Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX-21)

Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX-21)
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Sponsored	Cosponsored	Maverick	Attendance	RBA*
85 points	1026 points	113 points	81.6% points	.182 points

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H.RES.1494 Lamar Smith 54 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of The Christian Science Monitor newspaper. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.RES.1481 Lamar Smith 51 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Christian Science Monitor newspaper. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.6855 Lamar Smith 3 Cosponsors 25 points	To extend the authority for the United States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court grounds, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.6705 Lamar Smith 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act of 2008 To provide for habeas corpus review for terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.5642 Lamar Smith 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Strengthening United States Technology And Innovation Now Act To increase the numerical limitation with respect to H-1B nonimmigrants for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008

H.R.4774 Lamar Smith 31 Cosponsors 6 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10250 John Saunders Road in San Antonio, Texas, as the "Cyndi Taylor Krier Post Office Building". Referred to Senate subcommittee on Friday, March 28, 2008
H.RES.1003 Lamar Smith 14 Cosponsors 1 points	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide increased accountability and transparency in the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, February 27, 2008
H.R.4842 Lamar Smith 7 Cosponsors 5 points	To provide for only prospective effect of certain amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines relating to cocaine base sentencing. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, January 14, 2008
H.RES.499 Lamar Smith 93 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Administration should rigorously enforce the laws of the United States to substantially reduce illegal immigration and greatly improve border security. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, August 10, 2007
H.R.3156 Lamar Smith 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Violent Crime Control Act of 2007 To control violent crime. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, August 10, 2007
H.RES.490 Lamar Smith 51 Cosponsors 5 points	Honoring the 2007 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, July 30, 2007
H.R.2890 Lamar Smith 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Solar Utilization Now Demonstration Act of 2007 To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a photovoltaic demonstration program, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, July 13, 2007
H.R.2079 Lamar Smith 7 Cosponsors 5 points	Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Act of 2007 To reduce the Nation's dependence on foreign sources of oil and reduce carbon emissions by promoting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and related advanced vehicle technologies. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
H.R.1326 Lamar Smith 0 Cosponsors 5 points	OPEN Government Act of 2007 To promote openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 27, 2007
H.R.836 Lamar Smith 9 Cosponsors 5 points	Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2007 To amend title 18, United States Code, to better assure cyber-security, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 1, 2007
H.R.837 Lamar Smith 10 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect youth from exploitation by adults using the Internet, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 1, 2007

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H.R.2583 Michael Burgess 23 Cosponsors 6 points	Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007 To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1717 Michael McCaul 15 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a National Bio and Agro-defense Facility. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consider... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.4081 Anthony Weiner 3 Cosponsors 0 points	PACT Act To prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and for other purposes. Read twice on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6323 Jim Sensenbrenner 6 Cosponsors 27 points	To establish a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program to promote research of appropriate technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.388 Roy Blunt 22 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense and the Federal Voting Assistance Program should take certain additional and timely measures to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their dependents and citizens living overseas are provided with reasonable information on how to register to vote and vote in the 2008 general elections. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.CON.RES.410 Louie Gohmert 3 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the FBI on their 100th anniversary. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.429 Mike Conaway 55 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the importance of the United States wine industry to the American economy. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1424 Patrick Kennedy 270 Cosponsors 0 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.6353 Bart Stupak 13 Cosponsors 27 points	Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to address online pharmacies. Cleared for White House on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6531 Howard Berman 3 Cosponsors 27 points	Vessel Hull Design Protection Amendments of 2008 To amend chapter 13 of title 17, United States Code (relating to the vessel hull design protection), to clarify the definitions of a hull and a deck. Cleared for White House on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6437 Mike Conaway 33 Cosponsors 6 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 North Texas Avenue in Odessa, Texas, as the "Corporal Alfred Mac Wilson Post Office". Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.7084 Jay Inslee 4 Cosponsors 27 points	Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 To amend section 114 of title 17, United States Code, to provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters. Cleared for White House on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.923 John Lewis 81 Cosponsors 0 points	Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.1943 Maxine Waters 42 Cosponsors 18 points	Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2007 To provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6063 Mark Udall 12 Cosponsors 0 points	National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008 To authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.7080 John Boehner 2 Cosponsors 3 points	Stop Trial Lawyer Pork Act To eliminate certain provisions of law providing benefits to trial lawyers, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.7016 Trent Franks 5 Cosponsors 3 points	Susan B. Anthony Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 To prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.6813 Steve King 55 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens may not be deducted from gross income, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6041 Silvestre Reyes 20 Cosponsors 3 points	To redesignate the Rio Grande American Canal in El Paso, Texas, as the "Travis C. Johnson Canal". Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6763 Patrick Tiberi 13 Cosponsors 1 points	Digital Television Coupon Extension Act of 2008 To amend the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to extend the expiration date of digital-to-analog converter box coupons from 3 months to 6 months. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6679 Ciro Rodriguez 2 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to provide for reimbursement for costs incurred by the non-Federal interest in the flood control project in San Antonio, Texas, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6090 Darrell Issa 6 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 28, 2008
H.CON.RES.396 John Conyers 3 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the FBI on their 100th anniversary. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.R.3564 Chris Cannon 3 Cosponsors 9 points	Regulatory Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United States through fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.RES.1262 Darrell Issa 49 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Commerce should use all reasonable measures to ensure that every person is counted in the 2010 decennial census. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.CON.RES.381 Donald Payne 54 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring and recognizing the dedication and achievements of Thurgood Marshall on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Received in the Senate on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.2493 Roy Blunt 83 Cosponsors 0 points	Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2007 To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number of boutique fuels, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.2208 Rick Boucher 63 Cosponsors 0 points	Coal Liquid Fuel Act To provide for a standby loan program for certain coal-to-liquid projects. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 0 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.6418 Ted Poe 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Developing Resources Immediately and Long-Term through Leases on Our Nation's Offshore Waters Act of 2008 To achieve greater national energy independence by terminating longstanding moratoriums on the domestic production of offshore oil and natural gas and to authorize States to petition for authorization to conduct offshore oil and natural gas exploration and extraction in the coastal zone of their State. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 2, 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.J.RES.96 Steve Chabot 3 Cosponsors 3 points	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit the penalty of death for the rape of a child. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.1315 Michael McCaul 26 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6362 Howard Berman 3 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend title 35, United States Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide that the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, shall appoint administrative patent judges and administrative trademark judges, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.5656 Jeb Hensarling 93 Cosponsors 0 points	To repeal a requirement with respect to the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.2279 Joseph Pitts 75 Cosponsors 0 points	To expedite the construction of new refining capacity on closed military installations in the United States, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.5593 Linda Sanchez 3 Cosponsors 18 points	Congressional Review Act Improvement Act To amend title 5, United States Code, to make technical amendments to certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, enacted by the Congressional Review Act. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.R.3089 Mac Thornberry 87 Cosponsors 0 points	No More Excuses Energy Act of 2007 To secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.RES.1251 John Conyers 13 Cosponsors 3 points	Saluting the life and music of the late Otha Ellas "Bo Diddley" Bates, guitar virtuoso and rock and roll pioneer, whose music continues to influence generations of musicians. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.R.5940 Bart Gordon 30 Cosponsors 18 points	National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008 To authorize activities for support of nanotechnology research and development, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 6, 2008
H.RES.1132 Ted Poe 69 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.986 John Boehner 57 Cosponsors 2 points	Recognizing the courage and sacrifice of those members of the United States Armed Forces who were held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and calling for a full accounting of the 1,729 members of the Armed Forces who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict. House floor actions on Tuesday, May 20, 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.4279 John Conyers 19 Cosponsors 27 points	Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2007 To enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 12, 2008
H.R.5889 Howard Berman 3 Cosponsors 3 points	Orphan Works Act of 2008 To provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 7, 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.5984 Roscoe Bartlett 121 Cosponsors 0 points	Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency in order to prevent a downturn in these sectors that would result from a lapse in the tax law. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.2774 Gabrielle Giffords 19 Cosponsors 0 points	Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007 To support the research, development, and commercial application of solar energy technologies, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.R.4193 Jerry Moran 27 Cosponsors 3 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.R.5440 Vito Fossella 64 Cosponsors 3 points	FISA Amendments Act of 2008 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Wednesday, April 23, 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.320 Sheila Jackson-Lee 74 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring Army Specialist Monica L. Brown, extending gratitude to her and her family, and pledging continuing support for the men and women of the United States Armed Forces. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 18, 2008
H.RES.1030 Randy Neugebauer 9 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the achievements of former Texas Tech University, Indiana University, and West Point men's basketball coach Bob Knight. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
H.RES.1095 Al Green 52 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing and honoring the 40th anniversary of congressional passage of title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (the Fair Housing Act) and the 20th anniversary of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.5619 Rick Boucher 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2008 To enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5731 Elton Gallegly 39 Cosponsors 3 points	Secure the Capitol Act To prohibit offices of the legislative branch from entering into a contract for the provision of goods or services within the Capitol Complex with any contractor who does not participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 8, 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.RES.1061 John Lewis 25 Cosponsors 3 points	Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and encouraging people of the United States to pause and remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 1, 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.270 John Conyers 1 Cosponsors 6 points	To make corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1593. Passed/agreed to in Senate 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.R.5545 Michael Burgess 6 Cosponsors 0 points	Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify Medicare