John Sweeney
Republican
NY
Representative, 20th District
Last year in office: 2007
John Sweeney is a former Republican U.S. Representative for New York's 20th Congressional District. Sweeney first took office in Congress in 1999 and left office in 2007.
John Sweeney: Voting Record & Political Positions
John Sweeney's Voting Record at a Glance
- Legislative effectiveness: sponsored 44 bills and sponsored or cosponsored 416, 46 of which were enacted into law.
Top Issues John Sweeney Votes On
- Taxation
- Defense Spending
- Health Insurance
- Infrastructure
- Immigration
- Public Housing
How John Sweeney Voted on Recent Bills
- Not Voting on “Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006” (2006-12-09) — Failed
- Not Voting on “Relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 6111) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.” (2006-12-08) — Passed
- Not Voting on “Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6406) to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes.” (2006-12-08) — Passed
- Nay on “Minimum Wage bill” (2006-07-29) — Failed
- Yea on “Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.” (2006-07-28) — Passed
- Yea on “Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5638) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000 and to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes.” (2006-06-22) — Passed