Representative Vern Buchanan (R-FL-13)

Representative Vern Buchanan (R-FL-13)
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H.R.4342 Vern Buchanan 24 Cosponsors 6 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 824 Manatee Avenue West in Bradenton, Florida, as the "Dan Miller Post Office Building". Referred to Senate subcommittee on Wednesday, February 27, 2008
H.R.3922 Vern Buchanan 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Gang Reduction, Investment, and Prevention Act To expand and improve Federal gang prevention programs. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, November 14, 2007
H.CON.RES.176 Vern Buchanan 108 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to honor our Nation's disabled veterans. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
H.R.2366 Vern Buchanan 18 Cosponsors 25 points	SBA Veterans' Programs Act of 2007 To reauthorize the veterans entrepreneurial development programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. Read the second time on Thursday, June 21, 2007
H.R.1012 Vern Buchanan 7 Cosponsors 5 points	Small Business Growth Act of 2007 To reform laws and procedures affecting small business. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 5, 2007

H.R.1735 Vern Buchanan 30 Cosponsors 5 points	Clay Moore Kidnaping Prevention Act of 2007 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide mandatory imprisonment for certain kidnapings by illegal aliens. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 20, 2007
H.R.1579 Vern Buchanan 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Tracking Act To create a standard solider patient tracking system. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 3, 2007
H.R.1375 Vern Buchanan 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Earmark Accountability and Reform Act of 2007 To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, March 7, 2007
H.J.RES.21 Vern Buchanan 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 1, 2007

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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.6338 Ron Klein 24 Cosponsors 5 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4233 West Hillsboro Boulevard in Coconut Creek, Florida, as the "Army SPC Daniel Agami Post Office Building". Cleared for White House on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6772 Tim Mahoney 24 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the "CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building". Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.4918 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 24 Cosponsors 0 points	To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Miami, Florida, as the "Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.RES.901 Ander Crenshaw 24 Cosponsors 3 points	Congratulating University of Florida Quarterback Timothy "Tim" Tebow for winning the Heisman Trophy and honoring both his athletic and academic achievements. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 29, 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.RES.1328 Todd Platts 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 0 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.4264 Jeff Miller 33 Cosponsors 7 points	To name the Department of Veterans Affairs spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center". Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.5898 Gus Bilirakis 84 Cosponsors 1 points	Silver Alert Grant Program Act of 2008 To authorize a grant program to help establish and improve State-administered notification systems to help locate missing individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.3819 Zack Space 48 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse veterans receiving emergency treatment in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for such treatment until such veterans are transferred to Department facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.CON.RES.334 Chris Shays 60 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military Appreciation Month. Referred to Senate committee 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.1106 Dave Reichert 114 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of April 2008 as "National Autism Awareness Month" and supporting efforts to devote new resources to research into the causes and treatment of autism and to improve training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with autism. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.980 Dale Kildee 278 Cosponsors 0 points	Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. Senate floor actions on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.RES.789 Michele Bachmann 63 Cosponsors 4 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.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.RES.578 Adam Putnam 55 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Watermelon Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 29, 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.3646 Cliff Stearns 44 Cosponsors 0 points	To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a joint study on the fields of employment for which the greatest need for employees exists in various geographic areas. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 16, 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.1116 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the life of Claude Denson Pepper, distinguished former Senator and Representative from Florida. 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.RES.1108 Chris Shays 6 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that future Iraq reconstruction should be paid for by the Government of Iraq. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.2063 Nita Lowey 76 Cosponsors 0 points	Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2007 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop a voluntary policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.1237 Bart Gordon 173 Cosponsors 0 points	Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.5740 Harry Mitchell 169 Cosponsors 3 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 committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.5673 Kevin McCarthy 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Military Voting Protection Act of 2008 To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to direct the Secretary of Defense to collect absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters for elections for Federal office and deliver the ballots to State election officials prior to the time established for the closing of the polls on the date of the election, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 1, 2008
H.R.5644 John Mica 23 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide for competitive development and operation of high-speed rail corridor projects. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 17, 2008
H.R.5561 Steve Buyer 17 Cosponsors 1 points	Veterans Mortgage Stimulus Clarification Act of 2008 To amend the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 to provide for a temporary increase in the maximum loan guaranty amount for housing loans guaranteed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 14, 2008
H.RES.951 Scott Garrett 263 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
H.RES.807 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 24 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the life of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, champion of the Florida Everglades and founder of Florida's environmental movement. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
H.RES.845 Alcee Hastings 17 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the 60th anniversary of Everglades National Park. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
H.RES.995 Mario Diaz-Balart 38 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the 12th anniversary of the 1996 shooting down of 2 unarmed Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft, licensed by the United States, by the Cuban regime. Referred to House committee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.5131 Ted Poe 61 Cosponsors 0 points	Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for the destruction of memorials, headstones, markers, and graves commemorating persons serving in the Armed Forces on private property. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.5222 John Campbell 92 Cosponsors 1 points	Semper Fi Act To rescind funds appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, for the City of Berkeley, California, and any entities located in such city, and to provide that such funds shall be transferred to the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps account of the Department of Defense for the purposes of recruiting. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
H.R.5172 Joe Donnelly 14 Cosponsors 3 points	Immediate Financial Assistance for America's Seniors Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recovery rebates to certain individuals receiving social security benefits. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
H.R.4930 Joe Wilson 82 Cosponsors 0 points	National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
H.R.4577 Gus Bilirakis 14 Cosponsors 3 points	Student Visa Security Improvement Act To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to strengthen student visa background checks and improve the monitoring of foreign students in the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, January 14, 2008
H.R.4900 Steve King 150 Cosponsors 0 points	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007 To reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearms laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, January 14, 2008
H.CON.RES.254 Mary Fallin 55 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing and celebrating the centennial of Oklahoma statehood. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
H.R.3793 Jason Altmire 274 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007 To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the continued payment to a member of the uniformed services who dies or is retired or separated under chapter 61 of title 10, United States Code, bonuses and similar benefits that the member was entitled to before the death, retirement, or separation of the member and would be paid if the member had not died, retired, or separated, to prohibit requiring the member to repay any portion of the bonuses or similar benefits previously paid, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
H.R.1947 Nancy Boyda 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Haley's Act To promote public safety and improve the welfare of captive big cats, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, December 18, 2007
H.RES.542 Ginny Brown-Waite 67 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the unconditional support of the House of Representatives for the members of the National Guard. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, December 18, 2007
H.RES.843 Peter Roskam 113 Cosponsors 1 points	Mourning the passing of Congressman Henry J. Hyde and celebrating his leadership and service to the people of Illinois and the United States of America. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, December 17, 2007
H.R.719 Earl Pomeroy 74 Cosponsors 0 points	Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators Act of 2007 A bill to authorize additional appropriations for supervision of Internet access by sex offenders convicted under Federal law, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.CON.RES.260 Mario Diaz-Balart 20 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the kidnapping and hostage-taking of 3 United States citizens for over 4 years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and demanding their immediate and unconditional release. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.CON.RES.263 Jack Kingston 159 Cosponsors 0 points	To establish the Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.R.4176 Peter King 169 Cosponsors 1 points	Prevention of Unsafe Licensing Act To enhance national security by restricting access of illegal aliens to driver's licenses and State-issued identification documents. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.RES.335 Lois Capps 81 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to lung cancer as a public health priority and the recommendations of the Lung Cancer Progress Review Group of the National Cancer Institute. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
H.RES.760 Kathy Castor 111 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Children's Health Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
H.R.3047 Doug Lamborn 25 Cosponsors 3 points	Veterans Claims Processing Innovation Act of 2007 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of claims for benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, November 8, 2007
H.J.RES.54 Anna Eshoo 105 Cosponsors 0 points	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Medicare coverage for the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in cancer and related neoplastic conditions. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 8, 2007
H.RES.800 Tom Latham 73 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the issuance of State driver's licenses or other government-issued photo identification to illegal aliens. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
H.R.3882 Tim Walz 130 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to change the length of the obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving certain education benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
H.R.4104 Roger Wicker 197 Cosponsors 1 points	Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
H.RES.805 Cliff Stearns 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the life of Dr. D. James Kennedy. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, November 6, 2007
H.R.4061 John Lewis 57 Cosponsors 0 points	To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, November 1, 2007
H.R.2295 Eliot Engel 273 Cosponsors 0 points	ALS Registry Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry. Read the second time on Wednesday, October 31, 2007
H.RES.786 Phil Gingrey 132 Cosponsors 0 points	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, October 31, 2007
H.R.3120 Debbie Wasserman Schultz 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Stranahan House, Trading Post and Campsite Historic Preservation Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Stranahan House in Broward County, Florida, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
H.CON.RES.230 Ginny Brown-Waite 129 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
H.RES.783 Steve LaTourette 83 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration employees, volunteers, and veterans' service organizations that perform funeral honors and memorial honor details should be permitted to recite the 13 steps to fold an American flag (known as the "13-fold recital") at any national cemetery if requested by the family of the deceased. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
H.RES.784 Kevin McCarthy 68 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and honoring, in community post offices, the service of men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces deployed overseas. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
H.RES.680 John Carter 118 Cosponsors 3 points	Condemning the actions of September 7, 2007, resulting in damage to the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
H.R.3229 Lynn Westmoreland 164 Cosponsors 0 points	National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the legacy of the United States Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 19, 2007
H.RES.549 Gus Bilirakis 23 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the importance of America's Waterway Watch program, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
H.R.1721 Debbie Wasserman Schultz 32 Cosponsors 0 points	Pool and Spa Safety Act To increase the safety of swimming pools and spas by requiring the use of proper anti-entrapment drain covers and pool and spa drainage systems, by establishing a swimming pool safety grant program administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to encourage States to improve their pool and spa safety laws and to educate the public about pool and spa safety, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Monday, October 15, 2007
H.R.3779 Mike Turner 119 Cosponsors 1 points	Andrew Larochelle God, Family, and Country Act of 2007 To require the Architect of the Capitol to permit the acknowledgment of God on flag certificates. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 9, 2007
H.R.3726 Baron Hill 26 Cosponsors 3 points	Property Tax Relief Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for real property taxes on the principal residences to all individuals whether or not they itemize other deductions. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 2, 2007
H.R.1400 Tom Lantos 322 Cosponsors 0 points	Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 To enhance United States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by imposing additional economic sanctions against Iran, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
H.RES.557 Joh