This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
Bill Sponsorship: Ebola Relief Resolution
Source: H.Res.701
Congressional Summary:The current outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia is an international health crisis and is the most widespread outbreak of the disease ever recorded. - RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives--
- calls on the international community to immediately provide additional resources to develop the capacity of affected nations to address current and future public health crises;
- requests that the US work in a coordinated capacity to develop a unified global health security plan to adequately respond to disease outbreaks globally;
- calls upon the US to work with international health authorities to assist endemic nations in the fielding of medical countermeasures.
Reporting pro & con by Washington Times, Sept. 16, 2014:Amid dire warnings from medical professionals and frantic calls from Congress for greater US intervention, Pres. Obama said he'll deploy 3,000 American troops to combat an African Ebola
outbreak that he says is "spiraling out of control." The announcement comes as the Ebola death toll officially has reached 2,400, though specialists say underreporting in affected nations means the true numbers likely are much higher. The US effort will be funded by $500 million in overseas contingency funding that the Pentagon wants to redirect to humanitarian missions. Specifically, the mission will include the training of as many as 500 new doctors and health care workers each week; the construction of at least 17 health care facilities in the region; the establishment of a joint command center in Monrovia, Liberia; and the distribution of home health-care kits in affected areas. Others blasted the administration for taking a bite out of the Pentagon budget. "You can't have it both ways. You can't slash our defense budget on one hand, while expecting our military to do it on the other," said Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 14.
Question 14: Support American Exceptionalism
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Foreign Policy
- Headline: $500M and 3,000 troops to Africa to fight Ebola
(Score: -1)
- Headline 2: $500M and 3,000 troops to Africa to fight Ebola
(Score: -2)
Participating counts on AmericansElect question 5.
- Headline: $500M and 3,000 troops to Africa to fight Ebola
(Answer: C)
- Headline 2: $500M and 3,000 troops to Africa to fight Ebola
(Answer: D)
- AmericansElect Quiz Question 5 on
Foreign Policy:
When you think about the US pursuing its interests abroad, which of the following is closest to your opinion?
- A: The US should always act in its own interest regardless of what other countries think
- B: The US should rarely listen to other countries
- C: The US should listen to other countries more often than not
- D: The US should always listen to other countries before pursuing its own interests
- E: Unsure
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 14_HRes701 |
| Karen Bass |
s2p | California Democrat | |
| Joyce Beatty |
s1s | Ohio Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Timothy Bishop |
s1s | New York Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Suzanne Bonamici |
s1s | Oregon Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Corrine Brown |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Julia Brownley |
s1s | California Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Lois Capps |
s1s | California Democrat (retiring 2016) | Aug 1, 2014 |
| John Carney |
s1s | DE Democratic candidate for Governor | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Andre Carson |
s1s | Indiana Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| David Cicilline |
s1s | Rhode Island Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Yvette Clarke |
s1s | New York Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Emmanuel Cleaver |
s1s | Missouri Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| James Clyburn |
s1s | South Carolina Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Gerry Connolly |
s1s | Virginia Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| John Conyers |
s1s | Michigan Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Joe Courtney |
s1s | Connecticut Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Joseph Crowley |
s1s | New York Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Danny Davis |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Susan Davis |
s1s | California Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| John Delaney |
s1s | Maryland Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Suzan DelBene |
s1s | Washington Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Ted Deutch |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Lloyd Doggett |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Donna Edwards |
s1s | Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016) | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Keith Ellison |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Eliot Engel |
s1s | New York Democrat/Liberal | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Bill Enyart |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Anna Eshoo |
s1s | California Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Chaka Fattah |
s1s | Pennsylvania Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Lois Frankel |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Marcia Fudge |
s1s | Ohio Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Tulsi Gabbard |
s1s | Hawaii Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Joe Garcia |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Al Green |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Raul Grijalva |
s1s | Arizona Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Janice Hahn |
s1s | California Democrat (retiring 2016) | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Alcee Hastings |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Denny Heck |
s1s | Washington Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Mike Honda |
s1s | California Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Jared Huffman |
s1s | California Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Sheila Jackson Lee |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Hakeem Jeffries |
s1s | New York Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Bill Keating |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Robin Kelly |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Joe Kennedy III |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Derek Kilmer |
s1s | Washington Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Annie Kuster |
s1s | New Hampshire Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| James Langevin |
s1o | Rhode Island Democrat | Sep 8, 2014
|
| Barbara Lee |
s1s | California Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Sander Levin |
s1s | Michigan Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| John Lewis |
s1s | Georgia Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Alan Lowenthal |
s1s | California Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Carolyn Maloney |
s1s | New York Democrat/Liberal | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Jim Matheson |
s1s | Utah Democrat (retiring 2014) | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Doris Matsui |
s1s | California Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Betty McCollum |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Jim McDermott |
s1s | Washington Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Jim McGovern |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Gloria Negrete McLeod |
s1s | California Democrat (County run 2014) | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Jerry McNerney |
s1s | California Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Gregory Meeks |
s1s | New York Dem./Working-Families | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Grace Meng |
s1s | New York Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Gwen Moore |
s1s | Wisconsin Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Patrick Murphy |
s1s | FL Democratic Senate candidate | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Rick Nolan |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s1s | District of Columbia Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Donald Payne |
s1s | New Jersey Former Democrat(Deceased 2012) | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Mark Pocan |
s1s | Wisconsin Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| David Eugene Price |
s1s | North Carolina Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Cedric Richmond |
s1s | Louisiana Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard |
s1s | California Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Bobby Rush |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Linda Sanchez |
s1s | California Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Brad Schneider |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Allyson Schwartz |
s1s | PA Democratic Challenger | Aug 1, 2014 |
| David Scott |
s1s | Georgia Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Terri Sewell |
s1s | Alabama Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Brad Sherman |
s1o | California Democrat | Nov 14, 2014
|
| Albio Sires |
s1s | New Jersey Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Eric Swalwell |
s1s | California Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Bennie Thompson |
s1s | Mississippi Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Mike Thompson |
s1s | California Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| John Tierney |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Niki Tsongas |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Juan Vargas |
s1s | California Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Filemon Vela |
s1s | Texas Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Maxine Waters |
s1s | California Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Peter Welch |
s1s | Vermont Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
| Frederica Wilson |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Jul 31, 2014 |
| John Yarmuth |
s1s | Kentucky Democrat | Aug 1, 2014 |
Independents
participating in 14_HRes701 |
| Donna Christensen |
s1s | Virgin Islands Governor candidate 2014 | Jul 31, 2014 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
92
Republicans:
7
Independents:
1 |
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