Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-16)

Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-16)
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344 points	1105 points	49 points	81.7% points	.200 points

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H.R.5571 Zoe Lofgren 1 Cosponsors 65 points	To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical graduates, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6474 Zoe Lofgren 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to carry out a series of demonstration projects to promote the use of innovative technologies in reducing energy consumption and promoting energy efficiency and cost savings in the House of Representatives. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6339 Zoe Lofgren 9 Cosponsors 5 points	Federal Employees Deserve to Volunteer on the Elections Act of 2008 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide additional leave for Federal employees to serve as poll workers, and to direct the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to States for poll worker recruitment and training. Reported on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6475 Zoe Lofgren 3 Cosponsors 30 points	Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2008 To establish the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, September 12, 2008
H.R.2575 Zoe Lofgren 0 Cosponsors 5 points	For the relief of Mikael Adrian Christopher Figueroa Alvarez. Placed on the Private Calendar on Monday, September 8, 2008

H.R.5569 Zoe Lofgren 1 Cosponsors 30 points	To extend for 5 years the EB-5 regional center pilot program, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5570 Zoe Lofgren 0 Cosponsors 30 points	Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6589 Zoe Lofgren 1 Cosponsors 0 points	Charles H.W. Meehan Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act To provide financial support for the operation of the law library of the Library of Congress, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.5803 Zoe Lofgren 0 Cosponsors 15 points	To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.6020 Zoe Lofgren 18 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect the well-being of soldiers and their families, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.6039 Zoe Lofgren 34 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.5950 Zoe Lofgren 17 Cosponsors 5 points	Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees in custody, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.R.5921 Zoe Lofgren 1 Cosponsors 5 points	High Skilled Per Country Level Elimination Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per country level for employment-based immigrants and to end the spill-over of unused immigrant visa numbers between employment-based and family-sponsored categories. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
H.R.5882 Zoe Lofgren 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family- and employment-based immigrant visas in the future. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.R.5837 Zoe Lofgren 11 Cosponsors 5 points	To make technical corrections to section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which provides special immigrant status for certain Iraqis, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
H.R.5793 Zoe Lofgren 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008 To restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.RES.1104 Zoe Lofgren 1 Cosponsors 1 points	Congratulating California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, recipients of the 2008 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Referred to House committee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5747 Zoe Lofgren 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Robocall Privacy Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to restrict political robocalls, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
H.RES.1048 Zoe Lofgren 9 Cosponsors 1 points	Condemning the detention of Dr. Nguyen Quoc Quan, a citizen of the United States, by the Government of Vietnam, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should remove permanent normal trade relations status with Vietnam unless Dr. Nguyen is released. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, March 19, 2008
H.R.5638 Zoe Lofgren 7 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 13, 2008
H.RES.1044 Zoe Lofgren 7 Cosponsors 1 points	Condemning the dismissal of the Supreme Court in Pakistan and calling for their reinstatement by the Government of Pakistan. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
H.CON.RES.313 Zoe Lofgren 1 Cosponsors 9 points	Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to honor the 5 years of service and sacrifice of our troops and their families in the war in Iraq and to remember those who are serving our Nation in Afghanistan and throughout the world. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
H.R.4182 Zoe Lofgren 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Executive Branch Prosecutions Act of 2007 To suspend the running of statutes of limitation for criminal prosecutions of individuals holding the offices of President and Vice President while they hold those offices. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.RES.954 Zoe Lofgren 36 Cosponsors 5 points	Honoring the life of senior Border Patrol agent Luis A. Aguilar, who lost his life in the line of duty near Yuma, Arizona, on January 19, 2008. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, February 12, 2008
H.R.4910 Zoe Lofgren 7 Cosponsors 5 points	Citizenship Processing Backlog Reduction Act of 2007 To provide that the Secretary of Homeland Security may waive certain retirement provisions for reemployed annuitants in the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, January 31, 2008
H.R.4048 Zoe Lofgren 26 Cosponsors 5 points	Gulf Coast Civic Works Act To establish the Gulf Coast Recovery Authority to administer a Gulf Coast Civic Works Project to provide job-training opportunities and increase employment to aid in the recovery of the Gulf Coast region. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, January 22, 2008
H.R.4007 Zoe Lofgren 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Amerasian Paternity Recognition Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide citizenship for certain children of United States servicemen born overseas during the Vietnam and Korean Wars. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, November 2, 2007
H.RES.778 Zoe Lofgren 53 Cosponsors 5 points	Honoring the first responders and supporting the victims of the Southern California wildfires. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
H.R.3786 Zoe Lofgren 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Servicemembers Telecom Contract Relief Act To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow individuals called to military service to terminate telecommunications contracts entered into before the individual receives notice of a permanent change of station or deployment orders. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, October 15, 2007
H.CON.RES.227 Zoe Lofgren 4 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of Congress that secondary schools should consider starting school after 9:00 in the morning. Referred to House committee on Thursday, October 4, 2007
H.J.RES.47 Zoe Lofgren 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Disapproving the rule submitted to the Congress by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on June 6, 2007, relating to adjustment of the Immigration and Naturalization Benefit Application and Petition Fee Schedule. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, August 10, 2007
H.R.3457 Zoe Lofgren 112 Cosponsors 5 points	To require the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with the Free File Alliance to provide for electronic filing of individual Federal income tax returns free of charge. Referred to House committee on Saturday, August 4, 2007
H.R.3258 Zoe Lofgren 9 Cosponsors 5 points	Single Parent Protection Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an individual who is entitled to receive child support a refundable credit equal to the amount of unpaid child support and to increase the tax liability of the individual required to pay such support by the amount of the unpaid child support. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 31, 2007
H.R.2248 Zoe Lofgren 23 Cosponsors 5 points	Redistricting Reform Act of 2007 To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment, to require States to conduct such redistricting through independent commissions, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, June 25, 2007
H.RES.506 Zoe Lofgren 9 Cosponsors 1 points	Condemning ongoing human rights abuses in Vietnam, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should remove permanent normal trade relations status with Vietnam unless all political and religious prisoners are released and significant and immediate human rights reforms are made by the Government of Vietnam. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
H.R.1525 Zoe Lofgren 5 Cosponsors 30 points	To amend title 18, United States Code, to discourage spyware, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, May 23, 2007
H.R.1670 Zoe Lofgren 1 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that advance notice of the results of any Department of Defense review of the circumstances surrounding the death of a member of the armed forces by friendly fire be given to the primary next of kin of the member before public release of the review. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
H.R.1383 Zoe Lofgren 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Quelling of Unwanted Intrusive and Excessive Telephone Calls Act of 2007 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for the misuse of robocalls. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, March 7, 2007
H.R.182 Zoe Lofgren 0 Cosponsors 5 points	TEAM up for Energy Independence Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on automobiles sold in the United States that are not alternative fueled automobiles, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 2, 2007

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H.R.2994 Lois Capps 56 Cosponsors 0 points	National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.3036 John Sarbanes 64 Cosponsors 0 points	No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 To reauthorize and enhance the National Environmental Education Act, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.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.6296 Bob Brady 2 Cosponsors 27 points	To extend through 2013 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.360 Barbara Lee 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the important social and economic contributions and accomplishments of the New Deal to our Nation on the 75th anniversary of legislation establishing the initial New Deal social and public works programs. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.R.6598 John Conyers 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption. House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration en... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6694 Al Green 28 Cosponsors 0 points	FHA Seller-Financed Downpayment Reform and Risk-Based Pricing Authorization Act of 2008 To revise the requirements for seller-financed downpayments for mortgages for single-family housing insured by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under title II of the National Housing Act and to authorize risk-based insurance premiums for certain mortgagors under such mortgages. Placed on the Union Calendar 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.1187 Lynn Woolsey 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act To expand the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
H.CON.RES.416 Rick Boucher 27 Cosponsors 1 points	Commending Barter Theatre on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6146 Steve Cohen 18 Cosponsors 15 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.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.R.6126 Linda Sanchez 22 Cosponsors 0 points	Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008 To amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration. Placed on the Union Calendar on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.7147 Jesse L. Jackson 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 222 Cosponsors 24 points	Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. Received in the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.1532 Gene Green 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 170 Cosponsors 12 points	Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012. House floor actions on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.7090 Anna Eshoo 70 Cosponsors 3 points	Act to Save America's Forests To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal land, to designate certain Federal land as Ancient forests, roadless areas, watershed protection areas, and special areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited, to transfer administrative jurisdiction of Giant Sequoia National Monument to the National Park Service, to consider areas for inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.671 Steve Israel 52 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.2831 George Miller 92 Cosponsors 0 points	Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.CON.RES.424 Maxine Waters 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling on the Attorney General to protect the right to vote of every person in the United States by promptly and thoroughly investigating complaints of violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.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.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.CON.RES.163 Heather Wilson 104 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress in support of further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.998 Carolyn McCarthy 82 Cosponsors 0 points	Civil Rights History Project Act of 2007 To direct the Librarian of Congress and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out a joint project at the Library of Congress and the National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1479 Brad Sherman 8 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating the 50th anniversary of California State University, Northridge (CSUN), an extraordinary public university dedicated to promoting the intellectual, economic, and cultural qualities of the San Fernando Valley. Referred to House committee 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.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.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.CON.RES.361 Janice Schakowsky 66 Cosponsors 0 points	Commemorating Irena Sendler, a woman whose bravery saved the lives of thousands during the Holocaust and remembering her legacy of courage, selflessness, and hope. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6732 John Hall 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of "combat with the enemy" for purposes of service-connection of disabilities. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1357 Doris Matsui 31 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing the significance of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and the greatness of America in her ability to admit and remedy past mistakes and to recognize that there are other communities who may have suffered the mistakes of our government but have not received an apology and reparations. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.415 Mike Honda 52 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring Edward Day Cohota, Joseph L. Pierce, and other veterans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent who fought in the United States Civil War. Passed/agreed to in House 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.R.3564 Chris Cannon 3 Cosponsors 9 points	Regulatory Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United States through fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.RES.1311 Chaka Fattah 74 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for the designation of National GEAR UP Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.5546 John Conyers 45 Cosponsors 3 points	Cred