The Chamber

Current Office: Representative
District: OR-1
First Elected: 01/31/2012
Next Election:
Party: Democratic, Independent

General

Gender: Female
Family: Husband: Michael; 2 Children: Andrew, Sara
Birth date: 1954
Birthplace: Detroit, MI
Home City: Vista Hills OR
Religion:

Profession

Attorney, Washington D.C. Consumer Protection Attorney, Federal Trade Commission Attorney/Legal Assistant, Lane County Legal Aid Service

Education

JD, University of Oregon BA, University of Oregon AA, Lane Community College

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

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HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1103 Limits Funding for War in Afghanistan to the Withdrawal of U.S. Forces
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 4970 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 5652 Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1096 Prohibits Use of Funds in Contravention with the Defense of Marriage Act
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1096 Prohibits Use of Funds in Contravention with the Defense of Marriage Act
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 4628 Extending Student Loan Interest Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 3523 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 9 Income Tax Deduction for Small Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 4348 Extension of Surface Transportation Funding and Approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Con Res 112 2012-2013 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 1837 Water Resources in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 2117 Repeals Department of Education Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 3630 Extends Payroll Tax Cut
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 3408 Authorizes Development of Oil Shale Resources
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2038 Prohibits Insider Trading by Government Officials
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HR 3521 Authorizes the President to Line-Item Veto Certain Legislation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2726 Certification for Smoke Shops
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2301 Online Charter School Enrollment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 250 Authorizing School Districts To Withdraw From Education Service Districts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 909 Appropriation of Funds to Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2541 Amending Inheritance Taxes
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 989 State Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 99 Establishment of Oregon Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 695 Standards for Infant Formula Containers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 552 Establishes the Governor as the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 742 Resident Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3369 Water Development
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3508 Implementing Measure 57
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 767 Virtual Charter Schools
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2472 Renewable Energy Tax Credit Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 528 Prohibition on Field Burning in Certain Areas
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2186 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 3300 Promoting Green Jobs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2377 Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 3300 Promoting Green Jobs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2377 Prohibiting Handheld Cell Phone Use While Driving
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 76 Klamath River Dams
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 676 Legalizing the Production of Industrial Hemp
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5520 2009-2011 Supplemental Biennium Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 676 Legalizing the Production of Industrial Hemp
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5520 2009-2011 Supplemental Biennium Education Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2672 Increasing Moist Snuff Tobacco Tax and Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2005 Petition Regulation Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2672 Increasing Moist Snuff Tobacco Tax and Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3298 Creating a Water Management Plan
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2116 Changing Health Care Assessment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2649 Income Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3405 Corporate Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2116 Changing Health Care Assessment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2009 Establishing the Oregon Health Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2834 Funding School for Blind
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 519 Mandatory Workplace Meetings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2067 Expiration Dates for Tax Credits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2794 Mandatory HPV Vaccination Coverage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2067 Expiration Dates for Tax Credits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2794 Mandatory HPV Vaccination Coverage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2726 Nutrition Labeling on Menus
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2001 Transit and Gas Tax Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2599 Expanding School Bullying Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 284 Extension of Statute of Ultimate Repose
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2509 Sexual Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 786 Workplace Religious Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 311 Changes in Liability Limits
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 5552 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 581 2007-2008, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5552 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 581 2007-2008, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5552 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 581 2007-2008, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2436 Real Estate Fees to Fund Housing Programs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 311 Changes in Liability Limits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2157 Severing the Federal and State Income Tax Connection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 338 Authorizing Bonds for Public-Works Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5562 Authorizing Bonds for Public-Works Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 338 Authorizing Bonds for Public-Works Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3603 Mortgage Reform
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 3618 Inheritance Tax Credit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2801 Exploration of Public Funding for Stem Cell Research
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 571 Smoking Ban Expansion
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2967 Tobacco Tax Increase for Children’s Health Care
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 392 Mandatory School Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 790 Offshore Drilling Moratorium
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 838 Renewable Electricity
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2620 Solar Energy in Public Buildings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2871 Consumer Finance Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2650 School Food Nutritional Standards
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJM 9 Iraq Troop Withdrawal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 426 School Districts Insurance Pool
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2707 Oregon Rainy Day Fund
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2589 Lobbyist Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2203 Expanding Payday and Title Loan Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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