

“We are grateful for all Congressman Lewis did to support us during his 33 years representing our district. “The John Lewis Student Center honors a great person, whose example of leadership will inspire Tech students, today and for generations,” President Ángel Cabrera said. representative from Georgia’s fifth congressional district. We love educating Americans about how their government works too! Please help us make GovTrack better address the needs of educators by joining our advisory group.The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia has approved the naming of Georgia Tech’s Student Center in honor of John Lewis, the renowned civil and human rights leader and longtime U.S. Please join our advisory group to let us know what more we can do. We hope that with your input we can make GovTrack more accessible to minority and disadvantaged communities who we may currently struggle to reach. Our mission is to empower every American with the tools to understand and impact Congress. By joining our advisory group, you can help us make GovTrack more useful and engaging to young voters like you. Young Americans have historically been the least involved in politics, despite the huge consequences policies can have on them. Please sign up for our advisory group to be a part of making GovTrack a better tool for what you do. We hope to make GovTrack more useful to policy professionals like you. Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000.United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L.The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records.unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information.The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including: Most legislation has no activity after being introduced. 7545 (116th): Transportation and Infrastructure Profession Opportunity Grants Act 7546 (116th): Minority Community Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2020 7544 (116th): Missed Opportunities in Public Health and Biomedical Research Act of 2020 7591 (116th): Fostering Healthy Transitions into Adulthood Act of 2020 7644 (116th): Juvenile Incarceration Reduction Act of 2020 Lewis recently introduced the following legislation: Taxation (27%) Health (17%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Education (11%) International Affairs (10%) Social Welfare (7%) Families (7%) Transportation and Public Works (7%) Recently Introduced Bills Lewis sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110 th Congress). But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services. 4994 (111th): Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010ĭoes 22 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted - most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. 3899 (112th): To provide for rollover treatment to traditional IRAs of amounts received in airline carrier bankruptcy. 4488 (113th): Gold Medal Technical Corrections Act of 2014 5067 (114th): Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 5517 (116th): Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act

Lewis was the primary sponsor of 22 bills that were enacted. The chart is based on the bills Lewis sponsored and cosponsored
