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Rep. John Tierney
- Massachusetts
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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
11/5/1996
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Next Election
2014
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Sponsored Bills
Congress 113
2
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CoSponsored Bills
Congress 113
60
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Missed Vote %
3.36%
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Votes with Party
92.80%
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- Contact Info
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OFFICE ADDRESS
Lynn City Hall Room 412 Lynn, MA
Ph: 781-595-7375
Fx: 781-595-7492
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John F. Tierney is an American politician who has served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts since 1997. He is a Democrat representing the state's 6th district, which includes the state's northeastern shore. Born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, Tierney graduated from Salem State College and Suffolk University Law School. He worked in private law and served on the Salem Chamber of Commerce from 1976 to 1997. Tierney first ran for the House of Representatives in 1994 against Republican incumbent Peter G. Torkildsen, losing by a small margin, but defeated Torkildsen in the subsequent election and was sworn in as a U.S. representative in 1997....
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John F. Tierney is an American politician who has served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts since 1997. He is a Democrat representing the state's 6th district, which includes the state's northeastern shore. Born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, Tierney graduated from Salem State College and Suffolk University Law School. He worked in private law and served on the Salem Chamber of Commerce from 1976 to 1997. Tierney first ran for the House of Representatives in 1994 against Republican incumbent Peter G. Torkildsen, losing by a small margin, but defeated Torkildsen in the subsequent election and was sworn in as a U.S. representative in 1997....
John Tierney
has co-sponsored bill HR5880
To repeal a limitation in the Labor-Management Relations Act regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
John Tierney
has sponsored bill
HR5128
To establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs....
John Tierney
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...
John Tierney
has co-sponsored bill HR5005
Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
John Tierney
has co-sponsored bill HR4783
To protect individuals by strengthening the Nation's mental health infrastructure, improving the understanding of violence, strengthening firearm prohibitions and protections for at-risk individuals, and improving and expanding the reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 committee conc...
John Tierney
has sponsored bill
HR4741
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of monthly dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs....
John Tierney
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...
John Tierney
has sponsored bill
HR4652
To increase lending to small businesses.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business....
John Tierney
has co-sponsored bill HR4611
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees, 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 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 commi...
John Tierney
has sponsored bill
HR4582
Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 commi...
John Tierney
has co-sponsored bill HR4306
FAIR Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform....
John Tierney
has co-sponsored bill HR4227
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other statutes to clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims.
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, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of s...
John Tierney
has sponsored bill
HR4209
SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014
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, the Judiciary, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the j...
John Tierney
has sponsored bill
HR4183
Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services....
John Tierney
has co-sponsored bill HR4169
S.O.S. Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce....
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