Former U.S. Representative

Ron BarberNo longer serving

District AZ‑2 Party Democratic In office 2012–2015

17 bills introduced

Across 2 Congresses, most in the 113th at 16. In the 113th, 16 — 3 more than the median representative, who filed 13. None has become law. Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every member, never get a vote.

Bills introduced, against the typical representative 112th to 113th

median for the chamber, that Congress

Cosponsored

294

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

1,417

Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside

Their work

Drawn from the 17 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 17.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Biography

A Representative from Arizona. Born in Wakefield, England, August 25, 1945. Graduated from Rincon High School, Tucson, Ariz. , 1963. B. A. , University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. , 1967. Businessman. Staff and director, Arizona department of economic security, division of developmental disabilities, 1976-2006. Staff, United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, 2007-2012. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, and reelected to the succeeding Congress (June 12, 2012-January 3, 2015). Was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.

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 5699	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Dec 11, 2014
HR 83	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment	Yea	Dec 11, 2014
HR 5806	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Dec 11, 2014
HRES 776	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Dec 11, 2014
HR 1204	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Dec 10, 2014
HR 2719	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Dec 10, 2014
HR 4681	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Dec 10, 2014
S 2244	On Passage	Yea	Dec 10, 2014

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions this member introduced.

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 5760	Funeral Honors for World War II Veterans Act	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.	Nov 20, 2014
HR 5552	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".	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Sep 18, 2014
HRES 736	Affirming the importance of the Electronic Proving Ground at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, to the United States Armed Forces and national security on its 60th anniversary.	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.	Sep 18, 2014
HR 5273	Post-9/11 Veterans Education Fairness Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.	Aug 15, 2014
HR 4574	Strengthening Mental Health in Our Communities Act of 2014	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.	Jul 21, 2014
HR 4375	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the "Jim Kolbe Post Office".	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.	Apr 2, 2014
HR 4274	To amend the Honoring the Families of Fallen Soldiers Act to provide a permanent appropriation of funds for the payment of death gratuities for survivors of deceased members of the uniformed services in event of any future period of lapsed appropriations.	Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.	Mar 18, 2014
HRES 507	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of a women's economic bill of rights.	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.	Mar 6, 2014

Cosponsored bills

Bills introduced by others that this member signed on to.

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HR 5766	21st Century SCASDP Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.	Dec 11, 2014
HR 4793	Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2014	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.	Nov 13, 2014
HR 5441	To amend the Federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States to reflect the service of women in the Armed Forces of the United States.	Became Public Law No: 113-199.	Nov 12, 2014
HRES 743	Expressing support for designation of the week of September 22, 2014, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.	Nov 12, 2014
HRES 728	Expressing support for the designation of a "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.	Nov 12, 2014
HR 5618	Veterans Health Administration Management Improvement Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Sep 18, 2014
HRES 707	Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and rejecting attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred or violent attacks as an acceptable expression of disapproval or frustration over political events in the Middle East or elsewhere.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Sep 18, 2014
HR 1339	Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Sep 17, 2014

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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.