Former U.S. Representative

David DavisNo longer serving

District TN‑1 Party Republican In office 2007–2009

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

387

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

1,763

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

Biography

A Representative from Tennessee. Born in Johnson City, Washington County, Tenn. , November 6, 1959. A. S. , California College for Health Sciences, National City, Calif. , 1983. B. S. , Milligan College, Milligan College, Tenn. , 1991. Business owner. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination for the 105th Congress in 1996. Member of the Tennessee state general assembly, 1999-2006. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Tenth Congress (January 3, 2007-January 3, 2009). Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008.

Focus

Drawn from the 19 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Foreign Trade and International Finance 12
Tariff 12
Education 4
Elementary and secondary education 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources 4
Animals 3
Commemorations 3
Economics and Public Finance 3

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 19.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 6052	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Jun 26, 2008
HRES 1291	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Jun 26, 2008
HRES 1304	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Jun 26, 2008
HRES 1304	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Jun 26, 2008
HR 4040	On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Yea	Jun 25, 2008
HR 3195	On Passage	Yea	Jun 25, 2008
HR 6358	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Nay	Jun 25, 2008
HR 2176	On Passage	Nay	Jun 25, 2008

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 7139	To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to the qualification of the director of food services of a Medicare skilled nursing facility or a Medicaid nursing facility.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Sep 26, 2008
HRES 1128	Expressing support of the goals and ideals of National Carriage Driving Month.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Jul 22, 2008
HRES 1247	Supporting the goals and ideals of "American Eagle Day", and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Jun 18, 2008
HR 4496	To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that the Impact Aid program of the Department of Education guarantees that each eligible local educational agency receives at least the same percentage of the maximum payment under current formulas as the percentage of its land owned by the Federal Government.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.	Feb 5, 2008
HR 4495	To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that the Impact Aid program of the Department of Education guarantees full funding under current formulas to local educational agencies in which the Federal Government owns at least 50 percent of the land.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.	Feb 5, 2008
HR 4958	To suspend temporarily the duty on glycerol ester of dimerized gum.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	Jan 17, 2008
HR 4957	To suspend temporarily the duty on polyethylene glycol branched-nonylphenyl ether phosphate.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	Jan 17, 2008
HR 4956	To suspend temporarily the duty on dimerized gum.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	Jan 17, 2008

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HRES 1477	Recognizing the importance and sustainability of the United States hardwoods industry and urging that United States hardwoods and the products derived from United States hardwoods be given full consideration in any program directed at constructing environmentally preferable commercial, public, or private buildings.	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.	Nov 20, 2008
HR 7223	Free Market Protection Act of 2008	Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Education and Labor, and Rules, 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.	Sep 29, 2008
HR 7175	Small Business Financing Improvements Act of 2008	Received in the Senate.	Sep 27, 2008
HR 5714	United States Army Commemorative Coin Act of 2008	Became Public Law No: 110-450.	Sep 27, 2008
HRES 1387	Congratulating the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, for 100 years of service and leadership to the United States.	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.	Sep 26, 2008
HR 7072	To make technical corrections in the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008.	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.	Sep 25, 2008
HRES 1494	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of The Christian Science Monitor newspaper.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Sep 24, 2008
HR 6996	To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.	Sep 23, 2008

Sections of the Congressional Record in which this member spoke or entered a written statement, as the Government Publishing Office tags them; floor business such as amendment texts is left out. Each links to the official Record.

Date	Record section	Where
Nov 20, 2008	Earmark Declaration	Written statement
Sep 27, 2008	Honoring Marine Corporal Bradley J. Walker	Written statement
Sep 25, 2008	Earmark Declaration	Written statement
Aug 1, 2008	Americans Demand Energy Plan	House floor
Jul 30, 2008	Republican Freshman Quarterly Report	House floor
Jul 30, 2008	Honoring the Memory of U.S. District Judge Thomas G. Hull	Written statement
Jul 25, 2008	Honoring the Memory of Doug Bishop	Written statement
Jul 22, 2008	Expressing Support of the Goals and Ideals of National Carriage Driving Month	House floor

Committees

Current committees first, each with its role and years, and the subcommittees held now beneath it. Full history opens every role with its date and official record, and earlier subcommittee seats.

Earlier committees

Education and Workforce CommitteeMember2007–2009

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Education and Workforce Committee	Member	Jan 10, 2007 to Jan 3, 2009	H.Res. 45 · End of the 110th Congress
Healthy Families and Communities	Member	Listed Feb 2007 to Sep 2008	Hearing, Feb 2007
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions	Member	Listed Jan 2007 to Jul 2008	Hearing, Jan 2007

Homeland Security CommitteeMember2007–2009

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Homeland Security Committee	Member	Jan 10, 2007 to Jan 3, 2009	H.Res. 45 · End of the 110th Congress
Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response	Member	Listed Feb 2007 to Sep 2008	Hearing, Feb 2007

Small Business CommitteeMember2007–2009

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Small Business Committee	Member	Jan 10, 2007 to Jan 3, 2009	H.Res. 45 · End of the 110th Congress
Rural and Urban Entrepreneurship	Member	Listed Jan 2007 to Nov 2008	Hearing, Jan 2007
Contracting and Technology	Ranking Member	Listed Apr 2007 to Nov 2008	Hearing, Apr 2007
Finance and Tax	Ranking Member	Listed Sep 2008 to Sep 2008	Hearing, Sep 2008
Contracting and Technology	Ranking Member	Listed Jan 2007 to Apr 2007	Hearing, Jan 2007

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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 service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. 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.