Former U.S. Representative

Thomas M. BarrettNo longer serving

District WI‑5 Party Democratic In office 1993–2003

Fact sheet

Cosponsored

280

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

4,917

Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside

Their work

Drawn from the 11 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 11.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Biography

A Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. , December 8, 1953. Graduated from Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, Wis. , 1972. B. A. , University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. , 1976. J. D. , University of Wisconsin School of Law, 1980. Clerk to United States Judge Robert Warren of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1980-1982. Lawyer, private practice. Unsuccessful candidate to the Wisconsin state assembly in 1982. Member of the Wisconsin state assembly, 1984-1989. Member of the Wisconsin state senate, 1989-1993. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002, but was an unsuccessful nominee for Governor of Wisconsin. Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis. , 2004-2021. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 2010. United States Ambassador to Luxembourg, December 2021-present.

Votes

How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 333	agree to senate amendment with an amendment	No	Nov 15, 2002
HR 4628	On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Nov 15, 2002
HR 5708	On Passage	Aye	Nov 14, 2002
HR 5708	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Aye	Nov 14, 2002
HRES 609	On Agreeing to the Resolution	No	Nov 14, 2002
HRES 609	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Nov 14, 2002
HRES 606	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Nov 14, 2002
HR 5710	On Passage	Yea	Nov 13, 2002

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions this member introduced.

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 4627	Real Estate Settlement Fairness Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.	May 9, 2002
HCONRES 319	Honoring Henry Reuss, former United States Representative from Wisconsin, and extending the condolences of Congress on his death.	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.	Feb 7, 2002
HR 3565	Nursing Home Security Act of 2001	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Dec 28, 2001
HCONRES 61	Expressing support for a National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month.	Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 69.	Aug 1, 2001
HR 2516	Air Conditioner Energy Efficiency Leadership Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined b	Jul 31, 2001
HR 1825	Consumer Debit Card Protection Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.	May 29, 2001
HR 1604	Medicaid Safety Net Improvement Act of 2001	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	May 8, 2001
HRES 96	Recognizing National Poison Prevention Week, and encouraging parents, educators, and caregivers to teach children the dangers of ingesting household substances.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.	Apr 30, 2001

Cosponsored bills

Bills introduced by others that this member signed on to.

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HR 5608	Comprehensive Wildlife Disease Testing Acceleration Act of 2002	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	Oct 16, 2002
HR 5611	To designate the Federal building located at 324 Twenty-Fifth Street in Ogden, Utah, as the "James V. Hansen Federal Building".	Received in the Senate.	Oct 10, 2002
HCONRES 502	Expressing the sense of the Congress in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes.	Received in the Senate.	Oct 8, 2002
HRES 106	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the artwork displayed in the Capitol, the Capitol Visitor Center, and the office buildings of the House of Representatives should represent the contributions of women to American society.	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.	Oct 7, 2002
HR 5527	Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2002	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Oct 2, 2002
HR 5526	Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2002	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	Oct 2, 2002
HR 5358	Community Protection Against Wildfire Act of 2002	Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.	Oct 1, 2002
HR 5478	To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely effect patient safety, and for other purposes.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Sep 26, 2002

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee seats are held for the current Congress only, which is why they are shown for sitting members and left out for everyone else rather than reported as zero. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.