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Christopher's
Votes - June, 2005
Agriculture
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(230) HR 2744: Fiscal 2006 Agriculture Appropriations
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
June 08, 2005 - Weiner, D-N.Y., amendment that would increase
funding by $19 million for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, to be offset by a $21 million reduction to the Agriculture
Department common computing environment account.
Adopted 226-201
Vote: Yea
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(231) HR 2744: Fiscal 2006 Agriculture Appropriations
- Country-of-Origin-Labels
June 08, 2005 - Rehberg, R-Mont., amendment that would strike
a provision that would prohibit the Agriculture Department from
using funds in the bill to enforce country-of-origin labels
for meat and meat products.
Rejected 187-240
Vote: Yea
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(234) HR 2744: Fiscal 2006 Agriculture Appropriations
- Sugar Program
June 08, 2005 - Blumenauer, D-Ore., amendment that would bar
funds in the bill from being used for salaries or expenses of
personnel who make loans in excess of 17 cents per pound for
raw sugar cane or 21.6 cents per pound for refined beet sugar.
The amendment would effectively cut the Sugar Loan Program by
6 percent.
Rejected 146-280
Vote: Yea
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(235) HR 2744: Fiscal 2006 Agriculture Appropriations
- Market Access Program
June 08, 2005 - Chabot, R-Ohio, amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds in the bill to carry out activities
of the Market Access Program, which helps fund advertising and
marketing for agricultural exports.
Rejected 66-356
Vote: Yea
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(238) HR 2744: Fiscal 2006 Agriculture Appropriations
– Passage
June 08, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would provide
$100.3 billion in fiscal 2006 for the Department of Agriculture
and related agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). The bill would fund the food stamp program at $40.7 billion
and child nutrition program at $12.4 billion. It would provide
$25.7 billion for the Commodity Credit Corporation, $5.3 billion
for the Women, Infants and Children program and $1.5 billion
for the FDA. The country-of-origin labeling of meat products
mandated by the 2002 farm law would be delayed for one year.
It also would bar the FDA from using funds to prevent the importation
of drugs approved by the FDA.
Passed 408-18
Vote: Nay
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(241) S 643: State Mediation Programs - Passage
June 13, 2005 - Lucas, R-Okla., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would authorize $7.5 million in each
fiscal of years 2006 through 2010 for grants to states for agricultural
mediation programs.
Motion agreed to 371-2
Vote: Shays did not vote
Arts, Immigration, Social Services and
Other Domestic Issues
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(232) HR 2744: Fiscal 2006 Agriculture Appropriations
- Conflict of Interest Requirement
June 08, 2005 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds in the bill to grant a waiver of financial
conflict of interest requirements for a voting member of an
advisory committee or panel of the Food and Drug Administration.
Adopted 218-210
Vote: Yea
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(237) HR 2744: Fiscal 2006 Agriculture Appropriations
- Food Stamps
June 08, 2005 - Garrett, R-N.J., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds under the food stamp program to contravene
existing immigration law requiring that sponsors of legal aliens
be financially liable for government benefits provided to the
aliens.
Rejected 169-258
Vote: Yea
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(262) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Immigration Standards
June 16, 2005 - Tancredo, R-Colo., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
by any state or local government entity that restricts its officials
from transmitting information regarding an individual's citizenship
or immigration status to the Department of Homeland Security.
Rejected 204-222
Vote: Yea
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(263) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Immigration and Trade Agreements
June 16, 2005 - Tancredo, R-Colo., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds in the bill to include provisions
in any trade agreement that would increase the number of aliens
permitted into the United States as non-immigrants or permanent
residents.
Rejected 106-322
Vote: Nay
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(265) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Firearms Exportation
June 16, 2005 - Moran, D-Va., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds in the bill to license the export
of nonautomatic or semiautomatic .50 caliber firearms.
Rejected 149-278
Vote: Yea
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(267) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Illegal Immigration
June 16, 2005 - King, R-Iowa, amendment that would increase
by $1 million funds for provisions in current law that allow
state or local officials to transmit information regarding an
individual's citizenship or immigration status to the Homeland
Security Department. It would be offset by a reduction in the
salaries and expenses account at the Justice Department.
Adopted 218-208
Vote: Yea
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(283) HR 2863: Fiscal 2006 Defense Appropriations -
Religious Proselytizing
June 20, 2005 - Obey, D-Wis., amendment to the Hunter, R-Calif.,
amendment. The Obey amendment would express the sense of Congress
that coercive and abusive religious proselytizing at the Air
Force Academy is inconsistent with the academy and require the
Air Force secretary to develop and submit a report to Congress
on a plan to ensure the academy remains free of religious intimidation
and inappropriate proselytizing. The Hunter amendment would
express the sense of Congress that expression of personal religious
faith is welcome in the military and that the Air Force secretary
should review issues of religious tolerance at the academy.
It would require the secretary to issue a report on maintaining
religious freedom and tolerance at the academy.
Rejected 198-210
Vote: Nay
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(292) H Con Res 160: Juneteenth Independence Day Tribute
- Adoption
June 21, 2005 - Brown-Waite, R-Fla., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would recognize the
historical significance and support the celebration of June
19, 1865, as "Juneteenth," and urge the president
to issue a proclamation calling on the public to observe the
day.
Motion agreed to 425-0
Vote: Yea
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(293) H J Res 10: Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment
- Democratic Substitute
June 22, 2005 - Watt, D-N.C., substitute amendment that would
grant Congress the power to prohibit the physical desecration
of the U.S. flag but only if that is consistent with the First
Amendment of the Constitution.
Rejected 129-279
Vote: Nay
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(294) H J Res 10: Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment
- Appeal Ruling of the Chair
June 22, 2005 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to table
(kill) the Taylor, D-Miss., appeal of the ruling of the chair
that the Taylor motion to recommit was not germane. The Taylor
motion would recommit the bill to the House Judiciary Committee
with instructions to add language that would propose a balanced
budget constitutional amendment.
Motion agreed to 222-194
Vote: Yea
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(295) H J Res 10: Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment
- Appeal Ruling of the Chair
June 22, 2005 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to table
(kill) the Taylor, D-Miss., appeal of the ruling of the chair
that the Taylor motion to recommit was not germane. The Taylor
motion would recommit the bill to the House Judiciary Committee
with instructions to add language proposing a constitutional
amendment to segregate several trust funds from the federal
budget, including Medicare, Social Security and Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund.
Motion agreed to 222-190
Vote: Yea
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(296) H J Res 10: Flag Desecration Constitutional Amendment
- Passage
June 22, 2005 - Passage of the joint resolution to
propose a constitutional amendment to state that Congress shall
have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag
of the United States.
Passed 286-130
Vote: Nay
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(304) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Previous Question
June 23, 2005 - Capito, R-W.Va., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and the possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 337) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would appropriate $602 billion
in fiscal 2006 for the departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services and Education and for other various agencies and programs.
Motion agreed to 225-194
Vote: Yea
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(305) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
June 23, 2005 - Obey, D-Wis., amendment that would
add $100 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
offset with cuts to the Department of Labor departmental management
and pilot programs, Health Resources and Services Administration
program management and Department of Education departmental
management and demonstration projects.
Adopted 284-140
Vote: Yea
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(311) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Social Security Numbers
June 24, 2005 - Filner, D-Calif., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds to place Social Security account numbers
on identification cards issued to beneficiaries under the Medicare
program under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
Adopted 314-94
Vote: Nay
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(314) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting Content
June 24, 2005 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds by any department, agency, officer
or employee of the U.S. government to exercise any direction,
supervision, or control over the content or distribution of
public telecommunications programs and services.
Rejected 187-218
Vote: Yea
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(320) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Recommit
June 24, 2005 - Obey, D-Wis., motion to recommit the
bill to the Appropriations Committee.
Motion rejected 185-216
Vote: Nay
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(321) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Passage
June 24, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate
$601.6 billion, including $143.5 billion in discretionary spending,
for the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education departments
and related agencies in fiscal 2006. It would provide $63.7
billion for the Education Department, including $13.4 billion
for Pell Grants; $14.8 billion for the Labor Department, including
$5.1 billion for training and employment services; and $473.8
billion for Health and Human Services, including $28.5 billion
for the National Institutes of Health. As amended, the bill
would provide $400 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Passed 250-151
Vote: Yea
Budget, Taxes and the Economy
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(236) HR 2744: Fiscal 2006 Agriculture Appropriations
- Across the Board Cut
June 08, 2005 - Hefley, R-Colo., amendment that would
require a 1 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected 80-335
Vote: Yea
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(260) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Across the Board Cut
June 16, 2005 - Hefley, R-Colo., amendment that would
require an approximate 1 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary
spending.
Rejected 91-336
Vote: Nay
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(301) HR 2985: Fiscal 2006 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Across the Board Cut
June 22, 2005 - Hefley, R-Colo., amendment that would
reduce all discretionary spending in the bill by 1 percent.
Rejected 114-294
Vote: Nay
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(313) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Discretionary Spending Cut
June 24, 2005 - Hefley, R-Colo., amendment that would
reduce discretionary spending in the bill by 1 percent.
Rejected 84-323
Vote: Nay
Business, Trade and Consumer Affairs
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(239) H J Res 27: World Trade Organization Withdrawal
- Passage
June 09, 2005 - Passage of the joint resolution that would withdraw
congressional approval of the agreement establishing the World
Trade Organization.
Rejected 86-338
Vote: Nay
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(246) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Small Business Loan Program
June 14, 2005 - Velazquez, D-N.Y., amendment that would provide
$79 million for the Small Business Administration's 7(a) small
business loan program and offset it by a $39.1 million cut for
Justice Department mobile radio technological advancements,
a $59.1 million decrease for State Department capital investments
and a $13.4 million cut for Small Business Administration salaries
and expenses.
Adopted 234-189
Vote: Nay
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(286) HR 2863: Fiscal 2006 Defense Appropriations -
Small Business Procurement Policies
June 20, 2005 - Velazquez, D-N.Y., amendment that would prohibit
any funds in the bill from being used to carry out certain sections
of the 1988 Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program
Act that relate to procurement policies for small businesses.
Rejected 180-235
Vote: Nay
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(291) H J Res 52: Myanmar Sanctions - Passage
June 21, 2005 - Shaw, R-Fla., 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 423-2
Vote: Yea
Congress and Federal Elections
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(273) H Res 324: House Judiciary Committee Hearing -
Motion to Table
June 16, 2005 - DeLay, R-Texas, motion to table (kill)
the Nadler, D-N.Y., privileged resolution (H Res 324) that would
condemn the breaking of House rules by the chairman of the Judiciary
Committee during a hearing on the Patriot Act on June 10, 2005.
It would instruct chairman, in consultation with ranking Democrat,
to schedule another day of hearings with witnesses requested
by the minority.
Motion agreed to 222-191
Vote: Yea
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(297) HR 2985: Fiscal 2006 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Previous Question
June 22, 2005 - L. Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., motion to order
the previous question (thus ending debate and the possibility
of amendment) on adoption of the rule (H Res 334) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would appropriate
$2.9 billion in fiscal 2006 for legislative branch operations.
Motion agreed to 219-196
Vote: Yea
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(298) HR 2985: Fiscal 2006 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Rule
June 22, 2005 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 334) to
provide for House floor consideration of the bill that would
appropriate $2.9 billion in fiscal 2006 for legislative branch
operations, excluding funds for Senate operations.
Adopted 220-192
Vote: Yea
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(299) HR 2985: Fiscal 2006 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Continuity of Congress
June 22, 2005 - Baird, D-Wash., amendment that would
strike the section of the bill regarding reconstituting the
House of Representatives that would require states to hold special
elections within 49 days to fill open House seats if more than
100 vacancies occur due to a terrorist attack or other catastrophe.
Rejected 143-268
Vote: Nay
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(302) HR 2985: Fiscal 2006 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Recommit
June 22, 2005 - Obey, D-Wis., motion to recommit the
bill to the House Appropriations Committee.
Motion rejected 180-232
Vote: Nay
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(303) HR 2985: Fiscal 2006 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Passage
June 22, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate
$2.9 billion in fiscal 2006 for legislative branch operations,
excluding funds for Senate operations. It would provide $1.1
billion for operations of the House of Representatives, $543
million for the Library of Congress, $482 million for the Government
Accountability Office, $317 million for the Architect of the
Capitol and $123 million for the Government Printing Office.
It also would require states to hold special elections within
49 days in the event that more than 100 lawmakers are killed
or incapacitated as determined by the Speaker and would require
state parties to nominate candidates for the vacancies within
10 days of the Speaker's announcement.
Passed 330-82
Vote: Nay
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(327) HR 3058: Fiscal 2006 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Previous Question
June 28, 2005 - L. Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., motion to order
the previous question (thus ending debate and the possibility
of amendment) on adoption of the rule (H Res 342) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would provide
$139.1 billion in fiscal 2006 for the Departments of Transportation,
Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development as well as the judiciary,
Federal Election Commission and the District of Columbia.
Adopted 263-152
Vote: Yea
Crime, Drugs and Judicial Affairs
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(245) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Justice Assistance Grants
June 14, 2005 - Terry, R-Neb., amendment that would
increase funding for Justice Assistance Grants by $286 million
and would offset the increase with a 0.448 percent across-the-board
cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected 175-252
Vote: Nay
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(248) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Law and Drug Enforcement Funding
June 14, 2005 - Baird, D-Wash., amendment that would increase
funding for Community Oriented Policing Services programs by
$10 million and the Drug Enforcement Administration by $10 million.
It would be offset by a $10 million cut in funding for the 2010
decennial census and a $10 million decrease for salaries and
expenses at the Bureau of the Census.
Adopted 260-168
Vote: Nay
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(249) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Justice Assistance Grants
June 14, 2005 - Stearns, R-Fla., amendment that would increase
funding for Justice Assistance Grants by $10 million, offset
by a reduction for the Legal Services Corporation.
Rejected 112-316
Vote: Nay
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(250) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
June 14, 2005 - Dreier, R-Calif., amendment that would
increase funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
by $50 million, offset by a reduction for operations, research
and facilities at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Adopted 231-195
Vote: Nay
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(255) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Medical Marijuana
June 15, 2005 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill to prevent the implementation of
state laws authorizing the use of marijuana for medical reasons
in Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada,
Oregon, Vermont or Washington state.
Rejected 161-264
Vote: Nay
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(264) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Racial Conviction Distribution
June 16, 2005 - Jackson-Lee, D-Texas, amendment that would prohibit
funds in the bill to be used to fund state or local anti-drug
task forces that do not collect and make available data on the
racial distribution of convictions.
Rejected 183-244
Vote: Nay
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(268) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Passage
June 16, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would provide $57.8
billion in fiscal 2006 for the Departments of Commerce, Justice
and State as well as various science and other related agencies.
It would provide $21.8 billion for the Justice Department, $5.8
billion for the Commerce Department and $9.7 billion for the
State Department and international broadcasting agencies. The
bill also would appropriate $16.5 billion for NASA and $5.6
billion for the National Science Foundation. It would block
the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative from enforcing language
in future trade agreements that would make it more difficult
to import prescription drugs from the specific countries involved.
Passed 418-7
Vote: Yea
Defense and National Security
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(251) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Community Oriented Policing Services
June 15, 2005 - Weiner, D-N.Y., amendment that would
increase funding for the Community Oriented Policing Services
program by $126.2 million, offset with cuts to the National
Science Foundation.
Rejected 31-396
Vote: Nay
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(258) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Surveillance of Library Records
June 15, 2005 - Sanders, I-Vt., amendment that would
prohibit funds from being used to make an application under
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to acquire library
circulation records, library patron lists, bookseller sales
records or bookseller customer lists.
Adopted 238-187
Vote: Nay
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(269) HR 2863: Fiscal 2006 Defense Appropriations -
Previous Question
June 16, 2005 - Cole, R-Okla., motion to order the
previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 315) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would appropriate $408.9 billion
in fiscal 2006 for the Defense Department.
Motion agreed to 223-200
Vote: Yea
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(285) HR 2863: Fiscal 2006 Defense Appropriations -
Military Action Against Rogue Nations
June 20, 2005 - DeFazio, D-Ore., amendment that would
prohibit the administration from initiating military operations
against Syria, Iran, North Korea or other potential rogue nations
without authorization from Congress.
Rejected 136-280
Vote: Nay
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(288) HR 2475: Fiscal 2006 Intelligence Authorization
- Previous Question
June 21, 2005 - Putnam, R-Fla., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and the possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 331) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would authorize classified amounts
in fiscal 2006 for U.S. intelligence activities and agencies
including the CIA, the National Security Agency, the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence
Agency.
Motion agreed to 224-201
Vote: Yea
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(289) HR 2475: Fiscal 2006 Intelligence Authorization
- Recommit
June 21, 2005 - Waxman, D-Calif., motion to recommit
the bill to the House Intelligence Committee with instructions
to include language that would establish a bipartisan independent
commission to investigate the detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib
prison and other facilities.
Motion rejected 197-228
Vote: Nay
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(290) HR 2475: Fiscal 2006 Intelligence Authorization
- Passage
June 21, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would authorize
classified amounts in fiscal 2006 for U.S. intelligence activities
and agencies including the CIA, the National Security Agency,
the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the Defense
Intelligence Agency. It would maintain current powers in overseeing
personnel transfers between the Pentagon and the Office of the
Director of National Intelligence.
Passed 409-16
Vote: Yea
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(324) HR 458: Military Personnel Financial Services
- Passage
June 28, 2005 - Davis, R-Ky., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would ban all future sales of contractual
plan mutual funds, require greater regulation of insurance sales
on military bases and establish requirements for certain loans
to servicemembers.
Motion agreed to 405-2
Vote: Shays submitted a statement in support of the
measure
Education
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(307) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Special Education Funding
June 23, 2005 - Bradley, R-N.H., amendment that would increase
funds for special education by $50 million, offset with reductions
to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration salaries
and expenses and Education Department program administration
accounts.
Rejected 161-262
Vote: Yea
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(308) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- AmeriCorps Funding
June 24, 2005 - Price, R-Ga., amendment that would
add $70 million to the Teacher Incentive Fund, offset by a cut
in operations funding for AmeriCorps grants.
Rejected 102-298
Vote: Nay
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(316) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Student Loans
June 24, 2005 - Van Hollen, D-Md., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill to pay certain lenders a rate of
return on student loans that is 6 percent higher than the return
lenders receive on regular student loans.
Adopted 224-178
Vote: Yea
Environment, Energy, Science and Technology
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(243) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Previous Question
June 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 314) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would appropriate $57.8 billion
in fiscal 2006 for the departments of Commerce, Justice and
State as well as various science and other related agencies.
Motion agreed to 222-190
Vote: Yea
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(252) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - NOAA Funding
June 15, 2005 - Inslee, D-Wash., amendment that would increase
funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Operations, Research, and Facilities account by $5 million,
offset by reductions related to export control functions at
the Department of Commerce.
Rejected 177-248
Vote: Yea
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings, and
D.C.
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(232) HR 2744: Fiscal 2006 Agriculture Appropriations
- Conflict of Interest Requirement
June 08, 2005 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds in the bill to grant a waiver of financial
conflict of interest requirements for a voting member of an
advisory committee or panel of the Food and Drug Administration.
Adopted 218-210
Vote: Yea
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(242) HR 2326: Floyd Lupton Post Office - Passage
June 13, 2005 - Duncan, R-Tenn., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would designate a post office
in Belhaven, N.C., after Floyd Lupton, who served as chief of
staff to the late Rep. Walter B. Jones Sr., D-N.C. (1966-1992),
for 26 years.
Motion agreed to 370-0
Vote: Yea
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(257) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Ten Commandments Court Ruling
June 15, 2005 - Hostettler, R-Ind., amendment that
would prohibit the use of funds in the bill to enforce a ruling
by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
in Russelburg v. Gordon where the court ruled that a monument
representing the Ten Commandments must be removed from the county
courthouse.
Adopted 242-182
Vote: Nay
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(300) HR 2985: Fiscal 2006 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Capitol Police Horses
June 22, 2005 - J. Davis, R-Va., amendment that would strike
provisions in the bill that would prohibit the Capitol Police
from operating a mounted horse unit and require the transfer
of the horses and equipment to the U.S. Park Police.
Rejected 185-226
Vote: Yea
Foreign Affairs
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(228) H Con Res 44: Cinco de Mayo Tribute - Adoption
June 07, 2005 - Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would recognize
Mexico's struggle for independence from European control and
would request the president to issue a proclamation recognizing
the fight for Mexican independence.
Motion agreed to 405-0
Vote: Yea
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(229) H Res 282: Condemnation of Anti-Semitic Statements
- Adoption
June 07, 2005 - Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would call on the United
Nations to officially and publicly condemn anti-Semitic statements
made at U.N. meetings and by U.N. member states.
Motion agreed to 409-2
Vote: Yea
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(253) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - U.N. Contribution Decrease
June 15, 2005 - Hayworth, R-Ariz., amendment that would
cut the U.S. contribution to the United Nations by $218 million.
Rejected 124-304
Vote: Nay
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(254) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Cuban Gift and Humanitarian Donations
June 15, 2005 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill to implement, administer or enforce
regulations related to license exemptions for gift parcels and
humanitarian donations for Cuba.
Rejected 210-216
Vote: Yea
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(259) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - United Nations Funding
June 16, 2005 - Paul, R-Texas, amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill to pay any U.S. contribution to
the United Nations or any affiliated agency of the United Nations.
Rejected 65-357
Vote: Nay
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(261) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - U.S. Commitment Against Torture
June 16, 2005 - Markey, D-Mass., amendment that would
reaffirm the U.S. commitment to the United Nations Convention
Against Torture.
Adopted 415-8
Vote: Yea
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(266) HR 2862: Fiscal 2006 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - United Nations Population Fund
June 16, 2005 - Maloney, D-N.Y., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds in the bill to enforce any provision
of law that restricts or prohibits funding for the United Nations
Population Fund.
Rejected 192-233
Vote: Yea
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(270) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - Immunity for
United Nations Officials
June 16, 2005 - King, R-N.Y., amendment that would
instruct the president to direct the U.S. permanent representative
to the United Nations to ensure that the secretary general exercises
the right and duty to waive immunity of any U.N. official who
is under investigation for, or is charged with, committing a
serious criminal offense.
Adopted 405-13
Vote: Yea
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(271) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - U.S. Contributions
to the United Nations
June 16, 2005 - Poe, R-Texas, amendment that would
require the Office of Management and Budget to submit a report
to the House International Relations Committee on the U.S. contributions
to the United Nations, which would include assessed, voluntary,
and in-kind contributions.
Adopted 402-14
Vote: Yea
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(272) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - IAEA Resolution
June 16, 2005 - Cantor, R-Va., amendment that would
direct the U.S. permanent representative to the International
Atomic Energy Agency to ensure that the IAEA adopts a resolution
making Iran ineligible to receive any nuclear material, technology,
equipment or assistance from any IAEA member state until it
is in full compliance with the agency.
Adopted 411-9
Vote: Yea
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(274) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - Country-Specific
Resolutions
June 17, 2005 - Royce, R-Calif., amendment that would
add language which states that country-specific resolutions
shall not be eliminated, to the list of changes that the president
shall direct the U.S. permanent representative to the United
Nations to achieve in the area of human rights overhaul.
Adopted 373-32
Vote: Yea
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(275) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - Suspension
of Member State
June 17, 2005 - Fortenberry, R-Neb., amendment that
would direct U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations
to make every effort to ensure the adoption and implementation
of mechanisms to suspend a member state if its government is
engaged in, or complicit in, acts of genocide, war crimes, or
crimes against humanity; or if it imposes an arms and trade
embargo, travel restrictions and asset freezes on groups or
individuals responsible for the above acts as it relates to
the certification and withholding process.
Adopted 375-29
Vote: Yea
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(276) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - Oil-for-Food
Program
June 17, 2005 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would
require the United Nations to release documents concerning the
Oil-for-Food Program upon request by member states. It also
require the United Nations to waive U.S. immunity of U.N. officials
for civil or criminal acts under federal or state law that transpired
in the United States in connection with the Oil-for-Food Program.
Adopted 366-38
Vote: Yea
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(277) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - Anti-Semitic
Statements
June 17, 2005 - Chabot, R-Ohio., amendment that would
direct the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to oppose anti-Semitic
statements and anti-Israel resolutions in the U.N.
Adopted 405-2
Vote: Yea
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(278) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - U.N. Assessment
Levels
June 17, 2005 - Pence, R-Ind., amendment that would
direct the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations
to ensure that the differences in the scale of U.N. dues among
permanent members of the U.N. Security Council be no more than
five times what another permanent member is assessed. If the
secretary of State cannot certify that the requirement is met,
the U.S. ambassador would be directed try to deny the permanent
member the use of their veto in the Security Council.
Adopted 281-126
Vote: Yea
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(279) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - U.S. Foreign
Assistance
June 17, 2005 - Gohmert, R-Texas, amendment that would
prohibit U.S. assistance to a country that opposed the U.S.
position in the United Nations on more than 50 percent of U.N.
votes.
Rejected 108-297
Vote: Nay
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(280) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - Increase in
U.S. Withheld Dues
June 17, 2005 - Stearns, R-Fla., amendment that would
increase the amount of regular U.S. dues withheld under the
bill to 75 percent, from 50 percent.
Rejected 100-306
Vote: Nay
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(281) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - Democratic
Substitute
June 17, 2005 - Lantos, D-Calif., substitute amendment
that would authorize the secretary of State to withhold up to
50 percent of U.N. dues unless the secretary of State certifies
by October 1, 2007, the organization has complied with 32 of
39 changes in its operations. It also would authorize the secretary
of State to withhold up to 50 percent of U.S. dues to the U.N.
if member states do not make substantial progress in changing
certain programs from the "assessed" to the "voluntary"
budget.
Rejected 190-216
Vote: Yea
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(282) HR 2745: United Nations Overhaul - Passage
June 17, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would withhold
up to 50 percent of U.S. dues to the United Nations unless the
secretary of State certifies by October 1, 2007, the organization
has complied with 32 of 39 changes in its operations, such as
more rigorous budget control, the creation of a U.N. independent
oversight board and detailed financial disclosure for top U.N.
officials. Overall U.S. contributions would be capped at 22
percent of the regular (non-peacekeeping) U.N. budget. The secretary
of State would have some discretion in certifying compliance
with most of the specified goals, with the exception of 14 conditions,
including those requiring the United Nations to establish a
new independent oversight and ethics office, prohibiting countries
that violate human rights from serving on the U.N. Human Rights
Commission and the establishment of a U.N. chief operating officer.
Passed 221-184
Vote: Nay
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(284) HR 2863: Fiscal 2006 Defense Appropriations -
Funds for Uzbekistan
June 20, 2005 - Doggett, D-Texas, amendment that would prohibit
any funds in the bill from being used for activities in Uzbekistan.
Rejected 84-329
Vote: Nay
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(287) HR 2863: Fiscal 2006 Defense Appropriations -
Passage
June 20, 2005 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate
$408.9 billion, including $45.3 billion for operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan. The total includes $116.1 billion for operations
and maintenance, $76.8 billion for procurement and $71.7 billion
for research and development. It also would provide $7.6 billion
for ballistic missile defense and $84.1 billion for military
personnel, including a 3 percent pay raise for military personnel.
As amended, it also would require Air Force secretary to issue
a report on maintaining religious freedom and tolerance at the
Air Force Academy.
Passed 398-19
Vote: Yea
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(322) H Res 199: Srebrenica Massacre Remembrance - Adoption
June 27, 2005 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would express the sense
of the House that the victims of the massacre at Srebrenica
should be honored and remembered and that the actions of the
Serbian forces in Bosnia between 1992 and 1995 meet the criteria
of genocide.
Motion agreed to 371-1
Vote: Yea
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(323) H Con Res 155: Albania Parliamentary Elections
- Adoption
June 27, 2005 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would urge the
government of Albania to conduct fair elections in which observers
are given unobstructed access to all aspects of the election
process.
Motion agreed to 369-1
Vote: Yea
Health
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(306) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Respirator Testing
June 23, 2005 - Owens, D-N.Y., amendment that would strike a
provision in the bill which would bar funds from enforcing an
Occupational Health and Safety Administration requirement that
hospitals conduct annual testing of respirators for tuberculosis
exposure.
Rejected 206-216
Vote: Yea
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(310) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Medicaid Commission
June 24, 2005 - Brown, D-Ohio, amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds for the operations of the Medicaid Commission.
Rejected 170-237
Vote: Nay
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(312) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Impotence Prescription Drugs
June 24, 2005 - King, R-Iowa, amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill to pay for drugs prescribed for
the treatment of impotence.
Adopted 285-121
Vote: Yea
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(317) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Mental Health Screening
June 24, 2005 - Paul, R-Texas, amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds in the bill to create or implement
any universal mental-health screening program.
Rejected 97-304
Vote: Nay
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(319) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Beneficiary Personal Information
June 24, 2005 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds in the bill to distribute the personal
information of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to private
companies for marketing purposes.
Rejected 192-210
Vote: Nay
Labor and Retirement
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(228) H Con Res 44: Cinco de Mayo Tribute - Adoption
June 07, 2005 - Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would recognize
Mexico's struggle for independence from European control and
would request the president to issue a proclamation recognizing
the fight for Mexican independence.
Motion agreed to 405-0
Vote: Yea
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(315) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Tribal Labor Standards
June 24, 2005 - Hayworth, R-Ariz., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds in the bill by the National Labor
Relations Board to exert jurisdiction over tribally-owned or
operated enterprises on tribal land.
Rejected 146-256
Vote: Nay
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(318) HR 3010: Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
- Wal-Mart Labor Agreement
June 24, 2005 - DeLauro, D-Conn., amendment that would prohibit
funds in the bill from being used to carry out a settlement
agreement between the Labor Department and Wal-Mart, which would
provide Wal-Mart with 15 days advance notice of any investigation
or audit.
Rejected 165-234
Vote: Yea
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