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Christopher's
Votes - April, 2005
Arts, Immigration, Social Services and
Other Domestic Issues
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(94) H Res 190: Pope John Paul II Tribute – Adoption
April 06, 2005 - Adoption of a resolution that would honor the
life and achievements of Pope John Paul II and express profound
sorrow on his death.
Adopted 415-0
Vote: Yea
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(110) H J Res 19: Citizen Regent For Smithsonian Institution
- Passage
April 19, 2005 - Ney, R-Ohio, motion to suspend the
rules and pass the joint resolution that would appoint Shirley
Ann Jackson of New York as a citizen regent of the Smithsonian
Institution.
Motion agreed to 417-0
Vote: Yea
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(111) H J Res 20: Citizen Regent For Smithsonian Institution
- Passage
April 19, 2005 - Ney, R-Ohio, motion to suspend the
rules and pass the joint resolution that would appoint Robert
P. Kogod of the District of Columbia as a citizen regent of
the Smithsonian Institution.
Motion agreed to 412-0
Vote: Yea
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(139) HR 748: Abortion Notification - Previous Question
April 27, 2005 - Gingrey, R-Ga., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 236) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would make it a crime to transport
a minor across state lines with the intent to obtain an abortion
and circumvent state parental-consent laws.
Motion agreed to 234-192
Vote: Yea
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(141) HR 748: Abortion Notification - Professional Transportation
and Medical Provider Exemption
April 27, 2005 - Scott, D-Va., amendment that would exempt taxicab
drivers, bus drivers and others in the professional transportation
business, as well as doctors, nurses and other medical providers
or their staff from criminal liability under the transportation
provisions in the bill.
Rejected 179-245
Vote: Yea
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(142) HR 748: Abortion Notification - Grandparent and
Clergy Exemption
April 27, 2005 - Jackson-Lee, D-Texas., amendment that would
exempt from prosecution the grandparents of the minor or a member
of the clergy who transports a minor across state lines for
the purposes of obtaining an abortion.
Rejected 177-252
Vote: Yea
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(143) HR 748: Abortion Notification - Recommit
April 27, 2005 - Nadler, D-N.Y., motion to recommit
the bill to the House Judiciary Committee with instructions
to include language which would bar fathers who have committed
rape or incest against a minor that resulted in a pregnancy
from being able to sue the doctor who performed the abortion.
Motion rejected 183-245
Vote: Yea
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(144) HR 748: Abortion Notification - Passage
April 27, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would bar the transportation
of minor girls across state lines to obtain abortions without
the consent of a parent, guardian or judge. The bill would authorize
fines or up to a year in prison for individuals who transported
a minor to a state without a parental consent law in an attempt
to circumvent parents' involvement. Doctors who performed the
abortions also would be subject to the penalties. The bill would
require abortion providers in states without parental consent
laws to try to notify a parent or legal guardian, either personally
or by certified mail, before performing an abortion on a minor
who was a resident of another state.
Passed 270-157
Vote: Nay
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(150) - H Res 210: Intellectual Property Day - Adoption
April 28, 2005 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would support the goals
of World Intellectual Property Day, to promote, inform and teach
the importance of intellectual property.
Motion agreed to 315-0
Vote: Shays did not vote but supported the resolution
Budget, Taxes and the Economy
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(100) HR 8: Estate Tax Permanent Repeal - Previous Question
April 13, 2005 - Hastings, R-Wash., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 202) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would permanently repeal the
estate tax.
Motion agreed to 237-195
Vote: Yea
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(101) HR 8: Estate Tax Permanent Repeal - Democratic
Substitute
April 13, 2005 - Pomeroy, D-N.D., substitute amendment
that would increase the estate tax exemption to $3 million for
individuals and $6 million for married couples in 2006. In 2009,
the exemption would increase to $3.5 million for individuals
and $7 million for married couples. The substitute would freeze
the maximum estate tax at the current rate of 47 percent and
reinstate the 5 percent surtax on estates valued at more than
$10 million that was repealed under the 2001 tax law.
Rejected 194-238
Vote: Nay
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(102) HR 8: Estate Tax Permanent Repeal – Passage
April 13, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would make permanent
the repeal of the estate tax contained in the 2001 tax cut law
(PL 107-16) and which is set to expire after 2010.
Passed 272-162
Vote: Yea
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(146) H Con Res 95: Fiscal 2006 Budget Resolution - Same-Day
Consideration
April 28, 2005 - Adoption of the resolution (H Res
242) that would waive the two-thirds majority vote requirement
for same- day consideration of the rule to provide for House
floor consideration of the conference report on the fiscal 2006
budget resolution (H Con Res 95).
Adopted 230-199
Vote: Yea
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(147) H Con Res 95: Fiscal 2006 Budget Resolution - Previous
Question
April 28, 2005 - Putnam, R-Fla., motion to order the
previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 248) to provide for House floor
consideration of the conference report on the concurrent resolution
that would set broad spending and revenue targets over the next
five years.
Motion agreed to 228-196
Vote: Yea
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(149) H Con Res 95: Fiscal 2006 Budget Resolution -
Conference Report
April 28, 2005 - Adoption of the conference report
on the concurrent resolution that would set broad spending and
revenue targets for five years, as well as provide instructions
for reconciliation bills that would propose $70 billion in tax
cuts and $34.7 billion in savings to mandatory programs, including
$10 billion for Medicaid.
Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 214-211
Vote: Nay
Business, Trade and Consumer Affairs
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(95) H Res 148: Financial Literacy Month - Adoption
April 06, 2005 - Gutknecht, R-Minn., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would express support for the
goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month.
Motion agreed to 409-2
Vote: Shays did not vote but supports the resolution
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(104) S 256: Bankruptcy Overhaul - Previous Question
April 14, 2005 - Gingrey, R-Ga., motion to order the
previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 211) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would overhaul bankruptcy laws.
Motion agreed to 227-199
Vote: Yea
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(105) S 256: Bankruptcy Overhaul - Rule
April 14, 2005 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 211) to
provide for House floor consideration of the bill that would
overhaul bankruptcy laws.
Adopted 227-196
Vote: Yea
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(107) S 256: Bankruptcy Overhaul - Recommit
April 14, 2005 - Schakowsky, D-Ill., motion to recommit the
bill to the House Judiciary Committee with instructions to exempt
members of the National Guard and Reserve from the means test
in the bill if their debt was a result of active duty service
or was incurred within two years of returning home from their
service.
Motion rejected 200-229
Vote: Nay
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(108) S 256: Bankruptcy Overhaul - Passage
April 14, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would create a means
test tied to the median incomes of individual states to determine
whether personal bankruptcy filers were able to repay some or
all of their debts. Those deemed able to pay would be pushed
into Chapter 13 bankruptcy, which results in a court-ordered
repayment plan; those with insufficient assets would be allowed
to file under Chapter 7, which erases debts after the forfeiture
of certain assets. The bill would exempt disabled veterans from
the means test if their debts were incurred primarily when they
were on active duty or performing homeland defense duties. It
also would make a number of debts non-dischargeable, including
student loans, child support, alimony and luxury payments over
$500 made within three months of a bankruptcy filing.
Passed (thus cleared for the president) 302-126
Vote: Yea
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(109) HR 683: Trademark Protection - Passage
April 19, 2005 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would allow trademark owners to
seek an injunction against the use of similar trademarks that
might harm a company's reputation or confuse consumers. It would
exempt commentary, criticism, parodies, news reporting, comparative
advertising and the non-commercial use of trademarks from liability.
Motion agreed to 411-8:
Vote: Yea
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(139) HR 748: Abortion Notification - Previous Question
April 27, 2005 - Gingrey, R-Ga., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 236) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would make it a crime to transport
a minor across state lines with the intent to obtain an abortion
and circumvent state parental-consent laws.
Motion agreed to 234-192
Vote: Yea
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(140) H Res 22: Small Business Bill of Rights - Recommit
April 27, 2005 - Velazquez, D-N.Y., motion to recommit the resolution
to the House Small Business Committee.
Motion rejected 188-222
Vote: Nay
Congress and Federal Elections
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(103) Procedural Motion - Adjourn
April 14, 2005 - Woolsey, D-Calif., motion to adjourn.
Motion rejected 49-371
Vote: Nay
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(106) H Res 213: Ethics Task Force - Motion to Table
April 14, 2005 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to table (kill)
the Pelosi, D-Calif., privileged resolution that would require
the Speaker of the House to appoint a bipartisan task force,
with equal representation of Republicans and Democrats, to make
recommendations, by June 1, 2005, to restore public confidence
in the House ethics process.
Motion agreed to 218-195
Vote: Yea
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(135) Procedural Motion - Journal
April 27, 2005 - Approval of the House Journal of Tuesday,
April 26, 2005.
Approved 371-47
Vote: Yea
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(145) H Res 240: House Rules - Adoption
April 27, 2005 - Adoption of the self-executing rule (H Res
241) under which the House would automatically adopt a resolution
repealing three changes to the Rules of the House dealing with
ethics committee procedures that were made at the start of the
109th Congress, including a rule that allowed the automatic
dismissal of an ethics complaint that is not disposed of by
the committee within 45 days.
Adopted 406-20
Vote: Yea
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(148) Procedural Motion - Journal
April 28, 2005 - Approval of the House Journal of Wednesday
April 27, 2005.
Approved 345-75
Vote: Yea
Crime, Drugs and Judicial Affairs
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(113) H Con Res 126: Red Lake School Shooting - Adoption
April 20, 2005 - Kline, R-Minn., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would express Congress'
condolences to all the families, friends and loved ones of the
victims of the shootings in Red Lake, Minn.
Motion agreed to 424-0
Vote: Yea
Defense and National Security
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(133) HR 1268: Fiscal 2005 Supplemental Appropriations
- Motion to Instruct
April 26, 2005 - Obey, D-Wis., motion to instruct House conferees
to insist on a conference report that would include the highest
possible funding for additional border patrol agents and accept
the Senate provision that future funding for military operations
in Afghanistan and Iraq be included in the president's annual
budget.
Motion agreed to 417-4
Vote: Yea
Environment, Energy, Science and Technology
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(92) H Res 120: Tsunami Response - Adoption
April 05, 2005 - McCotter, R-Mich., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution commending the efforts by the armed
forces and civilian employees of the State Department and the
U.S. Agency for International Development in response to the
earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004.
Motion agreed to 401-0
Vote: Yea
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(96) HR 135: Water Commission - Passage
April 12, 2005 - Duncan, R-Tenn., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would authorize $9 million to establish
the 21st Century Water Commission, responsible for projecting
future water supply and demand as well as studying current federal,
regional, state, local and private water management programs
and developing recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy.
Motion agreed to 402-22
Vote: Yea
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(97) HR 541: Nevada Land Conveyance – Passage
April 12, 2005 - Duncan, R-Tenn., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would convey 8.75 acres from Kingston
Cemetery to go to Lander County, Nevada, and 10 acres from Maiden's
Grave Cemetery to Eureka County, Nevada, and would require that
the land be used as a cemetery.
Motion agreed to 423-0
Vote: Yea
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(112) HR 6: Energy Policy - Question of Consideration
April 20, 2005 - Question of whether the House should
consider the rule (H Res 219) to provide for House floor consideration
of the bill that would overhaul the nation's energy policy.
Other 231-193
Vote: Yea
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(115) HR 6: Energy Policy - Refinery Approval Process
April 20, 2005 - Solis, D-Calif., amendment that would strike
a provision in the bill that would allow an expedited review
and approval process to open refineries in areas that have experienced
manufacturing-sector layoffs and have unemployment rates that
exceed the national average by at least 10 percent.
Rejected 182-248
Vote: Yea
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(116) HR 6: Energy Policy - Strategic Petroleum Reserve
April 20, 2005 - Kaptur, D-Ohio., amendment that would rename
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve the Strategic Fuels Reserve,
and would give the Energy Department authority to include alternate
fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel fuels in the reserve.
Rejected 186-239
Vote: Nay
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(117) HR 6: Energy Policy - Federal Building Efficiency
April 20, 2005 - Waxman, D-Calif., amendment that would
require federal agencies to develop steps to reduce demand for
oil by 1 million barrels per day by 2013.
Rejected 166-262
Vote: Yea
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(118) HR 6: Energy Policy - Energy Dependence Reduction
April 20, 2005 - Bishop, D-N.Y., amendment that would require
electric utility companies to reduce dependence on nonrenewable
energy sources and authorize $50 million over 10 years for the
development of new electricity reliability standards for bulk-power.
It would provide tax credits for energy-efficient homes, tax
deductions for other energy-efficient building and would prohibit
oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes. It also would create
a grant program for states that have at least a 90 percent compliance
rate with the most recent energy-efficiency building codes and
authorize $25 million in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010
for the grants.
Rejected 170-259
Vote: Yea
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(119) HR 6: Energy Policy - Fuel Economy Testing
April 20, 2005 - Rogers, R-Mich., amendment to the
Johnson, R-Conn., amendment. The Rogers amendment would direct
the EPA to revise certain federal vehicle fuel-economy measurement
standards to take into consideration higher speed limits, variations
in temperature and other fuel-depleting features to provide
consumers with accurate fuel economy information on new vehicle
labels. The Johnson amendment would require the EPA's fuel economy
test procedures to reflect current driving patterns and conditions,
and provide consumers with information about fuel economy.
Adopted 259-172
Vote: Nay
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(120) HR 6: Energy Policy - Fuel Economy Testing
April 20, 2005 - Johnson, R-Conn., amendment which would direct
the EPA to revise certain federal vehicle fuel-economy measurement
standards to take into consideration higher speed limits, variations
in temperature and other fuel-depleting features to provide
consumers with accurate fuel economy information on new vehicle
labels.
Adopted 346-85
Vote: Yea
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(121) HR 6: Energy Policy - CAFE Standards
April 20, 2005 - Boehlert, R-N.Y., amendment that would
require the Transportation Department to issue regulations by
model year 2007 that would increase fuel efficiency standards
to at least 33 miles per gallon in automobiles manufactured
by model year 2015.
Rejected 177-254
Vote: Yea
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(122) HR 6: Energy Policy - ANWR Leasing
April 20, 2005 - Markey, D-Mass., amendment that would
strike the provision in the bill that would authorize the Interior
Department to hold a lease sale for oil and gas exploration,
development and production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Rejected 200-231
Vote: Yea
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(123) HR 6: Energy Policy - Power Act Violations
April 20, 2005 - Dingell, D-Mich., amendment that would authorize
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to refund electricity
overcharges and increase the penalties for violations of the
Federal Power Act, including raising the criminal penalties
for individuals from $5,000 to $5 million. It would strike a
provision in the bill repealing the Public Utility Holding Company
Act (PUHCA), and direct the Securities and Exchange Commission
to review utility companies compliance with PUHCA.
Rejected 188-243
Vote: Yea
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(124) HR 6: Energy Policy - Uranium Mining
April 21, 2005 - Udall, D-N.M., amendment that would strike
the provision in the bill that would authorize $10 million annually
from fiscal 2006-2008 for a program to identify, test and develop
improved techniques for mining uranium and for environmental
restoration of uranium-mine sites.
Rejected 204-225
Vote: Yea
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(125) HR 6: Energy Policy - Renewable Fuels
April 21, 2005 - Engel, D-N.Y., amendment that would make producers
of all approved renewable fuels eligible for grants to build
production facilities for renewable fuels. Approved renewable
fuels are items produced from renewable biomass, such as feed
crop residues and animal waste.
Adopted 239-190
Vote: Yea
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(126) HR 6: Energy Policy - Gas Company Consolidation
April 21, 2005 - Israel, D-N.Y., amendment that would direct
the comptroller general to study and report to Congress within
one year on the impact of the consolidation of gasoline refiners,
importers, producers, and wholesalers on the retail gasoline
market.
Adopted 302-128
Vote: Yea
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(127) HR 6: Energy Policy - Mustard Seed Feasibility
April 21, 2005 - Kucinich, D-Ohio., amendment that would authorize
a study by the National Academy of Sciences on the feasibility
of mustard seed as a feedstock for biodiesel.
Adopted 259-171
Vote: Nay
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(128) HR 6: Energy Policy - Royalty Payments
April 21, 2005 - Grijalva, D-Ariz., amendment that would strike
a provision in the bill authorizing the Interior Department
to reduce royalty payments for deep gas wells leased in the
shallow waters of the western and central areas of the Gulf
of Mexico.
Rejected 203-227
Vote: Yea
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(129) HR 6: Energy Policy - MTBE Liability
April 21, 2005 - Capps, D-Calif., motion to strike a provision
in the bill that would provide liability protection for manufacturers
of the gasoline additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether.
Motion rejected 213-219
Vote: Nay
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(130) HR 6: Energy Policy - Environmental Justice
April 21, 2005 - Hastings, D-Fla., amendment that would expand
the definition of environmental justice, direct each federal
agency to establish an office of environmental justice, and
re-establish the interagency federal working group on environmental
justice.
Rejected 185-243
Vote: Shays missed vote but submitted a statement in
support of the measure
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(131) HR 6: Energy Policy - Natural Gas Facilities
April 21, 2005 - Castle, R-Del., amendment that would strike
a provision in the bill specifying that the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, instead of state agencies, would have the authority
to approve the construction, expansion or operation of any facility
that imports or processes natural gas, including liquified natural
gas.
Rejected 194-237:
Vote: Yea
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(132) HR 6: Energy Policy
- Passage
April 21, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would overhaul the
nation's energy policy and provide for approximately $8 billion
in energy-related tax incentives. It also would authorize the
Interior Department to hold a lease sale for oil and gas exploration,
development, and production in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge in Alaska, on a total of about 1.6 million acres. Makers
of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether would be
protected from liability, but would have to cease production
of the additive by 2015. The bill would grant the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission jurisdiction over reliability standards
for electricity transmission networks and extend daylight-saving
time by two months.
Passed 249-183
Vote: Nay
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings, and
D.C.
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(98) HR 1463: Justin W. Williams Tribute – Passage
April 13, 2005 - Shuster, R-Pa., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would designate a portion of a federal
building in Alexandria, Virginia., after the late Justin W.
Williams, an attorney who worked in the Justice Department for
many years.
Motion agreed to 427-0
Vote: Yea
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(99) HR 787: Robert T. Matusi Courthouse – Passage
April 13, 2005 - Shuster, R-Pa., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would name a federal courthouse in Sacramento,
Calif., after former Rep. Robert T. Matsui, D-Calif. (1979-2005),
who died Jan. 1 after 26 years in office.
Motion agreed to 426-0
Vote: Yea
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(136) HR 902: Commemorative Coins - Passage
April 27, 2005 - Castle, R-Del., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would authorize the U.S. Mint to issue
a new $1 coin to commemorate U.S. presidents and a series of
$10 gold bullion coins to honor first ladies. It also would
authorize the Mint to redesign the back of the penny that will
be issued in 2009 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of President
Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Motion agreed to 422-6
Vote: Yea
Foreign Affairs
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(91) H Res 108: Zurab Zhvania Tribute - Adoption
April 05, 2005 - McCotter, R-Mich., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would express the sympathy
of the House of Representatives to the family of Zurab Zhvania
and the people of the Republic of Georgia for the death of their
prime minister.
Motion agreed to 402-0
Vote: Yea
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(93) H Con Res 34: Yogi Bhajan Tribute - Adoption
April 05, 2005 - McCotter, R-Mich., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would honor the life
and contributions of Yogi Bhajan, a leader of Sikhs, and would
express condolences to the Sikh community on his death.
Motion agreed to 405-0
Vote: Yea
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(137) H Con Res 81: Cuba Human Rights Condemnation -
Adoption
April 27, 2005 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would condemn the arrest
of more than 75 journalists, labor union organizers, civic leaders,
librarians, and human rights activists as Cuban political prisoners
in March 2003.
Motion agreed to 398-27
Vote: Yea
Health
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(114) H Res 208: Polio Vaccine Anniversary - Adoption
April 20, 2005 - Murphy, R-Pa., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would recognize the University
of Pittsburgh and Dr. Jonas Salk on the 50th anniversary of
the discovery of the polio vaccine.
Motion agreed to 422-0
Vote: Yea
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(134) H Con Res 95: Fiscal 2006 Budget Resolution -
Motion to Instruct
April 26, 2005 - Herseth, D-S.D., motion to instruct House conferees
to insist on a conference report that would reject cuts to the
Medicaid program and instruct conferees to include a $1.5 million
reserve fund for the creation of a bipartisan Medicaid Commission.
Motion agreed to 348-72
Vote: Yea
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