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Judy Biggert Republican U.S. Representative 13th Of ILLINOIS
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SciSpaceTechCmt  : VIDEO: House Republican Women: Working for You: http://t.co/vy6mBCqa @JudyBiggert @RepSandyAdams
2012-05-23T13:47:24Z
GRStev  : RT @JudyBiggert: Check out our new video, entitled: “House Republican Women Working for You.” http://t.co/U3NtN7Hp
2012-05-22T16:11:28Z
JudyBiggert  : Check out our new video, entitled: “House Republican Women Working for You.” http://t.co/oXh0RVAu
2012-05-22T15:40:55Z
LegiStorm  : CaughtOurEye: Former aide to @JudyBiggert returns after two years lobbying for the Hoosier State #revolvingdoor http://t.co/acdFzN8T
2012-05-22T15:36:02Z
TWIGWeekly  : JudyBiggert: Congrats to Rosemary Wisnosky of Naperville on being named Honorary Consul to… http://t.co/k591oo4l
2012-05-22T15:18:30Z
JudyBiggert  : Congrats to Rosemary Wisnosky of Naperville on being named Honorary Consul to the Slovak Republic. http://t.co/WPGO4F3I
2012-05-22T14:56:11Z
RoseJon97522948  : @JudyBiggert Vote NO on HR 1408 - unnecessary and an earmark - destroys towns in Southeast Alaska - NO on wilderness omnibus packaging
2012-05-22T08:41:54Z
YoursAlwys  : RT @LisaMaatz: Thanks to GOP's @JudyBiggert and @RosLehtinen for their courage in voting NO in horrible House VAWA bill. Plz thank them, tweeps! #fem2 #vaw
2012-05-21T18:29:17Z
PortiaABoulger  : RT @LisaMaatz: Thanks to GOP's @JudyBiggert and @RosLehtinen for their courage in voting NO in horrible House VAWA bill. Plz thank them, tweeps! #fem2 #vaw
2012-05-21T18:20:49Z
ptanji  : RT @LisaMaatz: Thanks to GOP's @JudyBiggert and @RosLehtinen for their courage in voting NO in horrible House VAWA bill. Plz thank them, tweeps! #fem2 #vaw
2012-05-21T18:20:03Z
LisaMaatz  : Thanks to GOP's @JudyBiggert and @RosLehtinen for their courage in voting NO in horrible House VAWA bill. Plz thank them, tweeps! #fem2 #vaw
2012-05-21T18:17:32Z
ILBadger  : At the Westin Lombard to see @JudyBiggert and @RepPaulRyan #decision1012 #november2012
2012-05-21T16:50:09Z
TWIGWeekly  : JudyBiggert: Congrats to those who hosted the GR2012 Celebrating Sustainability Festival at… http://t.co/X9adBWQL
2012-05-21T15:16:45Z
JudyBiggert  : Congrats to those who hosted the GR2012 Celebrating Sustainability Festival at JJC this wknd on a successful event. http://t.co/QYhSjbSV
2012-05-21T14:31:46Z
NickStuart  : Hope you're paying attention & have a plan @JudyBiggert @RepPaulRyan @RepHultgren @ChiefDeputyWhip http://t.co/LxBaYJbt
2012-05-21T13:00:44Z
another_guy74  : http://t.co/gkdSHu7x @Foster4Congress @JudyBiggert @SenatorDurbin @SenatorKirk @@RepHultgren @BarackObama NO TO US GOV BACKED PROPAGANDA!
2012-05-19T02:21:36Z
mike_holm  : .@JudyBiggert Glad to see you fighting against your party's resistance to the Violence Against Women Act.
2012-05-18T21:43:59Z
JudyBiggert  : Read this week's e-newsletter. http://t.co/xNs6NWii
2012-05-18T20:08:52Z
 
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BIGGERT, Judy Borg, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., August 15, 1937; attended New Trier High School, Winnetka, Ill.; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1959; J.D., Northwestern University Law School, Evanston, Ill., 1963; clerk to Judge Luther M. Swygert, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1963-1964; president, board of education, Hinsdale Township High School district 86, Hinsdale Township, Ill., 1983-1986; member of the Illinois state general assembly, 1993-1998; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-present).

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U.S. Representative 1999 2010 Illinois 13

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Washington Address: 1034 Longworth House Office Building
Phone: 202-225-3515
Fax: 202-225-9420
Web site: http://judybiggert.house.gov/

Related Bill(s)
AsSponsor
Bill h4982
To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
Bill h1685
To establish programs to accelerate, provide incentives for, and examine the challenges and opportunities associated with the deployment of electric drive vehicles, and for other purposes.
Bill h32
To amend the definition of "homeless person" under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to include certain homeless children and youth.
Bill h2446
To clarify the treatment of homeowner warranties under current law, and for other purposes.
Bill hr603
Expressing support for designation of October 2, 2012, as World MRSA Day.
Bill h3479
To reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h2437
To support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming.
Bill h1309
To extend the authorization of the national flood insurance program, to achieve reforms to improve the financial integrity and stability of the program, and to increase the role of private markets in the management of flood insurance risk, and for other purposes.
Bill h1253
To amend subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide education for homeless children and youths, and for other purposes.
Bill h36
To amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to raise awareness of eating disorders and to create educational programs concerning the same, and for other purposes.
Bill h35
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to $500 and to extend it through 2013.
Bill h31
To require the Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to submit quarterly reports to the Congress during the conservatorship of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
Bill h30
To require Surface Transportation Board consideration of the impacts of certain railroad transactions on local communities, and for other purposes.
Bill hr462
Supporting the goals and ideals of American Education Week.
Bill hr378
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that strong consideration should be given to the role of science education in the educational accountability system as it works to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
AsCo-Sponsor
Bill h2072
To reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h3526
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve women's health by prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women, and for other purposes.
Bill h3173
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for the enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal of a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to require, in total, not more than one in-person visit to a designated enrollment center.
Bill h2966
To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.
Bill h2088
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of employees.
Bill h3461
To improve the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes.
Bill h3199
To provide a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, and for other purposes.
Bill h1397
To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Bill hr282
Expressing the regret of the House of Representatives for the passage of discriminatory laws against the Chinese in the United States, including the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Bill h3200
To provide flexibility of certain transit functions to local entities.
Bill h2104
To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly.
Bill h1653
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase the dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under the administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions of that Act.
Bill h1581
To release wilderness study areas administered by the Bureau of Land Management that are not suitable for wilderness designation from continued management as defacto wilderness areas and to release inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System that are not recommended for wilderness designation from the land use restrictions of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Final Rule and the 2005 State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management Final Rule, and for other purposes.
Bill hj13
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
Bill hr134
Condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
Bill hc101
Expressing the sense of the Congress that our current tax incentives for retirement savings provide important benefits to Americans to help plan for a financially secure retirement.
Bill h3364
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care.
Bill h1704
To direct the Secretary of Education to establish an award program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education.
Bill hr460
Expressing support for designation of 2012 as the "Year of the Girl" and celebrating the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA.
Bill hr177
Expressing support for internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary to ensure a lasting peace.
Bill h942
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2012 and to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit.
Bill h1342
To reauthorize the impact aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Bill h4104
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Bill h3067
To provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.
Bill h2827
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes.
Bill h1057
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
Bill h1236
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small producers.
Bill h3834
To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to authorize activities for support of networking and information technology research, and for other purposes.
Bill h3187
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the March of Dimes Foundation.
Bill h1897
To amend the Public Health Service Act to require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people living with Alzheimer's disease.
Bill h1112
To reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes.
Bill hr633
Supporting the goals and ideals of "Financial Literacy Month".
Bill h3559
To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company.
Bill h4158
To confirm full ownership rights for certain United States astronauts to artifacts from the astronauts' space missions.
Bill h2376
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human stem cell research, including human embryonic stem cell research, and for other purposes.
Bill h1738
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.
Bill h1332
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Bill h605
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain limitations on health care benefits.
Bill h9
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses.
Bill h2010
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts, and for other purposes.
Bill h1385
To repeal the sugar price support program and marketing allotments for sugar, and for other purposes.
Bill h2071
To provide for duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear, and for other purposes.
Bill h1041
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).
Bill h5
To improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
Bill h3298
To establish the position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.
Bill h4105
To apply the countervailing duty provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.
Bill h3644
To increase standardization, transparency, and to ensure the rule of law in the mortgage-backed security system, and for other purposes.
Bill h3538
To amend the Railway Labor Act to direct the National Mediation Board to apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to the direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative, and for other purposes.
Bill h3527
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to clarify the definition of swap dealer.
Bill h3372
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to deregulate the Federal milk marketing order program, to publish competitive milk price survey data, and for other purposes.
Bill h3094
To amend the National Labor Relations Act with respect to representation hearings and the timing of elections of labor organizations under that Act.
Bill h3003
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation, including a tireless commitment to breast cancer research.
Bill h2548
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6310 North University Street in Peoria, Illinois, as the "Charles 'Chip' Lawrence Chan Post Office Building".
Bill h2463
To provide for the next generation of border and maritime security technologies.
Bill h2432
To provide for a feasibility study before carrying out any Federal action relating to the Chicago Area Water System.
Bill h2426
To amend title 23, United States Code, to limit claims in connection with decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects, and for other purposes.
Bill h2387
To provide for preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines.
Bill h2225
To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to add a definition of family office.
Bill h2167
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to change the threshold number of shareholders for required registration under that Act.
Bill h2117
To prohibit the Department of Education from overreaching into academic affairs and program eligibility under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Bill h2090
To improve assessments of and research about energy critical elements, and for other purposes.
Bill h2068
To permit a Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to continue to serve on the Commission if a successor is not timely appointed and confirmed.
Bill h1916
To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.
Bill h1852
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals.
Bill h1834
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for 2011 or 2012.
Bill h1712
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt sales of natural gas for use in natural gas vehicles from the retail sales limitation on defining independent producers of petroleum products.
Bill h1686
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 South Morgan Street in Shelbyville, Illinois, as the "Jesse M. Donaldson Post Office".
Bill h1683
To restore the longstanding partnership between States and the Federal Government in managing the Medicaid program.
Bill h1667
To postpone the date for the transfer of functions to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection if the Bureau does not yet have a Director in place.
Bill h1574
To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, concerning length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways, and for other purposes.
Bill h1425
To reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
Bill h1269
To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to provide for the establishment of a National Women's History Museum.
Bill h1254
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to place synthetic drugs in Schedule I.
Bill h1221
To suspend the current compensation packages for the senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and establish compensation for such positions in accordance with rates of pay for senior employees in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Bill h1174
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the licensing of Internet gambling activities by the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide for consumer protections on the Internet, to enforce the tax code, and for other purposes.
Bill h1121
To replace the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with a five person Commission.
Bill h1082
To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers, and for other purposes.
Bill h1070
To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission to exempt a certain class of securities from such Act.
Bill h1062
To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain additional disclosure requirements, and for other purposes.
Bill h1001
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.
Bill h910
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change, and for other purposes.
Bill h861
To rescind the third round of funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and to terminate the program.
Bill h839
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to terminate the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program, while preserving assistance to homeowners who were already extended an offer to participate in the Program, either on a trial or permanent basis.
Bill h836
To rescind the unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and to terminate the program.
Bill h830
To rescind the unobligated funding for the FHA Refinance Program and to terminate the program.
Bill h820
To aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.
Bill h642
To prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.
Bill h546
To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the Honor and Remember Flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc., as an official symbol to recognize and honor members of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty, and for other purposes.
Bill h513
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and certain other enemy belligerents to the United States.
Bill h507
To increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design.
Bill h412
To amend the lead prohibition provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to provide an exemption for certain off-highway vehicles, and for other purposes.
Bill h399
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a Ph.D. degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to be admitted for permanent residence and to be exempted from the numerical limitations on H-1B nonimmigrants.
Bill h389
To prevent funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 from being used for physical signage indicating that a project is funded by such Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h371
To repeal title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
Bill h339
To deem any adjournment of the House of Representatives which is in effect on the date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held during a Congress to be adjournment sine die, and to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic continuing appropriations if a regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year does not become law before the date of the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held during such fiscal year.
Bill h198
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy.
Bill h97
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not subject to the Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h49
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Bill h27
To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes.
Bill hj98
Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on January 12, 2012.
Bill hj77
Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on August 2, 2011.
Bill hr528
Honoring the service and sacrifice of the members of the United States Armed Forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.
Bill hr380
Condemning the July 22, 2011, attacks in the Kingdom of Norway.
Bill hr270
Reaffirming United States principles regarding the security of Israel and peace in the Middle East.
Bill hr133
Encouraging Americans to recognize March 2, 2011 as "Read Across America Day".
Bill hc21
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
Bill h104
To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.
Bill h1206
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers.
Bill h2139
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.
Bill h3269
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.
Bill h2492
To prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other purposes.
Bill h835
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.
Bill h1744
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the employer health insurance mandate.
Bill h1259
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes.
Bill h2864
To provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President to the memorials established at the 3 sites honoring the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
Bill hj69
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Bill hr25
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home should not be further restricted.
Bill h459
To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end of 2012, and for other purposes.
Bill h436
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.
Bill h674
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
Bill h24
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Bill h1002
To restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property.
Bill hj2
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Bill h2
To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

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