Representative Robert Scott (D-VA-03)

Representative Robert Scott (D-VA-03)
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331 points	1399 points	23 points	82.7% points	.176 points

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H.R.6838 Robert Scott 5 Cosponsors 25 points	CAMPUS Safety Act of 2008 To establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.7227 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2008 To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.5350 Robert Scott 1 Cosponsors 45 points	To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes. Resolving differences -- House actions on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.3971 Robert Scott 2 Cosponsors 30 points	Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007 To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.7079 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Patient Advocate Act of 2008 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a demonstration grants program to provide for certain patient coordination, outreach, and assistance services to reduce barriers to receiving health care and improve health care outcomes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008

H.R.7033 Robert Scott 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act of 2008 To provide safeguards with respect to the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal background checks prepared for employment purposes, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.6713 Robert Scott 1 Cosponsors 5 points	E-fencing Enforcement Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for more effective enforcement of the Federal prohibition on the interstate shipment of stolen property, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1211 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House that the Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Terrorism Enterprise Investigation as modified on May 30, 2002 ("Ashcroft Guidelines") should be rescinded and replaced by the former Guidelines ('Levi guidelines') to protect Americans from domestic Federal Bureau of Investigation spying in the absence of suspected criminal activity. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
H.R.4109 Robert Scott 8 Cosponsors 5 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.5035 Robert Scott 25 Cosponsors 5 points	Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2008 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate increased penalties for cocaine offenses where the cocaine involved is cocaine base, to eliminate minimum mandatory penalties for offenses involving cocaine, to use the resulting savings to provide drug treatment and diversion programs for cocaine users, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 4, 2008
H.R.3992 Robert Scott 13 Cosponsors 30 points	Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, January 24, 2008
H.R.4283 Robert Scott 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to award credit toward the service of a sentence to prisoners who participate in designated educational, vocational, treatment, assigned work, or other developmental programs, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, January 14, 2008
H.R.4300 Robert Scott 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2007 To establish a meaningful opportunity for parole for each child offender sentenced to life in prison, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, January 14, 2008
H.R.4762 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on self contained, carafe-less automatic drip coffeemaker with electronic clock. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, December 20, 2007
H.R.4765 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on open top, electric indoor grills. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, December 20, 2007
H.R.4768 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on sandwich toaster grills. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, December 20, 2007
H.R.4763 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on under the counter mounting electric can openers. Referred to House committee on Monday, December 17, 2007
H.R.4764 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on self contained, carafe-less automatic drip coffeemaker. Referred to House committee on Monday, December 17, 2007
H.R.4766 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on electric juice extractors. Referred to House committee on Monday, December 17, 2007
H.R.4767 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on electric juice extractors. Referred to House committee on Monday, December 17, 2007
H.R.4769 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on ice shavers. Referred to House committee on Monday, December 17, 2007
H.R.4770 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on combination single slot toaster and toaster ovens. Referred to House committee on Monday, December 17, 2007
H.R.4771 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on electric knives. Referred to House committee on Monday, December 17, 2007
H.R.4772 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on handheld electric can openers. Referred to House committee on Monday, December 17, 2007
H.R.3013 Robert Scott 11 Cosponsors 30 points	Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007 To provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, November 14, 2007
H.R.4165 Robert Scott 5 Cosponsors 5 points	To provide grants to encourage and enhance the study of modeling and simulation at institutions of higher education. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
H.R.3846 Robert Scott 74 Cosponsors 5 points	Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act To provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law-abiding lives. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, November 2, 2007
H.R.2955 Robert Scott 24 Cosponsors 5 points	Every Student Counts Act To improve calculation, reporting, and accountability for graduation rates. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
H.R.2908 Robert Scott 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007 To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
H.R.2797 Robert Scott 3 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a National White Collar Crime Center grants program for purposes of improving the identification, investigation, and prosecution of certain criminal conspiracies and activities and terrorist conspiracies and activities. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 16, 2007
H.R.899 Robert Scott 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2007 To provide a mechanism for the determination on the merits of the claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relating to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture but who were denied that determination. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 21, 2007
H.R.2702 Robert Scott 126 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
H.R.740 Robert Scott 9 Cosponsors 30 points	To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent caller ID spoofing, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, May 24, 2007
H.R.1688 Robert Scott 64 Cosponsors 5 points	All Healthy Children Act of 2007 To amend the Social Security Act to provide health insurance coverage for children and pregnant women throughout the United States by combining the children and pregnant woman health coverage under Medicaid and SCHIP into a new All Healthy Children Program, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 27, 2007
H.R.737 Robert Scott 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Forgotten Veteran's Retirement Compensation Act To correct an inequity in eligibility for military retired pay based on nonregular service in the case of certain members of the reserve components completing their reserve service before 1966. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 26, 2007

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H.R.4131 Laura Richardson 70 Cosponsors 7 points	To designate a portion of California State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, as the "Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway". Presented to President on Friday, October 10, 2008
H.R.642 Stephanie Jones 101 Cosponsors 0 points	College Fire Prevention Act To establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.3036 John Sarbanes 64 Cosponsors 0 points	No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 To reauthorize and enhance the National Environmental Education Act, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.5352 Joe Sestak 4 Cosponsors 0 points	Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2008 A bill 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, to establish programs that provide for emergency crisis response teams to combat elder abuse, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6598 John Conyers 119 Cosponsors 3 points	Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption. House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration en... 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.351 Rush Holt 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the 225th Anniversary of the Continental Congress meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1783. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.378 Barbara Cubin 55 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of September 6, 2008, as Louisa Swain Day. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.3174 Susan Davis 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2007 To amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.RES.1523 Bob Filner 3 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing Filipino American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Filipino Americans and their immense contributions to the Nation. Referred to House committee 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.2095 Jim Oberstar 94 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes. Cleared for White House 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.CON.RES.416 Rick Boucher 27 Cosponsors 5 points	Commending Barter Theatre on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.7229 Danny Davis 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Children's Budget Act To amend title 31 of the United States Code to require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the President's budget. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.RES.1521 Luis Gutierrez 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring organizers for promoting equality. 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.RES.135 Eddie Bernice Johnson 41 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week should be established. Passed/agreed to in House on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.923 John Lewis 81 Cosponsors 17 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.7147 Jesse L. Jackson 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 222 Cosponsors 24 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.R.1294 Jim Moran 9 Cosponsors 18 points	Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2006 To extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 25, 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.6045 Peter Visclosky 170 Cosponsors 12 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. House floor actions on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.CON.RES.426 Maxine Waters 52 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Minority AIDS Initiative. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.2831 George Miller 92 Cosponsors 11 points	Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.CON.RES.424 Maxine Waters 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling on the Attorney General to protect the right to vote of every person in the United States by promptly and thoroughly investigating complaints of violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.7031 Rob Wittman 10 Cosponsors 3 points	To designate a portion of the Rappahannock River in the State of Virginia as the "John W. Warner Rapids". Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 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.R.2352 Steve Rothman 55 Cosponsors 15 points	School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 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. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 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. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.176 Barbara Lee 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Act of 2007 To authorize the establishment of educational exchange and development programs for member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, September 15, 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, September 12, 2008
H.R.3114 Louise Slaughter 80 Cosponsors 0 points	National Women's Rights History Project Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.5464 Ron Klein 23 Cosponsors 18 points	A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act To direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5540 John Sarbanes 13 Cosponsors 15 points	Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act To amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network. Read twice on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5483 Tom Davis 10 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10449 White Granite Drive in Oakton, Virginia, as the "Private First Class David H. Sharrett II Post Office Building". Passed/agreed to in Senate 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.CON.RES.407 Bill Pascrell 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Italian architect Andrea Palladio. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1324 Bart Stupak 35 Cosponsors 1 points	Requesting that the President focus appropriate attention on neighborhood crime prevention and community policing, and coordinate certain Federal efforts to participate in National Night Out, which occurs the first Tuesday of August each year, including by supporting local efforts and community watch groups and by supporting local officials, to promote community safety and help provide homeland security. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1357 Doris Matsui 31 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the significance of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and the greatness of America in her ability to admit and remedy past mistakes and to recognize that there are other communities who may have suffered the mistakes of our government but have not received an apology and reparations. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
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