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01-HJR40 on Mar 22, 2001

Bill Sponsorship: a Constitutional Amendment:
Source: House Resolution Sponsorship
Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women. Summary: States that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

    Participating counts on VoteMatch question 2. Question 2: Require hiring more women & minorities Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Civil Rights
  • Headline: Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender (Score: 2)

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  • 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 01-HJR40

Neil Abercrombie s1oHawaii Democrat (Resigned 2010)
Gary Ackerman s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Tom Allen s1oMaine Democrat (Retiring 2008)
Rob Andrews s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Joe Baca s1oCalifornia Democrat
Brian Baird s1oWashington Democrat (until 2010)
John Baldacci s1oMaine Democrat
Tammy Baldwin s1oWI Democratic Challenger
James Barcia s1oMichigan Democrat
Tom Barrett s1oWisconsin Democrat
Xavier Becerra s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ken Bentsen s1oTexas Democrat
Shelley Berkley s1oNevada Democrat (Senate run 2012)
Howard Berman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Sanford Bishop s1oGeorgia Democrat
Rod Blagojevich s1oIL Former Democrat Governor (2003-2009)
Earl Blumenauer s1oOregon Democrat
David Bonior s1oMichigan Democrat
Robert Borski s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Leonard Boswell s1oIowa Democrat
Rick Boucher s1oVirginia Democrat (until 2010)
Robert Brady s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Corrine Brown s1oFlorida Democrat
Sherrod Brown s1oOH Democratic Sr Senator
Lois Capps s1oCalifornia Democrat
Michael Capuano s1oMA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009)
Benjamin Cardin s1oMaryland Democrat
Julia Carson s1oIndiana Democrat (Deceased 2008)
William Lacy Clay s1oMissouri Democrat
Eva Clayton s1oNorth Carolina Democrat (Until 2004)
Bob Clement s1oTennessee Democrat
James Clyburn s1oSouth Carolina Democrat
Gary Condit s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Conyers s1oMichigan Democrat
Jerry Costello s1oIllinois Democrat (Retiring 2012)
William Coyne s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Bud Cramer s1oAlabama Democrat (Retired 2008)
Joseph Crowley s1oNew York Democrat
Elijah Cummings s1oMaryland Democrat
Danny Davis s1oIllinois Democrat
Jim Davis s1oFlorida Democrat
Susan Davis s1oCalifornia Democrat
Peter Defazio s1oOregon Democrat
Diana DeGette s1oColorado Democrat
Bill Delahunt s1oMassachusetts Democrat (until 2010)
Rosa DeLauro s1oConnecticut Democrat
Peter Deutsch s1oFL Former Democratic Senate challenger (2004); US Rep.
Norm Dicks s1oWashington Democrat
John Dingell s1oMichigan Democrat
Lloyd Doggett s1oTexas Democrat
Cal Dooley s1oCalifornia Democrat (Until 2004)
Mike Doyle s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Chet Edwards s1oTexas Democrat (until 2010)
Eliot Engel s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Anna Eshoo s1oCalifornia Democrat
Lane Evans s1oIllinois Democrat
Eni Faleomavaega s1oSamoa Democrat
Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
Chaka Fattah s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Bob Filner s1oCalifornia Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)
Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat (Retiring 2012)
Martin Frost s1oTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Dick Gephardt s1oMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
Gene Green s1oTexas Democrat
Luis Gutierrez s1oIllinois Democrat
Ralph Moody Hall s1oTexas Democrat
Tony Hall s1oOhio Democrat (until 2002)
Jane Harman s1oCalifornia Democrat (Resigned 2011)
Alcee Hastings s1oFlorida Democrat
Baron Hill s1oIndiana Democrat (until 2010)
Earl Hilliard s1oAlabama Democrat
Maurice Hinchey s1oNew York Dem/Working-Fam.(Retired 2012)
Ruben Hinojosa s1oTexas Democrat
Tim Holden s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Rush Holt s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Mike Honda s1oCalifornia Democrat
Darlene Hooley s1oOregon Democrat (Retiring 2008)
Steny Hoyer s1oMaryland Democrat
Jay Inslee s1oWashington Democrat (Gov. run 2012)
Steve Israel s1oNew York Democrat
Jesse Louis Jackson s1oIllinois Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee s1oTexas Democrat
William Jefferson s1oLouisiana Democrat
Eddie Bernice Johnson s1oTexas Democrat
Stephanie Tubbs Jones s1oOhio Democrat (Deceased, 2008)
Paul Kanjorski s1oPennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)
Marcy Kaptur s1oOhio Democrat
Patrick Kennedy s1oRhode Island Democrat (until 2010)
Dale Kildee s1oMichigan Democrat (Retiring 2012)
Carolyn Kilpatrick s1oMichigan Democrat (until 2010)
Ron Kind s1oWI Democratic Challenger
Jerry Kleczka s1oWisconsin Democrat (Until 2004)
Dennis Kucinich s1oOhio Democrat
Nicholas Lampson s1oTexas Democrat (Unseated 2008)
James Langevin s1oRhode Island Democrat
Tom Lantos s1oCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2008)
Rick Larsen s1oWashington Democrat
John Larson s1oConnecticut Democrat
Barbara Lee s1oCalifornia Democrat
Sander Levin s1oMichigan Democrat
John Lewis s1oGeorgia Democrat
Zoe Lofgren s1oCalifornia Democrat
Nita Lowey s1oNew York Democrat
Bill Luther s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Steve Lynch s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Carolyn Maloney s1wNew York Democrat/Liberal
Jim Maloney s1oConnecticut Democrat (retired)
Ed Markey s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Frank Mascara s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Robert Matsui s1oCalifornia Democrat (deceased)
Carolyn McCarthy s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
Karen McCarthy s1oMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
Betty McCollum s1oMinnesota Democrat
Jim McDermott s1oWashington Democrat
Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Cynthia McKinney s1oGeorgia Democrat
Michael McNulty s1oNew York Dem./Cons. (Retiring 2008)
Marty Meehan s1oMassachusetts Democrat (Retired 2007)
Carrie Meek s1oFlorida Democrat (retired 2002)
Gregory Meeks s1oNew York Dem./Working-Families
Robert Menendez s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Juanita Millender-McDonald s1oCalifornia Democrat
George Miller s1oCalifornia Democrat
Patsy Mink s1oHawaii Democrat
Dennis Moore s1oKansas Democrat (until 2010)
James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
Jerrold Nadler s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Grace Napolitano s1oCalifornia Democrat
Richard Neal s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Eleanor Holmes Norton s1oDistrict of Columbia Democrat
James Oberstar s1oMinnesota Dem./Farmer/Labor (until 2010)
John Olver s1oMassachusetts Democrat (Retiring 2012)
Solomon Ortiz s1oTexas Democrat (Unseated 2010)
Major Owens s1oNew York Democrat (until 2007)
Frank Pallone s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Bill Pascrell s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Ed Pastor s1oArizona Democrat
Donald Payne s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Nancy Pelosi s1oCalifornia Democrat
Collin Peterson s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
David Phelps s1oIllinois Democrat
David Eugene Price s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Nick Rahall s1oWest Virginia Democrat
Silvestre Reyes s1oTexas Democrat
Lynn Nancy Rivers s1oMichigan Democrat
Ciro Rodriguez s1oTexas Democrat (until 2010)
Steven Rothman s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Lucille Roybal-Allard s1oCalifornia Democrat
Bobby Rush s1oIllinois Democrat
Martin Sabo s1oMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
Loretta Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
Max Sandlin s1oTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Tom Sawyer s1oOhio Democrat
Jan Schakowsky s1oIllinois Democrat
Adam Schiff s1oCalifornia Democrat
Jose Serrano s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Brad Sherman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ronnie Shows s1oMississippi Democrat
Norman Sisisky s1oVirginia Democrat
Louise Slaughter s1oNew York Democrat
David Adam Smith s1oWashington Democrat
Hilda Solis s1oCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2009)
John Spratt s1oSouth Carolina Democrat (until 2010)
Pete Stark s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ted Strickland s1oOH Former Democratic Governor (2006-2010)
Ellen Tauscher s1oCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2009)
Bennie Thompson s1oMississippi Democrat
Mike Thompson s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Tierney s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Ed Towns s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Jim Turner s1oTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
Mark Udall s1oCO Democratic Sr Senator; previously Representative
Tom Udall s1oNew Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008)
Nydia Velazquez s1oNew York Democrat/Working-Families
Maxine Waters s1oCalifornia Democrat
Diane Watson s1oCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2010)
Mel Watt s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Henry Waxman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Anthony Weiner s1oNew York Democrat (Resigned 2011)
Robert Wexler s1oFlorida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)
Lynn Woolsey s1oCalifornia Democrat (Retiring 2012)
David Wu s1oOregon Democrat (Resigned 2011)
Albert Wynn s1oMaryland Democrat (Unseated 2008)



Republicans participating in 01-HJR40

Charlie Bass s1oNew Hampshire Republican
Judy Biggert s1oIllinois Republican
Sherry Boehlert s1oNew York Republican/Independence
Rodney Frelinghuysen s1oNew Jersey Republican
Benjamin Gilman s1oNew York Republican
Jim Greenwood s1oPennsylvania Republican (Until 2004)
Steve Horn s1oCalifornia Republican
Jim Kolbe s1oArizona Republican
Jim Leach s1oIowa Republican
Connie Morella s1oMaryland Republican
Doug Ose s1oCalifornia Republican
Jim Ramstad s1oMinnesota Republican (Retiring 2008)
Marge Roukema s1oNew Jersey Republican
Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)
John Sweeney s1oNew York Republican/Conservative



Independents participating in 01-HJR40

Anibal Acevedo-Vila s1oPuerto Rico -
Brad Carson s1oOK 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative
Michael Castle s1oDE 2010 Senate Challenger (lost GOP primary); currently US Rep.
Donna Christensen s1oVirgin Islands -
Harold Ford s1oNY 2010 Democratic Primary Challenger; previously US Rep (TN)
Joseph Hoeffel s1oPA 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative
Chris John s1oLA 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative
Bernie Sanders s1oVermont Independent
Robert Underwood s1oGuam -



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 183
Republicans: 15
Independents: 9
















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