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Christopher's
Votes - February, 2004
Arts, Immigration, Social Services and
other Domestic Issues
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(15) HR 3030: Community Service Grants - Non-Discrimination
Provision
February 04, 2004 - Scott, D-Va., amendment that would add
religion as a non-discrimination criteria for hiring by organizations
receiving federal Community Services Block Grant funds. The
amendment also would strike language in current law that allows
organizations receiving CSBG funds to hire on a religious
basis. Rejected 182-231
Vote: Yea
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(16) HR 3030: Community Service Grants - Religious Activity
February 04, 2004 - Scott, D-Va., amendment that would require
religious groups that receive Community Service Block Grant
funds to conduct religious activities separately and make
them voluntary for program participants. Rejected 180-233
Vote: Yea
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(17) HR 3030: Community Service Grants - Democratic Substitute
February 04, 2004 - Woolsey, D-Calif., substitute amendment
that would prohibit organizations that receive federal Community
Services Block Grant funds from hiring on a religious basis
and require them to operate in a "lawful and secular"
manner when using the funds. Rejected 183-232
Vote: Yea
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(22) HR 743: Social Security Fraud - Previous Question
February 11, 2004 - Linder, R-Ga., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 520) to provide for House floor
consideration of the motion to concur with the Senate amendments
to the bill that would require the Social Security Administration
to re-issue benefits when a "representative payee"
misuses funds. Motion agreed to 226-197
Vote: Yea
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(23) HR 743: Social Security Fraud - Concur with Senate
Amendments
February 11, 2004 - Shaw, R-Fla., motion to concur with the
Senate amendments to the bill that would require the Social
Security Administration to re-issue benefits when a "representative
payee" misuses funds. It also would require state and
local government employees to work in a job that pays into
Social Security for five years before they could qualify for
an exemption under the government pension offset. Illegal
immigrants would not be able to collect Social Security benefits
for the time they worked in the country illegally unless they
were later granted legal status. Motion agreed to 402-19
Vote: Yea
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(29) H Con Res 287: Raul Julia Tribute - Adoption
February 25, 2004 - Miller, R-Mich., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would honor
the late actor Raul Julia for his contributions to the performing
arts and the Latino community as well as his commitment to
ending world hunger. Motion agreed to 422-0
Vote: Yea
Congress and Federal Elections
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(19) H Con Res 358: History of the Capitol - Adoption
February 10, 2004 - Mica, R-Fla., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would authorize the
printing of "History of the United States Capitol"
as a House document. Motion agreed to 402-1
Vote: Yea
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(21) H Con Res 264: Constantino Brumidi Tribute - Adoption
February 10, 2004 - Mica, R-Fla., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would authorize and
request that the president issue a proclamation to commemorate
the 200th anniversary of the birth of Constantino Brumidi,
who spent more than 25 years of his life painting and decorating
the Capitol. Motion agreed to 404-0
Vote: Yea
Enviornment, Energy, Science and Technology
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(12) H Res 507: First Anniversary of the Columbia Tragedy
- Adoption
February 03, 2004 - Burgess, R-Tex., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would express the profound
sorrow of the House on the anniversary of the space shuttle
Columbia accident and offer condolences to the families of
the seven astronauts killed in the disaster.
Motion agreed to 397-0
Vote: Yea
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(26) HR 2707: Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control - Passage
February 24, 2004 - Pearce, R-N.M., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would direct the Forest Service
to create a trial program to control salt cedar and Russian
olive trees in the western United States. The measure would
authorize $5 million in fiscal 2005 for assessing ways to
control the trees and $18 million annually in fiscal 2005
through fiscal 2009 to carry out demonstration projects. Motion
agreed to 367-40
Vote: Yea
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(27) S 714: Oregon Land Conveyance - Passage
February 24, 2004 - Renzi, R-Ariz., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would authorize the Bureau of
Land Management to convey, without costs, approximately 68.8
acres of land to Douglas County, Ore. The conveyance is intended
to provide improved access to the Oregon Dunes National Recreational
Area for off-road vehicles and other visitors. Motion agreed
to 397-0
Vote: Yea
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings
and District of Columbia
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(14) H J Res 84: Ronald Reagan's 93rd Birthday - Passage
February 03, 2004 - Shays, R-Conn., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the joint resolution that would extend birthday
greetings and best wishes to former President Ronald Reagan
on his 93rd birthday. Motion agreed to 394-0
Vote: Yea
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(28) HR 2751: GAO Personnel Management - Passage
February 25, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would provide
the General Accounting Office (GAO) with additional discretion
to manage its workforce, including tying employee raises to
a minimum performance standard and making permanent the agency's
authority to offer early retirement. The bill also would change
the name of the agency to the Government Accountability Office.
Passed 382-43
Vote: Yea
Foreign Affairs
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(13) H Res 157: Prisoners of Conscience in China - Adoption
February 03, 2004 - Royce, R-Calif., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would express the sense
of the House that the Chinese government should immediately
release all prisoners of conscience, including Phuntsog Nyidron,
a Tibetan Buddhist nun. Motion agreed to 398-0
Vote: Yea
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(20) H Con Res 359: Holocaust Remembrance - Adoption
February 10, 2004 - Mica, R-Fla., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would authorize the
use of the Capitol Rotunda for a ceremony on April 22, 2004,
as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of
victims of the Holocaust. Motion agreed to 402-0
Vote: Yea
Health Care
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(30) HR 1997: Fetal Protection - Democratic Substitute
February 26, 2004 - Lofgren, D-Calif., substitute amendment
that would make assault on a pregnant woman a federal crime.
Under the substitute, a perpetrator could be subject to up
to 20 years' imprisonment for an assault causing prenatal
injury and up to life imprisonment for an assault causing
termination of the pregnancy. Rejected 186-229
Vote: Yea
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(31) HR 1997: Fetal Protection - Passage
February 26, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would make it
a criminal offense to injure or kill a fetus during the commission
of a violent crime. The measure would establish criminal penalties,
equal to those that would apply if the injury or death occurred
to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus, regardless
of the perpetrator's knowledge of the pregnancy or intent
to harm the fetus. The bill states that its provisions should
not be interpreted to apply to consensual abortion or to a
woman's actions with respect to her pregnancy. The death penalty
could not be imposed under this bill. Passed 254-163
Vote: Nay
Labor and Retirement
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(18) HR 3030: Community Service Grants - Unemployment Benefits
February 04, 2004 - Miller, D-Calif., amendment that would
authorize such sums as necessary under the Community Service
Block Grants (CSBG) program for a six-month federal program
to provide an additional 13 weeks of unemployment benefits
for people who have exhausted their state jobless benefits.
Adopted 227-179
Vote: Yea
Transportation
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(24) HR 3783: Highway Funds Extension - Passage
February 11, 2004 - Young, R-Alaska, motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would extend funding for highway,
transit and transportation safety programs for an additional
four months, through June 30, 2004. Funding was originally
set to expire Oct. 1, 2003, but Congress enacted a five-month
extension through Feb. 29. The measure includes $25.2 billion
in contract authority for federal-aid highway programs. Motion
agreed to 421-0
Vote: Yea
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