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Christopher's
Votes - June, 2004
Arts, Immigration, Social Services and
other Domestic Issues
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(210) H Con Res 295: Focus: HOPE Tribute - Adoption
June 01, 2004 - Miller, R-Mich., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would recognize Focus:
HOPE, a Michigan-based civil and human rights group, for its
commitment and contributions to human rights in Detroit and
the United States. Motion agreed to 374-0
Vote: Yea
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(211) H Res 612: Richmond Firefighters Tribute - Adoption
June 01, 2004 - Miller, R-Mich., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would recognize and honor the
firefighters, public servants and others who responded to
a devastating fire in Richmond, Va., on March 26, 2004. Motion
agreed to 377-0
Vote: Yea
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(248) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Arts
and Humanities Funding
June 16, 2004 - Slaughter, D-N.Y., amendment that would provide
an additional $10 million for the National Endowment for the
Arts and an additional $3.5 million for the National Endowment
for the Humanities. The cost of the amendment would be offset
by cuts in administrative costs at the Interior Department.
Adopted 241-185
Vote: Yea
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(252) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - American
Indian Sacred Sites
June 16, 2004 - Rahall, D-W.Va., amendment that would prohibit
funds from being used to adversely affect American Indian
sacred sites on certain federal lands. Rejected 209-215
Vote: Yea
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(255) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Payments
in Lieu of Taxes
June 16, 2004 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would increase
the bill's appropriations by $15 million for payments in lieu
of taxes, while reducing funding for the Smithsonian Institution
by $13 million and the National Endowment for the Humanities
by $2 million. Rejected 94-332
Vote: Nay
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(269) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Contract Immigration Services
June 18, 2004 - Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds to privatize or contract out services
provided by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services,
which reviews citizenship applications, performs background
checks, conducts interviews, and approves work authorizations
and visa extensions. Adopted 242-163
Vote: Yea
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(270) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Citizenship and Immigration Status
June 18, 2004 - Tancredo, R-Colo., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds to assist state or local governments that
have restrictions on exchanging information with the Bureau
of Immigration and Customs on an individual's citizenship
or immigration status. Rejected 148-259
Vote: Yea
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(278) H Res 660: Randy Johnson Tribute - Adoption
June 21, 2004 - Miller, R-Mich., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would congratulate professional
baseball player Randy Johnson for pitching a perfect game
on May 18, 2004. Motion agreed to 367-0
Vote: Shays did not vote, but supports the measure
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(281) H Con Res 449: Ray Charles Tribute - Adoption
June 22, 2004 - Burns, R-Ga., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would honor the life
and accomplishments of the late musician Ray Charles, who
died on June 10, 2004. Motion agreed to 419-0
Vote: Yea
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(282) H Con Res 13: Blues Music Recognition - Adoption
June 22, 2004 - Burns, R-Ga., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would recognize the
importance of blues music to the nation's cultural development
and request that the president issue a proclamation to observe
its importance. Motion agreed to 410-0
Vote: Yea
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(304) H Res 676: Civil Rights Act 40th Anniversary - Adoption
June 24, 2004 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would honor the 40th anniversary
of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Motion agreed
to 414-1
Vote: Yea
Budget, Taxes and the Economy
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(222) HR 4109: Simplified Tax Form for Seniors - Passage
June 02, 2004 - Foley, R-Fla., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would permit taxpayers 65 years and
older who do not itemize their deductions to file their taxes
using a new, simplified "1040S" income tax return
form, based on the 1040EZ tax form. Motion agreed to 418-0
Vote: Yea
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(256) HR 4520: Corporate Tax Overhaul - Previous Question
June 17, 2004 - Reynolds, R-N.Y., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 681) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would revoke an export tax
break for U.S. manufacturers ruled an illegal trade subsidy
by the World Trade Organization and provide for approximately
$140 billion in new corporate tax cuts. Motion agreed to 233-193
Vote: Yea
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(257) HR 4520: Corporate Tax Overhaul - Rule
June 17, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 681) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would revoke
an export tax break for U.S. manufacturers ruled an illegal
trade subsidy by the World Trade Organization and provide
for approximately $140 billion in new corporate tax cuts Adopted
230-195
Vote: Nay
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(258) HR 4520: Corporate Tax Overhaul - Recommit
June 17, 2004 - Rangel, D-N.Y., motion to recommit the bill
to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions to
strike the provisions of the bill and insert language that
would revoke an export tax break for U.S. manufacturers ruled
an illegal trade subsidy by the World Trade Organization.
It also would allow taxpayers to deduct from their federal
taxable income either state sales or state income tax payments.
The cost would be offset by eliminating certain tax provisions,
including denying some tax benefits to domestic corporations
that reincorporate overseas to avoid U.S. income taxes. Motion
rejected 193-235
Vote: Nay
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(259) HR 4520: Corporate Tax Overhaul - Passage
June 17, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would revoke an export
tax break for U.S. manufacturers ruled an illegal trade subsidy
by the World Trade Organization, while providing for approximately
$140 billion in new corporate tax cuts. Revenue raising offsets
would reduce the cost of the bill to $34.4 billion over 11
years. It would include a buyout for tobacco farmers that
could not exceed $9.6 billion. It also would allow the IRS
to hire private collection agencies to recover money from
taxpayers, and require individuals who claim a tax deduction
for a charitable donation of a vehicle to obtain an independent
appraisal of the car. Passed 251-178:
Vote: Nay
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(301) H Res 685: Fiscal 2005 Budget Resolution Revision
- Adoption
June 24, 2004 - Adoption of the resolution that would revise
the conference report on the fiscal 2005 budget resolution
(S Con Res 95) to provide $14.2 billion in additional funds
for education, homeland security, veterans, health and other
programs. The increased spending would be offset by reducing
or eliminating $18.9 billion in tax cuts for couples with
incomes of more than $1 million. The remaining $4.7 billion
would be used for deficit reduction. Rejected 184-230
Vote: Nay
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(302) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Previous Question
June 24, 2004 - Hastings, R-Wash., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 692) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would set statutory caps on
discretionary spending for the next two years, and institute
pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules requiring any mandatory spending
increases to be offset. Motion agreed to 217-197
Vote: Yea
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(303) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Rule
June 24, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 692) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would set statutory
caps on discretionary spending for the next two years, and
institute pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules requiring any mandatory
spending increases to be offset. Adopted 217-197
Vote: Yea
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(305) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Federal Sunset Commission
June 24, 2004 - Brady, R-Texas, amendment no. 1 that would
establish a 12-member Federal Sunset Commission to review
all federal agencies for their efficiency, effectiveness,
redundancy and need. Adopted 272-140
Vote: Yea
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(306) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Budget Categories
June 24, 2004 - Chocola, R-Ind., amendment no. 2 that would
replace the current 20 budget functions in budget resolutions
with the following five categories: mandatory spending; defense
discretionary spending; non-defense discretionary spending,
emergency spending and interest on the debt. Rejected 126-290
Vote: Nay
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(307) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Budget Committee Discretion
June 24, 2004 - Castle, R-Del., amendment no. 3 that would
eliminate the requirement to provide budget authority and
outlays for the 20 separate functions in the budget resolution.
It would grant the House and Senate Budget Committees the
discretion to include any functional categories they deem
appropriate in the budget resolution. Rejected 185-230
Vote: Yea
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(308) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Entitlement Caps
June 24, 2004 - Hensarling, R-Texas, amendment no. 4 that
would impose yearly caps on entitlement spending, excluding
Social Security, which would limit direct spending increases
to inflation and the growth in a given program's eligible
beneficiary population. Rejected 96-317
Vote: Nay
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(309) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Automatic Continuing
Resolution
June 24, 2004 - Hensarling, R-Texas, amendment no. 5 that
would provide for an automatic continuing resolution if appropriations
bills are not passed by the beginning of the fiscal year.
It would set funding levels at or below the prior year's level.
Rejected 111-304
Vote: Yea
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(310) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Budget Analysis
June 24, 2004 - Kirk, R-Ill., amendment no. 6 that would require
the Congressional Budget Office to prepare an annual analysis
comparing budgeted entitlement spending to actual entitlement
spending, with an account-by-account breakdown to show spending
trends. Adopted 289-121
Vote: Yea
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(311) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Joint Budget Resolution
June 24, 2004 - Ryan, R-Wis., amendment no. 7 that would change
the current non-binding budget resolution from a concurrent
resolution to a joint resolution that requires the president's
signature. The joint resolution would have the force of law
if signed by the president. Rejected 97-312
Vote: Yea
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(312) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Budget Protection Accounts
June 24, 2004 - Ryan, R-Wisc., amendment no. 8 that would
establish Budget Protection Accounts for mandatory and discretionary
spending which would allow Congress to place budget savings
in a "lockbox" to be used for deficit reduction
at the end of the fiscal year. Rejected 137-272
Vote: Yea
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(313) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Expedited Rescissions
June 24, 2004 - Ryan, R-Wisc., amendment no. 9 that would
provide for expedited congressional consideration of presidential
proposals to eliminate specific spending items in appropriations
bills. Rejected 174-237
Vote: Yea
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(314) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Democratic Substitute
June 24, 2004 - Spratt, D-S.C., substitute amendment no. 15
that would extend pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules through Sept.
30, 2009, requiring any mandatory spending increases or new
tax cuts to be offset. It also would impose discretionary
spending caps of $832.5 billion in fiscal 2005 and $856.9
billion in fiscal 2006. Rejected 179-233
Vote: Nay
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(315) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Hensarling Substitute
June 24, 2004 - Hensarling, R-Texas, substitute amendment
no. 16 that would make several major changes to the current
budget process including altering the existing non-binding
concurrent budget resolution into a joint budget resolution
that could have the force of law and requiring a two-thirds
supermajority vote in both houses for over-budget spending.
Rejected 88-326
Vote: Nay
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(316) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Kirk Substitute
June 24, 2004 - Kirk, R-Ill., substitute amendment no. 17
that would make several changes to the current budget process
including imposing pay-as-you-go offset requirements on mandatory
spending increases for the next three years. It also would
place a cap on entitlement spending, with the exception of
Social Security and Medicare, and require automatic cuts in
entitlement spending in any year in which spending exceeds
the cap. Rejected 120-296
Vote: Yea --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(317) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Recommit
June 25, 2004 - Stenholm, D-Texas, motion to recommit the
bill to the House Budget Committee with instructions to restore
pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules for both tax cuts and mandatory
spending. Motion rejected 196-218
Vote: Nay
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(318) HR 4663: Budget Enforcement - Passage
June 25, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would set statutory
caps on discretionary spending for the next two years, and
institute pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules that require any mandatory
spending increases to be offset. The bill, as amended, would
require the Congressional Budget Office to prepare an annual
analysis comparing budgeted entitlement spending to actual
entitlement spending, with an account-by-account breakdown
to show spending trends. Rejected 146-268
Vote: Yea
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(324) HR 4614: Fiscal 2005 Energy and Water Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 25, 2004 - Hefley, R-Colo., amendment that would reduce
total discretionary funding in the bill by 1 percent. Rejected
68-319
Vote: Nay
Business, Trade and Consumer Affairs
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(268) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Offshore Contracts
June 18, 2004 - DeLauro, D-Conn., amendment that would prevent
the use of funds in the bill to issue work orders under contracts
with U.S. companies that incorporate offshore to avoid U.S.
taxes. Rejected 182-221
Vote: Nay
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(276) H Res 591: Community Bank Appreciation - Adoption
June 21, 2004 - Renzi, R-Ariz., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would support the designation
of a "Community Banking Month" to raise public awareness
and appreciation of community banking institutions. Motion
agreed to 364-0
Vote: Shays did not vote, but supports the measure
Congress and Federal Elections
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(213) H J Res 83: Continuity of Congress Constitutional
Amendment - Previous Question
June 02, 2004 - Hastings, R-Wash., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 657) to provide for House floor
consideration of a joint resolution to propose a constitutional
amendment that would allow state governors to appoint new
House members in the event many were killed or incapacitated.
Adopted 215-195
Vote: Yea
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(214) H J Res 83: Continuity of Congress Constitutional
Amendment - Rule
June 02, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 657) to provide
for House floor consideration of a joint resolution to propose
a constitutional amendment that would allow state governors
to appoint new House members in the event many were killed
or incapacitated. Adopted 211-200
Vote: Yea
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(218) H J Res 83: Continuity of Congress Constitutional
Amendment - Recommit
June 02, 2004 - Lofgren, D-Calif., motion to recommit the
bill to the House Judiciary Committee with instructions to
hold hearings on a constitutional amendment addressing the
continuity of Congress. Motion rejected 194-221
Vote: Nay
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(219) H J Res 83: Continuity of Congress Constitutional
Amendment - Passage
June 02, 2004 - Passage of the joint resolution to propose
a constitutional amendment that would allow state governors
to appoint new House members in the event many were killed
or incapacitated. Each member would be allowed to choose two
potential successors who could be appointed in the event of
a catastrophe, until special elections could be held. Rejected
63-353
Vote: Nay
Defense and National Security
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(212) H Con Res 417: Tuskegee Airmen Tribute - Adoption
June 01, 2004 - Cole, R-Okla., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would express the
sense of Congress that the U.S. Air Force should continue
to honor and learn from the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American
World War II fighter pilots. Motion agreed to 378-0
Vote: Yea
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(220) S J Res 28: 60th Anniversary of D-Day - Passage
June 02, 2004 - Ryun, R-Kan., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the joint resolution that would recognize the 60th
anniversary of D-Day, the Allied landing at Normandy during
World War II, and request that the president issue a proclamation
calling on the American people to commemorate the day. Motion
agreed to 419-0
Vote: Yea
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(221) H Con Res 413: World War II Women Tribute - Adoption
June 02, 2004 - McKeon, R-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would honor women's
contributions to the nation during World War II. Motion agreed
to 417-0
Vote: Yea
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(234) HR 4323: Emergency Defense Acquisitions - Passage
June 14, 2004 - Hunter, R-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would authorize the Defense secretary
to waive certain acquisition regulations in order to obtain
equipment needed by a military commander to prevent combat
fatalities.
Motion agreed to 285-97
Vote: Shays did not vote, but supports the measure
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(279) HR 4613: Fiscal 2005 Defense Appropriations - Previous
Question
June 22, 2004 - Myrick, R-N.C., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 683) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would appropriate $418 billion
for defense programs for fiscal 2005. The rule also would
allow a debt limit increase to be added to the bill in conference.
Motion agreed to 220-196
Vote: Yea
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(280) HR 4613: Fiscal 2005 Defense Appropriations - Rule
June 22, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 683) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would appropriate
$418 billion for defense programs for fiscal 2005. The rule
also would allow a debt limit increase to be added to the
bill in conference. Adopted 221-197
Vote: Yea
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(284) HR 4613: Fiscal 2005 Defense Appropriations - Passage
June 22, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate
$417 billion for defense programs for fiscal 2005, including
$25 billion in emergency funding for operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan. The total includes $120.6 billion for operations
and maintenance, $77.4 billion for procurement and $9.7 billion
for ballistic missile defense programs. It would provide $2.9
billion for the Army's "Future Combat System" of
new weapons, vehicles, aircraft, and computers, while allowing
the Pentagon to proceed with its plan to lease or buy 100
refueling tankers for the Air Force. It also would appropriate
$104.2 billion for personnel, including $200 million to fund
an additional 13,000 active-duty Army and Marine Corps personnel.
Passed 403-17
Vote: Yea
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(286) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Previous Question
June 23, 2004 - Myrick, R-N.C., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 686) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would authorize classified
amounts in fiscal 2005 for U.S. intelligence activities and
agencies including the CIA, the National Security Agency,
the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and the Defense Intelligence
Agency. Motion agreed to 222-200
Vote: Yea
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(287) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Rule
June 23, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 686) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would authorize
classified amounts in fiscal 2005 for U.S. intelligence activities
and agencies including the CIA, the National Security Agency,
the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and the Defense Intelligence
Agency. Adopted 220-200
Vote: Yea
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(291) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Libyan Disarmament
June 23, 2004 - Boehlert, R-N.Y., amendment no. 3 that would
express the sense of Congress that the world has been made
safer with the removal of Libya's weapons of mass destruction
and acknowledge that the disarmament would not have been possible
without U.S. resolve in the war on terror. Adopted 335-83
Vote: Yea
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(292) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Terrorist Detentions
June 23, 2004 - Johnson, R-Texas, amendment no. 4 that would
express the sense of Congress that the apprehension, detention,
and interrogation of terrorists are fundamental to the successful
prosecution of the war on terror. Adopted 366-51
Vote: Yea
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(293) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Intelligence Community Support
June 23, 2004 - Rogers, R-Mich., amendment no. 5 that would
express the sense of Congress in support of the efforts of
the intelligence community. Adopted 222-195
Vote: Yea
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(294) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Iraq Oil-for-Food Program
June 23, 2004 - Shays, R-Conn., amendment no. 7 that would
express the sense of Congress that the heads of each intelligence
agency should make information about the U.N. Iraq Oil-for-Food
Program available to congressional committees. Adopted 419-0
Vote: Yea
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(295) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Iraq-al Qaeda Connections
June 23, 2004 - Kucinich, D-Ohio, amendment no. 8 that would
direct the CIA's inspector general to audit the evidence of
the pre-Sept. 11, 2001, relationship between Saddam Hussein's
regime and al Qaeda. Adopted 343-76
Vote: Yea
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(296) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Open-Source Intelligence
June 23, 2004 - Simmons, R-Conn., amendment no. 9 that would
direct the Director of Central Intelligence to report to Congress
on the progress the intelligence community is making in utilizing
open source intelligence. Adopted 417-1
Vote: Yea
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(297) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Treatment of Prisoners
June 23, 2004 - Reyes, D-Texas, amendment no. 10 that would
withhold 25 percent of the funds available to intelligence
agencies, including the CIA, until the appropriate congressional
committees receive all documents related to the handling and
treatment of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay
and elsewhere. Rejected 149-270
Vote: Nay
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(298) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Terrorist Detentions
June 23, 2004 - Johnson, R-Texas, amendment no. 4 that would
express the sense of Congress that the apprehension, detention,
and interrogation of terrorists are fundamental to the successful
prosecution of the war on terror. Adopted 304-116
Vote: Yea
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(299) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Recommit
June 23, 2004 - Peterson, D-Minn., motion to recommit the
bill to the House Intelligence Committee with instructions
to increase to 100 percent authorizations for counter-terrorism
programs. Motion rejected 197-224
Vote: Nay
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(300) HR 4548: Fiscal 2005 Intelligence Authorization -
Passage
June 23, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would authorize classified
amounts in fiscal 2005 for U.S. intelligence activities and
agencies including the CIA, the National Security Agency,
the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and the Defense Intelligence
Agency. The bill, as amended, would direct the CIA's inspector
general to audit the evidence of the pre-Sept. 11, 2001, relationship
between Saddam Hussein's regime and al Qaeda. Passed 360-61
Vote: Yea
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(322) HR 4614: Fiscal 2005 Energy and Water Appropriations
- Defense Non-Proliferation Programs
June 25, 2004 - Wilson, R-N.M., amendment that would increase
funding for defense-related nuclear non-proliferation programs
by $5 million to be offset by cuts in administrative funds.
Rejected 163-224
Vote: Nay
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(323) HR 4614: Fiscal 2005 Energy and Water Appropriations
- Global Threat Reduction
June 25, 2004 - Meehan, D-Mass., amendment that would increase
funding for the Global Threat Reduction initiative by $30
million, while decreasing funding for nuclear weapons programs
by the same amount. Rejected 151-235
Vote: Yea
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(327) H Con Res 257: Posthumous Medal of Freedom - Adoption
July 06, 2004 - Miller, R-Mich., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would express the
sense of the Congress that the late Harry W. Colmery, a previous
national commander of the American Legion, should be posthumously
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his legal and
military contributions to the nation. Motion agreed to 381-1
Vote: Yea
Enviornment, Energy, Science and Technology
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(236) HR 4503, HR4517: Energy Policy and Oil Facility Expansion
- Previous Question
June 15, 2004 - Hastings, R-Wash., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 671) to provide for House floor
consideration of a bill that would implement a comprehensive
national policy for energy conservation, research and development
and a bill that would make it easier to build and expand oil
refineries. Motion agreed to 218-197
Vote: Nay
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(237) HR 4503, HR4517: Energy Policy and Oil Facility Expansion
- Rule
June 15, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 671) to provide
for House floor consideration a bill that would implement
a comprehensive national policy for energy conservation, research
and development and a bill that would make it easier to build
and expand oil refineries. Adopted 225-193
Vote: Nay
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(238) HR 4513, HR4529: Alternative Energy Projects and
ANWR Drilling - Previous Question
June 15, 2004 - Reynolds, R-N.Y., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 672) to provide for House floor
consideration of a bill that would streamline licensing and
siting for alternative energy projects on federal lands and
a bill that would open a portion of Alaska's Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas exploration.
Motion agreed to 221-198
Vote: Yea
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(239) HR 4513, HR4529: Alternative Energy Projects and
ANWR Drilling - Rule
June 15, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 672) to provide
for House floor consideration of a bill that would streamline
licensing and siting for alternative energy projects on federal
lands and a bill that would open a portion of Alaska's Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas exploration.
Adopted 226-193
Vote: Yea
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(240) HR 4503: Energy Policy - Recommit
June 15, 2004 - Dingell, D-Mich., motion to recommit the bill
to the Energy and Commerce Committee with instructions to
strike the provisions and insert language aimed at reducing
fraud and manipulation of energy markets and preventing future
blackouts. It also would defer deliveries of crude oil to
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to control the
costs of gasoline. Motion rejected 192-230
Vote: Yea
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(241) HR 4503: Energy Policy - Passage
June 15, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would implement a
comprehensive national policy for energy conservation, research
and development. It would authorize $25.7 billion in tax breaks
over 10 years, including $11.9 billion to encourage oil and
gas production, $2.5 billion for "clean coal" programs,
$2.2 billion in incentives for alternative motor vehicles,
and $1.8 billion for the electric power industry and other
businesses. It would authorize $18 billion in loan guarantees
for a natural gas pipeline from Alaska. It would require that
gasoline sold in the United States contain an increased volume
of ethanol. Makers of the gasoline additive MTBE would be
protected from liability, but would have to cease production
of the additive by 2015. The bill would also impose reliability
standards for electricity transmission networks and ease restrictions
on utility ownership and mergers. Passed 244-178
Vote: Nay
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(242) HR 4513: Alternative Energy Projects - Passage
June 15, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would streamline
licensing and siting for alternative energy projects on federal
lands. Federal agencies would not be required to identify
different project locations, other than the proposed action
and a "no action" alternative, when preparing an
environmental assessment or impact statement for a renewable
energy project. Passed 229-186
Vote: Nay
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(245) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Rule
June 16, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 674) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would appropriate
$19.5 billion for the Interior Department, related agencies
and programs in fiscal 2005. Adopted 428-1
Vote: Yea
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(246) HR 4517: Oil Refinery Expansion - Passage
June 16, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would make it easier
to build and expand oil refineries. It would designate the
Department of Energy as the "lead agency" with authority
over environmental reviews for refinery expansion and rebuilding,
replacing the current system which is spread over several
agencies. Passed 239-192
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(247) HR 4545: Gasoline Price Reduction - Passage
June 16, 2004 - Barton, R-Texas, motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would amend the Clean Air Act to allow
the EPA to grant limited waivers from a state's fuel additive
requirements during periods of fuel shortages. The bill would
also impose a nationwide cap on the number of specialty fuel
blends. Motion rejected 236-194
Vote: Nay
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(249) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - U.S.
Forest Service Funds
June 16, 2004 - Tancredo, R-Colo., amendment that would provide
an additional $23 million for the U.S. Forest Service and
reduce funds for the National Endowment for the Arts by $60
million. Rejected 112-313
Vote: Nay
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(250) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Wildfire
Fuel Reduction
June 16, 2004 - Hooley, D-Ore., amendment that would increase
funding for wildfire fuel-reduction programs by $6 million.
It would be offset by decreasing appropriations to other programs
covered under the bill. Rejected 186-241
Vote: Nay
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(251) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Energy
Smart Schools
June 16, 2004 - Sanders, I-Vt., amendment that would provide
$1 million for the Energy Smart Schools Program, which aims
to improve the energy-efficiency of school buildings. Rejected
199-227
Vote: Yea
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(253) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Tongass
National Forest
June 16, 2004 - Chabot, R-Ohio, amendment no. 2 that would
block the use of funds to plan or construct forest development
roads in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska for the purposes
of harvesting timber. Adopted 222-205
Vote: Yea
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(254) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Forest
Management Plans
June 16, 2004 - Udall, D-N.M., amendment no. 3 that would
prohibit funds from being used to finalize or implement regulations
that would change scientific and public input criteria related
to developing forest management plans. Rejected 195-230
Vote: Yea
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(261) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Bison
in Yellowstone Park
June 17, 2004 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment no. 18 that would
bar funds from being used to kill, or assist in killing, bison
in Yellowstone National Park. Rejected 202-215
Vote: Nay
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(262) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Strategic
Petroleum Reserve
June 17, 2004 - Sanders, I-Vt., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds to maintain more than 647 million barrels
of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the level in the
reserve as of mid-March 2004. Rejected 152-267
Vote: Nay
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(263) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Snowmobiles
in Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks
June 17, 2004 - Holt, D-N.J., amendment no. 4 that would block
funds from being used to do anything inconsistent with the
phase out of recreational snowmobile use in Yellowstone and
Grand Teton National Parks. Rejected 198-224
Vote: Yea
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(264) HR 4568: Fiscal 2005 Interior Appropriations - Passage
June 17, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate
$19.5 billion for the Interior Department, related agencies
and programs in fiscal 2005. The bill would provide $3.6 billion
for fighting wildfires, including $1 billion in supplemental
funding -- $500 million in each of fiscal 2004 and 2005 --
that could be released for emergency fire conditions. It also
would provide $3 billion for the Indian Health Service. The
bill, as amended, would increase spending for the arts and
humanities by $13.5 million and block the use of funds to
plan or construct forest development roads in the Tongass
National Forest in Alaska for harvesting timber. Passed 334-86
Vote: Nay
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(320) HR 4614: Fiscal 2005 Energy and Water Appropriations
- Previous Question
June 25, 2004 - Sessions, R-Texas, motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 694) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would provide $28.5 billion
in fiscal 2005 spending for energy and water development projects,
$50 million more than the president's request. Motion agreed
to 209-182
Vote: Yea
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(321) HR 4614: Fiscal 2005 Energy and Water Appropriations
- Renewable Energy Programs
June 25, 2004 - Sanders, I-Vt., amendment that would increase
funding for renewable energy sources by $30 million, to be
offset by a decrease in the Advanced Simulation and Computing
program in the weapons activities budget. Rejected 150-241
Vote: Yea
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(325) HR 4614: Fiscal 2005 Energy and Water Appropriations
- Passage
June 25, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would provide $28.5
billion in fiscal 2005 spending for energy and water development
projects, $50 million more than the president's request. It
would provide $4.8 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers
and $9 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration.
It also would provide $131 million for the Yucca Mountain
nuclear waste repository. The bill, as amended, would prohibit
funds from being used to deny the public release of documents
relating to the investigation of alleged manipulations of
Western energy markets. Passed 370-16
Vote: Yea
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings,
and District of Columbia
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(229) H Res 663: Ronald Reagan Condolences - Adoption
June 08, 2004 - Adoption of the resolution that would express
profound regret and sorrow on the death of former President
Ronald Reagan, who died on June 5, 2004. Adopted 355-0
Vote: Yea
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(231) H Res 664: Ronald Reagan Tribute - Adoption
June 09, 2004 - Adoption of the resolution that would express
appreciation for former President Ronald Reagan's public service
and condolences to the Reagan family. Reagan died June 5,
2004. Adopted 375-0
Vote: Yea
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(235) H Res 653: George Bush's 80th Birthday - Adoption
June 14, 2004 - Carter, R-Texas, motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would congratulate former President
George Bush on his 80th birthday.
Motion agreed to 381-0
Vote: Shays did not vote, but supports the measure
Foreign Affairs
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(228) H Res 655: Tiananmen Square Protesters - Adoption
June 03, 2004 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would express sympathy for the
families of those killed, tortured, and imprisoned for their
participation in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, while
condemning the ongoing human rights abuses by the Chinese
government. Motion agreed to 400-1
Vote: Yea
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(232) H J Res 97: Myanmar Sanctions - Passage
June 14, 2004 - Thomas, R-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the joint resolution that would extend for one year
import restrictions on products from Myanmar, formerly known
as Burma, until the president certifies that the Myanmar government
has made significant progress toward practicing democracy
and ending human rights violations. Motion agreed to 372-2
Vote: Shays did not vote, but supports the measure
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(289) HR 4053: Caucus of Democratic Countries - Passage
June 23, 2004 - Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would call on the State Department
to establish a caucus of democratic countries at the United
Nations and other international organizations that would promote
common positions on issues. It also would encourage the State
Department to reform the criteria for U.N. membership to ensure
that members do not violate the principles of the organization.
Motion agreed to 365-56
Vote: Yea
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(290) H Con Res 460: U.S. Approval of Israeli Plan - Adoption
June 23, 2004 - Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would endorse
President Bush's approval of Israeli plans to unilaterally
withdraw from Gaza, maintain some Israeli settlements in the
West Bank and effectively reject Palestinian refugees' "right
of return" to what is now Israel. The resolution states
that Congress would support efforts to continue working with
others in the international community to assist Palestinian
efforts to fight terrorism. Motion agreed to 407-9
Vote: Yea
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(319) H Res 691: Iraqi Sovereignty - Adoption
June 25, 2004 - Adoption of the resolution that would congratulate
the interim government of Iraq on its pending assumption of
sovereign authority and reaffirm that U.S. armed forces operating
in Iraq after June 30, 2004, will remain under the full authority
of U.S. commanders. Adopted 352-57
Vote: Yea
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(326) H Con Res 410: Marshall Islands Constitution Anniversary
- Adoption
July 06, 2004 - Flake, R-Ariz., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would recognize the
25th anniversary of the adoption of the constitution of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands and recognize the nation
as an important ally of the United States. Motion agreed to
379-0
Vote: Yea
Health Care
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(226) HR 3866: Steroid Control - Passage
June 03, 2004 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would broaden a ban on anabolic
steroids to include products made with any of more than 50
performance-enhancing supplements. Motion agreed to 408-3
Vote: Yea
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(233) H Res 669: Prostate Cancer Awareness - Adoption
June 14, 2004 - Deal, R-Ga., motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution that would express the sense of the House
in commending health organizations for their efforts in supplying
information about screening and treatment options for prostate
cancer. It also would recommend that the government ensure
that health care providers supply prostate cancer patients
with accurate information about various treatments. Motion
agreed to 377-3
Vote: Shays did not vote, but supports the measure
Housing
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(277) HR 4363: Homeownership Assistance - Passage
June 21, 2004 - Green, R-Wis., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would allow low-to moderate-income
homebuyers to accumulate supplemental equity for helping to
build homes with Habitat for Humanity. Motion agreed to 368-0
Vote: Shays did not vote, but supports the measure
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(285) H Res 658: National Homeownership Month - Adoption
June 22, 2004 - Miller, R-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would recognize National Homeownership
Month and the importance of homeownership in the United States.
Motion agreed to 415-2
Vote: Yea
Labor
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(215) HR 444: Job Training and Worker Services - Previous
Question
June 02, 2004 - Pryce, R-Ohio, motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on a technical correction to the rule (H Res 656) to provide
for House floor consideration of a bill that would authorize
personal accounts and grants of up to $3,000 for unemployed
individuals to use for job training or for services that might
help in an employment search.
Motion agreed to 214-196
Vote: Yea
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(216) HR 444: Job Training and Worker Services - Technical
Correction
June 02, 2004 - Pryce, R-Ohio, amendment that would make a
technical correction to the rule (H Res 656) to provide for
House floor consideration of a bill that would authorize personal
accounts and grants of up to $3,000 for unemployed individuals
to use for job training or for services that might help in
an employment search. The amendment would strike the reference
to HR 4410 and replacing it with HR 4411. Adopted 320-96
Vote: Yea
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(217) HR 444: Job Training and Worker Services - Rule
June 02, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 656) to provide
for House floor consideration of a bill that would authorize
personal accounts and grants of up to $3,000 for unemployed
individuals to use for job training or for services that might
help in an employment search. The rule, as amended, would
provide for the addition of the texts of a bill (HR 4409)
that would tighten standards for teacher training programs
at colleges and universities, and a bill (HR 4411) that would
authorize up to $120 million for post-secondary education
programs. The rule specifies that if more than one of the
bills passes the House, the text of those bills shall be combined
into one measure. Adopted 220-196
Vote: Yea
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(224) HR 444: Job Training and Worker Services - Recommit
June 03, 2004 - Kildee, D-Mich., motion to recommit the bill
to the House Education and Workforce Committee with instructions
to authorize an extension of the federal program to provide
an additional 13 weeks of unemployment benefits for people
who have exhausted their state jobless benefits. Motion rejected
199-216
Vote: Yea
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(225) HR 444: Job Training and Worker Services - Passage
June 03, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would authorize personal
accounts and grants of up to $3,000 for unemployed individuals
to use for job training or for services that might help in
an employment search. Workers who find a job before receiving
13 weeks of unemployment compensation could receive the balance
remaining in their accounts as a cash re-employment bonus.
Passed 213-203
Vote: Yea
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(283) HR 4613: Fiscal 2005 Defense Appropriations - Civilian
Worker Regulations
June 22, 2004 - Inslee, D-Wash., amendment that would prohibit
funds from being used to suspend or modify regulations that
protect civilian Defense Department employees' collective
bargaining and due process rights. Rejected 202-218
Vote: Nay
Transportation
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(227) HR 3550: Surface Transportation - Motion to Instruct
June 03, 2004 - Oberstar, D-Minn., motion to instruct House
conferees to insist on the "Safe Routes to School"
provisions in the House-passed bill, which provide $1 billion
over six years for a grant program that encourages walking
and biking by students.
Motion agreed to 377-30
Vote: Yea
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(288) HR 4635: Surface Transportation Extension - Passage
June 23, 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 month,
through July 31, 2004. The bill includes $27 billion in contract
authority for federal-aid highway programs. Motion agreed
to 418-0
Vote: Yea
War on Terror
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(243) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Previous Question
June 16, 2004 - L. Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., motion to order the
previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 675) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would appropriate $33.1 billion
in fiscal 2005 for the Department of Homeland Security. Motion
agreed to 224-205
Vote: Yea
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(244) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Rule
June 16, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 675) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would appropriate
$33.1 billion in fiscal 2005 for the Department of Homeland
Security. Adopted 234-197
Vote: Yea
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(265) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Baggage Screener Cap
June 18, 2004 - DeFazio, D-Ore., amendment that would strike
language in the bill capping the number of full-time aviation
screeners at 45,000. Rejected 180-228
Vote: Nay
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(266) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- High-Threat Urban Areas
June 18, 2004 - Sweeney, R-N.Y., amendment that would transfer
$450 million from formula-based state and local homeland security
programs to discretionary terrorism prevention programs for
high-threat, high-density urban areas, such as New York City.
Rejected 171-237
Vote: Yea
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(267) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Research and Development
June 18, 2004 - Jackson-Lee, D-Texas, amendment that would
increase funding for research and development by $10 million
while decreasing by $10 million funding for management expenses.
Rejected 137-269
Vote: Nay
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(271) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Urban Area Security
June 18, 2004 - Maloney, D-N.Y., amendment that would limit
to 80 the total number of grants available under the Urban
Area Security Initiative, which provides discretionary funds
to high-threat, high-density urban areas. Rejected 113-292
Vote: Yea
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(272) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Privacy Study
June 18, 2004 - Sabo, D-Minn., amendment that would authorize
$2 million from the aviation security account for use by the
Department of Homeland Security's privacy officer to conduct
privacy impact assessments. Rejected 199-205
Vote: Nay
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(273) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Unscreened Cargo
June 18, 2004 - Markey, D-Mass., amendment that would bar
the use of funds to approve, renew or implement any aviation
cargo security plan that allows the transporting of unscreened
or uninspected cargo on passenger planes. Rejected 191-211
Vote: Yea
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(274) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- State-Wide Security Guard Contracts
June 18, 2004 - Velazquez, D-N.Y., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill for the Federal Protective Service
to terminate small business contracts and enter into statewide
contracts for security guard services. Rejected 201-205
Vote: Nay
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(275) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Passage
June 18, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would provide a total
of $33.1 billion in fiscal 2005 for the Department of Homeland
Security. It would include $20.6 billion in appropriations
for security, enforcement and investigation activities, such
as the Bureau of Immigration and Customs, the Coast Guard
and the Secret Service. It would provide $5.1 billion for
the Transportation and Security Administration. It also would
provide $4.1 billion for the Office of State and Local Coordination
and Preparedness, including $3.4 billion for state and local
homeland security grant programs. The bill, as amended, would
prohibit the use of funds to privatize or contract out services
provided by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Passed 400-5
Vote: Yea
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