Most everyone dislikes Congress, but most people like their individual representatives. It is a strange phenomenon.
As we head into an election year, we want to know if your representative represented you. We are publishing a series featuring their bills so you can be the judge. Let us know how they did.
Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ5]
| H.R. 2666: AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| May 25, 2017 | To amend the PROTECT Act to make Indian tribes eligible for AMBER Alert grants. | Ordered Reported Nov 29, 2017 | 34 cosponsors (17R, 17D) |
| H.R. 3419: FUEL Reform Act | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Introduced Jul 26, 2017 | To repeal the Department of Agriculture bioenergy subsidy programs and other related subsidy programs. | 9% | 8 cosponsors (8R) |
| H.R. 536: Protection From Obamacare Mandates and Congressional Equity Act | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Jan 13, 2017 | To provide that the salaries of Members of a House of Congress will be held in escrow if that House has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018 by April 15, 2017, and to withhold the salary of the Director of OMB upon failure to submit the President’s budget to Congress as required by section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. | 12% | None |
| H.R. 4651: Let Lenders Lend Act | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Dec 14, 2017 | To provide that the final rule of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection titled “Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C)” shall have no force or effect. | 3% | 3 cosponsors (3R) |
| H.R. 878: Right to Try Act of 2017 | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Feb 6, 2017 | To authorize the use of unapproved medical products by patients diagnosed with a terminal illness in accordance with State law, and for other purposes. | 11% | 46 cosponsors (42R, 4D) |
| H.R. 3278: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage. | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Jul 18, 2017 | To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage. | 7% | None |
| H.R. 4383: To reform the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis/Status | Cosponsors |
| Nov 14, 2017 | To reform the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. | Enacted Via Other Measures Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted. Provisions of this bill also appear in: H.R. 1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. Enacted — Signed by the President on Dec 22, 2017. |
None |
| H.R. 3277: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for health insurance premiums. | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Jul 18, 2017 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for health insurance premiums. | Prognosis 3% | 1 cosponsors (1R) |
| H.R. 486: Grant’s Law | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Jan 12, 2017 | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and is arrested for certain criminal offenses. | 13% | 24 cosponsors (24R) |
| H.R. 250: Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016 | |||
| Introduced | Purpose | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Jan 4, 2017 | To amend title 28, United States Code, to divide the ninth judicial circuit of the United States into 2 circuits, and for other purposes. | 9 cosponsors (9R) | |
| H.R. 1462: Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice Act | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Mar 9, 2017 | To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow States, in accordance with State law, to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to the public school, charter school, accredited private school, or supplemental educational service program they attend, and for other purposes. | 5% | None |
| H.R. 3276: Responsible Path to Full Obamacare Repeal Act | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Jul 18, 2017 | To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. | 2% | 7 cosponsors (7R) |
| H.R. 84: Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2017 | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Jan 3, 2017 | To protect the right of law-abiding citizens to transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local and State prohibitions, and to repeal Federal provisions related to switchblade knives which burden citizens. | 3% | None |
| H.R. 537: Budget Process Accountability Act | |||
| Introduced | Purpose/Ordered | Prognosis | Cosponsors |
| Jan 13, 2017 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption to the individual mandate to maintain health coverage for individuals residing in counties with fewer than 2 health insurance issuers offering plans on an Exchange; to require Members of Congress and congressional staff to abide by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with respect to health insurance coverage; and for other purposes. | 3% | None |
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