Representative Wally Herger (R-CA-02)

Representative Wally Herger (R-CA-02)
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170 points	447 points	150 points	79.9% points	.062 points

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H.R.5671 Wally Herger 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the laws establishing the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to retain and utilize special use permit fees collected by the Secretary in connection with the operation of marinas in the recreation area and the operation of the Multnomah Falls Lodge in the scenic area, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.5908 Wally Herger 32 Cosponsors 5 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.R.5294 Wally Herger 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the additional 0.2 percent FUTA surtax. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 7, 2008
H.R.5085 Wally Herger 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Small Business Expensing Temporary Expansion Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand expensing for small business. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 22, 2008
H.R.4499 Wally Herger 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on certain musical instruments. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, December 12, 2007

H.R.4500 Wally Herger 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on certain compasses. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
H.R.4501 Wally Herger 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on certain Christmas tree lamps. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
H.R.4502 Wally Herger 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on certain Christmas tree lamps. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
H.R.4503 Wally Herger 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To suspend temporarily the duty on certain ski equipment. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
H.R.3943 Wally Herger 7 Cosponsors 5 points	Trade Adjustment Assistance and Training Improvements Act of 2007 To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance for workers program, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, November 9, 2007
H.R.1918 Wally Herger 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Forest Service use and occupancy permit program to restore the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize the special use permit fees collected by the Secretary in connection with the establishment and operation of marinas in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 4, 2007
H.R.1917 Wally Herger 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Species Rescue Act To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to enable Federal agencies responsible for the preservation of threatened species and endangered species to rescue and relocate members of any of those species that would be taken in the course of certain reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of Federal or non-Federal manmade flood control levees. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
H.R.1797 Wally Herger 14 Cosponsors 5 points	Small Business Expensing Expansion and Permanency Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand expensing for small business. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 29, 2007
H.R.1241 Wally Herger 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Sacramento River National Recreation Area Establishment Act of 2007 To establish the Sacramento River National Recreation Area consisting of certain public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Tehama and Shasta Counties, California, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 5, 2007
H.R.940 Wally Herger 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Suzanne Gonzales Suicide Prevention Act of 2007 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use of interstate commerce for suicide promotion. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, March 1, 2007
H.R.3375 Wally Herger 7 Cosponsors 95 points	To extend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months. Became Public Law No: 110-89 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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H.R.6779 Greg Walden 33 Cosponsors 3 points	SEA Act of 2008 To provide for secure rural schools and counties, and State enhanced authority for coastal and ocean resources, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.388 Roy Blunt 22 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense and the Federal Voting Assistance Program should take certain additional and timely measures to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their dependents and citizens living overseas are provided with reasonable information on how to register to vote and vote in the 2008 general elections. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.7222 Charles Rangel 3 Cosponsors 27 points	To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1343 Gene Green 247 Cosponsors 0 points	Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6600 Lloyd Doggett 43 Cosponsors 15 points	Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2008 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards. Received in the Senate on Tuesday, September 30, 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.7220 Charles Rangel 3 Cosponsors 3 points	To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.7238 Mike Thompson 1 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide a tax credit for qualified energy storage air conditioner property. 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.R.7148 Sam Johnson 10 Cosponsors 3 points	Medicare Beneficiary Freedom to Choose Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of private contracts by Medicare beneficiaries for professional services and to allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A benefits. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.7005 Charles Rangel 14 Cosponsors 15 points	Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide alternative minimum tax relief for individuals for 2008. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.6211 Chris Cannon 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Oil Shale Opportunity Act of 2008 To allow Americans the opportunity to see their vast oil shale and tar sands resources on Federal lands developed by providing the President with the ability to determine the quickest and most responsible way to access oil shale resources. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.5477 Adam Schiff 50 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, California, as the "Chi Mui Post Office Building". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6666 Marsha Blackburn 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not subject to the Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 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.6293 Robin Hayes 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Military Children's School Investment Act To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a discretionary grant program for school construction for local educational agencies affected by base closures and realignments, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.RES.1306 Brian Bilbray 52 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the dedication and honorable service of members of the National Guard who are serving or have served in Operation Jump Start. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.RES.1327 Devin Nunes 30 Cosponsors 3 points	Congratulating the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Baseball Champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs, on an outstanding and historic season. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.2493 Roy Blunt 83 Cosponsors 0 points	Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2007 To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number of boutique fuels, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.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.CON.RES.236 David Dreier 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the close relationship between the United States and the Republic of San Marino. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, July 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.389 Kevin Brady 19 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating the Republic of Colombia on its successful rescue mission and thanking Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for the safe return of the Americans held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.6400 Peter Hoekstra 20 Cosponsors 3 points	To authorize a State to transfer or consolidate funds made available to such State under certain transportation, education, and job training programs after the United States experiences economic growth at an annual rate of less than 1 percent for 2 calendar quarters. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.6368 Kevin Brady 12 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an increase in the standard mileage rates to reflect the increase in the cost of highway fuels, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.5656 Jeb Hensarling 93 Cosponsors 0 points	To repeal a requirement with respect to the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.RES.1302 John Tanner 46 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the life and mourning the death of John Berthoud, Ph.D. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.1662 Grace Napolitano 9 Cosponsors 9 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.R.3089 Mac Thornberry 87 Cosponsors 0 points	No More Excuses Energy Act of 2007 To secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
H.RES.1243 John Sullivan 27 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the immeasurable contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, supporting responsible fatherhood, and encouraging greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, especially on Father's Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.R.3058 Peter DeFazio 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Public Land Communities Transition Assistance Act of 2007 To amend chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter to units of general local government in which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Thursday, June 5, 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.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.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.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.5794 Kevin Brady 70 Cosponsors 3 points	Federal Sunset Act of 2008 To provide for the periodic review of the efficiency and public need for Federal agencies, to establish a Commission for the purpose of reviewing the efficiency and public need of such agencies, and to provide for the abolishment of agencies for which a public need does not exist. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, May 12, 2008
H.R.5984 Roscoe Bartlett 121 Cosponsors 3 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 3 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.RES.1122 Marilyn Musgrave 112 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing Armed Forces Day. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.R.4245 Bill Sali 3 Cosponsors 0 points	Saving American Lives and Investing in Protecting Land And Nature Act To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for the categorical exclusion of certain projects on Federal land located adjacent to non-Federal land from documentation in an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment when conditions on the Federal land pose a serious risk to the non-Federal land, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts or agreements for forest projects on Federal land with non-Federal entities that own adjacent land, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5821 Paul Broun 26 Cosponsors 0 points	Military Honor and Decency Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to close loopholes in the prohibition on the sale or rental of sexually explicit material on military installations. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5906 Vito Fossella 8 Cosponsors 3 points	Small Business Capitol Expansion and Improvement Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the expensing of certain real property. 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.RES.1140 Trent Franks 35 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 10th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.R.5515 Sam Johnson 30 Cosponsors 1 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.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.R.5765 Anna Eshoo 8 Cosponsors 0 points	Medicare Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover remote patient management services for certain chronic health conditions under the Medicare Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5629 Anna Eshoo 34 Cosponsors 0 points	Pathway for Biosimilars Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 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.5699 Jeb Hensarling 46 Cosponsors 0 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, April 3, 2008
H.R.2040 John Lewis 311 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 2, 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.RES.493 Jerry Lewis 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating the women's water polo team of the University of California, Los Angeles, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Water Polo National Championship, and congratulating UCLA on its 100th NCAA sports national title, making it the most accomplished athletic program in NCAA history. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.CON.RES.315 Joe Wilson 111 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the idea that coalition victory in Iraq is possible. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.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.R.5462 Louie Gohmert 47 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend title 10, United States Code, to deny Federal funds for any State or city, county, or other political subdivision of a State that prohibits or unduly restricts the establishment or operation of a military recruiting office. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 29, 2008
H.RES.958 John Kline 75 Cosponsors 0 points	Reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to the patriotic and professional men and women serving in the United States Marine Corps in defense of the United States. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 29, 2008
H.RES.959 Marilyn Musgrave 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the Adopt-a-Platoon program, which encourages support to deployed soldiers through letters, care packages, pen pal campaigns, and monetary donations. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 29, 2008
H.R.4157 Paul Broun 55 Cosponsors 3 points