H.R.1256 - Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. view all titles (17)

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  • Short: Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products. as introduced.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as introduced.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as reported to house.
  • Short: Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as reported to house.
  • Short: District of Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees Equity Act of 2009 as reported to house.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as passed house.
  • Short: Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009 as passed house.
  • Short: Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as passed house.
  • Official: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes. as amended by house.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as passed senate.
  • Short: Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009 as passed senate.
  • Short: Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as passed senate.
  • Short: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act as enacted.
  • Short: Federal Retirement Reform Act of 2009 as enacted.
  • Short: Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2009 as enacted.
  • Official: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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Interests that support this bill:

Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Rep. Tom Price [R, GA-6] $318,541 Nay
Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6] $291,651 Aye
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8] $227,103 Aye
Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11] $224,866 Nay
Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26] $219,606 Nay
Rep. Andy Harris [R, MD-1] $201,800
Rep. Judy Chu [D, CA-32] $184,155
Rep. Bill Cassidy [R, LA-6] $174,583 Aye
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] $173,860 Aye
Rep. Paul Gosar [R, AZ-1] $168,557
 
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $707,374
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $611,685 Aye
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC] $393,838 Nay
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $392,900 Aye
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR] $334,365 Aye
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] $299,750
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $298,177 Aye
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] $263,601 Aye
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO] $256,123
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $255,386 Aye

Specific Organizations Supporting H.R.1256

  • National Education Association
  • American Academy of Family Physicians
  • American Dental Education Association
  • American Dental Association
  • American College of Cardiology
  • American Psychological Association
  • Hadassah
  • Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
  • National Association of School Nurses
  • American Thoracic Society
  • United Church of Christ
  • Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
  • Ohio State Medical Association
  • Investing in Tobacco-Free Youth
  • American Acedemy of Nurse Practitioners
  • Christian Action League of North Carolina
  • Philip Morris USA
  • Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
  • American Heart Association
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Lung Association
  • Islamic Society of North America
  • United Methodist Church
  • American Medical Association
  • American Baptist Churches USA
  • Women's Christian Temperance Union
  • International Parish Resource Center
  • Altria Group
  • Seventh Day Adventists
  • Interdenomination Ministerial Alliance
  • World Sikh-Council, American Region
  • Health Ministries Association
  • Church of the Brethren
  • Christian Church
  • Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsability
  • Church Women United
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • American Association for Cancer Reserach
  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • American Association for Respiratory Care
  • Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  • Presbyterian Church, USA
  • American College of Preventive Medicine
  • American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
  • National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA
  • Lung Cancer Alliance
  • National Episcopal Health Ministries
  • American Public Health Associtaion
  • Institute of Medicine
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Partnership for Prevention
  • National Hispanic Medical Association
  • Oncology Nursing Society
  • National African American Tobacco Prevention Network
  • Society for Public Health Education
  • American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
  • American Society of Addiction Medicine
  • American Dental Hygienists' Association
  • The Heart Failure Society of America
  • Heart Rythm Society
  • Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
  • Society for Vascular Medicine
  • National Association of County and City Health Officials
  • American School Health Association
  • Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America
  • Children's Defense Fund
  • National Latino Council of Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention
  • American Acedmy of Pediatrics
  • LiveStrong: The Lance Amstrong Foundation
  • Delta Dental
  • Directors of Health Promotion and Education

Interests that oppose this bill:

Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14] $43,670 Aye
Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5] $38,014 Aye
Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23] $25,150 Aye
Rep. James Himes [D, CT-4] $24,150 Aye
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15] $23,150 Aye
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8] $21,500 Aye
Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4] $20,450 Aye
Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2] $18,950 Aye
Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7] $16,750 Aye
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1] $15,990 Aye
 
Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY] $180,650 Aye
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $138,300 Aye
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $94,050 Aye
Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO] $77,214 Aye
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $74,332 Aye
Sen. Scott Brown [R, MA] $43,195
Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH] $43,050
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ] $37,200 Aye
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT] $35,250 Aye
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR] $32,650 Aye

Specific Organizations Opposing H.R.1256

  • Lorillard Tobacco Company
  • Magazine Publishers of America
  • American Advertising Federation
  • Washington State Medical Association
  • R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
  • American Council on Science and Health
  • Competitive Enterprise Institute
  • Association of Natinoal Advertisers
  • American Association of Advertising Agencies
  • U.S. Tobacco Cooperative
  • Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina

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