RTO Legislative Activity - Rent-to-Own Bill Co-sponsors

Rent-to-own legislation is currently under consideration in both houses of Congress, thanks in no small measure to APRO’s Dave Egan Legislative Conference held February 11-13 in Washington, D.C.

At the conference, more than 100 rent-to-own dealers, vendors and lobbyists held over 350 meetings with members of the 110th Congress to urge passage of S 1012 in the Senate—sponsored by Senator Mary Landrieu—and HR 1767 in the House of Representatives—sponsored by William Lacy Clay. Since then, RTO dealers have been consistently communicating and following through with their congressional offices to generate an impressive list of House and Senate co-sponsors.

Sponsored by Senator Mary Landrieu (Democrat - Louisiana)

• Senator Max Baucus (Democrat - Montana)
• Senator Christopher S. Bond (Republican - Missouri)
• Senator Sam Brownback (Republican - Kansas)
• Senator Jim Bunning (Republican - Kentucky)
• Senator Maria Cantwell (Democrat - Washington)
• Senator Saxby Chambliss (Republican - Georgia)
• Senator Thad Cochran (Republican - Mississippi)
• Senator Kent Conrad (Democrat - North Dakota)
• Senator Larry E. Craig (Republican - Idaho)
• Senator Byron L. Dorgan (Democrat - North Dakota)
• Senator Chuck Hagel (Republican - Nebraska)
• Senator Johnny Isakson (Republican - Georgia)
• Senator Tim Johnson (Democrat - South Dakota)
• Senator Blanche L. Lincoln (Democrat - Arkansas)
• Senator Trent Lott (Republican - Mississippi)
• Senator Mel Martinez (Republican - Florida)
• Senator E. Benjamin Nelson (Democrat - Nebraska)
• Senator Pat Roberts (Republican - Kansas)
• Senator Jeff Sessions (Republican - Alabama)
• Senator John Thune (Republican - South Dakota)
• Senator David Vitter (Republican - Louisiana)

Sponsored by Representative William Lacy Clay (Democrat - Missouri, district 1)

• Representative Robert Aderholt (Republican - Alabama, district 4)
• Representative W. Todd Akin (Republican - Missouri, district 2)
• Representative Michael Arcuri (Democrat - New York, district 24)
• Representative Spencer Bachus (Republican - Alabama, district 6)
• Representative Marion Berry (Democrat - Arkansas, district 1)
• Representative Sanford Bishop, Jr. (Democrat - Georgia, district 2)
• Representative Marsha Blackburn (Republican - Tennessee, district 7)
• Representative Jo Bonner (Republican - Alabama, district 1)
• Representative John Boozman (Republican - Arkansas, district 3)
• Representative Dan Boren (Democrat - Oklahoma, district 2)
• Representative Leonard Boswell (Democrat - Iowa, district 3)
• Representative Nancy Boyda (Democrat - Kansas, district 2)
• Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (Republican - Florida, district 5)
• Representative Michael C. Burgess (Republican - Texas, district 26)
• Representative Ken Calvert (Republican - California, district 44)
• Representative Shelley Moore Capito (Republican - West Virginia, district 2)
• Representative Yvette Clarke (Democrat - New York, district 11)
• Representative Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat - Missouri, district 5)
• Representative Howard Coble (Republican - North Carolina, district 6)
• Representative Michael K. Conaway (Republican - Texas, district 11)
• Representative David Davis (Republican - Tennessee, district 1)
• Representative Thelma Drake (Republican - Virginia, district 2)
• Representative John J. Duncan, Jr. (Republican - Tennessee, district 2)
• Representative Jo Ann Emerson (Republican - Missouri, district 8)
• Representative Phil English (Republican - Pennsylvania, district 3)
• Representative Bob Etheridge (Democrat - North Carolina, district 2)
• Representative Tom Feeney (Republican - Florida, district 24)
• Representative Virginia Foxx (Republican - North Carolina, district 5)
• Representative Louie Gohmert (Republican - Texas, district 1)
• Representative Virgil H. Goode Jr. (Republican - Virginia, district 5)
• Representative Bob Goodlatte (Republican - Virginia, district 6)
• Representative San Graves (Republican - Missouri, district 6)
• Representative Ralph M. Hall (Republican - Texas, district 4)
• Representative Alcee L. Hastings (Democrat - Florida, district 23)
• Representative Robin Hayes (Republican, North Carolina, district 8)
• Representative Jeb Hensarling (Republican - Texas, district 5)
• Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (Democrat - South Dakota, district at-large)
• Representative Baron Hill (Democrat - Indiania, district 9)
• Representative Tim Holden (Democrat - Pennsylvania, district 17)
• Representative Darlene Hooley (Democrat - Oregon, district 5)
• Representative Kenny C. Hulshof (Republican - Missouri, district 9)
• Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat - Texas, district 30)
• Representative Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (Democrat - Georgia, district 4)
• Representative Sam Johnson (Republican - Texas, district 3)
• Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. (Republican - North Carolina, district 3)
• Representative Jim Jordan (Republican - Ohio, district 4)
• Representative Steve King (Republican - Iowa, district 5)
• Representative Ray LaHood (Republican - Illinois, district 18)
• Representative Tom Latham (Republican - Iowa, district 4)
• Representative Steven C. LaTourette (Republican - Ohio, district 14)
• Representative Ron Lewis (Republican - Kentucky, district 2)
• Representative Kenny Marchant (Republican - Texas, district 24)
• Representative Michael McCaul (Republican - Texas, district 10)
• Representative Mike McIntyre (Democrat - North Carolina, district 7)
• Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican - Washington, district 5)
• Representative Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat - New York, district 6)
• Representative Dennis Moore (Democrat - Kansas, district 3)
• Representative Jerry Moran (Republican - Kansas, district 1)
• Representative Sue Myrick (Republican - North Carolina, district 9)
• Representative Randy Neugebauer (Republican - Texas, district 19)
• Representative Devin Nunes (Republican - California, district 21)
• Representative Solomon Ortiz (Democrat - Texas, district 27)
• Representative Todd Russell Platts (Republican - Pennsylvania, district 19)
• Representative David E. Price (Democrat - North Carolina, district 4)
• Representative Adam H. Putnam (Republican - Florida, district 12)
• Representative Mike D. Rogers (Republican - Alabama, district 3)
• Representative Mike Ross (Democrat - Arkansas, district 4)
• Representative David Scott (Democrat - Georgia, district 13)
• Representative Pete Sessions (Republican - Texas, district 32)
• Representative Brad Sherman (Democrat - California, district 27)
• Representative Lamar Smith (Republican - Texas, district 21)
• Representative John Shimkus (Republican - Illinois, district 19)
• Representative Bill Shuster (Republican - Pennsylvania, district 9)
• Representative Ike Skelton (Democrat - Missouri, district 4)
• Representative Adrian Smith (Republican - Nebraska, district 3)
• Representative Zack Space (Democrat - Ohio, district 18)
• Representative Gene Taylor (Democrat - Mississippi, district 4)
• Representative Lee Terry (Republican - Nebraska, district 2)
• Representative Todd Tiahrt (Republican - Kansas, district 4)
• Representative Edolphus Towns (Democrat - New York, district 10)
• Representative Fred Upton (Republican - Michigan, district 6)
• Representative Zach Wamp (Republican - Tennessee, district 3)
• Representative Lynn A. Westmoreland (Republican - Georgia, district 3)
• Representative Roger Wicker (Republican - Mississippi, district 1)