HR 1022 Updates Only - NO DISCUSSION - Updated 10/27/07 - Presidential Candidate on

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Current status: No cosponsors. Nothing on House Judiciary Committee schedule. Needs scheduled vote and 20 votes to leave Committee.

14 House Judiciary Committee members who sponsored this same legislation in 2005. 3 more Committee members who have advocated for AWBs in the past (Davis, Wasserman-Schulz, Lungren).

In 2005, this same bill went a month before acquiring any co-sponsors. The current bill was introduced February 13, 2007.

No change in status as of March 1, 2007.
 
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12 Cosponsors signed on to Rep. McCarthy's bill on March 7:

Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 3/7/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 3/7/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 3/7/2007
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 3/7/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/7/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 3/7/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 3/7/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 3/7/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/7/2007
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 3/7/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 3/7/2007

If these are your reps, you probably already know they are worthless but call them and give them an earful (if you belong to their district, otherwise you are wasting your breath).

Other than this, the bill is still going nowhere. It needs assignment to a Subcommittee before it can move anywhere and it has not been assigned one yet. This suggests that the Chairmain (John Conyers) may be keeping a lid on this bill for now...

Currently the House Judiciary Schedule shows no plans to even discuss HR 1022, though this schedule is usually only updated a few days in advance so that can change rapidly.
 
Just click on the name and it will take you to a page with contact information for that representative. I suggest flooding their offices with faxes in addition to just making phone calls. If you don't want to pay for a long distance call or don't have a fax machine, you can use FAXZERO. Here is a link that will take you to a page of a sample letters that you can alter and use.

Sponsor
Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY 4th)

Cosponsors
Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY 5th)
Joseph Crowley (D-NY 7th)
Chaka Fattah (D-PA 2nd)
Bob Filner (D-CA 51st)
Barney Frank (D-MA 4th)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX 18th) - House Judiciary Committee member
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY 14th)
Marty Meehan (D-MA 5th) - House Judiciary Committee member
James P. Moran (D-VA 8th)
Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL 9th)
Adam Schiff (D-CA 29th) - House Judiciary Committee member
Chris Van Hollen, Jr. (D-MD 8th)
 
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Six more co-sponsors signed on as of March 9, 2007 (click on link for contact info):

Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - Democrat
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - Democrat
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - Democrat
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - Democrat
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - Democrat
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member

This brings the total number of co-sponsors to 18. Jackson-Lee and Wexler are also on the House Judiciary Committee that will hear this bill if it moves forward. So far, there is still nothing on the schedule; but they also haven't even started to post next week's schedule yet.
 
Up to 26 co-sponsors now (including 5 House Judiciary Committee members). 8 new ones as of 3-13-07. Still only referred to House Judiciary Committee.

Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - Democrat
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - Democrat and House Judiciary Committee member
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - Democrat
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - Democrat
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - Democrat
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - Democrat
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - Demoract
 
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Four new co-sponsors signed on as 3/15/07. This gives the bill a total of 30 co-sponsors (8 of whom are on the House Judiciary Committee). Click on the name for contact info:

Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 3/15/2007 - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 3/15/2007 - Democrat
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 3/15/2007 - Democrat* - House Judiciary Committee member
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 3/15/2007 - Democrat

*(Congressman Sherman's website is here; but it has a script error that causes Internet Explorer to hang/crash.
 
Three new sponsors signed on 3/22/07, including one Judiciary Committee member. That brings the total number to 33 co-sponsors (9 on the House Judiciary). Click on link for contact info:

Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 3/22/2007 - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 3/22/2007 - Democrat
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 3/22/2007 - Democrat

Still nothing on the House Judiciary Committee schedule for this bill.
 
The bill now has 1 sponsor and 33 co-sponsors. Here is the full list as of 3-25-2007

Sponsor:
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]

Cosponsors
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. William Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Martin Meehan [D-MA]
Rep. Bradley Miller [D-NC]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. William Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Edward Pastor [D-AZ]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA]
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]
 
Co-sponsors by state

This makes it a little easier to look for your critter.

NY
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]

FL
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]

CA
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA]

MO
Rep. William Clay [D-MO]

CO
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]

MA
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Martin Meehan [D-MA]

PA
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]

AZ
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Edward Pastor [D-AZ]

HI
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]

TX
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]

RI
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]

NC
Rep. Bradley Miller [D-NC]

VA
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]

NJ
Rep. William Pascrell [D-NJ]

IL
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]

MD
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D-MD]


Was gonna do the "Co-sponsors by party" but what's the point?
 
H.R. 1022 was referred to the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on March 19, 2007; but Thomas was just updated to show the referral. This is the first of many steps it must take to become a bill. However, almost all bills make it to this step and many bills never make it past this step.

Usually a bill is referred to the proper subcommittee almost immediately after introduction and in the past, that is what has happened with this bill. For whatever reason, they sat on it and did not refer it to the subcommittee this session until March 19th (almost a month of limbo).

All in all, things are looking good for this bill to die a quiet death in committee.
 
Four more representatives (one a non-voting representative from D.C.) has signed on as co-sponsors as of May 8, 2007. Two of these new co-sponsors are on the House Judiciary Committee.

Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 5/8/2007 - Democrat
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 5/8/2007 - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 5/8/2007 - NON-VOTING - Democrat
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] - 5/8/2007 - Democrat - House Judiciary Committee member

This brings the total number of co-sponsors to 46 voting (47 total) with 11 members of the House Judiciary Committee signed on.
 
Two more Representatives have signed on as of June 6th :

Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 6/6/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 6/6/2007

This brings the total of co-sponsors to 49.
 
And another Presidential candidate jumps into the fray!

Joseph Biden has just introduced S. 2237 in the Senate. The bill would, among other things, reauthorize the Clinton AWB and close the "gun show loophole."

There's no text of the legislation yet, but Biden issued a press release about it.
 
O.K. Where do We Stand NOW ?

By My Count 60 ? :what:

ps... I could be wrong ...but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express :)
 
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