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Rep. Samuel Johnson

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Term Start Term End Role    State  Party 
2007 2008 Representative TX Republican
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Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.
BillVoted
H.Res.1202 Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Guard Youth Challenge Day.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree: H RES 1202 Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Guard Youth Challenge Day
Aye
July 22, 2008
H.Res.1311 Expressing support for the designation of National GEAR UP Day.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree: H RES 1311 Expressing support for the designation of National GEAR UP Day
Abstain
July 22, 2008
H.R.6493 To amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance aviation safety.
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 6493 Aviation Safety Enhancement Act of 2008
Aye
July 22, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

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  • H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2007 [1]
  • H.R.1094 Sanctity of Life Act of 2007 [1]
  • H.R.1955 Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terr... [1]

Samuel Johnson in the News feed

June 27, 2008 'I pledge allegiance...'

"As Samuel Johnson said," Field said, "'Patriotism is often the last refuge of a scoundrel.'" "I take offense," Navy veteran Joe Kutt said later in the ...

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Source: Hampton Union, NH


June 24, 2008 Veterans fight for Pledge of Allegiance in North Hampton

“As Samuel Johnson said, ‘Patriotism is often the last refuge of a scoundrel.’” “I take offense,” Navy veteran Joe Kutt said later in the meeting. ...

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Source: Portsmouth Herald News, NH


June 16, 2008 When Law is Not Enough

By Michael M. Uhlmann As Samuel Johnson said of the prospect of hanging, war concentrates the mind wonderfully. One might add that an unpopular war ...

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Source: The Claremont Institute, CA


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Samuel Johnson in the Blogs feed

July 20, 2008 Literary Terms 2/2

From the age of John Dryden through that of Samuel Johnson, the heroic couplet was the predominant English measure for all the poetic kinds; some poets, including Alexander Pope, used it almost to the exclusion of other meters. ...

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Source: 大房子的BLOG


July 16, 2008 link round-up

One of the books on my summer reading list has won the Samuel Johnson prize. Kate Summerscale’s The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, based on a real-life murder in 1860s England, has garnered the already lauded author even more critical ...

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Source: the madwoman in the attic


July 15, 2008 Scotus Scoto

Keith also escorted James Boswell (the Scot writer best known for his biography of Samuel Johnson) on a tour of German courts from June 13-July 2, 1764 ending up in Potsdam. Boswell visited him again in early September. ...

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Source: a pebble on the water


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Campaign Contributions

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Top Funding Industry: Finance/Insur/RealEst
Top Contributor: American Bankers Assn ($8,500)
IndustryDonation% of total
Finance/Insur/RealEst $108,749 28.8 %
Other $41,050 10.9 %
Transportation $37,150 9.8 %
Misc Business $35,250 9.3 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists $34,150 9.1 %
Health $28,450 7.5 %
Construction $28,060 7.4 %
Defense $18,800 5.0 %
Energy/Nat Resource $16,650 4.4 %
Communic/Electronics $15,250 4.0 %
Agribusiness $7,311 1.9 %
Labor $5,000 1.3 %
Ideology/Single-Issue $1,422 0.4 %
Total:$377,292

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