Travis Childers
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative
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MS - District 1
Democratic
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Service: 2008-2011
Biography
A Representative from Mississippi. Born in Booneville, Prentiss County, Miss. , March 29, 1958. Graduated from Booneville High School, Booneville, Miss. , 1976. A. A. , Northeast Junior College (now Northeast Mississippi Community College), Booneville, Miss. , 1978. B. A. , University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss. , 1980. Real estate agent. Prentiss County (Mississippi) Chancery Clerk, 1991–2008. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and to the succeeding Congress (May 13, 2008-January 3, 2011). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 2014.
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Voting History
HR 847
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment
Voted Not Voting on Dec 22, 2010
HR 6547
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Voted Yea on Dec 21, 2010
HR 3082
On Motion to Concur in the Senate amendment to House amendment to Senate amendment
Voted Nay on Dec 21, 2010
HR 2751
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments
Voted Nay on Dec 21, 2010
HR 2142
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment
Voted Yea on Dec 21, 2010
Sponsored Bills
HR 6242: International Child Protection Act of 2010
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and Internation
HR 4822: To provide for the settlement of claims arising from the failure of the Natural Resource Conservation Service (and former Soil Conservation Service) to carry out the Houlka Creek Watershed Project in Mississippi.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
HR 5162: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
HR 5150: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
HR 4292: America's Better Classrooms Act of 2009
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cosponsored Bills
HRES 1733: Recognizing Mark Twain as one of America's most famous literary icons on the 175th anniversary of his birth and the 100th anniversary of his death.
Status: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HRES 1724: Commending the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, for its outstanding support in creating a unique and lasting partnership with Little Rock Air Force Base, members of the Armed Forces stationed there, and their families.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HR 6128: Fair Playing Field Act of 2010
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HRES 1685: Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the annual September celebration of the harvest of rice in the United States.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
HR 6273: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
Committee Memberships
No committee memberships found.
