Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY-22)

Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY-22)
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97 points	1171 points	37 points	80% points	.125 points

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H.R.1286 Maurice Hinchey 26 Cosponsors 10 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.1520 Maurice Hinchey 31 Cosponsors 12 points	Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Act of 2007 To establish the Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission, the Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.6093 Maurice Hinchey 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act of 2008 To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow members of the Armed Forces to sue the United States for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
H.R.6056 Maurice Hinchey 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Preserving the American Historical Record Act To authorize the Archivist of the United States to make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.R.5988 Maurice Hinchey 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Fair and Justifiable Credit Card Interest Rate Act of 2008 To amend the Truth in Lending Act to impose a cap on the rate of interest that may be charged on consumer credit card accounts, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008

H.CON.RES.333 Maurice Hinchey 7 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing continued support for employee stock ownership plans. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.CON.RES.331 Maurice Hinchey 17 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's Health Week, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
H.R.5700 Maurice Hinchey 35 Cosponsors 5 points	SERVE Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a $1,000 refundable credit for individuals who are bona fide volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 3, 2008
H.R.5527 Maurice Hinchey 3 Cosponsors 5 points	TCE Reduction Act of 2008 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the health of susceptible populations, including pregnant women, infants, and children, by requiring a health advisory, drinking water standard, and reference concentration for trichloroethylene vapor intrusion, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
H.RES.625 Maurice Hinchey 23 Cosponsors 1 points	Censuring the President and Vice President. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 10, 2007
H.RES.626 Maurice Hinchey 23 Cosponsors 1 points	Censuring the President and Attorney General. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 10, 2007
H.R.1740 Maurice Hinchey 41 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit the simplified summer food programs to be carried out in all States and by all service institutions. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 9, 2007
H.R.1886 Maurice Hinchey 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To prevent public financing of oil or gas field development projects, surveying or extraction activities, processing facilities, pipelines, or terminals, or other oil and gas production or distribution operations or facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, June 8, 2007
H.R.1919 Maurice Hinchey 156 Cosponsors 5 points	America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2007 To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 18, 2007
H.R.2273 Maurice Hinchey 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the deposit in the general fund of the Treasury of fees that are collected from manufacturers of drugs and devices under chapter VII of such Act, to terminate the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to negotiate with the manufacturers on particular uses of the fees, to establish a Center for Postmarket Drug Safety and Effectiveness, to establish additional authorities to ensure the safe and effective use of drugs, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, May 10, 2007
H.CON.RES.144 Maurice Hinchey 15 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's Health Week, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
H.R.1887 Maurice Hinchey 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Superfund Equity and Megasite Remediation Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the financing for Superfund for purposes of cleanup activities with respect to those Superfund sites for which removal and remedial action is estimated to cost more than $50 million, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
H.R.1479 Maurice Hinchey 25 Cosponsors 5 points	Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of qualified acupuncturist services under part B of the Medicare Program, and to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for coverage of such services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 19, 2007
H.R.586 Maurice Hinchey 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Energy Fairness for America Act To restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, February 7, 2007
H.R.809 Maurice Hinchey 14 Cosponsors 5 points	To repeal section 216 of the Federal Power Act (as added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) providing for the use of eminent domain authority for the construction of certain electric power lines, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 6, 2007
H.R.810 Maurice Hinchey 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Protecting Communities from Power Line Abuse Act To amend certain provisions of the Federal Power Act added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to the use of eminent domain authority for the construction of electric power lines, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 6, 2007

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H.R.554 James McGovern 7 Cosponsors 0 points	Paleontological Resources Preservation Act To provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and for other purposes. House Committee on Judiciary Granted an extension for further consideration endi... on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.2352 Steve Rothman 55 Cosponsors 3 points	School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. House Committee on Education and Labor Granted an extension for further consider... 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.R.2343 Danny Davis 66 Cosponsors 0 points	Education Begins at Home Act To expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health concerns, and for other purposes. House Committee on Armed Services Granted an extension for further consideration... 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.6340 Nita Lowey 28 Cosponsors 27 points	To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 300 Quarropas Street in White Plains, New York, as the "Charles L. Brieant, Jr., Federal Building and United States Courthouse". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.RES.1316 James McGovern 53 Cosponsors 4 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.R.6778 Sheila Jackson-Lee 6 Cosponsors 3 points	Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act of 2008 To secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6795 Peter DeFazio 5 Cosponsors 3 points	End the Trade Deficit Act To establish an Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6796 Maxine Waters 7 Cosponsors 3 points	Stop Very Unscrupulous Loan Transfers from Underprivileged countries to Rich, Exploitive Funds Act To prevent speculation and profiteering in the defaulted debt of certain poor countries, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6800 Dennis Kucinich 19 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to replace the Medicare prescription drug benefit adopted by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 with a revised and simplified prescription benefit program for all Medicare beneficiaries. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.J.RES.62 Joe Baca 82 Cosponsors 18 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. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, July 31, 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.6460 Vernon Ehlers 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6732 John Hall 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of "combat with the enemy" for purposes of service-connection of disabilities. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6739 Jay Inslee 4 Cosponsors 3 points	United States Climate Action Now Act To encourage stronger building energy efficiency codes, promote renewable energy technology deployment, and protect the United States from the effects of climate change, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 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.RES.1402 Joseph Crowley 39 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting a transition to democracy through free, fair, credible, peaceful, and transparent elections in Bangladesh. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.998 Carolyn McCarthy 82 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil Rights History Project Act of 2007 To direct the Librarian of Congress and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out a joint project at the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.5167 Bruce Braley 35 Cosponsors 0 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.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.RES.194 Steve Cohen 119 Cosponsors 3 points	Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
H.RES.1319 Bob Filner 3 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of Four Immortal Chaplains Day in remembrance of the 4 men who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the name of compassion for those of different races and faiths. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, July 25, 2008
H.CON.RES.364 Barbara Lee 59 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the Significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.R.6226 Brian Higgins 35 Cosponsors 3 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the "Stan Lundine Post Office Building". Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 23, 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.CON.RES.299 Ed Markey 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1088 Jerrold Nadler 39 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and commending the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for 50 years of service as a vital American cultural ambassador to the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.2933 Gary Miller 105 Cosponsors 3 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. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.160 Rush Holt 18 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. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.4174 Tom Allen 17 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2007 To establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Received in the Senate on Thursday, July 10, 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.5541 Nick Rahall 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, 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.RES.1329 Keith Ellison 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should accept the Iraqi Government's stated goal of setting a timetable for withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.RES.1337 Adam Schiff 6 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the decision by the Government of Zimbabwe to hold the run-off presidential election on June 27, 2008;. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.5741 Madeleine Bordallo 14 Cosponsors 18 points	Shark Conservation Act of 2008 To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.5975 Mike Arcuri 31 Cosponsors 3 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 West Main Street in Waterville, New York, as the "Cpl. John P. Sigsbee Post Office". 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.CON.RES.370 Sheila Jackson-Lee 51 Cosponsors 5 points	Expressing support for designation of September 2008 as "Gospel Music Heritage Month" and honoring gospel music for its valuable and longstanding contributions to the culture of the United States. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.1889 Tim Holden 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Private Prison Information Act of 2007 To require prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to do by law. House committee/subcommittee actions 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.6381 Frank Pallone 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting devices. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6398 Paul Hodes 8 Cosponsors 3 points	To impose a permanent prohibition on the use of funds by the Department of Defense for propaganda purposes within the United States not otherwise specifically authorized by law and to require an investigation into possible violations of the annual Department of Defense Appropriations Act prohibition on such propaganda. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.1310 Sheila Jackson-Lee 4 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Iran's lack of protection for internationally recognized human rights creates poor conditions for religious freedom in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.1314 Sander Levin 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Remembering the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 and extending the deepest sympathies of the House of Representatives to the victims, survivors, and families of this tragedy, and for other purposes. 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.4044 Janice Schakowsky 65 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 11 of the United States Code to exempt for a limited period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under Chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.CON.RES.380 Carolyn Maloney 16 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 63rd anniversary of the United Nations. Referred to House committee 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.CON.RES.350 Nick Rahall 36 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States, through the International Whaling Commission, should use all appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms, including scientific and other special permit whaling, coastal whaling, and community-based whaling, and seek to strengthen the conservation and management measures to facilitate the conservation of whale species, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.R.6330 Bart Stupak 45 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.RES.1029 Luis Gutierrez 52 Cosponsors 3 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.