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: TIGER Grants Act
Source: H.R.1124
Congressional Summary: TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act: Congress finds the following:- The economy is struggling to recover from the recession. The unemployment rate is nearly 8%.
- The American Society of Civil Engineers' 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure estimated that there is a $549 billion shortfall in investments in roads and bridges and an additional $190 billion shortfall in investments in transit.
- TIGER, formally known as the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant program, is a nationwide competitive grant program that creates jobs by funding investments in transportation infrastructure.
An additional amount for National Infrastructure Investments of $1 billion shall become available, and shall be exempt from any sequestration.Opponent's argument against bill:(The Reason Foundation, July 6, 2012): The US Constitution authorizes
Congress "to regulate Commerce...among the several States." However, the five non-motorized transportation projects, the six transit projects and the six multimodal projects TIGER Grants have funded serve no national need. Some of the port, passenger rai
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 20.
Question 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Technology
- Headline: Sponsored investing $1 billion in transportation projects
(Score: 1)
- Headline 2: Invest $1 billion in transportation projects
(Score: 1)
Participating counts on AmericansElect question 1.
- Headline: Sponsored investing $1 billion in transportation projects
(Answer: C)
- Headline 2: Invest $1 billion in transportation projects
(Answer: C)
- AmericansElect Quiz Question 1 on
Economy:
When you think about the US budget deficit, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion?
- A: Cutting existing programs
- B: More spending cuts than tax increases (mix of both solutions)
- C: More tax increases than spending cuts (mix of both solutions)
- D: Raising Taxes
- 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 13-H1124 |
| Karen Bass |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Earl Blumenauer |
s1o | Oregon Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Corrine Brown |
s1o | Florida Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Julia Brownley |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| G.K. Butterfield |
s1o | North Carolina Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Andre Carson |
s1o | Indiana Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Matt Cartwright |
s1o | Pennsylvania Democrat | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Kathy Castor |
s1o | Florida Democrat | Mar 14, 2013 |
| David Cicilline |
s1o | Rhode Island Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Yvette Clarke |
s1o | New York Democrat | Apr 10, 2013 |
| William Lacy Clay |
s1o | Missouri Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Emmanuel Cleaver |
s1o | Missouri Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Steve Cohen |
s1o | Tennessee Democrat | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Gerry Connolly |
s1o | Virginia Democrat | Apr 10, 2013 |
| John Conyers |
s1o | Michigan Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Peter Defazio |
s1o | Oregon Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| John Delaney |
s1o | Maryland Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Ted Deutch |
s1o | Florida Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Donna Edwards |
s1o | Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016) | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Keith Ellison |
s1o | Minnesota Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Bill Enyart |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Marcia Fudge |
s1o | Ohio Democrat | Apr 10, 2013 |
| Al Green |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Raul Grijalva |
s1o | Arizona Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Janice Hahn |
s1o | California Democrat (retiring 2016) | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Alcee Hastings |
s1o | Florida Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Denny Heck |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Brian Higgins |
s1o | New York Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Ruben Hinojosa |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Mike Honda |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Jared Huffman |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Sheila Jackson Lee |
s1o | Texas Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Hank Johnson |
s1o | Georgia Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Marcy Kaptur |
s1o | Ohio Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Bill Keating |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Barbara Lee |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| John Lewis |
s1o | Georgia Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Zoe Lofgren |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Alan Lowenthal |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Betty McCollum |
s1o | Minnesota Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Jim McDermott |
s1o | Washington Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Gloria Negrete McLeod |
s1o | California Democrat (County run 2014) | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Grace Meng |
s1o | New York Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Jerrold Nadler |
s1o | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s1o | District of Columbia Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Donald Payne Jr. |
s1o | New Jersey Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Chellie Pingree |
s1o | Maine Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Mark Pocan |
s1o | Wisconsin Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Mike Quigley |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Nick Rahall |
s1o | West Virginia Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Charles Rangel |
s1o | New York Dem./Lib. (retiring 2016) | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Bobby Rush |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Tim Ryan |
s1o | Ohio Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Jan Schakowsky |
s1o | Illinois Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Adam Schiff |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Bobby Scott |
s1o | Virginia Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Terri Sewell |
s1o | Alabama Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Albio Sires |
s1o | New Jersey Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Louise Slaughter |
s1o | New York Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Eric Swalwell |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Paul Tonko |
s1o | New York Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Juan Vargas |
s1o | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Marc Veasey |
s1o | Texas Democrat | May 17, 2013 |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
s1o | Florida Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Maxine Waters |
s2p | California Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Mel Watt |
s1o | North Carolina Democrat (appointed to FHFA) | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Frederica Wilson |
s1o | Florida Democrat | Mar 13, 2013 |
Republicans
participating in 13-H1124 |
Independents
participating in 13-H1124 |
| Donna Christensen |
s1o | Virgin Islands Governor candidate 2014 | Mar 13, 2013 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
68
Republicans:
0
Independents:
1 |
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