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Rep. Ron Barber
- Arizona
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Party
Democratic
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Current Office
U.S. House
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First Elected
6/12/2012
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Next Election
2014
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Sponsored Bills
Congress 113
2
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CoSponsored Bills
Congress 113
32
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Missed Vote %
2.77%
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Votes with Party
75.50%
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Ron Barber is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2012. Barber, a Democrat from Arizona, served as district director for U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords before Giffords resigned her seat due to the severe injuries she sustained in an assassination attempt, in which Barber was also injured. He won the Democratic nomination for the special election to finish Giffords' term and was sworn into office on June 19, 2012.
In the 2012 general election, he was elected to a full term. His district—numbered as the 8th district in 2012, and as the 2nd district since 2013—includes more than two-thirds of Tucson, as well as the southeaster...
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Ron Barber is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2012. Barber, a Democrat from Arizona, served as district director for U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords before Giffords resigned her seat due to the severe injuries she sustained in an assassination attempt, in which Barber was also injured. He won the Democratic nomination for the special election to finish Giffords' term and was sworn into office on June 19, 2012.
Ron Barber
has sponsored bill
HR5760
Funeral Honors for World War II Veterans Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services....
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR5618
To establish a pilot program to improve the management and accountability within the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to provide oversight of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 concerned...
Ron Barber
has sponsored bill
HR5552
To designate the United States Customs and Border Protection Port of Entry located at First Street and Pan American Avenue in Douglas, Arizona, as the "Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry".
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR5470
To clarify the grounds for ineligibility for travel to the United States regarding terrorism risk, to expand the criteria by which a country may be removed from the Visa Waiver Program, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report on strengthening the Electronic System for Travel Authorization to better secure the international borders of the United States and prevent terrorists and instruments of terrorism from entering the United States, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 concer...
Ron Barber
has sponsored bill
HR5273
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the authority of veterans to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to dependents.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs....
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR5177
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to eliminate benefits under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for Members of Congress so they are treated the same way as other taxpayers, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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 committee co...
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR5114
To facilitate the expedited processing of minors entering the United States across the southern border and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions a...
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR4924
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, to provide for the lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on the Bill Williams River in the State of Arizona to benefit the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and to provide for the settlement of specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams River watershed in the State of Arizona.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources....
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR4841
Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health....
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR4810
Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014
Current Status
Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 426 - 0 (Roll no. 287)....
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR4628
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize additional leave for members of the Armed Forces in connection with the birth of a child.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services....
Ron Barber
has sponsored bill
HR4574
To maximize the access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services, to strengthen the impact of such services, 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, the Judiciary, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Education and the Workforce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,...
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR4484
Strengthening Healthcare Options for Vulnerable Populations Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 con...
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR4416
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 161 Live Oak Street in Miami, Arizona, as the "Staff Sergeant Manuel V. Mendoza Post Office Building".
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform....
Ron Barber
has co-sponsored bill HR4414
Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014
Current Status
Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 257 - 159 (Roll no. 174)....