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Bart Gordon

Full Name: Bart Gordon
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Leslie; 1 Child: Peyton
Birth Date: 01/24/1949
Birth Place: Murfreesboro, TN
Home City: Murfreesboro, TN
Religion: Methodist

Recent Key Votes

HR 847 - 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
Legislation (Yea)

Dec. 22, 2010 - Establishes the World Trade Center Health Program, beginning July 1, 2011, to provide the following (Sec. 101): Medical monitoring and treatment benefits to ...

HR 2751 - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
Legislation (Did Not Vote)

Dec. 21, 2010 - Specifies that if the Secretary determines, based on gathered information, that there is a reasonable probability that ingesting an article of food will cause ...

HR 3082 - Continuing Appropriations
Legislation (Yea)

Dec. 21, 2010 - Amends "The Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011" to extend the expiration date from December 3, 2010, to March 4, 2011 (Sec. 1). ...

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Recent Public Statements

Chairman Gordon's Landmark Innovation Legislation is Sent to the President's Desk

Dec. 21, 2010 - Today, the House of Representatives concurred with the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5116, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 by a bipartisan vote of 228 ...

America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010

Dec. 21, 2010 - BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. On October 12, 2005, in response to ...

Senate Passes COMPETES By Unanimous Consent

Dec. 17, 2010 - Today,the United States Senate passed an amended version of H.R. 5116, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 by Unanimous Consent. The legislation will need ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2009-2010 Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Net Congressional Score 52%
2009-2010 Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Regressive Action Score 26
2009-2010 Irregular Times/Progressive Patriots/That's My Congress Progressive Action Score 29%
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Campaign Finances

Election Cycle 2012
Total Income $8,988.82
Total Spent $158,112.30
Cash On Hand $593,631.19
Debt $0.00
Source OpenSecrets.org
Updated 12/31/2012
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Bart Gordon repeatedly refused to provide any responses to citizens on the issues through the 2008 Political Courage Test when asked to do so by national leaders of the political parties, prominent members of the media, Project Vote Smart President Richard Kimball, and Project Vote Smart staff.

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