy of courage, selflessness, and hope. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008

H.R.6730 Phil English 19 Cosponsors 3 points	Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site Act of 2008 To establish the Fort Presque Isle National Historic Site in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.5167 Bruce Braley 35 Cosponsors 3 points	Justice for Victims of Torture and Terrorism Act To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to remove the authority of the President to waive certain provisions. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6654 Edolphus Towns 40 Cosponsors 3 points	Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act To increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.1266 Elton Gallegly 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating Albania and Croatia on being invited to begin accession talks with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and expressing support for continuing to enlarge the alliance. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 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.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.CON.RES.364 Barbara Lee 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the Significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.R.6562 Bob Filner 4 Cosponsors 3 points	Agent Orange Equity Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, relating to presumptions of exposure for veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.RES.1311 Chaka Fattah 74 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of National GEAR UP Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.RES.1067 Joe Courtney 35 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the crossing of the North Pole by the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) and its significance in the history of both our Nation and the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.RES.1080 Ed Whitfield 56 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the extraordinary service and exceptional sacrifice of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), known as the Screaming Eagles. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.3036 John Sarbanes 64 Cosponsors 0 points	No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.3329 Al Green 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Homes for Heroes Act of 2007 To provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.1286 Maurice Hinchey 26 Cosponsors 0 points	Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6184 Mike Castle 7 Cosponsors 0 points	America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 To provide for a program for circulating quarter dollar coins that are emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6473 Paul Hodes 10 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the conditions for the release of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6092 Phil Gingrey 42 Cosponsors 1 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 Tallapoosa Street in Bremen, Georgia, as the "Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office Building". Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.RES.1260 Melissa Bean 100 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 9, 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.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. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.RES.353 Elijah Cummings 101 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be an increased commitment supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.1231 Heath Shuler 66 Cosponsors 4 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Vietnam Veterans Day and calling on the American people to recognize such a day. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6402 Eddie Bernice Johnson 7 Cosponsors 3 points	Increasing Student Achievement through School Attendance Act To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish grants to increase student attendance. 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.RES.111 Peter King 277 Cosponsors 0 points	Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.5876 George Miller 18 Cosponsors 0 points	Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 To require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes. House floor actions on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.RES.1229 Greg Meeks 107 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the achievements of America's high school valedictorians of the graduating class of 2008, promoting the importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and rewarding academic excellence of all American high school students. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 23, 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.6316 Lloyd Doggett 76 Cosponsors 3 points	To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions through the creation of a domestic carbon market and international trade measures, and to direct the revenue therefrom to public interests. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.1553 Deborah Pryce 226 Cosponsors 24 points	Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to information regarding pediatric cancers and current treatments for such cancers, establish a national childhood cancer registry, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancer. Received in the Senate on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.3480 Chris Carney 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act of 2007 To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for those involved in receiving stolen property where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.1239 Alcee Hastings 66 Cosponsors 0 points	National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2007 A bill to amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to authorize additional funding to carry out the Act, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.4926 Betty Sutton 98 Cosponsors 0 points	Josh Miller HEARTS Act To establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.CON.RES.138 Elijah Cummings 59 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting National Men's Health Week. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
H.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 149 Cosponsors 3 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. 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.CON.RES.134 Albert Wynn 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to enhance public awareness of mental illness, especially within minority communities. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, June 2, 2008
H.RES.1200 Betty Sutton 10 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the dedication and outstanding work of military support groups across the country for their steadfast support of the members of our Armed Forces and their families. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 23, 2008
H.R.3819 Zack Space 48 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse veterans receiving emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for such treatment until such veterans are transferred to Department facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.R.493 Louise Slaughter 222 Cosponsors 0 points	Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. Signed by President on Wednesday, May 21, 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.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. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 218 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. House committee/subcommittee actions 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.1124 Janice Schakowsky 108 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Brain Tumor Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6120 Linda Sanchez 10 Cosponsors 0 points	To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet crime prevention education. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 21, 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.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.6065 Mark Kirk 9 Cosponsors 3 points	Green Schools Act To promote green schools. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.R.1783 Rahm Emanuel 114 Cosponsors 0 poi