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Christopher's
Votes - October, 2004
Arts, Immigration, Social Services and
other Domestic Issues
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(502) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Motion to Instruct
October 07, 2004 - Sabo, D-Minn., motion to instruct House conferees
to insist on a conference report that would include the highest
possible funding levels for homeland security first-responders,
domestic preparedness, emergency management performance grants,
fire grants, flood maps and disaster mitigation programs. Motion
agreed to 395-16
Vote: Yea
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(516) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Deportation Requirements
October 08, 2004 - Green, R-Wis., amendment that would provide
that all terrorist-related grounds of inadmissibility would
also be grounds for deportation. It also would make it an inadmissible
and deportable offense to attend a terrorist training camp,
and it would strengthen the grounds of inadmissibility and deportability
regarding monetary or material support to terrorist organizations.
Adopted 283-132
Vote: Yea
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(517) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Expedited Deportation
of Aliens
October 08, 2004 - Smith, R-N.J., amendment that would remove
the section of the bill that would require expedited removal
of aliens that have been in the country for fewer than five
years without a hearing or future review. Adopted 212-203
Vote: Yea
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(518) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Asylum Rights and Refugee
Protections
October 08, 2004 - Smith, R-N.J., amendment that would remove
the section of the bill that restricts asylum rights and refugee
protections. Rejected 197-219
Vote: Yea
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(519) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Border Construction
October 08, 2004 - Ose, R-Calif., amendment that would expedite
construction to fill two gaps in the 14-mile barrier along the
U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, Calif. Adopted 256-160
Vote: Nay
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(521) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Expedited Deportation
of Aliens
October 08, 2004 - Separate vote at the request of Sensenbrenner,
R-Wis., on the Smith, R-N.J., amendment that would remove the
section of the bill that would require expedited removal of
aliens who have been in the country for fewer than five years
without a hearing or future review. Rejected 203-210
Vote: Nay
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(525) S 2845: Intelligence Overhaul - Motion to Instruct
October 08, 2004 - Gutierrez, D-Ill., motion to instruct House
conferees to reject certain immigrant provisions in the bill,
including language that would allow the expedited removal of
undocumented individuals and those who restrict asylum rights
and refugee protections. Motion rejected 169-229
Vote: Nay
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(530) HR 4567: Fiscal 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Adoption
October 09, 2004 - Adoption of the conference report on the
bill that would appropriate $33.1 billion in fiscal 2005 for
the Department of Homeland Security and related agencies. The
bill includes $6.3 billion for customs and border protection;
$5.2 billion for the Transportation Security Administration;
$7.4 billion for the Coast Guard; $1.2 billion for the Secret
Service and $5.5 billion for emergency preparedness and response,
including $3.1 billion for the state and local programs. Adopted
(thus sent to the Senate) 368-0
Vote: Yea
Budget, Taxes and the Economy
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(500) HR 5212: Fiscal 2005 Supplemental Appropriations -
Discretionary Funding Cut
October 06, 2004 - Hensarling, R-Texas, amendment that would
offset the $11 billion cost of the emergency supplemental with
a proportional reduction of fiscal 2005 discretionary funding.
It would exempt the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security
and Veterans Affairs from the funding cut. Rejected 89-321
Vote: Nay
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(506) HR 4520: Corporate Tax Overhaul - Consideration of
Rule
October 07, 2004 - Adoption of the resolution (H Res 828) that
would waive the two-thirds vote requirement for same day consideration
of the rule (H Res 830) to provide for House floor consideration
of the conference report on 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 $137 billion
in new tax cuts. Adopted 222-195
Vote: Yea
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(507) S 1134: Economic Development Administration - Passage
October 07, 2004 - LaTourette, R-Ohio, motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would reauthorize the Commerce
Department's Economic Development Administration through 2008.
It would allow the agency to spend $2.3 billion on grants for
projects in economically distressed areas for fiscal 2004 through
2008, and an additional $33 million for fiscal 2004 administrative
expenses. Motion agreed to 388-31
Vote: Yea
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(509) HR 4520: Corporate Tax Overhaul - Conference Report
October 07, 2004 - Adoption of the conference report on the
bill that would repeal an export provision in the U.S. tax code
that has been ruled an unfair subsidy by the World Trade Organization,
and would provide for $137 billion in new tax cuts for corporations
over 10 years. It also includes a $10 billion buyout of tobacco
farmers. The cost of the tax breaks would be offset by curbs
on tax-avoidance practices. Adopted (thus sent to the Senate)
280-141
Vote: Yea
Congress and Federal Elections
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(526) H Res 845: DeLay Investigation of Conduct - Motion
to Table
October 08, 2004 - Blunt, R-Mo., motion to table (kill) the
Pelosi, D-Calif., resolution that would authorize and direct
the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to establish
an investigative subcommittee to determine whether there is
substantial reason to believe that Majority Leader Tom DeLay,
R-Texas, has violated the House's Code of Official Conduct or
other relevant laws, rules or regulations. It also would allow
the committee to retain a special counsel to assist in its investigation.
Motion agreed to 210-182
Vote: Yea
Crime, Drugs and Judicial Affairs
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(490) S 878: Additional Federal Judgeships - Previous Question
October 05, 2004 - Sessions, R-Texas, motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 814) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would create new district and
circuit court judgeships. Motion agreed to 198-171
Vote: Yea
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(491) S 878: Additional Federal Judgeships - Rule
October 05, 2004 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 814) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would create
new district and circuit court judgeships. Adopted 206-173
Vote: Yea
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(492) S 878: Additional Federal Judgeships - Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals Division
October 05, 2004 - Simpson, R-Idaho, amendment that would split
the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit into three
circuits. It would reorganize the 9th Circuit to include California,
Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. It also would
create a new 12th Circuit made up of Arizona, Idaho, Montana
and Nevada and a new 13th Circuit made up of Alaska, Oregon
and Washington. Adopted 205-194
Vote: Nay
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(493) S 878: Additional Federal Judgeships - Recommit
October 05, 2004 - Berman, D-Calif., motion to recommit the
bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to add a section
that would allow for an appeal of a judge's decision to not
recuse himself from a particular case. Motion rejected 190-216
Vote: Nay
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(497) HR 5107: DNA Testing - Passage
October 06, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would authorize
grants designed to help states eliminate the backlog in the
testing of DNA samples, promote use of forensic technology to
identify missing persons and train first-responders in the handling
of biological crime evidence. It would establish new procedures
to allow inmates to obtain post-conviction DNA testing and authorize
$755 million over five years to speed the processing of unanalyzed
biological crime evidence. The bill also would create a new
set of statutory victims' rights. Passed 393-14
Vote: Yea
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(512) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Drug Enforcement Administration
October 08, 2004 - Kirk, R-Ill., amendment that would require
the president to submit a report to the House and Senate Select
Intelligence and Judiciary committees within 180 days of enactment
of the bill detailing the practicality of incorporating the
Drug Enforcement Administration into the intelligence community.
Adopted 414-0
Vote: Yea
Defense and National Security
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(494) HR 163: Reinstatement of the Draft - Passage
October 05, 2004 - McHugh, R-N.Y., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would require all citizens age 18 and
26 to perform two years of service in the military, the commissioned
corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
or the Public Health Service. Individuals with disabilities
or those with conscientious objections could participate in
designated civilian activities promoting national security or
homeland defense. Motion rejected 2-402
Vote: Nay
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(496) HR 5011: Sale of Financial Policies on Military Bases
- Passage
October 05, 2004 - Baker, R-La., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would ban the sale of contractual plan
mutual funds on military bases and grant state insurance commissioners
the authority to regulate most insurance sales to military personnel.
It also would require the Defense Department to create a registry
of agents who are prohibited from selling financial policies
on military bases. Motion agreed to 396-2
Vote: Yea
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(524) HR 4200: Fiscal 2005 Defense Authorization - Previous
Question
October 08, 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 843) to provide for House floor
consideration of the conference report on the bill that would
authorize $445.6 billion for the Defense Department and Energy
Department's national security programs. Motion agreed to 225-175
Vote: Yea
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(528) HR 4200: Fiscal 2005 Defense Authorization - Adoption
October 09, 2004 - Adoption of the conference report on the
bill that would authorize $445.6 billion for the Defense Department
and Energy Department's national security programs. It would
authorize $25 billion in additional funds for operations in
Iraq and provide more than $2 billion for increased protection
of U.S. troops there. It would maintain the 2005 schedule for
military base closings and require the Army and Marine Corps
to increase their numbers by 20,000 and 3,000, respectively,
in fiscal 2005. It also would direct the Air Force to purchase
up to 100 refueling tanker planes under competitive bidding
and provide for a 3.5 percent pay increase for military personnel.
Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 359-14
Vote: Yea
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(529) HR 4837: Fiscal 2005 Military Construction Appropriations
- Adoption
October 09, 2004 - Adoption of the conference report on the
bill that would provide $10 billion for military construction,
and family and troop housing. It would provide $5.5 billion
for military construction projects, $4.1 billion for military
and family housing and $246 million for base realignment and
closure activities. It also includes $14.5 billion in supplement
appropriations: $11.6 billion for aid to hurricane victims and
$2.9 billion to assist farmers hurt by droughts and hurricanes.
Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 374-0
Vote: Yea
Education
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(505) HR 5186: Student Loan Guarantees and Forgiveness -
Passage
October 07, 2004 - Boehner, R-Ohio, motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would eliminate for one year loan guarantees
that allow some lenders to receive a 9.5 percent rate of return
on certain student loans compared to the current market rate
of about 3.5 percent paid by most students. It also would increase,
from $5,000 to $17,500, the amount of loan forgiveness for math,
science and special-education teachers who agree to teach for
five or more years in elementary and secondary schools in high-poverty
areas. Motion agreed to 414-0
Vote: Yea
Enviornment, Energy, Science and Technology
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(488) S 1814: Federal Land Transfer - Passage
October 04, 2004 - Gibbons, R-Nev., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would transfer ownership of the Mingo
Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Puxico, Mo., from
the Interior Department's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
the Agriculture Department's Forest Service. It also would transfer
the personnel, area management and land-title records from the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Forest Service. Motion
agreed to 333-0
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(495) HR 2929: Spyware Programs - Passage
October 05, 2004 - Barton, R-Texas, motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would require software companies to obtain
permission from computer users before installing programs that
can collect personal information and distribute it to third
parties. It also would allow the Federal Trade Commission to
levy a fine of up to $3 million against companies that download
such software onto users' computers without permission. Motion
agreed to 399-1
Vote: Yea
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(499) HR 5212: Fiscal 2005 Supplemental Appropriations -
Previous Question
October 06, 2004 - Putnam, R-Fla., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 819) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would appropriate $11 billion
in emergency supplemental funding for hurricane victims in Florida
and other states. Motion agreed to 216-186
Vote: Yea
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(501) HR 5212: Fiscal 2005 Supplemental Appropriations -
Passage
October 06, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would provide $11
billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal
2005 for hurricane victims in Florida and other states. It also
would provide $2.9 billion in emergency assistance for agricultural
producers affected by drought conditions. Passed 412-0
Vote: Yea
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(503) HR 4661: Spyware Programs - Passage
October 07, 2004 - Goodlatte, R-Va., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would establish criminal penalties, including
imprisonment for up to two years, for anyone who intentionally
gains unauthorized access to a computer in order to steal information
or damage the machine. Anyone who intentionally gained access
in furtherance of a federal crime could serve up to five years
in prison. The bill would authorize a total of $40 million over
four years to fund federal prosecutions in order to discourage
spyware use. Motion agreed to 415-0
Vote: Yea
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings, and
District of Columbia
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(498) HR 4850: Fiscal 2005 District of Columbia Appropriations
- Conference Report
October 06, 2004 - Adoption of the conference report on the
bill that would appropriate $560 million in fiscal 2005 for
the District of Columbia and approve the city's own $8.3 billion
budget. The measure would include $190.8 million for the district's
courts, $40 million split evenly between public schools, charter
schools and a voucher program, and $15 million for emergency
planning and security costs for city events. It also would prohibit
the use of federal funds for drug-addict needle exchange programs,
most abortion services and for providing health benefits to
same-sex couples. Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 377-36
Vote: Yea
Foreign Affairs
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(487) S Con Res 76: Holocaust Survivors Tribute - Adoption
October 04, 2004 - Gibbons, R-Nev., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would recognize Nov.
2, 2003, as "A Tribute to Survivors" at the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum.
Motion agreed to 331-0
Vote:
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(508) HR 5061: Assistance for Sudan - Passage
October 07, 2004 - Tancredo, R-Colo., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would authorize $450 million over
three years for humanitarian assistance in Sudan's Darfur region
and eastern Chad and for reconstruction efforts in areas of
southern Sudan. It also would place a visa ban on senior Sudanese
government officials and prohibit Sudan from trading in U.S.
capital markets. Motion agreed to 412-3
Vote: Yea
Health Care
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(489) H Res 567: Dental Care for Children - Adoption
October 04, 2004 - Bilirakis, R-Fla., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would congratulate the American
Dental Association for establishing and sponsoring the "Give
Kids a Smile" program. Motion agreed to 338-0
Vote:
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(504) HR 5213: Research Review Reports - Passage
October 07, 2004 - Bilirakis, R-Fla., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would require reports to Congress
from the National Institutes of Health on spinal cord injury
and paralysis research, and the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention on inflammatory bowel disease epidemiological
studies. The Government Accountability Office would be required
to conduct studies on Medicare and Medicaid coverage standards
for patients with inflammatory bowel disease and on the problems
patients encounter when applying for disability insurance benefits.
Motion agreed to 418-0
Vote: Yea
War on Terror
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(510) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Substitute
October 08, 2004 - Menendez, D-N.J., substitute amendment that
would reorganize 15 U.S. intelligence agencies and create a
national intelligence director with authority over all intelligence
agency budgets and personnel. It also would modify laws relating
to intelligence community management, authorize new diplomatic
and foreign aid programs to combat terrorism, provide an integrated
screening system, and improve counterterrorist travel intelligence
and establish a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
Rejected 203-213
Vote: Yea
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(511) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Information Access
October 08, 2004 - Souder, R-Ind., amendment that would direct
the Homeland Security secretary to ensure that all security
screening personnel have access to law enforcement and intelligence
information maintained by the Department of Homeland Security.
The secretary would be required to provide Congress with an
overview of all department agencies, databases, and other capabilities
relating to terrorism, drug trafficking, illegal immigration,
screening, investigations, and inspection of goods or individuals
entering the United States. The secretary also would be required
to submit a plan to Congress within 180 days on actions taken
and plans to improve access and the flow of information. Adopted
410-0
Vote: Yea
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(513) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Possession of Terrorist
Weapons
October 08, 2004 - Sessions, R-Texas, amendment that would make
the unauthorized possession of shoulder-fired guided missiles,
atomic weapons, dirty bombs and smallpox virus a federal crime
punishable by mandatory penalties of up to $2 million in fines
plus 30 years in prison, life imprisonment or death if the violation
results in a person's death. Adopted 385-30
Vote: Yea
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(514) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Punishment for Terrorist
Acts
October 08, 2004 - Carter, R-Texas, amendment that would change
the federal criminal code to apply the death penalty or life
imprisonment for a terrorist offense that results in a person's
death. Adopted 344-72
Vote: Yea
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(515) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Pretrial Detention of
Terrorist Suspects
October 08, 2004 - Goodlatte, R-Va., amendment that would create
a rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention of a defendant
charged with a terrorist offense if there is probable cause
that he or she committed a terrorist attack. It also would give
judges the discretion to impose lifetime supervision of defendants
who have been convicted of terrorist offenses. Adopted 333-84
Vote: Yea
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(520) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Mutual Aid Agreements
October 08, 2004 - Weldon, R-Pa., amendment that would require
the Department of Homeland Security to establish a program to
identify and catalog existing mutual aid agreements between
local jurisdictions to provide emergency assistance, disseminate
examples of the best practices used in developing such agreements,
and inventory terrorist attack or emergency federal response
capabilities. Adopted 415-0
Vote: Nay---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(522) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Recommit
October 08, 2004 - Maloney, D-N.Y., motion to recommit the bill
to the Select Intelligence Committee with instructions to substitute
the text of the Senate-passed bill (S 2845). Motion rejected
193-223
Vote: Nay
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(523) HR 10: Intelligence Overhaul - Passage
October 08, 2004 - Passage of the bill that would reorganize
15 U.S. intelligence agencies and create a national intelligence
director who would give guidance on budgets. It also would create
a national intelligence center and allow aliens to be deported
without judicial review. The number of border patrol agents
would increase from 10,000 to 20,000 over the next five years.
The bill, as amended, would make attending a terrorist training
camp a deportable offense and toughen penalties for those charged
with financially aiding terrorist groups. Passed 282-134
Vote: Yea
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