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Rep. Bobby Rush
- Illinois
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Party
Democratic
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Current Office
U.S. House
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First Elected
11/3/1992
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Next Election
2014
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Sponsored Bills
Congress 113
4
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CoSponsored Bills
Congress 113
104
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Missed Vote %
40.60%
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Votes with Party
92.09%
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OFFICE ADDRESS
700-706 East 79th Street Chicago, IL
Ph: 773-224-6500
Fx: 773-224-9624
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Bobby Lee Rush is the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district, serving since 1993. The district is located principally on the South Side of Chicago; a minority-majority district, with its population percentage being 65% African-American, higher than any other congressional district in the nation.
A member of the Democratic Party, he holds the distinction of being the only person to defeat President Barack Obama in an election, as he did in the 2000 Democratic primary for Illinois' 1st congressional district....
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Bobby Lee Rush is the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district, serving since 1993. The district is located principally on the South Side of Chicago; a minority-majority district, with its population percentage being 65% African-American, higher than any other congressional district in the nation.
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5832
To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the enhanced selective discharge authority currently available to the Secretary of a military department to permit a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces who was appointed from the enlisted ranks and has at least 20 years of service, at least four years of which has been commissioned service, to retire in the officer's commissioned rank.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services....
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5700
To designate the community based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 310 Home Boulevard in Galesburg, Illinois, as the "Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic".
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs....
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5654
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for increased and improved public access to motor vehicle safety information, enhanced tools and accountability for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and protection of motor vehicle consumers, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce....
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5584
To reauthorize the women's business center program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business....
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5571
To provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequen...
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5570
To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources....
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5524
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that women members of the Armed Forces and their families have access to the contraception they need in order to promote the health and readiness of all members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services....
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5459
To authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to Henry Johnson.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services....
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5352
To strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Ju...
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5294
To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently d...
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5140
Child Welfare Workforce Partnership Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR5101
To establish a National Freight Network Trust Fund to improve the performance of the national freight network, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the...
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR4902
Creating Higher Education Affordability Necessary to Compete Economically Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR4839
Original Living Wage Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
Bobby Rush
has co-sponsored bill HR4714
CAMPUS Debit Cards Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the c...
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