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Events with high posterior probability

William Enyart	Within the first month of his tenure in office, Enyart co-sponsored two pieces of legislation, H. R. 11 : Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 and H. R. 310 : No Budget, No Pay Act.
John E. Rankin	He was a sponsor of Edith Nourse Rogers' Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (also known as the G. I. Bill of Rights).
Dennis Kucinich	Kucinich voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, against the Military Commissions Act of 2006, and was one of six who voted against the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act.
Trent Franks	In June 2013, he proposed a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks, the time at which the child feels pain, but without exceptions for rape and incest.
Shelley Berkley	Berkley voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
Connie Morella	She voted against declaring English the official language of the United States and in 1996 against a bill overwhelmingly approved by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton, to combat illegal immigration.
David Shafer	He sponsored a resolution that passed in 2007 apologizing for Georgia's eugenics laws and blaming them on Social Darwinism.
Kelly Lamrock	On February 24, 2010, Lamrock introduced the Insurance Act to the New Brunswick Legislature for first reading.
Christian Ouellet	In 2009, he introduced a Private Member's Bill to remove waiting times for Employment Insurance benefits.
Henry Cuellar	He rejected the first House bailout bill, which was voted down, but backed the final version that passed in the fall of 2008.
Dianne Feinstein	In 2013 she introduced a new assault weapons bill, which failed to pass.
Maria Cantwell	She was one of 34 senators to vote against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, which passed and was signed into law by George W. Bush on November 5, 2003.
Judd Gregg	In April 2007, he was among the breakaway Republicans to support the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.
Warren Magnuson	At least three important pieces of legislation bear his name : the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 (commonly referred to as the Magnuson Act), and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.
Charlie Crist	On June 11, 2010 Crist vetoed a bill which would have removed taxpayer funding for abortion, as well as require a woman to have an ultrasound before having an abortion.
David Cicilline	On November 18, 2011, Cicilline said the following about the Vow Hire Heroes Act, which increases job opportunities for veterans :'' This vote ensures that Rhode Island veterans and all of our nation's veterans will receive some of the tools and resources they need to successfully reenter the workforce and provide for their families and loved ones.''
Mike Easley	He supports the enactment of the Equal Rights Amendment, upholding Social Security, increasing public healthcare funding for the poor and children, and providing services to illegal immigrant s. During the 2004 Democratic primaries, he supported North Carolina Senator John Edwards.
Monique D. Davis	In 2003, Davis sponsored legislation which was signed into law and forced insurance companies that do business in Illinois to publish all records they have on historical insuring of slave s as property through the state's Department of Insurance.
Alex Sink	Sink opposes an immigration bill modeled after Arizona's 2010 immigration law, saying that'' The law passed in Arizona does not meet Florida's needs'' and supporting that is the responsibility of the federal government to prevent immigrants from illegally crossing the border, stating that it is not the responsibility of the government of the state.
Lucy Fisher	Fisher was a Co-chair of the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act (Proposition 71), which legislation passed by a wide margin in 2004.
David Davis (U.S. politician)	While Davis filed two bills within the U. S. House of Representatives as the original sponsor (one Davis bill was to create a federal'' American Eagle Day''), he signed on as cosponsor to other pending legislation including H. R. 621, a House resolution that sought to''... amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore the Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment to that in effect before enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.''
James A. Garfield	He proposed substantial civil service reform, eventually passed by Congress in 1883 and signed into law by his successor, Chester A. Arthur, as the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act.
Ken Hutcherson	On June 18, 2007, Hutcherson and 29 other African-American pastors in the High Impact Leadership Coalition publicly opposed the Senate's hate crimes bill, then named the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, on 1st Amendment grounds.
Mike Honda	On March 21, 2010, Rep. Honda spoke at the March for America, a rally for comprehensive immigration reform on the National Mall.
Fareed Zakaria	From 2006, Zakaria has also criticized what he views as'' fear-based'' American policies employed not only in combating terrorism, but also in enforcing immigration and drug smuggling laws, and has argued in favor of decriminalization of drugs and citizenship for presently illegal immigrants to the United States of all backgrounds.
Stephen Bright	Although Bright has brought lawsuits regarding indigent defense all over the South and the state of Georgia, his work in Greene County was especially significant, and played a crucial role in the passage of the Georgia Indigent Defense Act in 2003.
Thad Cochran	In 2005, he was one of nine senators who voted against the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, which prohibited'' inhumane treatment of prisoners, including prisoners at Guantanamo Bay''.
Tammy Baldwin	In November 2009, Baldwin voted for the version of healthcare reform that included a public option, a government-run healthcare plan that would have competed with private insurers, but only the House passed that version.
Ginny Brown-Waite	On September 29, 2008, Brown-Waite voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, and also voted against the amended version which was enacted.
Nancy Pelosi	She also voted in favor of the 1998 Abortion Funding Amendment, which would have allowed the use of district funds to promote abortion-related activities, but would have prohibited the use of federal funds.
John Boozman	In the 111th Congress, Boozman has introduced and the House of Representatives has passed the Veterans Retraining Act of 2009, which provides resources and training opportunities for unemployed veterans.
Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania politician)	In July 2009, Murphy became the lead advocate for a bill that would repeal the Defense Department's Do n't Ask, Do n't Tell policy concerning open gays in the armed forces.
Joe Donnelly	Donnelly also voted against the failed Polis amendment, cutting $ 640 Million in a 2 % across-the-board reduction in spending from the 2012 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.
David Zuckerman (politician)	In 2009, Zuckerman sponsored a same-sex marriage bill which was eventually passed after the house overrode the veto of Gov. Jim Douglas by the necessary 2/3 majority.
Joyce Foster	In May 2010 it was alleged that Sen. Foster had introduced an amendment to a bill concerning the registered sex offenders.
Bobby Bright	In February 2009, Bright voted in favor of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009.
Sara Gagliardi	For the 2010 legislative session, Gagliardi was the prime sponsor for 8 bills originating in the House of Representatives and 12 additional measures originating the Senate, thus making it her most legislatively-productive session.
Pete Lee	In 2011 he supported the Uniform Military and Overseas Voting Act to help ensure that U. S. citizens in the armed forces stationed overseas are able to vote, and opposed legislation that would require citizens to have a birth certificate or Social Security card on-hand to register.
David Vitter	In November 2007, Vitter introduced a bill requiring banks to verify that no customer was an illegal immigrant before issuing banking or credit cards.
Duncan D. Hunter	In July 2010, Hunter introduced legislation into the 111th Congress to allow tobacco products to be shipped to service members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan ; the legislation died after being referred to committee.
Corrine Brown	In 2006, she voted'' no'' on the Child Custody Protection Act, Public Expression of Religion Act, Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act, Military Commissions Act, and Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006.
Marcus Garvey	Bilbo, an outspoken supporter of segregation and white supremacy and, attracted by the ideas of black separatists like Garvey, proposed an amendment to the federal work-relief bill on 6 June 1938, proposing to deport 12 million black Americans to Liberia at federal expense to relieve unemployment.
Steve Austria	In 1998, he sponsored the'' Internet Child Protection Act'', which was later enacted into law.
Theodore W. Goldin	In 1924, a Missouri congressman helped Goldin obtain a pension as a Medal of Honor recipient through a special act of Congress.
Dan Coats	In April 2013, Senator Coats was one of forty-six senators to vote against the passing of a bill which would have expanded background checks for all buyers.
Kelsey Smith-Briggs	In March 2006, the Oklahoma state legislature passed the Kelsey Smith-Briggs Child Protection Reform Act to reform the way courts and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) handle cases related to child abuse and neglect.
Zell Miller	And despite his support of a Federal Marriage Amendment, on June 15, 2004, Miller again voted with all his fellow Democratic senators to include sexual orientation in hate crime laws with the Matthew Shepard Act.
Jim McGovern (American politician)	He voted for the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, ultimately pushing for a robust public option which was n't included in the final measure.
Lee Ware	After the 2013 General Assembly in which Delegate Lee Ware's Natural Resources Committee suppressed many compromise Sunday hunting bills Roanoke College performed an independent survey that shows there is more in favor of Sunday hunting than are opposed.
Michael W. McConnell	In 1996, McConnell signed a statement supporting a constitutional amendment to ban abortion, which read,'' Abortion kills 1.
Amy Klobuchar	In 2011, Klobuchar introduced S. 978, the Commercial Felony Streaming Act, a bill that would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted material for the purpose of'' commercial advantage or personal financial gain'' a felony under US copyright law.
Bobby Jindal	State Representatives Walker Hines and Neil Abramson say the legislation was surreptitiously inserted as a last-minute amendment into an education bill by Jindal's office on the last day of the 2008 session, providing no time to properly review it before it passed the legislature and was signed into law by Jindal.
Chris Murphy (politician)	During his tenure in the State Senate, Murphy was one of the first ten co-sponsors of a civil union bill that passed the General Assembly in 2005.
Larry Liston	Representative Liston was prime sponsor for five measures in the House in addition to being co-prime sponsor for several measures originating in the State Senate.
Mark Begich	In April 2013, Senator Begich was one of forty-six senators to vote against the passing of a bill which would have expanded background checks for all gun buyers.
Steven Horsford	He is a member of the House Progressive Caucus, and is the only member who supported the September 30, 2013, Continuing resolution that contained a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate.
Anne Begg	In March 2002, she voted to ban the hunting of wild mammals with dogs.
Ulysses S. Grant	On January 14, 1875, Grant signed the Specie Payment Resumption Act into law.
Chuck Schumer	The Assault Weapons Ban, which banned semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, and handguns possessing certain features, expired in September 2004 despite attempts by Schumer to extend it.
Jim Matheson	However, when the 112th Congress reconsidered the legislation in January 2011, Matheson voted against repealing the healthcare overhaul.
Rosa DeLauro	In 2002 DeLauro voted for the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
Donna Hutchinson	In 2012, Hutchinson ranked 89 percent on the Arkansas Freedom Scorecard, which measures the votes cast by legislators in regard to issues relating to economic freedom, educational reform,'' good government,'' personal liberty, small government, and tax/budget policy.
Tom White (Nebraska politician)	White worked with Republican Attorney General Jon Bruning to pass legislation cracking down on internet sex predators in 2009.
Mary Landrieu	In 2011, she was the inadvertent Senate sponsor of the four-year extension to the Patriot Act when Senator Reid amended a small business bill introduced by Senator Landrieu as a means of avoiding a threatened filibuster by Senator Rand Paul.
Chuck Fleischmann	Rep. Fleischmann's first vote in office was the 2011 motion `` Repealing the Health Care Bill'' which he supported.
Bob Filner	In February 2009, Rep. Antonio Diaz filed a bill in the Philippine House of Representatives seeking to confer honorary Filipino citizenship on Filner and U. S. Senators Daniel Inouye, Daniel Akaka, and Ted Stevens for their role in securing the passage of this legislation.
Hubert Humphrey	During his tenure, Humphrey was the lead author of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, introduced the first initiative to create the Peace Corps, sponsored the clause of the McCarran Act to threaten concentration camps for' subversives', proposed making Communist Party membership a felony and chaired the Select Committee on Disarmament.
Nick Rahall	In 2011, he co-sponsored HR 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.
Laura Richardson	; FISA Amendments Act Richardson voted in favor of a controversial update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on June 20, 2008.
Wendeen H. Eolis	Eolis has written numerous articles on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) and subsequent congressional proposals to reverse the UIGEA legislation.
Mary Dennett	Dennett returned to lobbying Congress in 1922, pointing out that private opinion of members of congress must be in favor of birth control since the average number of children of a member of congress was 2.
David Nelson (Utah activist)	He lobbied unsuccessfully in 1996 against the adoption of a Utah Legislature bill which restricted LGBT-student clubs at public schools.
Owen H. Johnson	In 2011, Johnson voted against the Marriage Equality Act, which the Senate passed 33-29.
Paul Ryan	Ryan also voted against the Credit CARD Act of 2009 and the Dodd -- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which Ryan characterized as'' class warfare''.
Stacey Campfield	In January 2013, Campfield introduced a modified version of his'' Do n't Say Gay'' bill.
Joe Donnelly	On April 5, 2013, Senator Donnelly announced his support for marriage equality.
Nick Rahall	In March 2010, Rahall voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as ObamaCare.
Robert F. Wagner	After the Supreme Court ruled the National Industrial Recovery Act and the National Recovery Administration unconstitutional, Wagner helped pass the National Labor Relations Act (also known as the Wagner Act) in 1935, a similar but much more expansive bill.
Henry Gardner	The Know-Nothing legislature also passed, over Gardner's veto, one of the most stringent personal liberty laws, designed to make enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 as difficult for slave claimants as possible.
Bob Barr	In 2009, both the United States Senate and House of Representatives voted to lift the ban against a medical marijuana initiative, effectively overturning the Barr Amendment.
John Breaux	He was a key Democratic supporter of Republican attempts to abolish the estate tax and in 2001 was among the minority of Democrats to support Bush's tax cut and opposed virtually all attempts by Democrats to alter it.
Frederick Smyth (New Hampshire)	He oversaw a revision of state statutes, and was a strong supporter of passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (passed 1868), which guarantees due process and equal protection to all United States citizens.
Paul Steckle	In 2005, Steckle voted against Bill C-38, An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes (now the Civil Marriage Act).
Bob Kaplan	In 1978, he failed to implement Bill C-215, which would have stripped Canadians of their citizenship if they had been convicted of war crimes.
Jan Brewer	On April 18, 2011, Governor Jan Brewer vetoed two bills one which set a mandate that anyone running for President must have proof of U. S. citizenship and the other being a bill which allowed guns on college campuses.
John Baldacci	In 2005, Baldacci introduced legislation to expand Maine's civil rights law to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
John Rarick	Also that year, he introduced a bill to repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968, signed into law by President Johnson.
Rod Blagojevich	Signed into law by Blagojevich in November 2005, All Kids made Illinois the first state in the U. S. to attempt to legally require itself to provide universal affordable and comprehensive healthcare for children, regardless of income and immigration status.
Nan Hayworth	Some bills that passed in the House that Hayworth voted for include the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the Cut, Cap and Balance Act of 2011.
Gabrielle Giffords	and she voted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Mark Udall	Udall voted for the Employee Free Choice Act in 2007, which would have eliminated the secret ballot in voting to unionize businesses.
Helen Giddings	In 2001, Rep. Giddings created and passed groundbreaking legislation which requires that every child in Texas receive a course in CPR once in their high school career.
Mitt Romney	In 2011, he signed a pledge promising to seek passage of an amendment to the U. S. Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Larry Craig	On December 16, 2005, Craig voted against a cloture motion filed relative to the USA PATRIOT Act ; the motion ultimately earned only 52 votes, and so a Democratic filibuster against extension of the act (due to expire at the end of 2005) was permitted to continue.
Branden Petersen	In 2013, he cosponsored a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the state of Minnesota, which passed the Senate on May 13 with Petersen the only Republican voting for it.
Elizabeth Emken	She initially coordinated grassroots advocacy for the first major piece of federal autism legislation, the Advancement in Pediatric Autism Research Act, ultimately becoming the lead title of the Children's Health Act of 2000, which authorized programs at the NIH, CDC, and HRSA.
Robert Kostelka	In 2004, in his first term in the Senate, Kostelka sponsored an amendment to the Louisiana Constitution to limit the meaning of'' marriage'' to the union of one male and one female and to forbid same-sex unions.
Jesse Helms	In 1982, he voted against the extension of the Voting Rights Act.
Phil King (Texas politician)	In 2005, King was the House sponsor of Senate Bill 5, which modernized Texas telecommunications laws.
Bert Corona	As a founder and leader of Hermandad Mexicana Nacional he played an important role in the efforts to gain an amnesty program for undocumented workers in the Immigration Reform and Control act 1986.