Representative Yvette Clarke (D-NY-11)

Representative Yvette Clarke (D-NY-11)
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74 points	1099 points	33 points	74.7% points	.125 points

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H.R.7087 Yvette Clarke 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Small Business Act to establish a mentorship program designed to help minority and women-owned small businesses build their capacities and access to contracting opportunities in the construction industry. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.1504 Yvette Clarke 0 Cosponsors 1 points	Urging the President to increase efforts under the Third Border Initiative (TBI) to deepen cooperation and collaboration with Caribbean nations. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.1505 Yvette Clarke 0 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the United States-Bahamas Proliferation Security Initiative Shipboarding Agreement. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.1429 Yvette Clarke 10 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the employees of the Department of Homeland Security, their partners at all levels of government, and the millions of emergency response providers and law enforcement agents nationwide should be commended for their dedicated service on the Nation's front lines in the war against acts of terrorism. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.6803 Yvette Clarke 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Real Estate Assessment Center Inspection Improvement Act of 2008 To improve inspections of public housing and federally assisted multifamily housing conducted by the Real Estate Assessment Center of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008

H.R.4179 Yvette Clarke 16 Cosponsors 30 points	Fair, Accurate, Secure and Timely Redress Act of 2007 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an appeal and redress process for individuals wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight, or denied a right, benefit, or privilege, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.RES.1204 Yvette Clarke 10 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing the goals and ideals of Flag Day in the Republic of Haiti. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.R.5902 Yvette Clarke 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Getting Youth Re-invested in Environmental Education Now Act To enhance environmental justice education in middle and high schools that serve disadvantaged students. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.R.5796 Yvette Clarke 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 To provide funding for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.RES.865 Yvette Clarke 33 Cosponsors 5 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the March 2007 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development makes an important contribution to the understanding of the high levels of crime and violence in the Caribbean, and that the United States should work with Caribbean countries to address crime and violence in the region. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.R.5624 Yvette Clarke 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Radiological Materials Security Act To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to secure domestic sources of radiological materials that could be used to make a radiological dispersion device against access by terrorists, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 2, 2008
H.R.3828 Yvette Clarke 34 Cosponsors 5 points	Citizenship and Immigration Backlog Reduction Act To reduce the backlog in processing requests made by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to the National Name Check Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, November 2, 2007
H.R.3933 Yvette Clarke 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the election to include combat pay as earned income for purposes of the earned income tax credit and penalty-free distributions from retirement plans to individuals called to active duty, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 23, 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.840 Julia Carson 85 Cosponsors 0 points	Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2007 To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to consolidate the housing assistance programs for homeless persons under title IV of such Act, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar 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.5577 Bennie Thompson 20 Cosponsors 3 points	Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend, modify, and recodify the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities, and for other purposes. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consider... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6064 Lloyd Doggett 70 Cosponsors 18 points	National Silver Alert Act To encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.CON.RES.214 Peter King 39 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation. Referred to Senate 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.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.6199 Eliot Engel 28 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 245 North Main Street in New City, New York, as the "Kenneth Peter Zebrowski Post Office Building". Cleared for White House on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.7175 Nydia Velazquez 4 Cosponsors 15 points	Small Business Financing Improvements Act of 2008 To amend the Small Business Act to improve the section 7(a) lending program, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6748 Nita Lowey 6 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit the number of Urban Area Security Initiative grants awarded and to clarify the risk assessment formula to be used when making such grants, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee 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.389 Donald Payne 50 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Malaria Awareness Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Saturday, September 27, 2008
H.R.923 John Lewis 81 Cosponsors 0 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.RES.135 Eddie Bernice Johnson 41 Cosponsors 1 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.6950 Pete Stark 52 Cosponsors 24 points	Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008 To establish the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal for organ donors and the family of organ donors. Received in the Senate on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.1943 Maxine Waters 42 Cosponsors 0 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.758 Rosa DeLauro 222 Cosponsors 0 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.1464 Tom Udall 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007 To assist in the conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.3815 Ed Perlmutter 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2007 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source homeland security information products, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, September 24, 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 33 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.RES.1402 Joseph Crowley 41 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting a transition to democracy through free, fair, credible, peaceful, and transparent elections in Bangladesh. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1227 Carolyn Maloney 39 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and calling on the international community to take immediate actions to respond to the violence. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1369 Barbara Lee 35 Cosponsors 1 points	Recognizing nongovernmental organizations working to bring just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Passed/agreed to in House 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.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.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.CON.RES.344 Sheila Jackson-Lee 48 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the disproportionate impact of the global food crisis on children in the developing world. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.RES.1418 John Sarbanes 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating Michael Phelps, 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics champion swimmer, on winning 8 gold medals in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and becoming one of the most highly decorated athletes in Olympic history. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 8, 2008
H.R.3021 Ben Chandler 140 Cosponsors 0 points	21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6340 Nita Lowey 28 Cosponsors 27 points	To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 300 Quarropas Street in White Plains, New York, as the "Charles L. Brieant, Jr., Federal Building and United States Courthouse". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6826 Allyson Schwartz 42 Cosponsors 3 points	Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare Program. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.4806 Jane Harman 13 Cosponsors 6 points	Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2007 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and other information, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1143 Todd Platts 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of the Apple Crunch and the Nation's domestic apple industry. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1394 Edolphus Towns 7 Cosponsors 0 points	Applauding organizations that engage in the prevention of domestic violence and provide outreach and support services for victims. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.896 Joe Baca 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for primary lateral sclerosis, supporting the goals and ideals of Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6654 Edolphus Towns 40 Cosponsors 3 points	Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act To increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6660 George Miller 11 Cosponsors 3 points	Prohibiting the Department of Labor's Secret Rule Act of 2008 To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing, administering, or enforcing any rule, regulation, or requirement derived from the proposal submitted to the Office of Management and Budget entitled "Requirements for DOL Agencies' Assessment of Occupational Health Risks" (RIN:1290-AA23). Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6680 Jose Serrano 25 Cosponsors 3 points	Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act To permit the use of Federal funds for syringe exchange programs for purposes of reducing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.194 Steve Cohen 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
H.CON.RES.364 Barbara Lee 59 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the Significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.RES.1379 Barbara Lee 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Passport Month. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.R.6226 Brian Higgins 35 Cosponsors 3 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the "Stan Lundine Post Office Building". Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
H.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.1088 Jerrold Nadler 39 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing and commending the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for 50 years of service as a vital American cultural ambassador to the world. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.CON.RES.381 Donald Payne 54 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring and recognizing the dedication and achievements of Thurgood Marshall on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Received in the Senate on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1090 William Jefferson 48 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the esteemed former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.6316 Lloyd Doggett 91 Cosponsors 3 points	To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions through the creation of a domestic carbon market and international trade measures, and to direct the revenue therefrom to public interests. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.RES.1329 Keith Ellison 32 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should accept the Iraqi Government's stated goal of setting a timetable for withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6477 Brad Sherman 8 Cosponsors 0 points	To repeal a limitation in the Labor-Management Relations Act regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.RES.1260 Melissa Bean 100 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 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.CON.RES.370 Sheila Jackson-Lee 51 Cosponsors 5 points	Expressing support for designation of September 2008 as "Gospel Music Heritage Month" and honoring gospel music for its valuable and longstanding contributions to the culture of the United States. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.6404 Jack Kingston 45 Cosponsors 3 points	Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.2818 Ed Perlmutter 134 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of epilepsy centers of excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.3014 Hilda Solis 113 Cosponsors 3 points	Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007 To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.CON.RES.372 Carolyn Kilpatrick 35 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Black Music Month and to honor the outstanding contributions that African American singers and musicians have made to the United States. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.CON.RES.2 Donna Christensen 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that children in the United States should understand and appreciate the contributions of individuals from the territories of the United States and the contributions of such individuals in United States history. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.RES.1229 Greg Meeks 107 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the achievements of America's high school valedictorians of the graduating class of 2008, promoting the importance of encouraging intellectual growth, and rewarding academic excellence of all American high school students. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 23, 2008
H.R.6332 James Clyburn 67 Cosponsors 3 points	To authorize additoinal appropriations for summer youth employment activities under the Workforce Invesment Act of 1998 for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.RES.1029 Luis Gutierrez 52 Cosponsors 3 points	Congratulating and recognizing Mr. Juan Antonio "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez for his continued success on and off of the golf course. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.RES.1230 Donald Payne 60 Cosponsors 4 points	Condemning postelection violence in Zimbabwe and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 19, 2008
H.R.6255 Barbara Lee 37 Cosponsors 3 points	Next Steps for Haiti Act of 2008 To provide for professional exchanges with Haiti, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.1520 Maurice Hinchey 31 Cosponsors 7 points	Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Act of 2007 To establish the Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission, the Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008