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Rep. Donna Edwards
- Maryland
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TRACK OFFICIAL
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Party
Democratic
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Current Office
U.S. House
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First Elected
6/17/2008
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Next Election
2014
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Sponsored Bills
Congress 113
2
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CoSponsored Bills
Congress 113
73
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Missed Vote %
3.44%
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Votes with Party
93.05%
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OFFICE ADDRESS
5001 Silver Hill Road, Suite 106 Suitland, MD
Ph: 301-516-7601
Fx: 301-516-7608
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Donna F. Edwards is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district, serving since a special election in 2008. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Prince George's County, as well as part of Montgomery County.
A lawyer and longtime community activist, she defeated 15-year incumbent Albert Wynn in the 2008 Democratic primary, and, following his resignation, won a special election on June 17, 2008, to fill the remainder of this term. She was sworn in two days later on June 19, becoming the first African-American woman to represent Maryland in the United States Congress. Edwards ran for a full term in November 2008, defeating Republican candid...
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Donna F. Edwards is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 4th congressional district, serving since a special election in 2008. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Prince George's County, as well as part of Montgomery County.
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR5587
To reduce opioid misuse and abuse.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce....
Donna Edwards
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...
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR5478
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to make certain limitations on the transfer of personal property to Federal and State agencies, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services....
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR5365
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR5362
To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining a replacement social security card for certain victims of domestic violence, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....
Donna Edwards
has sponsored bill
HR5338
To repeal the revised annuity employee and further revised annuity employee categories within the Federal Employees Retirement System, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the...
Donna Edwards
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...
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR5159
To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation, and to ensure that employers consider these requests; and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain growing low-wage occupations, 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 House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of s...
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR5130
Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services....
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR5051
To ensure that employers cannot interfere in their employees' birth control and other health care decisions.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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...
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR4838
To redesignate the railroad station located at 2955 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "30th Street Station", as the "William H. Gray III 30th Street Station".
Current Status
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials....
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR4462
Housing Financial Literacy Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services....
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR4415
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as f...
Donna Edwards
has sponsored bill
HR4169
S.O.S. Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce....
Donna Edwards
has co-sponsored bill HR4159
America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology....
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