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: opposing a religious registry
Source: Protect American Families Act
Congressional Summary: Notwithstanding any other provision of the immigration laws, an alien may not be denied admission to the United States because of the alien's religion or lack of religious beliefs.Argument Opposed: [Countable.us]: "The U.S. should reserve the right to ban immigrants based on religion. The government may need to enact such a ban in response to a future acts of terror, which could save American lives." Argument In Favor: [Cato Institute, Dec. 8, 2016]: Donald Trump proposed prohibiting all Muslim immigration; then specified "suspending immigration from nations tied to Islamic terror." He said, "People are pouring in from regions of the Middle East," but that he would "stop that dead, cold flat," during his first day in office. However, under current law, it is illegal to discriminate against immigrants based on their national origin.
For almost a decade, Congress debated creating an immigration system free from discrimination by nationality, country of birth, or country of residence. President-elect Trump, however, now proposes to discriminate unlawfully against certain foreign nationals on the basis of the same protected grounds without any legislation from Congress.
Also see S.54 (115th Senate equivalent)
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 4.
Question 4: Keep God in the public sphere
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Principles & Values
- Headline: Religious freedom means no religious registry
(Score: -2)
- Headline 2: Led effort for religious freedom via no religious registry
(Score: -2)
- 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 16-HR5207 |
| Joyce Beatty |
s1s | Ohio Democrat | May 24, 2016 |
| Xavier Becerra |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Earl Blumenauer |
s1s | Oregon Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Suzanne Bonamici |
s1s | Oregon Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Brendan Boyle |
s1s | Pennsylvania Democratic House Member | May 12, 2016 |
| Robert Brady |
s1s | Pennsylvania Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Julia Brownley |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Lois Capps |
s1s | California Democrat (retiring 2016) | May 12, 2016 |
| Michael Capuano |
s1s | MA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009) | May 12, 2016 |
| Tony Cardenas |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Andre Carson |
s1s | Indiana Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Matt Cartwright |
s1s | Pennsylvania Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Judy Chu |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| David Cicilline |
s1s | Rhode Island Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Katherine Clark |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Steve Cohen |
s1s | Tennessee Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Bonnie Watson Coleman |
s1s | New Jersey Democratic House Member | May 12, 2016 |
| John Conyers |
s1s | Michigan Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Joe Courtney |
s1s | Connecticut Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Joseph Crowley |
s1s | New York Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Elijah Cummings |
s1s | Maryland Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| John Delaney |
s1s | Maryland Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Suzan DelBene |
s1s | Washington Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Debbie Dingell |
s1s | Michigan Democratic House Member | May 12, 2016 |
| Donna Edwards |
s1s | Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016) | May 12, 2016 |
| Keith Ellison |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Eliot Engel |
s1s | New York Democrat/Liberal | May 12, 2016 |
| Anna Eshoo |
s1s | California Democrat | Jul 11, 2016 |
| Sam Farr |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Chaka Fattah |
s1s | Pennsylvania Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Lois Frankel |
s1s | Florida Democrat | Jun 13, 2016 |
| John Garamendi |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Al Green |
s1s | Texas Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Raul Grijalva |
s1s | Arizona Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Luis Gutierrez |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Alcee Hastings |
s1s | Florida Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Denny Heck |
s1s | Washington Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Brian Higgins |
s1s | New York Democrat | May 13, 2016 |
| Ruben Hinojosa |
s1s | Texas Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Steny Hoyer |
s1s | Maryland Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Jared Huffman |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Steve Israel |
s1s | New York Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Sheila Jackson Lee |
s1s | Texas Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Hakeem Jeffries |
s1s | New York Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson |
s1s | Texas Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Hank Johnson |
s1s | Georgia Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Marcy Kaptur |
s1s | Ohio Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Derek Kilmer |
s1s | Washington Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Ron Kind |
s1s | WI Former Democratic challenger (2012) | May 12, 2016 |
| James Langevin |
s1s | Rhode Island Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| John Larson |
s1s | Connecticut Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Brenda Lawrence |
s1s | Michigan Democratic House Member | May 12, 2016 |
| Barbara Lee |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Sander Levin |
s1s | Michigan Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| John Lewis |
s1s | Georgia Democrat | Jul 5, 2016 |
| Ted Lieu |
s1s | California Democratic House Member | May 12, 2016 |
| Zoe Lofgren |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Alan Lowenthal |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Doris Matsui |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Betty McCollum |
s1s | Minnesota Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Jim McDermott |
s1s | Washington Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Grace Meng |
s1s | New York Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Seth Moulton |
s1s | Massachusetts Democratic House Member | May 12, 2016 |
| Patrick Murphy |
s1s | FL Democratic Senate candidate | May 12, 2016 |
| Jerrold Nadler |
s1s | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families | May 18, 2016 |
| Grace Napolitano |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Donald Norcross |
s1s | New Jersey Democratic House Member | May 12, 2016 |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s1s | District of Columbia Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Beto O`Rourke |
s1s | Texas Democrat | May 13, 2016 |
| Frank Pallone |
s1s | New Jersey Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Bill Pascrell |
s1s | New Jersey Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Donald Payne |
s1s | New Jersey Former Democrat(Deceased 2012) | May 12, 2016 |
| Mark Pocan |
s1s | Wisconsin Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Charles Rangel |
s1s | New York Dem./Lib. (retiring 2016) | May 12, 2016 |
| Kathleen Rice |
s1s | New York Democratic House Member | May 12, 2016 |
| Cedric Richmond |
s1s | Louisiana Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Bobby Rush |
s1s | Illinois Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Tim Ryan |
s1s | Ohio Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Adam Schiff |
s1s | California Democrat | May 13, 2016 |
| Jose Serrano |
s1s | New York Democrat/Liberal | May 12, 2016 |
| Brad Sherman |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Albio Sires |
s1s | New Jersey Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Jackie Speier |
s1s | California Democrat | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Eric Swalwell |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Mark Takai |
s1s | Hawaii Democratic House Member | May 12, 2016 |
| Mark Takano |
s1s | California Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Dina Titus |
s1s | Nevada Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Paul Tonko |
s1s | New York Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| Norma Torres |
s1s | California Democratic House Member | May 12, 2016 |
| Niki Tsongas |
s1s | Massachusetts Democrat | May 23, 2016 |
| Chris Van Hollen |
s1s | Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016) | May 12, 2016 |
| Nydia Velazquez |
s1s | New York Democrat/Working-Families | May 12, 2016 |
| Peter Welch |
s1s | Vermont Democrat | May 12, 2016 |
| John Yarmuth |
s1s | Kentucky Democrat | May 13, 2016 |
Republicans
participating in 16-HR5207 |
| Richard Hanna |
s1s | New York Republican | May 12, 2016 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
95
Republicans:
1
Independents:
1 |
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