<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bill>
  <bill-type>h</bill-type>
  <blog-article-count type="integer">14</blog-article-count>
  <hot-bill-category-id type="integer" nil="true"></hot-bill-category-id>
  <id type="integer">51316</id>
  <introduced type="integer">1214193600</introduced>
  <is-frontpage-hot type="boolean">false</is-frontpage-hot>
  <last-speech type="integer" nil="true"></last-speech>
  <last-vote-date type="integer" nil="true"></last-vote-date>
  <last-vote-roll type="integer" nil="true"></last-vote-roll>
  <last-vote-where nil="true"></last-vote-where>
  <lastaction type="integer">1217217600</lastaction>
  <news-article-count type="integer" nil="true"></news-article-count>
  <number type="integer">6344</number>
  <page-views-count type="integer">628</page-views-count>
  <pl nil="true"></pl>
  <plain-language-summary nil="true"></plain-language-summary>
  <rolls nil="true"></rolls>
  <session type="integer">110</session>
  <sponsor-id type="integer">400102</sponsor-id>
  <summary>	6/23/2008--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Responsive Government Act of 2008 - Amends the federal judicial code to authorize the chief judge of a district or court of appeals to delay, toll, or otherwise grant relief from time deadlines applicable to pending civil and criminal cases in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency situation requiring the closure of courts or rendering it impracticable to comply with such deadlines. Grants the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office authority to: (1) waive statutory provisions governing the filing, processing, renewal, and maintenance of patents, trademark registrations, and patent and trademark applications in certain emergencies; and (2) accept late application filings for patent extensions in certain cases of unintentional delay. Prescribes filing fees for patent extensions, including: (1) $65 million for an anticoagulant drug intended for use in humans; and (2) a formula for other items.&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
  <topresident-date type="integer">1217217600</topresident-date>
  <topresident-datetime type="date">2008-07-28</topresident-datetime>
  <updated type="timestamp">Fri Nov 07 07:02:51 -0600 2008</updated>
  <bill-titles type="array">
    <bill-title>
      <as>introduced</as>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <fti-titles>'toll':8 'unit':12 'court':17 'delay':6 'emerg':3 'state':13 'author':4 'judici':9 'provid':2 'purpos':21 'circuit':16 'proceed':10 'district':14</fti-titles>
      <id type="integer">61421</id>
      <is-default type="boolean">false</is-default>
      <title>To provide emergency authority to delay or toll judicial proceedings in United States district and circuit courts, and for other purposes.</title>
      <title-type>official</title-type>
    </bill-title>
    <bill-title>
      <as>introduced</as>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <fti-titles>'act':3 '2008':5 'govern':2 'respons':1</fti-titles>
      <id type="integer">61737</id>
      <is-default type="boolean">false</is-default>
      <title>Responsive Government Act of 2008</title>
      <title-type>short</title-type>
    </bill-title>
    <bill-title>
      <as>passed house</as>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <fti-titles>'act':3 '2008':5 'govern':2 'respons':1</fti-titles>
      <id type="integer">61738</id>
      <is-default type="boolean">false</is-default>
      <title>Responsive Government Act of 2008</title>
      <title-type>short</title-type>
    </bill-title>
  </bill-titles>
  <last-action>
    <action-type>action</action-type>
    <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
    <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
    <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
    <date type="integer">1217217600</date>
    <datetime type="timestamp">Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
    <how nil="true"></how>
    <id type="integer">169411</id>
    <result nil="true"></result>
    <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
    <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
    <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.</text>
    <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
    <where nil="true"></where>
  </last-action>
  <sponsor>
    <biography nil="true"></biography>
    <bioguideid>D000210</bioguideid>
    <birthday type="date">1941-07-18</birthday>
    <blog-article-count type="integer">3324</blog-article-count>
    <congress-office>2454 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
    <contact-webform>http://www.house.gov/writerep</contact-webform>
    <district>10</district>
    <email nil="true"></email>
    <fax>202-225-5658</fax>
    <firstname>William</firstname>
    <fti-names>'d':4 'ma':5 '-10':6 'rep':1 'bill':9 'william':2,7,10 'delahunt':3,8,11</fti-names>
    <gender>M</gender>
    <id type="integer">400102</id>
    <lastname>Delahunt</lastname>
    <metavid-id>William_D._Delahunt</metavid-id>
    <middlename>D.</middlename>
    <name>Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]</name>
    <news-article-count type="integer">1721</news-article-count>
    <nickname>Bill</nickname>
    <osid>N00000280</osid>
    <page-views-count type="integer">7933</page-views-count>
    <party>Democrat</party>
    <phone>202-225-3111</phone>
    <religion>Catholic</religion>
    <state>MA</state>
    <sunlight-nickname>Bill</sunlight-nickname>
    <title>Rep.</title>
    <unaccented-name>William Delahunt</unaccented-name>
    <url nil="true"></url>
    <user-approval type="float">2.88888888888889</user-approval>
    <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
    <website>http://www.house.gov/delahunt/</website>
    <youtube-id>repdelahunt</youtube-id>
  </sponsor>
  <co-sponsors type="array">
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>C000380</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1945-09-19</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">1111</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>1510 Longworth House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://www.house.gov/writerep/</contact-webform>
      <district>0</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-5517</fax>
      <firstname>Donna</firstname>
      <fti-names>'d':4 '-0':6 'vi':5 'rep':1 'donna':2,7,9 'christensen':3,8,10</fti-names>
      <gender>F</gender>
      <id type="integer">400073</id>
      <lastname>Christensen</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Donna_M._Christensen</metavid-id>
      <middlename>M.</middlename>
      <name>Rep. Donna Christensen [D, VI-0]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">282</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00000133</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">5289</page-views-count>
      <party>Democrat</party>
      <phone>202-225-1790</phone>
      <religion>Moravian</religion>
      <state>VI</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Donna Christensen</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float" nil="true"></user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://www.house.gov/christian-christensen/</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>C000714</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1929-05-16</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">15469</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>2426 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://conyers.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OnlineContactForm</contact-webform>
      <district>14</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-0072</fax>
      <firstname>John</firstname>
      <fti-names>'d':4 'mi':5 '-14':6 'rep':1 'john':2,7,9 'conyer':3,8,10</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400080</id>
      <lastname>Conyers</lastname>
      <metavid-id>John_Jr.Conyers</metavid-id>
      <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
      <name>Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">6145</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00004029</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">12957</page-views-count>
      <party>Democrat</party>
      <phone>202-225-5126</phone>
      <religion>Baptist</religion>
      <state>MI</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>John Conyers</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">3.23636363636364</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://www.house.gov/conyers/</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>D000533</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1947-07-21</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">2104</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>2207 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://www.house.gov/duncan/contactform_zipcheck.shtml</contact-webform>
      <district>2</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-6440</fax>
      <firstname>John</firstname>
      <fti-names>'r':4 '-2':6 'tn':5 'rep':1 'john':2,7,10 'jimmi':9 'duncan':3,8,11</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400116</id>
      <lastname>Duncan</lastname>
      <metavid-id>John_J._Jr.Duncan</metavid-id>
      <middlename>James</middlename>
      <name>Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">513</news-article-count>
      <nickname>Jimmy</nickname>
      <osid>N00003209</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">6624</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone>202-225-5435</phone>
      <religion>Presbyterian</religion>
      <state>TN</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>John Duncan</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">5.71428571428571</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://www.house.gov/duncan/</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>G000021</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1944-03-07</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">1646</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>2309 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://www.house.gov/writerep</contact-webform>
      <district>24</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-1100</fax>
      <firstname>Elton</firstname>
      <fti-names>'r':4 'ca':5 '-24':6 'rep':1 'elton':2,7,9 'galleg':3,8,10</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400144</id>
      <lastname>Gallegly</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Elton_Gallegly</metavid-id>
      <middlename>W.</middlename>
      <name>Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">628</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00007231</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">6041</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone>202-225-5811</phone>
      <religion>Protestant</religion>
      <state>CA</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Elton Gallegly</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">3.11111111111111</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://www.house.gov/gallegly/</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>H001036</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1957-05-29</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">3998</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>132 Cannon House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://www.house.gov/hensarling/contact_web.shtml</contact-webform>
      <district>5</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-226-4888</fax>
      <firstname>Jeb</firstname>
      <fti-names>'r':4 '-5':6 'tx':5 'jeb':2,7,9 'rep':1 'hensarl':3,8,10</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400175</id>
      <lastname>Hensarling</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Jeb_Hensarling</metavid-id>
      <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
      <name>Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R, TX-5]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">1773</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00024922</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">6536</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone>202-225-3484</phone>
      <religion>Christian</religion>
      <state>TX</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Jeb Hensarling</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">5.66666666666667</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://www.house.gov/hensarling/</website>
      <youtube-id>RepJebHensarling</youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>J000284</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1949-09-10</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">753</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office nil="true"></congress-office>
      <contact-webform nil="true"></contact-webform>
      <district nil="true"></district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax nil="true"></fax>
      <firstname>Stephanie</firstname>
      <fti-names>'jone':2,4,6 'stephani':1,3,5</fti-names>
      <gender>F</gender>
      <id type="integer">400208</id>
      <lastname>Jones</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Stephanie_Tubbs_Jones</metavid-id>
      <middlename>Tubbs</middlename>
      <name>Stephanie Jones</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">118</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00003561</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">6635</page-views-count>
      <party>Democrat</party>
      <phone nil="true"></phone>
      <religion>Baptist</religion>
      <state nil="true"></state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title nil="true"></title>
      <unaccented-name>Stephanie Jones</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float" nil="true"></user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website nil="true"></website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>P000587</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1959-06-07</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">8074</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>1317 Longworth House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>https://forms.house.gov/pence/IMA/contact_form.htm</contact-webform>
      <district>6</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-3382</fax>
      <firstname>Mike</firstname>
      <fti-names>'r':4 '-6':6 'rep':1 'mike':2,7,9 'penc':3,8,10</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400315</id>
      <lastname>Pence</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Mike_Pence</metavid-id>
      <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
      <name>Rep. Mike Pence [R, IN-6]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">3487</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00003765</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">7994</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone>202-225-3021</phone>
      <religion>Christian</religion>
      <state>IN</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Mike Pence</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">6.28</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://mikepence.house.gov/</website>
      <youtube-id>CongressmanMikePence</youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
  </co-sponsors>
  <actions type="array">
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>action</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1217217600</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">169411</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>action</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1214280000</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">165205</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>vote</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1214246820</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Mon Jun 23 15:47:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
      <how>by voice vote</how>
      <id type="integer">164071</id>
      <result>pass</result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.</text>
      <vote-type>vote</vote-type>
      <where>h</where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>action</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1214245440</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Mon Jun 23 15:24:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">164070</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6344.</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>action</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1214245440</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Mon Jun 23 15:24:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">164068</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>action</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1214245440</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Mon Jun 23 15:24:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">164069</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>Considered under suspension of the rules.</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>introduced</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1214193600</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">164066</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text nil="true"></text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>action</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">51316</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1214193600</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">164067</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <roll-calls type="array"/>
</bill>
