<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bill>
  <bill-type>hc</bill-type>
  <blog-article-count type="integer">7</blog-article-count>
  <hot-bill-category-id type="integer" nil="true"></hot-bill-category-id>
  <id type="integer">50288</id>
  <introduced type="integer">1209009600</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">1209009600</lastaction>
  <news-article-count type="integer" nil="true"></news-article-count>
  <number type="integer">333</number>
  <page-views-count type="integer">204</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">400178</sponsor-id>
  <summary>	4/24/2008--Introduced.&lt;br/&gt;Expresses Congress's continued support for employee stock ownership plans.&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
  <topresident-date type="integer">1209009600</topresident-date>
  <topresident-datetime type="date">2008-04-24</topresident-datetime>
  <updated type="timestamp">Thu Nov 06 18:29:13 -0600 2008</updated>
  <bill-titles type="array">
    <bill-title>
      <as>introduced</as>
      <bill-id type="integer">50288</bill-id>
      <fti-titles>'plan':8 'stock':6 'continu':2 'employe':5 'express':1 'support':3 'ownership':7</fti-titles>
      <id type="integer">58610</id>
      <is-default type="boolean">false</is-default>
      <title>Expressing continued support for employee stock ownership plans.</title>
      <title-type>official</title-type>
    </bill-title>
  </bill-titles>
  <last-action>
    <action-type>introduced</action-type>
    <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
    <bill-id type="integer">50288</bill-id>
    <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
    <date type="integer">1209009600</date>
    <datetime type="timestamp">Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
    <how nil="true"></how>
    <id type="integer">151388</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>
  </last-action>
  <sponsor>
    <biography nil="true"></biography>
    <bioguideid>H000627</bioguideid>
    <birthday type="date">1938-10-27</birthday>
    <blog-article-count type="integer">3898</blog-article-count>
    <congress-office>2431 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
    <contact-webform>http://www.house.gov/hinchey/contact/zipauth.shtml</contact-webform>
    <district>22</district>
    <email nil="true"></email>
    <fax>202-226-0774</fax>
    <firstname>Maurice</firstname>
    <fti-names>'d':4 'ny':5 '-22':6 'rep':1 'mauric':2,7,9 'hinchey':3,8,10</fti-names>
    <gender>M</gender>
    <id type="integer">400178</id>
    <lastname>Hinchey</lastname>
    <metavid-id>Maurice_D._Hinchey</metavid-id>
    <middlename>D.</middlename>
    <name>Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]</name>
    <news-article-count type="integer">2555</news-article-count>
    <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
    <osid>N00001222</osid>
    <page-views-count type="integer">7479</page-views-count>
    <party>Democrat</party>
    <phone>202-225-6335</phone>
    <religion>Roman Catholic</religion>
    <state>NY</state>
    <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
    <title>Rep.</title>
    <unaccented-name>Maurice Hinchey</unaccented-name>
    <url nil="true"></url>
    <user-approval type="float">2.11111111111111</user-approval>
    <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
    <website>http://www.house.gov/hinchey/</website>
    <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
  </sponsor>
  <co-sponsors type="array">
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>C001046</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1963-06-06</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">7880</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>329 Cannon House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml</contact-webform>
      <district>7</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-0011</fax>
      <firstname>Eric</firstname>
      <fti-names>'r':4 '-7':6 'va':5 'rep':1 'eric':2,7,9 'cantor':3,8,10</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400060</id>
      <lastname>Cantor</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Eric_Cantor</metavid-id>
      <middlename>I.</middlename>
      <name>Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">3369</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00013131</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">8282</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone>202-225-2815</phone>
      <religion>Jewish</religion>
      <state>VA</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Eric Cantor</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">5.12</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://cantor.house.gov/</website>
      <youtube-id>EricCantor</youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>C000556</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1931-03-18</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">1969</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>2468 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://www.house.gov/writerep</contact-webform>
      <district>6</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-8611</fax>
      <firstname>Howard</firstname>
      <fti-names>'r':4 '-6':6 'nc':5 'rep':1 'cobl':3,8,10 'howard':2,7,9</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400076</id>
      <lastname>Coble</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Howard_Coble</metavid-id>
      <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
      <name>Rep. Howard Coble [R, NC-6]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">886</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00002247</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">6670</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone>202-225-3065</phone>
      <religion>Presbyterian</religion>
      <state>NC</state>
      <sunlight-nickname>Howard</sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Howard Coble</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">5.28571428571429</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://coble.house.gov/</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>J000255</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1943-02-10</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">3603</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>2333 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://jones.house.gov/contact_form_email.cfm</contact-webform>
      <district>3</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-3286</fax>
      <firstname>Walter</firstname>
      <fti-names>'r':4 '-3':6 'nc':5 'rep':1 'jone':3,8,10 'walter':2,7,9</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400209</id>
      <lastname>Jones</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Walter_B._Jones</metavid-id>
      <middlename>Beaman</middlename>
      <name>Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">1329</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00002299</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">7021</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone>202-225-3415</phone>
      <religion>Catholic</religion>
      <state>NC</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Walter Jones</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">5.90909090909091</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://jones.house.gov/</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>M000388</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1949-09-18</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">284</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>James</firstname>
      <fti-names>'jim':5 'jame':1,3,6 'mccreri':2,4,7</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400261</id>
      <lastname>McCrery</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Jim_McCrery</metavid-id>
      <middlename>O.</middlename>
      <name>James McCrery</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">29</news-article-count>
      <nickname>Jim</nickname>
      <osid>N00005414</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">4422</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone nil="true"></phone>
      <religion>Methodist</religion>
      <state nil="true"></state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title nil="true"></title>
      <unaccented-name>James McCrery</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>P000589</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1955-05-16</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">1376</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>Jon</firstname>
      <fti-names>'jon':1,3,5 'porter':2,4,6</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400324</id>
      <lastname>Porter</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Jon_C._Porter</metavid-id>
      <middlename>Christopher</middlename>
      <name>Jon Porter</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">575</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00012560</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">5051</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone nil="true"></phone>
      <religion>Roman Catholic</religion>
      <state nil="true"></state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title nil="true"></title>
      <unaccented-name>Jon Porter</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>R000409</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1947-06-21</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">4386</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>2300 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://rohrabacher.house.gov/Contact/Zip.htm</contact-webform>
      <district>46</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-0145</fax>
      <firstname>Dana</firstname>
      <fti-names>'r':4 'ca':5 '-46':6 'rep':1 'dana':2,7,9 'rohrabach':3,8,10</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400343</id>
      <lastname>Rohrabacher</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Dana_Rohrabacher</metavid-id>
      <middlename>T.</middlename>
      <name>Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R, CA-46]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">1616</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00007151</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">6358</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone>202-225-2415</phone>
      <religion>Christian</religion>
      <state>CA</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Dana Rohrabacher</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">6.375</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://rohrabacher.house.gov/</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>R000580</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1961-09-13</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">2913</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>507 Cannon House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://www.house.gov/writerep</contact-webform>
      <district>6</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-1166</fax>
      <firstname>Peter</firstname>
      <fti-names>'r':4 '-6':6 'il':5 'rep':1 'peter':2,7,9 'roskam':3,8,10</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">412202</id>
      <lastname>Roskam</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Peter_Roskam</metavid-id>
      <middlename>J.</middlename>
      <name>Rep. Peter Roskam [R, IL-6]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">828</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00004719</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">6142</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone>202-225-4561</phone>
      <religion nil="true"></religion>
      <state>IL</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Peter Roskam</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">7.0</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://www.ilga.gov/Senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=1006</website>
      <youtube-id>RoskamIL06</youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>R000487</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1951-10-12</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">1253</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>2185 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://www.house.gov/writerep</contact-webform>
      <district>40</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-226-0335</fax>
      <firstname>Edward</firstname>
      <fti-names>'r':4 'ca':5 'ed':9 '-40':6 'rep':1 'royc':3,8,11 'edward':2,7,10</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400348</id>
      <lastname>Royce</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Edward_R._Royce</metavid-id>
      <middlename>R.</middlename>
      <name>Rep. Edward Royce [R, CA-40]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">329</news-article-count>
      <nickname>Ed</nickname>
      <osid>N00008264</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">4929</page-views-count>
      <party>Republican</party>
      <phone>202-225-4111</phone>
      <religion>Roman Catholic</religion>
      <state>CA</state>
      <sunlight-nickname>Ed</sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Edward Royce</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">6.0</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://www.royce.house.gov/</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>T000460</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1951-01-24</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">1972</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>231 Cannon House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://mikethompson.house.gov/contact/email.shtml</contact-webform>
      <district>1</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-4335</fax>
      <firstname>C.</firstname>
      <fti-names>'c':7,10 'd':4 '-1':6 'ca':5 'rep':1 'mike':9 'michael':2 'thompson':3,8,11</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400403</id>
      <lastname>Thompson</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Mike_Thompson</metavid-id>
      <middlename>Michael</middlename>
      <name>Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">720</news-article-count>
      <nickname>Mike</nickname>
      <osid>N00007419</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">6968</page-views-count>
      <party>Democrat</party>
      <phone>202-225-3311</phone>
      <religion>Catholic</religion>
      <state>CA</state>
      <sunlight-nickname>Mike</sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>C. Thompson</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">1.5</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://mikethompson.house.gov</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>W000799</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1964-04-06</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">1453</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>1529 Longworth House Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://walz.house.gov/zip_auth.shtm</contact-webform>
      <district>1</district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-225-3433</fax>
      <firstname>Timothy</firstname>
      <fti-names>'d':4 '-1':6 'mn':5 'rep':1 'walz':3,8,10 'timothi':2,7,9</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">412214</id>
      <lastname>Walz</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Timothy_Walz</metavid-id>
      <middlename>J.</middlename>
      <name>Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">821</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00027467</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">5930</page-views-count>
      <party>Democrat</party>
      <phone>202-225-2472</phone>
      <religion nil="true"></religion>
      <state>MN</state>
      <sunlight-nickname>Tim</sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Rep.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Timothy Walz</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">3.55555555555556</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://walz.house.gov/</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
  </co-sponsors>
  <actions type="array">
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>introduced</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">50288</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1209009600</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">151388</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">50288</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1209009600</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0500 2008</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">151389</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 Education and Labor.</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <roll-calls type="array"/>
</bill>
