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Arts Voting Record
Vote on House Floor Amendment to Reduce NEA Funding (2/17/11)
Vote on House Floor Amendment to Reduce NEA Funding (7/28/11)
Other Indicators of Arts Support in the 112th Congress
Membership in the Congressional Arts Caucus
Cosponsorship of Artists-Museum Partnership Act
NEA “Dear Colleague” Letter
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1 Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) to reduce funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by $20.6 million. Date: 2/17/2011 Result: Passed by a vote of 217 to 209 Citation: 112th Congress, 1st Session, Roll Call Vote 68 Pro-arts: Voted NO
2 Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) to reduce funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by $10.6 million. Date: 7/28/2011 Result: Defeated by a vote of 181 to 240 with 1 voting "present" Citation: 112th Congress, 1st Session, Roll Call Vote 670 Pro-arts: Voted NO
3 Membership in the Congressional Arts Caucus in the 112th Congress ending 12/31/12. The list is maintained by the office of Representative Louise Slaughter. The 113th Congressional Arts Caucus has not been reestablished as of 3/11/13. For the new 113th Congress, the Congressional Arts Caucus is in the process of renewing existing members and soliciting new members under the leadership of co-chair Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and incoming co-chair Lance Leonard (R-NJ). Date: 2011 - 2012 Result: To be reestablished in the 113th Congress Pro-arts: Member YES
4 Cosponsorship of H.R. 1190 in the 112th Congress, offered by Representatives John Lewis (D-GA) and Todd Platts (R-PA), allowing artists and creators to claim a tax deduction for the fair market value of gifts of their own work to nonprofit arts organizations for mission-related use.
Date: 2011-2012 Result: 35 cosponsors. New bill to be reintroduced in the 113th Congress Pro-arts: Cosponsored YES
5 Cosigned a “Dear Colleague” letter on March 19, 2012, asking House appropriators to support a funding level of $154.255 million for the NEA in FY 2013. The letter was initiated by Congressional Arts Caucus Co-Chair Representative Slaughter (D-NY).
Date: 3/19/2012 Result: 84 Signatories Pro-arts: Cosigned YES
Arts Advocacy Day 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Arts Support Record
District Representative (Party) Notes as of 3/11/13 1 2 3 4 5 ALABAMA 4 Aderholt, Robert (R) m m m m m 6 Bachus, Spencer (R) m m m m m 1 Bonner, Jo (R) m l m m m 5 Brooks, Mo (R) m l m m m 2 Roby, Martha (R) m m m m m 3 Rogers, Mike (R) m m m m m 7 Sewell, Terri (D) l l m m m ALASKA 1 Young, Don (R) l m m m AMERICAN SAMOA 1 Faleomavaega, Eni (D) U.S. Territory Delegates are unable to vote m m m ARIZONA 2 Barber, Ron (D) Took office on 6/12/12 m m 8 Franks, Trent (R) m m m m m 4 Gosar, Paul (R) m m m m m 3 Grijalva, Raul (D) l l l l l 1 Kirkpatrick, Ann (D) Took office on 1/03/13 7 Pastor, Ed (D) l l l m m 5 Salmon, Matt (R) Took office on 1/03/13 6 Schweikert, David (R) m m m m m 9 Sinema, Kyrsten (D) Took office on 1/03/13 ARKANSAS 4 Cotton, Tom (R) Took office on 1/03/13 1 Crawford, Rick (R) m l m m m 2 Griffin, Tim (R) m l l m m 3 Womack, Steve (R) m l m m m CALIFORNIA 37 Bass, Karen (D) l l m m m 34 Becerra, Xavier (D) l l m m l 7 Bera, Ami (D) Took office on 1/03/13 26 Brownley, Julia (D) Took office on 1/03/13 42 Calvert, Ken (R) m m m m m 45 Campbell, John (R) m m m m m 24 Capps, Lois (D) l l l m l 29 Cardenas, Tony (D) Took office on 1/03/13 27 Chu, Judy (D) l l m l m 8 Cook, Paul (R) Took office on 1/03/13 16 Costa, Jim (D) m l m m m 53 Davis, Susan (D) l l l m l 10 Denham, Jeff (R) m m m m m 18 Eshoo, Anna (D) l l l m m 20 Farr, Sam (D) l l l m l 3 Garamendi, John (D) l l m m m 44 Hahn, Janice (D) Took office on 7/19/11 l m m m 17 Honda, Mike (D) l l l m m 2 Huffman, Jared (D) Took office on 1/03/13 50 Hunter, Duncan (R) m m l m m 49 Issa, Darrell (R) m m m m m 1 LaMalfa, Doug (R) Took office on 1/03/13 13 Lee, Barbara (D) l l l m l 19 Lofgren, Zoe (D) l l l m l 47 Lowenthal, Alan S. (D) Took office on 1/03/13 6 Matsui, Doris (D) l l l m l 23 McCarthy, Kevin (R) m m m m m 4 McClintock, Tom (R) m m l m m l indicates arts-friendly position m indicates opposition or no action taken on arts-friendly position indicates missed vote or voted "present" Arts Advocacy Day 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Arts Support Record
District Representative (Party) Notes as of 3/11/13 1 2 3 4 5 CALIFORNIA (cont.) 25 McKeon, Howard (R) m m m m m 9 McNerney, Jerry (D) l l m m m 31 Miller, Gary (R) m m m m m 11 Miller, George (D) l l m m m 32 Napolitano, Grace (D) l l l m m 35 Negrete McLeod, Gloria (D) Took office on 1/03/13 22 Nunes, Devin (R) m m m m m 12 Pelosi, Nancy (D) l l m m m 52 Peters, Scott (D) Took office on 1/03/13 48 Rohrabacher, Dana (R) m m m m m 40 Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D) l l l m m 39 Royce, Edward (R) m m m m m 36 Ruiz, Raul (D) Took office on 1/03/13 38 Sanchez, Linda (D) l l l m l 46 Sanchez, Loretta (D) l l l m m 28 Schiff, Adam (D) l l l m m 30 Sherman, Brad (D) l l l m m 14 Speier, Jackie (D) l l m m l 15 Swalwell, Eric (D) Took office on 1/03/13 41 Takano, Mark (D) Took office on 1/03/13 5 Thompson, Mike (D) l l l l m 21 Valadao, David G. (R) 51 Vargas, Juan (D) Took office on 1/03/13 43 Waters, Maxine (D) l l m m m 33 Waxman, Henry (D) l l l m l COLORADO 6 Coffman, Mike (R) m m l m m 1 DeGette, Diana (D) l l l m l 4 Gardner, Cory (R) m m m m m 5 Lamborn, Doug (R) m m m m m 7 Perlmutter, Ed (D) l l m m m 2 Polis, Jared (D) l l l m l 3 Tipton, Scott (R) m l m m m CONNECTICUT 2 Courtney, Joseph (D) l l l m l 3 DeLauro, Rosa (D) l l l m l 5 Etsy, Elizabeth (D) Took office on 1/03/13 4 Himes, Jim (D) l l l m m 1 Larson, John (D) l l l m m DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D) U.S. Territory Delegates are unable to vote m m m DELAWARE 1 Carney, John (D) l l m m m FLORIDA 12 Bilirakis, Gus (R) m m m m m 5 Brown, Corrine (D) l l l m m 16 Buchanan, Vern (R) l l l m m 14 Castor, Kathy (D) l l l m m 4 Crenshaw, Ander (R) m m m m m 6 DeSantis, Ron (R) Took office on 1/03/13 21 Deutch, Theodore E. (D) l l l m l 25 Diaz-Balart, Mario (R) l m m m 22 Frankel, Lois (D) Took office on 1/03/13 26 Garcia, Joe (D) Took office on 1/03/13 9 Grayson, Alan (D) Took office on 1/03/13 l indicates arts-friendly position m indicates opposition or no action taken on arts-friendly position indicates missed vote or voted "present" Arts Advocacy Day 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Arts Support Record
District Representative (Party) Notes as of 3/11/13 1 2 3 4 5 FLORIDA (cont.) 20 Hastings, Alcee (D) l l l m l 7 Mica, John (R) m l m m m 1 Miller, Jeff (R) m m m m m 18 Murphy, Patrick (D) Took office on 1/03/13 11 Nugent, Richard (R) m m m m m 8 Posey, Bill (R) m m l m m 19 Radel, Trey (R) Took office on 1/03/13 17 Rooney, Tom (R) m m l m m 27 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R) m l l m m 15 Ross, Dennis (R) m l m m m 2 Southerland, Steve (R) m m m m m 23 Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (D) l l l m l 10 Webster, Daniel (R) m m m m m 24 Wilson, Frederica (D) l m m l 3 Yoho, Ted (R) Took office on 1/03/13 13 Young, C.W. "Bill" (R) m m m m m GEORGIA 12 Barrow, John (D) l l m m m 2 Bishop, Sanford (D) l l m m m 10 Broun, Paul (R) m m m m m 9 Collins, Doug (R) Took office on 1/03/13 11 Gingrey, Phil (R) m m m m m 14 Graves, Tom (R) m m m m m 4 Johnson, Hank (D) l l l l l 1 Kingston, Jack (R) m m m m m 5 Lewis, John (D) l l l l l 6 Price, Tom (R) m m m m m 8 Scott, Austin (R) m m m m m 13 Scott, David (D) l l m m m 3 Westmoreland, Lynn (R) m m m m m 7 Woodall, Rob (R) m m m m m GUAM 1 Bordallo, Madeleine (D) U.S. Territory Delegates are unable to vote m m l HAWAII 2 Gabbard, Tulsi (D) Took office on 1/03/13 1 Hanabusa, Colleen (D) l l m m m IDAHO 1 Labrador, Raul (R) m m m m m 2 Simpson, Michael (R) l l l m m ILLINOIS 17 Bustos, Cheri (D) Took office on 1/03/13 7 Davis, Danny (D) l l l m l 13 Davis, Rodney (R) Took office on 1/03/13 8 Duckworth,Tammy (D) Took office on 1/03/13 12 Enyart, William (D) Took office on 1/03/13 11 Foster, Bill (D) Took office on 1/03/13 4 Gutierrez, Luis (D) l l l l m 14 Hultgren, Randy (R) m m m m m 2 Vacant Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned on 11/21/12. Special election to be held on 4/09/13. 16 Kinzinger, Adam (R) m m m m m 3 Lipinski, Daniel (D) l l l m m 5 Quigley, Michael (D) l l l m l 6 Roskam, Peter (R) m m m m m 1 Rush, Bobby (D) l l l m l 9 Schakowsky, Janice (D) l l l m l 10 Schneider, Bradley (D) Took office on 1/03/13 l indicates arts-friendly position m indicates opposition or no action taken on arts-friendly position indicates missed vote or voted "present" Arts Advocacy Day 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Arts Support Record
District Representative (Party) Notes as of 3/11/13 1 2 3 4 5 ILLINOIS (cont.) 18 Schock, Aaron (R) l l l l m 15 Shimkus, John (R) l m m m m INDIANA 5 Brooks, Susan (R) Took office on 1/03/13 8 Bucshon, Larry (R) m m m m m 7 Carson, Andre (D) l l m l 6 Messer, Luke (R) Took office on 1/03/13 4 Rokita, Todd (R) m m m m m 3 Stutzman, Marlin (R) m m m m m 1 Visclosky, Peter (D) l l l m m 2 Walorski, Jackie (R) Took office on 1/03/13 9 Young, Todd (R) m m m m m IOWA 1 Braley, Bruce (D) l l m m m 4 King, Steven (R) m m m m m 3 Latham, Tom (R) m m m m m 2 Loebsack, David (D) l l l m l KANSAS 1 Huelskamp, Tim (R) m m m m m 2 Jenkins, Lynn (R) m m l m m 4 Pompeo, Mike (R) m m m m m 3 Yoder, Kevin (R) m m m m m KENTUCKY 6 Barr, Andy (R) Took office on 1/03/13 2 Guthrie, Brett (R) m m l m m 4 Massie, Thomas (R) Took office on 12/13/12 m m 5 Rogers, Harold (R) m l m m m 1 Whitfield, Ed (R) m l m m m 3 Yarmuth, John (D) l l l l l LOUISIANA 5 Alexander, Rodney (R) m m l m m 3 Boustany, Charles (R) m m m m m 6 Cassidy, Bill (R) m m l m m 4 Fleming, John (R) m m l m m 2 Richmond, Cedric (D) l l m m m 1 Scalise, Steve (R) m m m m m MAINE 2 Michaud, Michael (D) l l l l l 1 Pingree, Chellie (D) l l l m l MARYLAND 7 Cummings, Elijah (D) l l l m m 6 Delaney, John (D) Took office on 1/03/13 4 Edwards, Donna (D) l l l m m 1 Harris, Andy (R) m m m m m 5 Hoyer, Steny (D) l l m m m 2 Ruppersberger, Dutch (D) l l m m m 3 Sarbanes, John (D) l l m m m 8 Van Hollen, Christopher (D) l l l m l MASSACHUSETTS 7 Capuano, Michael (D) l l l m l 9 Keating, William (D) l l m m m 4 Kennedy, Joseph (D) Took office on 1/03/13 8 Lynch, Stephen (D) l l m m l l indicates arts-friendly position m indicates opposition or no action taken on arts-friendly position indicates missed vote or voted "present" Arts Advocacy Day 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Arts Support Record
District Representative (Party) Notes as of 3/11/13 1 2 3 4 5 MASSACHUSETTS (cont.) 5 Markey, Edward (D) l l l m l 2 McGovern, James (D) l l l l l 1 Neal, Richard (D) l l l m m 6 Tierney, John (D) l l m m l 3 Tsongas, Niki (D) l l l m m MICHIGAN 3 Amash, Justin (R) m m m m m 1 Benishek, Dan (R) m m m m m 11 Bentivolio, Kerry (R) Took office on 1/03/13 4 Camp, Dave (R) m m m m m 13 Conyers, John (D) l l l m l 12 Dingell, John (D) l l l m l 2 Huizenga, Bill (R) m m m m m 5 Kildee, Daniel (D) Took office on 1/03/13 9 Levin, Sander (D) l l l m m 10 Miller, Candice (R) m m m m m 14 Peters, Gary (D) l l l m m 8 Rogers, Mike (R) m m m m m 6 Upton, Fred (R) m m m m m 7 Walberg, Tim (R) m m m m m MINNESOTA 6 Bachmann, Michelle (R) m m m m 5 Ellison, Keith (D) l l m m 2 Kline, John (R) m m m m m 4 McCollum, Betty (D) l l l l m 8 Nolan, Richard (D) Took office on 1/03/13 3 Paulsen, Erik (R) m l l m m 7 Peterson, Collin (D) l l l m l 1 Walz, Timothy (D) l l l m m MISSISSIPPI 3 Harper, Gregg (R) m m l m m 1 Nunnelee, Alan (R) m m m m m 4 Palazzo, Steven (R) m m m m m 2 Thompson, Bennie (D) l l m m m MISSOURI 1 Clay, William Lacy (D) l l l m m 5 Cleaver, Emanuel (D) l l m m m 8 Vacant Rep. Jo Ann Emerson resigned on 1/22/13. Special election to be held on 6/04/13. 6 Graves, Sam (R) m m m m m 4 Hartzler, Vicky (R) m m m m m 7 Long, Billy (R) m m m m m 3 Luetkemeyer, Blaine (R) m m m m m 2 Wagner, Ann (R) Took office on 1/03/13 MONTANA 1 Daines, Steve (R) Took office on 1/03/13 NEBRASKA 1 Fortenberry, Jeff (R) m l m m m 3 Smith, Adrian (R) m m m m m 2 Terry, Lee (R) m m l m m NEVADA 2 Amodei, Mark (R) Took office on 9/15/11 m m m 3 Heck, Joe (R) m m m m m 4 Horsford, Steven A. (D) Took office on 1/03/13 1 Titus, Dina (D) Took office on 1/03/13 l indicates arts-friendly position m indicates opposition or no action taken on arts-friendly position indicates missed vote or voted "present" Arts Advocacy Day 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Arts Support Record
District Representative (Party) Notes as of 3/11/13 1 2 3 4 5 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 Kuster, Ann McLane (D) Took office on 1/03/13 1 Shea-Porter, Carol (D) Took office on 1/03/13 NEW JERSEY 1 Andrews, Robert (D) l l l m m 11 Frelinghuysen, Rodney (R) m l m m m 5 Garrett, Scott (R) m m m m m 12 Holt, Rush (D) l l l l l 7 Lance, Leonard (R) l l l m m 2 LoBiondo, Frank (R) m m l m m 6 Pallone, Frank (D) l l l m m 9 Pascrell, Bill (D) l l l l l 10 Payne Jr., Donald (D) Took office on 11/15/12 m m 3 Runyan, Jon (R) m m m m m 8 Sires, Albio (D) l l m m m 4 Smith, Christopher (R) m m m m m NEW MEXICO 3 Luján, Ben Ray (D) l l l m m 1 Lujan Grisham, Michelle (D) Took office on 1/03/13 2 Pearce, Steve (R) m m m m m NEW YORK 1 Bishop, Tim (D) l l l m l 9 Clarke, Yvette (D) l l l m l 27 Collins, Chris (R) Took office on 1/03/13 14 Crowley, Joseph (D) l l m m m 16 Engel, Eliot (D) l l l m l 19 Gibson, Chris (R) l l m m m 11 Grimm, Michael (R) l l m m m 22 Hanna, Richard (R) l l m m m 26 Higgins, Brian (D) l l l m m 3 Israel, Steve (D) l l m m l 8 Jeffries, Hakeem (D) Took office on 1/03/13 2 King, Peter (R) m m m m m 17 Lowey, Nita (D) l l l m m 24 Maffei, Daniel (D) Took office on 1/03/13 12 Maloney, Carolyn (D) l l l l l 18 Maloney, Sean (D) Took office on 1/03/13 4 McCarthy, Carolyn (D) l l m m m 5 Meeks, Gregory (D) l l m m m 6 Meng, Grace (D) Took office on 1/03/13 10 Nadler, Jerrold (D) l l l l l 21 Owens, Bill (D) l l m m m 13 Rangel, Charles (D) l l l m l 23 Reed, Tom (R) m l m m m 15 Serrano, Jose (D) l l l m m 25 Slaughter, Louise (D) l l l l l 20 Tonko, Paul (D) l l l m m 7 Velazquez, Nydia (D) l l m m m NORTH CAROLINA 1 Butterfield, G.K. (D) l l m m m 6 Coble, Howard (R) m m m m m 2 Ellmers, Renee (R) m m m m m 5 Foxx, Virginia (R) m m m l m 13 Holding, George (R) Took office on 1/03/13 8 Hudson, Richard (R) Took office on 1/03/13 3 Jones, Walter (R) m m m m m 10 McHenry, Patrick (R) m m m m m 7 McIntyre, Mike (D) l l l m m l indicates arts-friendly position m indicates opposition or no action taken on arts-friendly position indicates missed vote or voted "present" Arts Advocacy Day 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Arts Support Record
District Representative (Party) Notes as of 3/11/13 1 2 3 4 5 NORTH CAROLINA (cont.) 11 Meadows, Mark (R) Took office on 1/03/13 9 Pittenger, Robert (R) Took office on 1/03/13 4 Price, David (D) l l l l l 12 Watt, Melvin (D) l l m m l NORTH DAKOTA 1 Cramer, Kevin (R) Took office on 1/03/13 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 1 Sablan, Gregorio (I) U.S. Territory Delegates are unable to vote l m l OHIO 3 Beatty, Joyce (D) Took office on 1/03/13 8 Boehner, John (R) Speaker of the House traditionally does not vote m m m 1 Chabot, Steve (R) m m m m m 11 Fudge, Marcia (D) l l l m m 7 Gibbs, Bob (R) m m m m m 6 Johnson, Bill (R) m m m m m 4 Jordan, Jim (R) m m m m m 14 Joyce, David (R) Took office on 1/03/13 9 Kaptur, Marcy (D) l l l m m 5 Latta, Robert (R) m m m m m 16 Renacci, Jim (R) m m m m m 13 Ryan, Tim (D) l l l m m 15 Stivers, Steve (R) l l l m m 12 Tiberi, Patrick (R) l l m l m 10 Turner, Michael (R) l l m m m 2 Wenstrup, Brad (R) Took office on 1/03/13 OKLAHOMA 1 Bridenstine, Jim (R) Took office on 1/03/13 4 Cole, Tom (R) m l m m m 5 Lankford, James (R) m m m m m 3 Lucas, Frank (R) m m m m m 2 Mullin, Markwayne (R) OREGON 3 Blumenauer, Earl (D) l l l l l 1 Bonamici, Suzanne (D) Took office on 2/7/12 l m l 4 DeFazio, Peter (D) l l l m l 5 Schrader, Kurt (D) l l l m m 2 Walden, Greg (R) l l m m m PENNSYLVANIA 11 Barletta, Lou (R) m l m m m 1 Brady, Robert (D) l l l m l 17 Cartwright, Matthew (D) Took office on 1/03/13 15 Dent, Charles (R) l l l m m 14 Doyle, Michael (D) l l l m m 2 Fattah, Chaka (D) l l m m m 8 Fitzpatrick, Michael (R) m l m m m 6 Gerlach, Jim (R) l l l m m 3 Kelly, Mike (R) m m m m m 10 Marino, Tom (R) m m m m m 7 Meehan, Pat (R) l l m m m 18 Murphy, Timothy (R) m l l m m 4 Perry, Scott (R) Took office on 1/03/13 16 Pitts, Joseph (R ) m m m m m 12 Rothfus, Keith (R) Took office on 1/03/13 13 Schwartz, Allyson (D) l l m m m 9 Shuster, Bill (R) m m m m m 5 Thompson, Glenn (R) m l l m m l indicates arts-friendly position m indicates opposition or no action taken on arts-friendly position indicates missed vote or voted "present" Arts Advocacy Day 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Arts Support Record
District Representative (Party) Notes as of 3/11/13 1 2 3 4 5 PUERTO RICO 1 Pierluisi, Pedro (D) U.S. Territory Delegates are unable to vote l l m RHODE ISLAND 1 Cicilline, David (D) l l l m l 2 Langevin, James (D) l l l m l SOUTH CAROLINA 6 Clyburn, James (D) l l l m m 3 Duncan, Jeff (R) m m m m m 4 Gowdy, Trey (R) m m m m m 5 Mulvaney, Mick (R) m m m m m 7 Rice, Tom (R) Took office on 1/03/13 1 Vacant Rep. Tim Scott resigned on 1/2/13. Special election to be held on 5/07/13. 2 Wilson, Joe (R) m m l m m SOUTH DAKOTA 1 Noem, Kristi (R) m m m m m TENNESSEE 6 Black, Diane (R) m m m m m 7 Blackburn, Marsha (R) m m m m m 9 Cohen, Steve (D) l l l l l 5 Cooper, Jim (D) l l l m m 4 DesJarlais, Scott (R) m m m m m 2 Duncan, John (R) m m m m m 8 Fincher, Stephen (R) m m m m m 3 Fleischmann, Chuck (R) m m m m m 1 Roe, Phil (R) m m l m m TEXAS 6 Barton, Joe (R) m m m m m 8 Brady, Kevin (R) m m m m m 26 Burgess, Michael (R) m m m m m 31 Carter, John (R) m m m m m 20 Castro, Joaquin (D) Took office on 1/03/13 11 Conaway, Mike (R) m m m m m 28 Cuellar, Henry (D) l l m m m 7 Culberson, John (R) m m m m m 35 Doggett, Lloyd (D) l l l l m 27 Farenthold, Blake (R) m m m m m 17 Flores, Bill (R) m m m m m 23 Gallego, Pete (D) Took office on 1/03/13 1 Gohmert, Louie (R) m m m m m 12 Granger, Kay (R) m m l m m 9 Green, Al (D) l l l m l 29 Green, Gene (D) l l l m 4 Hall, Ralph (R) m m m m m 5 Hensarling, Jeb (R) m m m m m 15 Hinojosa, Ruben (D) l l m m m 18 Jackson-Lee, Sheila (D) l l l m m 30 Johnson, Eddie Bernice (D) l l m m 3 Johnson, Sam (R) m m m m m 24 Marchant, Kenny (R) m m m m m 10 McCaul, Michael (R) m m m m m 19 Neugebauer, Randy (R) m m m m m 22 Olson, Pete (R) m l l m m 16 O'Rourke, Beto (D) Took office on 1/03/13 2 Poe, Ted (R) m m m m m 32 Sessions, Pete (R) m m m m m 21 Smith, Lamar (R) m m l m m 36 Stockman, Steve (R) Took office on 1/03/13 l indicates arts-friendly position m indicates opposition or no action taken on arts-friendly position indicates missed vote or voted "present" Arts Advocacy Day 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Arts Support Record
District Representative (Party) Notes as of 3/11/13 1 2 3 4 5 TEXAS (cont.) 13 Thornberry, Mac (R) m m m m m 33 Veasey, Mac (D) Took office on 1/03/13 34 Vela, Filemon (D) Took office on 1/03/13 14 Weber, Randy (R) Took office on 1/03/13 25 Williams, Roger (R) Took office on 1/03/13 UTAH 1 Bishop, Rob (R) m m m m m 3 Chaffetz, Jason (R) m m l m m 4 Matheson, Jim (D) l l m m 2 Stewart, Chris (R) Took office on 1/03/13 VERMONT 1 Welch, Peter (D) l l l m l VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 Christensen, Donna (D) U.S. Territory Delegates are unable to vote l m l VIRGINIA 7 Cantor, Eric (R) m m m m m 11 Connolly, Gerry (D) l l l m l 4 Forbes, Randy (R) m m m m m 6 Goodlatte, Bob (R) m m m m m 9 Griffith, Morgan (R) m m m m m 5 Hurt, Robert (R) m m m m m 8 Moran, Jim (D) l l l m l 2 Rigell, Scott (R) m m m m m 3 Scott, Bobby (D) l l l m m 1 Wittman, Robert (R) m m m m 10 Wolf, Frank (R) m m m m m WASHINGTON 1 DelBene, Suzan (D) 4 Hastings, Doc (R) m m m m m 10 Heck, Denny (D) Took office on 1/03/13 3 Herrera Beutler, Jaime (R) m m m m m 6 Kilmer, Derek (D) Took office on 1/03/13 2 Larsen, Rick (D) l l l m m 7 McDermott, Jim (D) l l l l l 5 McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (R) m m m m m 8 Reichert, David (R) l l l m m 9 Smith, Adam (D) l l l m m WEST VIRGINIA 2 Capito, Shelley Moore (R) m l l m m 1 McKinley, David (R) l l l m m 3 Rahall, Nick (D) l l l m l WISCONSIN 7 Duffy, Sean (R) m l m m m 3 Kind, Ron (D) l l l m m 4 Moore, Gwen (D) l l m m m 6 Petri, Thomas (R) m m l m m 2 Pocan, Mark (D) Took office on 1/03/13 8 Ribble, Reid (R) m m m m m 1 Ryan, Paul (R) m m m m m 5 Sensenbrenner, Jim (R) m m m m m WYOMING 1 Lummis, Cynthia (R) m l l m m
l indicates arts-friendly position m indicates opposition or no action taken on arts-friendly position indicates missed vote or voted "present" Arts Advocacy Day 2013