August 24, 2005 - Washington, DC - 24 Co-sponsors of H. R. 1477 from the 2003/2004 Session of Congress are still not co-sponsors of H.R. 818 in the current 109th Congress

By Bob Marcus, CAOMA MediCare Lobbyist

(Note: Co-sponsor of H. R. 1477, Rep. Christopher Cox (R), California, 48th district, resigned to become Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.)

California (9)

	•	Rep. George Miller (D), 7th district, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477.

	•	Rep. Barbara Lee (D), 9th district, Congressional Black Caucus Whip, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477.

	•	Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D), 14th district, Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 10/5/04.

	•	Rep. Howard L. Berman (D), 28th district, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 6/17/04.

	•	Rep. Hilda Solis (D), 32nd district, Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477.

	•	Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D), 37th district, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 9/29/04.

	•	Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D), 38th district, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477

	•	Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D), 47th district, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477.

	•	Rep. Darrell E. Issa (R), 49th district, Member of the Government Reform Committee, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 10/7/04.

District of Columbia (4)

	•	10) Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), At-large, Member of the Government Reform Subcommittee on the Civil Service, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477.

Illinois (3)

	•	Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D), 2nd district, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 11/21/03.

	•	Rep. Danny K. Davis (D), 7th district, Ranking Member of the Government Reform Subcommittee on the Civil Service, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477.

	•	Rep. Lane Evans (D), 17th district, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 6/18/03.

Maryland (1)

	•	Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R), 6th district, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 6/18/03.

Michigan (1)

	•	Rep. Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D), 13th district, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 4/29/03.

Mississippi (1)

	•	Rep. Bennie Thompson (D), 2nd district, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477.

New Jersey (1)

	•	Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D), 1st district, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 6/26/03.

New Mexico (1)

	•	Rep. Tom Udall (D), 3rd district, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 9/10/03.

New York (2)

	•	Rep. Steve Israel (D), 2nd district, Member of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 10/5/04.

	•	Rep. Jose E. Serrano (D), 16th district, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477.

Pennsylvania (2)

	•	Rep. Robert A. Brady (D), 1st district, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477.

	•	Rep. Chaka Fattah (D), 2nd district, Member of the Progressive Caucus, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 7/8/04.

Texas (1)

	•	Rep. Ron Paul (R), 14th district, co-sponsored H. R. 1477 on 4/29/03.

Virginia (1)

	•	Rep. Thomas M. Davis, III (R), 11th district, Chairman of the Government Reform Committee, original co-sponsor of H. R. 1477.