Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ-02)

Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ-02)
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Conditions urged on US aid to Egypt

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | 6:49 AM CST

Mezuzah Ruckus Goes to Washington

Friday, September 19, 2008 | 2:07 PM CST

Some Democrats Urge Delay in Building a U.S. Missile System in Eastern Europe

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 2:17 AM CST

Hill letter urges Bush 'review' of jailed agents' case

Thursday, July 31, 2008 | 8:29 AM CST

Kucinich is pushing for the impeachment of President Bush.

Friday, July 25, 2008 | 8:44 PM CST

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H.R.7016 Trent Franks 5 Cosponsors 5 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.RES.1140 Trent Franks 35 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the 10th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.J.RES.67 Trent Franks 26 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting a base Defense Budget that at the very minimum matches 4 percent of gross domestic product. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.RES.840 Trent Franks 11 Cosponsors 1 points	Calling for the protection of human rights and restoration of rule of law in Pakistan. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 4, 2007
H.CON.RES.139 Trent Franks 32 Cosponsors 6 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should address the ongoing problem of untouchability in India. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, July 24, 2007

H.R.2376 Trent Franks 7 Cosponsors 5 points	Terrorism Prevention and Deterrence Act of 2007 To prohibit the rewarding of suicide bombings, to prohibit terrorist kidnappings and sexual assaults, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 25, 2007
H.R.2706 Trent Franks 35 Cosponsors 5 points	Children's Hope Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a credit which is dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and which is allowed against the Federal income tax for charitable contributions to education investment organizations that provide assistance for elementary and secondary education. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 13, 2007
H.R.2507 Trent Franks 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Seniors Financial Security Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 24, 2007

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H.AMDT.304 Trent Franks 0 points	An amendment numbered 8 printed in the Congressional Record to strike section 125 regarding the conduct of studies of missile denfense. No Action on
H.AMDT.242 Trent Franks 0 points	An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 110-174 to add a congressional finding stating that the U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan recently intercepted a shipment of Iranian-made weapons intended for the Taliban in Afghanistan, and establishes a reporting requirement on Iranian-made weapons being sold to or used by the Taliban in Afghanistan. No Action on
H.AMDT.772 Trent Franks 0 points	An amendment to revise by reducing the amounts made available under the heading "RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION- Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide", and increasing the amounts made available under that heading by $97,200,000. No Action on
H.AMDT.194 Trent Franks 0 points	An amendment numbered 11 printed in House Report 110-151 to increase by $764 million the amount authorized for ballistic missile defense. No Action on

H.R.5443 Ed Royce 51 Cosponsors 0 points	United States-Republic of Korea Defense Cooperation Improvement Act of 2008 To improve defense cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the United States. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.386 Bill Sali 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and celebrating the 232nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6146 Steve Cohen 18 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 170 Cosponsors 0 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.432 Doug Lamborn 4 Cosponsors 0 points	Urging the expedient relocation of the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008

H.R.7071 John Sullivan 10 Cosponsors 3 points	Federal Agency Program Realignment and Closure Act To establish a commission to recommend the elimination or realignment of Federal agencies that are duplicative or perform functions that would be more efficient on a non-Federal level, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.1482 Thaddeus McCotter 20 Cosponsors 0 points	To condemn the efforts of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations and the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to pressure and coerce the democratically elected government of the Republic of Ireland to reduce or eliminate its constitutionally established abortion restrictions. 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.6717 Michele Bachmann 15 Cosponsors 3 points	Emergency Energy Cut the Red Tape Now Act of 2008 To terminate or provide for suspension of the application of Federal laws that restrict exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or oil shale, to facilitate the construction of new crude oil refineries, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6737 Peter Hoekstra 7 Cosponsors 1 points	Education Tax Deduction for All Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals with children attending an elementary or secondary school a deduction for each child attending a public school equal to 25 percent of the State's average per pupil public education spending and, for each child attending a private or home school, a deduction equal to 100 percent of such average. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1351 Steve Chabot 34 Cosponsors 1 points	Resolution expressing support for the United Nations/African Union Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and calling upon United Nations Member States and the international community to contribute the resources necessary to ensure the success of UNAMID, including troops and essential tactical and utility helicopters. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6023 Todd Akin 37 Cosponsors 3 points	Freedom to Serve Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain forms of interference with military recruiting. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 28, 2008
H.RES.1128 Dave Davis 50 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support of the goals and ideals of National Carriage Driving Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.CON.RES.295 Gus Bilirakis 42 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the deepest appreciation of Congress to the families of members of the United States Armed Forces. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 17, 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.R.2493 Roy Blunt 83 Cosponsors 3 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.2297 Gabrielle Giffords 5 Cosponsors 0 points	Arizona National Scenic Trail Act To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Arizona National Scenic Trail. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.6384 Rob Bishop 47 Cosponsors 3 points	Americans for American Energy Act of 2008 To provide a comprehensive plan for greater American energy independence. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.6463 Michele Bachmann 15 Cosponsors 3 points	Emergency Energy Cut the Red Tape Now Act of 2008 To terminate or provide for suspension of the application of Federal laws that restrict exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or oil shale, to facilitate the construction of new crude oil refineries, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.6453 Doug Lamborn 33 Cosponsors 3 points	Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act To amend the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.RES.1325 Patrick McHenry 51 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring the life of Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr., distinguished former Senator from North Carolina. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.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.RES.1255 Tom Cole 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring Toby Keith's commitment to members of the Armed Forces. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 2, 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.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 15 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.R.5656 Jeb Hensarling 93 Cosponsors 1 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.RES.1303 Frank Wolf 44 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling on the Egyptian Government to respect human rights and freedoms of religion and expression in Egypt. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.2515 Dean Heller 8 Cosponsors 18 points	Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act To authorize appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.1662 Grace Napolitano 9 Cosponsors 27 points	A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to seek limited reimbursement for site security activities, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.332 Jeff Fortenberry 49 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.6207 Todd Akin 38 Cosponsors 0 points	To develop American energy independence, lower gas prices, and open reliable national sources of energy. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.RES.1076 Buck McKeon 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling upon the courts to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.J.RES.81 John Campbell 38 Cosponsors 3 points	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to control spending. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.5552 Gabrielle Giffords 27 Cosponsors 3 points	Border Security Accountability Act of 2008 To require a report on the efforts of the United States Government to increase border security. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 22, 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.RES.1132 Ted Poe 69 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.6048 Mike Turner 58 Cosponsors 6 points	To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. Referred to Senate committee 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.2885 Paul Kanjorski 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Credit Monitoring Clarification Act To amend the Credit Repair Organizations Act to clarify the applicability of certain provisions to credit monitoring services, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
H.R.5955 Tim Walberg 14 Cosponsors 3 points	Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2008 To provide for comprehensive health reform. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, May 19, 2008
H.RES.789 Michele Bachmann 63 Cosponsors 1 points	Honoring public child welfare agencies, nonprofit organizations and private entities providing services for foster children. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.R.6025 Cathy McMorris Rodgers 11 Cosponsors 3 points	Family-Friendly Workplace Act To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the private sector. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 13, 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.5923 John Shadegg 18 Cosponsors 3 points	Patients' Health Care Reform Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable and advancable credit against income tax for health insurance costs, to allow employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans an exclusion from gross income for employer payments in lieu of such participations, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee 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.5961 Phil Gingrey 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Medicaid and SCHIP Abuse Prevention Act of 2008 To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to place a general eligibility ceiling of 250 percent of the poverty level on gross income for eligibility for benefits under Medicaid and SCHIP. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
H.RES.1011 Frank Wolf 60 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling on the United States Government and the international community to promptly develop, fund, and implement a comprehensive regional strategy to protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian operations, contain and reduce violence, and contribute to conditions for sustainable peace and good governance in Chad, as well as in the wider region that includes the northern region of the Central African Republic and the Darfur region of Sudan. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, May 5, 2008
H.R.5911 Jeff Flake 14 Cosponsors 1 points	Remove Incentives for Producing Ethanol Act of 2008 To repeal certain incentives and subsidies for renewable fuels. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.RES.1043 Jeff Fortenberry 51 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the life and legacy of Chief Standing Bear, a pioneer in civil rights for Native Americans, on the 100th anniversary of Chief Standing Bear's death. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.3192 Lincoln Davis 38 Cosponsors 3 points	Pregnant Women Support Act To provide for programs that reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents. House committee/subcommittee actions on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5908 Wally Herger 32 Cosponsors 1 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a permanent zero percent capital gains rate for individuals and corporations. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 24, 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.R.5440 Vito Fossella 64 Cosponsors 0 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.R.5515 Sam Johnson 30 Cosponsors 0 points	New Employee Verification Act of 2008 To amend the Social Security Act to prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward benefits under title II of such Act and to make improvements in provisions governing totalization agreements, to amend the Social Security Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent unauthorized employment, and to improve coordination of the provisions of such Acts, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
H.R.5825 Devin Nunes 237 Cosponsors 3 points	Hubbard Act To amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United States Code, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.RES.1110 Mark Kirk 77 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization responsible for the murders of 26 United States citizens. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.R.5677 Todd Akin 26 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the importation into the United States of plastinated human remains. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.RES.886 Doug Lamborn 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing sympathy to the victims and families of the tragic acts of violence in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Arvada, Colorado. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.RES.994 Paul Broun 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of a National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5782 John Boozman 33 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for reciprocity in regard to the manner in which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in that State. Referred to House committee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5783 John Campbell 44 Cosponsors 3 points	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to make contributions to the Federal Government on their income tax returns. Referred to House committee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5759 Paul Broun 38 Cosponsors 3 points	English as the Official Language Act of 2008 To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.R.5776 John Shadegg 15 Cosponsors 3 points	Homeowner Empowerment Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain distributions from qualified retirement plans used for mortgage payments. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.RES.1020 Peter Welch 60 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the tremendous service that members of the Armed Forces have given to the Nation, especially those who have been wounded in combat. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
H.R.5731 Elton Gallegly 39 Cosponsors 1 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.R.5699 Jeb Hensarling 46 Cosponsors 3 points	Blogger Protection Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to protect uncompensated Internet activity by individuals from treatment as a contribution or expenditure under the Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday,