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Biography
ALLEN, Thomas H., a Representative from Maine; born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, April 16, 1945; graduated from Deering High School, Portland, Maine, 1963; B.A., Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1967; Rhodes Scholar, B. Phil., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1970; J.D., Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1974; lawyer, private practice; staff, Governor Kenneth B. Curtis of Maine, 1968; staff, United States Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, 1970-1971; Portland, Maine, city council, 1989-1995; mayor of Portland, Maine, 1991-1992; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-present).
Bills Sponsored (26)
Bill name Last Action
H.R.5682To improve access to broadband service in rural and underserved areas of the United States, and f...11/19/2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
H.R.6605To amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable tax credit for heating fuels and t...07/24/2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
H.R.4174To establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring p...07/10/2008Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. C...
H.CON.RES.337Honoring Seeds of Peace for its 15th anniversary as an organization promoting understanding, reco...06/20/2008Message on Senate action sent to the House.
H.R.5448To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedur...06/12/2008Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Bills Co-Sponsored (611)
Bill name Last Action
H.R.2040To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of ...12/02/2008Signed by President.
H.R.2095To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous ma...10/16/2008Became Public Law No: 110-432.
H.R.5618To reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.
10/15/2008Became Public Law No: 110-394.
H.R.6045To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authoriz...10/15/2008Became Public Law No: 110-421.
H.R.1532To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of elimina...10/13/2008Became Public Law No: 110-392.

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