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13-H1397 on Mar 21, 2013

1. establish financing mechanisms for the purchase and redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed-upon properties
2. purchase and rehabilitate such properties
3. establish and operate land banks for them
4. demolish blighted structures (except public housing)
5. redevelop abandoned, foreclosed, demolished, or vacant properties.

• Requires each state to receive at least $20 million of formula funds, all of which shall be used with respect to low and moderate-income individuals and families.
• Requires each state and local government grantee to establish procedures to create preferences for development of affordable rental housing.
• Allows a grantee to use up to 10% to create jobs by establishing and operating a program to maintain eligible neighborhood properties.
• Sets forth Buy American requirements
• Requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontracto

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  Participating counts on VoteMatch question 20. Question 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
  • Topic: Welfare & Poverty
  • Headline: Sponsored funding re-development of abandoned & foreclosed properties (Score: 1)
  • Headline 2: Fund re-development of abandoned & foreclosed properties (Score: 1)
    
    Participating counts on AmericansElect question 1.
  • Headline: Sponsored funding re-development of abandoned & foreclosed properties (Answer: C)
  • Headline 2: Fund re-development of abandoned & foreclosed properties (Answer: C)
  • AmericansElect Quiz Question 1 on Economy: When you think about the US budget deficit, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion?
    • A: Cutting existing programs
    • B: More spending cuts than tax increases (mix of both solutions)
    • C: More tax increases than spending cuts (mix of both solutions)
    • D: Raising Taxes
    • E: Unsure
    
    
    
  • 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 13-H1397
  Karen Bass	s1o	California Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Joyce Beatty	s1o	Ohio Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Michael Capuano	s1o	MA Former Democratic Primary Senate Challenger (2009)	Apr 9, 2013
  Andre Carson	s1o	Indiana Democrat	May 3, 2013
  David Cicilline	s1o	Rhode Island Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  William Lacy Clay	s1o	Missouri Democrat	Apr 9, 2013
  Emmanuel Cleaver	s1o	Missouri Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  James Clyburn	s1o	South Carolina Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  John Conyers	s1o	Michigan Democrat	Apr 9, 2013
  Donna Edwards	s1o	Maryland Democrat (retiring 2016)	Mar 21, 2013
  Keith Ellison	s1o	Minnesota Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Alcee Hastings	s1o	Florida Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Brian Higgins	s1o	New York Democrat	Apr 9, 2013
  Sheila Jackson Lee	s1o	Texas Democrat	Apr 9, 2013
  Eddie Bernice Johnson	s1o	Texas Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Hank Johnson	s1o	Georgia Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Eleanor Holmes Norton	s1o	District of Columbia Democrat	Apr 9, 2013
  Donald Payne Jr.	s1o	New Jersey Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Gary Peters	s1o	MI Democratic Challenger	Apr 9, 2013
  Cedric Richmond	s1o	Louisiana Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Bobby Rush	s1o	Illinois Democrat	Apr 9, 2013
  David Scott	s1o	Georgia Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Terri Sewell	s1o	Alabama Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Louise Slaughter	s1o	New York Democrat	Jun 19, 2013
  Mark Takano	s1o	California Democrat	May 3, 2013
  Bennie Thompson	s1o	Mississippi Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Marc Veasey	s1o	Texas Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Maxine Waters	s2p	California Democrat	Mar 21, 2013
  Mel Watt	s1o	North Carolina Democrat (appointed to FHFA)	Mar 21, 2013
  Frederica Wilson	s1o	Florida Democrat	Mar 21, 2013

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 13-H1397

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 13-H1397
  Donna Christensen	s1o	Virgin Islands Governor candidate 2014	Mar 21, 2013

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 30 Republicans: 0 Independents: 1