Representative Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA-03)

Representative Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA-03)
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34 points	306 points	15 points	76.3% points	.333 points

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H.R.3229 Lynn Westmoreland 164 Cosponsors 5 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.R.3492 Lynn Westmoreland 0 Cosponsors 5 points	PAC Fairness Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase the limits on the amount of contributions that may be made to political committees and to provide for the indexing of such limits for all contributions made under the Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 6, 2007
H.RES.375 Lynn Westmoreland 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Honoring United Parcel Service and its 100 years of commitment and leadership in the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, July 16, 2007
H.R.2309 Lynn Westmoreland 19 Cosponsors 19 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3916 Milgen Road in Columbus, Georgia, as the "Frank G. Lumpkin, Jr. Post Office Building". Became Public Law No: 110-70 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

H.AMDT.580 Lynn Westmoreland 0 points	An amendment to limit the use of funds for the publication of certain student loan applications. No Action on
H.AMDT.786 Lynn Westmoreland 0 points	An amendment numbered 7 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the section providing housing asstistance for native Hawaiians. No Action on
H.AMDT.605 Lynn Westmoreland 0 points	An amendment numbered 14 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the Native Hawaiin Housing Block Grant program. No Action on
H.AMDT.316 Lynn Westmoreland 0 points	An amendment to reduce funding for Investigations including recession of funds by $30 million. No Action on
H.AMDT.317 Lynn Westmoreland 0 points	An amendment numbered 26 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce appropriation for construction including recession of funds by $481,186,000. No Action on

H.AMDT.318 Lynn Westmoreland 0 points	An amendment numbered 24 printed in the Congressional Record to reduced funds for the Mississippi River and Tributaries by $18 million. No Action on
H.AMDT.319 Lynn Westmoreland 0 points	An amendment numbered 25 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce funds for the Operation and Maintenance by $184,241,000. No Action on
H.AMDT.540 Lynn Westmoreland 0 points	An amendment numbered 50 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce the Innovation and Improvement account by $23,533,000. No Action on

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H.R.6847 Nathan Deal 11 Cosponsors 7 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 Industrial Boulevard in Ellijay, Georgia, as the "First Lieutenant Noah Harris Ellijay Post Office Building". Presented to President on Friday, October 10, 2008
H.R.1717 Michael McCaul 15 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a National Bio and Agro-defense Facility. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consider... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.239 Jean Schmidt 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and acknowledging the important role of adoption, and commending all parties involved, including birthparents who carry out an adoption plan, adoptive families, and adopted children. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.386 Bill Sali 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and celebrating the 232nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6092 Phil Gingrey 42 Cosponsors 2 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 Tallapoosa Street in Bremen, Georgia, as the "Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office Building". Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008

H.R.6859 Sanford Bishop 11 Cosponsors 3 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 South Slappey Boulevard in Albany, Georgia, as the "Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Post Office Building". Received in the Senate on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.7226 John Shadegg 32 Cosponsors 3 points	Net Worth Certificate Program Act of 2008 To direct the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to create a "net worth certificate" program along the lines of what Congress enacted in the 1980s for the savings and loan industry. 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.6758 Mike Rogers 29 Cosponsors 3 points	FREE Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to promptly commence an oil and gas leasing program for public lands within the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, August 4, 2008
H.R.6788 Randy Kuhl 49 Cosponsors 3 points	SCHIP Full Funding Extension Act of 2008 To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend through fiscal year 2012 funding under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6813 Steve King 55 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens may not be deducted from gross income, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.6717 Michele Bachmann 15 Cosponsors 3 points	Emergency Energy Cut the Red Tape Now Act of 2008 To terminate or provide for suspension of the application of Federal laws that restrict exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or oil shale, to facilitate the construction of new crude oil refineries, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6667 John Campbell 28 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for the cost of fuel used for commuting to and from work whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6614 Scott Garrett 10 Cosponsors 3 points	American Tax Fairness Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the amount of foreign earned income excludible from gross income by citizens or residents of the United States living abroad, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
H.RES.1202 Tom Davis 66 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Guard Youth Challenge Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 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.R.6463 Michele Bachmann 15 Cosponsors 3 points	Emergency Energy Cut the Red Tape Now Act of 2008 To terminate or provide for suspension of the application of Federal laws that restrict exploration, development, or production of oil, gas, or oil shale, to facilitate the construction of new crude oil refineries, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.6384 Rob Bishop 47 Cosponsors 0 points	Americans for American Energy Act of 2008 To provide a comprehensive plan for greater American energy independence. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.6418 Ted Poe 27 Cosponsors 0 points	Developing Resources Immediately and Long-Term through Leases on Our Nation's Offshore Waters Act of 2008 To achieve greater national energy independence by terminating longstanding moratoriums on the domestic production of offshore oil and natural gas and to authorize States to petition for authorization to conduct offshore oil and natural gas exploration and extraction in the coastal zone of their State. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
H.R.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.R.6348 Phil Gingrey 30 Cosponsors 3 points	Eminent Domain Tax Relief Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain. Referred to House committee on Monday, June 23, 2008
H.R.2279 Joseph Pitts 75 Cosponsors 3 points	To expedite the construction of new refining capacity on closed military installations in the United States, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.6207 Todd Akin 38 Cosponsors 0 points	To develop American energy independence, lower gas prices, and open reliable national sources of energy. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.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.127 Don Young 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the entry of Alaska in the Union as the 49th State. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.R.6214 John McHugh 14 Cosponsors 0 points	Home Office Deduction Simplification Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a standard home office deduction. Referred to House committee on Monday, June 9, 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.CON.RES.334 Chris Shays 60 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military Appreciation Month. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 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.RES.986 John Boehner 57 Cosponsors 2 points	Recognizing the courage and sacrifice of those members of the United States Armed Forces who were held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and calling for a full accounting of the 1,729 members of the Armed Forces who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict. House floor actions on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
H.R.6026 Jerry Lewis 147 Cosponsors 1 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.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.R.5868 Steve Pearce 49 Cosponsors 1 points	Caleb Martin-Travis Dodson Wounded Warrior Retention Act To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the retention of members of the Armed Forces on active service or in an active status who would otherwise be retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but who are still medically able to perform noncombat-related military occupational specialties or duties. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.5984 Roscoe Bartlett 121 Cosponsors 0 points	Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency in order to prevent a downturn in these sectors that would result from a lapse in the tax law. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
H.R.5961 Phil Gingrey 13 Cosponsors 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.1122 Marilyn Musgrave 112 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing Armed Forces Day. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.R.5903 Mike Conaway 26 Cosponsors 3 points	To redesignate the Federal building and United States Courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, as the "George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building ". Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.5908 Wally Herger 32 Cosponsors 1 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a permanent zero percent capital gains rate for individuals and corporations. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.CON.RES.323 Phil Gingrey 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing Congressional support for the goals and ideals of National Health Care Decisions Day. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.RES.1135 Dean Heller 16 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to reveal her commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.RES.1120 Neil Abercrombie 3 Cosponsors 0 points	Supports the establishment of an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Championship playoff system in the interest of fairness and to bring parity to all NCAA teams. Referred to House committee 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.994 Paul Broun 57 Cosponsors 3 points	Expressing support for designation of a National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5757 Nathan Deal 10 Cosponsors 3 points	Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2008 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require asset verification through access to information held by financial institutions, to reduce fraud and abuse in State Medicaid programs, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5769 Phil Gingrey 36 Cosponsors 3 points	SMASH Act of 2008 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to explicitly prohibit the sending of a text message containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the national do-not-call registry. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5782 John Boozman 33 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for reciprocity in regard to the manner in which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in that State. Referred to House committee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5783 John Campbell 44 Cosponsors 3 points	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to make contributions to the Federal Government on their income tax returns. Referred to House committee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.R.5759 Paul Broun 38 Cosponsors 3 points	English as the Official Language Act of 2008 To amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.R.5776 John Shadegg 15 Cosponsors 3 points	Homeowner Empowerment Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain distributions from qualified retirement plans used for mortgage payments. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.R.5775 Pete Sessions 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Enforcement Act of 2008 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to provide for specified civil penalties for violations of that Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
H.R.5714 Ike Skelton 107 Cosponsors 0 points	United States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 2008 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the establishment of the United States Army in 1775, to honor the American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States Army and its role in American society, from the Colonial period to today. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
H.R.4833 Tom Udall 20 Cosponsors 0 points	Santa Fe Quadricentennial Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the quadricentennial of the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 28, 2008
H.R.5646 Paul Broun 48 Cosponsors 0 points	Protecting the Second Amendment and Hunting Rights on Federal Lands Act of 2008 To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry firearms and ammunition in units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System and to require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is managed. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 18, 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.RES.1049 Connie Mack 9 Cosponsors 0 points	Calling for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism. Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 13, 2008
H.R.4088 Heath Shuler 153 Cosponsors 3 points	Border Law Enforcement Act To provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs 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.5513 Marsha Blackburn 13 Cosponsors 0 points	Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008 To reduce youth usage of tobacco products, to enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, February 28, 2008
H.R.4157 Paul Broun 55 Cosponsors 3 points	Sanctity of Human Life Act To provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertilization. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.4201 Charles Dent 31 Cosponsors 0 points	Justice for the Newark College Students Act To require State and local law enforcement agencies to determine the immigration status of all individuals arrested by such agencies for a felony, to require such agencies to report to the Secretary of Homeland Security when they have arrested for a felony an alien unlawfully present in the United States, to require mandatory Federal detention of such individuals pending removal in cases where they are not otherwise detained, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.R.5445 Tom Price 42 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase Medicare payments for physicians' services through December 31, 2009. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 18, 2008
H.R.3679 John Conyers 12 Cosponsors 0 points	State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2007 To prohibit discrimination in State taxation of multichannel video programming distribution services. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, February 14, 2008
H.RES.931 Tom Feeney 70 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing support for designation of February 17, 2008, as "Race Day in America" and highlighting the 50th running of the Daytona 500. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
H.R.4464 Tom Price 107 Cosponsors 3 points	Common Sense English Act To ensure that an employer may require employees to speak English while engaged in work. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
H.R.4987 Walter Jones 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Fence By Date Certain Act To require construction of fencing and security improvements in the border area from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, January 31, 2008
H.R.5109 Scott Garrett 98 Cosponsors 0 points	Economic Growth Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for permanent tax incentives for economic growth. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008