This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
Bill Sponsorship: Attracting the Best and Brightest Act
Source: HR6412/S3553
- Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make up to 50,000 visas available to qualified immigrants who:
- possess a graduate degree at the level of master's or higher in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM degree) from a qualifying U.S. research institution of higher education;
- have an employment offer from a U.S. employer in a field related to such degree;
- are the subject of an approved labor certification; and
- will receive a wage for such employment that is at least the actual wage paid by the employer to all other individuals with similar experience and qualifications.
- Makes unused STEM visas available for other employment-based visa categories.
- Makes available on the DHS website information regarding foreign STEM employers, the number of aliens granted STEM status, and their occupations.
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 12.
Question 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Immigration
- Headline: Sponsored allowing more visas for STEM college graduates
(Score: 1)
- Headline 2: Allow more visas for STEM college graduates
(Score: 1)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 12-HR6412 |
| Shelley Berkley |
s2o | Nevada Democrat (Senate run 2012) | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Earl Blumenauer |
s2o | Oregon Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Suzanne Bonamici |
s2o | Oregon Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Lois Capps |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Michael Capuano |
s2o | MA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009) | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Kathy Castor |
s2o | Florida Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Judy Chu |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Yvette Clarke |
s2o | New York Democrat | Oct 26, 2012 |
| Gerry Connolly |
s2o | Virginia Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| John Conyers |
s2o | Michigan Democrat | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Chris Coons |
s2o | DE Democratic Jr Senator | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Dave Curson |
s2o | Michigan Democrat | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Susan Davis |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Diana DeGette |
s2o | Colorado Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Lloyd Doggett |
s2o | Texas Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Mike Doyle |
s2o | Pennsylvania Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Anna Eshoo |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Sam Farr |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Bob Filner |
s2o | California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011) | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Charles Gonzalez |
s2o | Texas Democrat (Retiring 2012) | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Al Green |
s2o | Texas Democrat | Oct 26, 2012 |
| Raul Grijalva |
s2o | Arizona Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Luis Gutierrez |
s2o | Illinois Democrat | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Janice Hahn |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Colleen Hanabusa |
s2o | Hawaii Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Jim Himes |
s2o | Connecticut Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Ruben Hinojosa |
s2o | Texas Democrat | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Rush Holt |
s2o | New Jersey Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Mike Honda |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Steve Israel |
s2o | New York Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Ron Kind |
s2o | WI Former Democratic challenger (2012) | Oct 26, 2012 |
| James Langevin |
s2o | Rhode Island Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Rick Larsen |
s2o | Washington Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| John Larson |
s2o | Connecticut Democrat | Oct 26, 2012 |
| Barbara Lee |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| John Lewis |
s2o | Georgia Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Zoe Lofgren |
s1p | California Democrat | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Nita Lowey |
s2o | New York Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Doris Matsui |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Betty McCollum |
s2o | Minnesota Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Jim McDermott |
s2o | Washington Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Jim McGovern |
s2o | Massachusetts Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| George Miller |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 14, 2012 |
| James Moran |
s2o | Virginia Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Jerrold Nadler |
s2o | New York Dem./Lib./Working-Families | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Grace Napolitano |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s2o | District of Columbia Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| John Olver |
s2o | Massachusetts Democrat (Retiring 2012) | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Ed Perlmutter |
s2o | Colorado Democrat | Oct 26, 2012 |
| Jared Polis |
s2o | Colorado Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| David Eugene Price |
s2o | North Carolina Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Mike Quigley |
s2o | Illinois Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Silvestre Reyes |
s2o | Texas Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Linda Sanchez |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Kurt Schrader |
s2o | Oregon Democrat | Oct 26, 2012 |
| Charles Schumer |
s1p | NY Democratic Sr Senator | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Louise Slaughter |
s2o | New York Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Pete Stark |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 19, 2012 |
| Mike Thompson |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Niki Tsongas |
s2o | Massachusetts Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Chris Van Hollen |
s2o | Maryland Democrat | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Henry Waxman |
s2o | California Democrat | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Sheldon Whitehouse |
s2o | RI Democratic Jr Senator, previously attorney general | Sep 19, 2012 |
Republicans
participating in 12-HR6412 |
Independents
participating in 12-HR6412 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
64
Republicans:
0
Independents:
0 |
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