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Jim Costa
U.S. House: Representative
Democratic Next Election Year: 2010

Education:
BA, Political Science, California State University, Fresno, 1974

Profession:
Chief Executive Officer, Costa Group, 2002-2004 Administrative Assistant, Assemblymember Richard Lehman, California State Assembly, 1976-1978 Special Assistant, Representative John Krebs, United States House of Representatives, 1975-1976 Employee/Family Farmer, Costa Brothers Dairy, 1959-1974 Kenneth L. Maddy Institute Professor, Fresno State University

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based on data from 2008

Earmark Totals

$4,393,000

Rank Among House Members

#415

Highest Spenders in the House

#1 - Berkley (NV) $390,354,250

#2 - Edwards (TX) $376,226,980

#3 - Hoyer (MD) $267,425,759

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Voting Record on Key Legislation in 2009

HR 1: Appropriations, Tax Law Amendments, and Unemployment Benefit Amendments ("Stimulus Bill") (2009)

Bill Summary:
HR 1: Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

2009-02-13	Conference Report Vote	246	183	*Yea*
2009-01-28	Passage	244	188	*Yea*
2009-01-26	Introduced

S J Res 5: Releasing Funds for Economic Stabilization Act (2009)

Bill Summary:
SJ Res 5: A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

S Amdt 109: Hollywood Productions Tax Credit (2009)

Bill Summary:
S Amdt 109 to S Amdt 98 to HR 1: To strike the $246 million tax earmark for Hollywood production companies.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

HR 1105: 2009 Budget Bill (2009)

Bill Summary:
HR 1105: Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

2009-02-26	Passage	245	178	*Nay*
2009-02-23	Introduced

HR 1586: Aid To States for Medicaid, Teacher Employment, and Other Purposes (2010)

Bill Summary:

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

2010-08-10	Concurrence Vote	247	161	*Yea*
2010-03-25	Concurrence Vote With Amendment	276	145
2009-03-19	Passage	328	93	*Yea*
2009-03-18	Introduced

HR 146: Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (2009)

Bill Summary:
HR 146: An act to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

2009-03-25	Concurrence Vote	285	140	*Yea*
2009-03-03	Passage	394	13
2009-01-06	Introduced

S Amdt 739: Public Debt Amendment (2009)

Bill Summary:
S Amdt 739 to S Con Res 13: To prohibit the consideration of any budget resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, that shows an increase in the public debt, for the period of the current fiscal year through the next 10 years, equal to or greater than the debt accumulated from 1789 to January 20, 2009.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

HR 1913: Hate Crimes Expansion (2009)

Bill Summary:
HR 1913: To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

2009-04-29	Passage	249	175	*Yea*
2009-04-02	Introduced

S Amdt 1067: Allowing Loaded Guns in National Parks (2009)

Bill Summary:
S Amdt 1067 to S Amdt 1058 to HR 627: To protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks and refuges.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

HR 2751: Trade-in Vouchers for Fuel Efficient Cars (2009)

Bill Summary:
HR 2751: To accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide and provide incentives to registered owners of high polluting automobiles to replace such automobiles with new fuel efficient and less polluting automobiles.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

2009-06-09	Passage	298	119	*Yea*
2009-06-08	Introduced

S Amdt 1399: Requiring Completion of Reinforced Border Fencing (2009)

Bill Summary:
S Amdt 1399 to S Amdt 1373 to HR 2892: To require the completion of at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the southwest border by December 31, 2010.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

HR 3435: Supplemental Appropriations for the "Cash for Clunkers" Program (2009)

Bill Summary:
HR 3435: AN ACT making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program.

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

2009-07-31	Introduced
2009-07-31	Passage	316	109	*Yea*

HR 4213: Unemployment Benefits Extension and Tax Law Amendments (2010)

Bill Summary:

House Votes On This Bill
Date	Stage	Yea	Nay	Costa's Vote

2010-07-22	Concurrence Vote	272	152	*Yea*
2010-05-28	Concurrence Vote	245	171
2010-05-28	Concurrence Vote With Amendment	215	204	*Yea*
2009-12-09	Passage	241	181
2009-12-07	Introduced

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