Voting Record Transparency Resolution

Voting Record Transparency Resolution - Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives to post on the public Internet site of the Office of the Clerk a record, organized by Member name, of the recorded votes of each Member (including each Delegate or Resident Commissioner) taken in the House, including the roll, date, issue, question, result, and title or description of the vote, and any cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) related to the vote.

Requires each Member of the House who maintains an official public Internet site using amounts from the Members' Representation Allowance to provide a clearly presented electronic link on the site to his or her individual recorded vote information.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H. Res. 287 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 287

  Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to post on the 
public Internet site of the Office of the Clerk a record, organized by 
 Member name, of recorded votes taken in the House, and directing each 
  Member who maintains an official public Internet site to provide an 
                    electronic link to such record.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2009

Ms. Bean (for herself, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Kind, Mr. Heller, Mr. Flake, and 
Mr. Campbell) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                 the Committee on House Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to post on the 
public Internet site of the Office of the Clerk a record, organized by 
 Member name, of recorded votes taken in the House, and directing each 
  Member who maintains an official public Internet site to provide an 
                    electronic link to such record.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Voting Record Transparency 
Resolution''.

SEC. 2. RECORD OF RECORDED VOTES ON PUBLIC INTERNET SITE OF CLERK.

    (a) Responsibilities of Clerk.--The Clerk of the House of 
Representatives shall post on the public Internet site of the Office of 
the Clerk a record, organized by Member name, of the recorded votes of 
each Member (including each Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress) taken in the House, including the roll, date, issue, 
question, result, and title or description of the vote, and any cost 
estimate of the Congressional Budget Office related to the vote.
    (b) Links on Member Sites.--Each Member (including a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress) who maintains an official public 
Internet site using amounts from the Members' Representation Allowance 
shall provide a clearly presented electronic link on the site to the 
Member's individual recorded vote information described in subsection 
(a).
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