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13-HRes90 on Feb 28, 2013

• WHEREAS hunger is a serious threat to individual dignity, productivity, learning, economic prosperity, health, and development;
• WHEREAS food insecurity means that people face an ongoing struggle against hunger;
• WHEREAS 50.1 million people lived in food insecure households in 2011;
• WHEREAS the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), established in the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, is the nation's first line of defense against hunger and food insecurity;
• WHEREAS SNAP served more than 47.5 million individuals in October 2012;
• WHEREAS the SNAP benefits average less than $1.50 per individual per meal;
• WHEREAS SNAP participation rises when the economy is weak;
• WHEREAS millions of Americans need to turn to SNAP as a way to feed themselves and their families;
• Whereas SNAP is an efficient public-private partnership that runs on the regular channels of commerce--regular retail food stores and electronic benefit transfer (EBT) systems;
• WHEREAS every dollar in new SNAP benefits generates up to $1.79 in economi

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  • Topic: Welfare & Poverty
  • Headline: Sponsored maintaining SNAP nutrition assistance program
  • Headline 2: Maintain SNAP nutrition assistance program
    
    
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  Democrats participating in 13-HRes90
  Rob Andrews	s1o	New Jersey Democrat (resigned 2014)	Apr 15, 2013
  Karen Bass	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Joyce Beatty	s1o	Ohio Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Ami Bera	s1o	California Democrat	May 9, 2013
  Earl Blumenauer	s1o	Oregon Democrat	Mar 20, 2013
  Suzanne Bonamici	s1o	Oregon Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Robert Brady	s1o	Pennsylvania Democrat	Mar 19, 2013
  Corrine Brown	s1o	Florida Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Julia Brownley	s1o	California Democrat	May 9, 2013
  Lois Capps	s1o	California Democrat (retiring 2016)	May 21, 2013
  Michael Capuano	s1o	MA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009)	Mar 13, 2013
  Tony Cardenas	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Kathy Castor	s1o	Florida Democrat	May 21, 2013
  Joaquin Castro	s1o	Texas Democrat	Jun 3, 2013
  Judy Chu	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  David Cicilline	s1o	Rhode Island Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Yvette Clarke	s1o	New York Democrat	Apr 23, 2013
  William Lacy Clay	s1o	Missouri Democrat	Mar 20, 2013
  Gerry Connolly	s1o	Virginia Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  John Conyers	s1o	Michigan Democrat	Mar 14, 2013
  Joseph Crowley	s1o	New York Democrat	May 9, 2013
  Danny Davis	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Mar 20, 2013
  Susan Davis	s1o	California Democrat	May 21, 2013
  Peter Defazio	s1o	Oregon Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  John Delaney	s1o	Maryland Democrat	Apr 15, 2013
  Rosa DeLauro	s1o	Connecticut Democrat	Feb 28, 2013
  Ted Deutch	s1o	Florida Democrat	Feb 28, 2013
  John Dingell	s1o	Michigan Democrat (retiring 2014)	Apr 23, 2013
  Lloyd Doggett	s1o	Texas Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Mike Doyle	s1o	Pennsylvania Democrat	Apr 15, 2013
  Tammy Duckworth	s1o	IL Democratic Senate candidate	Apr 16, 2013
  Donna Edwards	s1o	Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016)	Apr 16, 2013
  Keith Ellison	s1o	Minnesota Democrat	Mar 20, 2013
  Anna Eshoo	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Elizabeth Esty	s1o	Connecticut Democrat	Apr 23, 2013
  Sam Farr	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 19, 2013
  Chaka Fattah	s1o	Pennsylvania Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Bill Foster	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 23, 2013
  Marcia Fudge	s1o	Ohio Democrat	Feb 28, 2013
  Pete Gallego	s1o	Texas Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  John Garamendi	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 16, 2013
  Alan Grayson	s1o	FL Democratic Senate candidate	May 21, 2013
  Al Green	s1o	Texas Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Gene Green	s1o	Texas Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Raul Grijalva	s1o	Arizona Democrat	Mar 14, 2013
  Luis Gutierrez	s1o	Illinois Democrat	May 9, 2013
  Janice Hahn	s1o	California Democrat (retiring 2016)	Mar 13, 2013
  Alcee Hastings	s1o	Florida Democrat	Mar 14, 2013
  Denny Heck	s1o	Washington Democrat	May 9, 2013
  Jim Himes	s1o	Connecticut Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Ruben Hinojosa	s1o	Texas Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Rush Holt	s1o	New Jersey Democrat (retiring 2014)	Mar 18, 2013
  Steven Horsford	s1o	Nevada Democrat	May 21, 2013
  Jared Huffman	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 15, 2013
  Sheila Jackson Lee	s1o	Texas Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Hakeem Jeffries	s1o	New York Democrat	Apr 23, 2013
  Eddie Bernice Johnson	s1o	Texas Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Marcy Kaptur	s1o	Ohio Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Bill Keating	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Joe Kennedy III	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Mar 14, 2013
  Dan Kildee	s1o	Michigan Democrat	May 9, 2013
  Derek Kilmer	s1o	Washington Democrat	Jun 3, 2013
  James Langevin	s1o	Rhode Island Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  John Larson	s1o	Connecticut Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Barbara Lee	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Sander Levin	s1o	Michigan Democrat	Mar 20, 2013
  John Lewis	s1o	Georgia Democrat	Mar 19, 2013
  Zoe Lofgren	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Alan Lowenthal	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 23, 2013
  Nita Lowey	s1o	New York Democrat	Apr 12, 2013
  Ben Ray Lujan	s1o	New Mexico Democrat	Apr 23, 2013
  Michelle Lujan-Grisham	s1o	New Mexico Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Steve Lynch	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat (Senate run 2013)	Mar 14, 2013
  Dan Maffei	s1o	New York Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Carolyn Maloney	s1o	New York Democrat/Liberal	Mar 20, 2013
  Ed Markey	s1o	MA Democratic Challenger	Mar 13, 2013
  Doris Matsui	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 19, 2013
  Carolyn McCarthy	s1o	New York Dem. (retiring 2014)	Apr 10, 2013
  Betty McCollum	s1o	Minnesota Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Jim McDermott	s1o	Washington Democrat	Mar 20, 2013
  Jim McGovern	s2p	Massachusetts Democrat	Feb 28, 2013
  Gregory Meeks	s1o	New York Dem./Working-Families	Mar 18, 2013
  Grace Meng	s1o	New York Democrat	Apr 23, 2013
  Michael Michaud	s1o	Maine Democratic Governor Challenger	May 9, 2013
  George Miller	s1o	California Democrat (retiring 2014)	Feb 28, 2013
  Gwen Moore	s1o	Wisconsin Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  James Moran	s1o	Virginia Democrat (retiring 2014)	Mar 18, 2013
  Jerrold Nadler	s1o	New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families	Mar 15, 2013
  Grace Napolitano	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 19, 2013
  Richard Neal	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Rick Nolan	s1o	Minnesota Democrat	Apr 12, 2013
  Eleanor Holmes Norton	s1o	District of Columbia Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Beto O`Rourke	s1o	Texas Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Frank Pallone	s1o	New Jersey Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Bill Pascrell	s1o	New Jersey Democrat	Apr 26, 2013
  Ed Pastor	s1o	Arizona Democrat (retiring 2014)	Mar 13, 2013
  Donald Payne Jr.	s1o	New Jersey Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Gary Peters	s1o	MI Democratic Challenger	Apr 10, 2013
  Chellie Pingree	s1o	Maine Democrat	Mar 14, 2013
  Mark Pocan	s1o	Wisconsin Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Mike Quigley	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 11, 2013
  Nick Rahall	s1o	West Virginia Democrat	Apr 26, 2013
  Charles Rangel	s1o	New York Dem./Lib. (retiring 2016)	Mar 20, 2013
  Cedric Richmond	s1o	Louisiana Democrat	Mar 20, 2013
  Lucille Roybal-Allard	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 19, 2013
  Bobby Rush	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Tim Ryan	s1o	Ohio Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Linda Sanchez	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  John Sarbanes	s1o	Maryland Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Jan Schakowsky	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Adam Schiff	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Allyson Schwartz	s1o	PA Democratic Challenger	Mar 18, 2013
  Bobby Scott	s1o	Virginia Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Jose Serrano	s1o	New York Democrat/Liberal	Apr 26, 2013
  Terri Sewell	s1o	Alabama Democrat	Mar 19, 2013
  Kyrsten Sinema	s1o	Arizona Democrat	May 9, 2013
  Albio Sires	s1o	New Jersey Democrat	Mar 14, 2013
  Louise Slaughter	s1o	New York Democrat	Mar 15, 2013
  David Adam Smith	s1o	Washington Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Jackie Speier	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Bennie Thompson	s1o	Mississippi Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  John Tierney	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Dina Titus	s1o	Nevada Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Paul Tonko	s1o	New York Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  Niki Tsongas	s1o	Massachusetts Democrat	Mar 13, 2013
  Marc Veasey	s1o	Texas Democrat	Mar 14, 2013
  Filemon Vela	s1o	Texas Democrat	May 21, 2013
  Nydia Velazquez	s1o	New York Democrat/Working-Families	May 9, 2013
  Debbie Wasserman Schultz	s1o	Florida Democrat	May 21, 2013
  Maxine Waters	s1o	California Democrat	Apr 15, 2013
  Mel Watt	s1o	North Carolina Democrat (appointed to FHFA)	May 21, 2013
  Henry Waxman	s1o	California Democrat (retiring 2014)	Apr 23, 2013
  Peter Welch	s1o	Vermont Democrat	Mar 18, 2013
  Frederica Wilson	s1o	Florida Democrat	Apr 10, 2013
  John Yarmuth	s1o	Kentucky Democrat	Apr 23, 2013

  
  
  

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  Independents participating in 13-HRes90

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 135 Republicans: 0 Independents: 0