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Christopher's
Votes - February, 2006
Arts, Immigration, Social Services and
other Domestic Issues
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(5) H Res 670: Pittsburgh Steelers Tribute - Adoption
February 08, 2006 - Foxx, R-N.C., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would congratulate the Pittsburgh
Steelers of the National Football League on winning Super Bowl
XL.
Motion agreed to 384-
VOTE: Yea
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(8) H Con Res 322: Honoring the USO - Adoption
February 14, 2006 - Miller, R-Fla., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would express the gratitude
of Congress to the United Service Organizations (USO) on its
65th anniversary.
Motion agreed to 407-0
VOTE: Yea
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(14) HR 1096: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
- Passage
February 28, 2006 - Renzi, R-Ariz., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would redesignate the Edison National
Historic Site as the Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
Motion agreed to 399-1
VOTE: Yea
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(15) H Res 668: Tribute to Texas Western Basketball
- Adoption
February 28, 2006 - Keller, R-Fla., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would celebrate the 40th anniversary
of Texas Western's 1966 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship and
would recognize the strides made by the team toward diversity
in college athletics and civil rights in the United States.
Motion agreed to 397-0
VOTE: Yea
Budget, Taxes, and Economy
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(2) S 1932: Budget Reconciliation - Question of Consideration
February 01, 2006 - Question of whether the House should consider
the rule (H Res 653) under which the House would automatically
concur in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the
bill that would make changes to programs for a net savings of
$38.8 billion over five years.
Other 226-201
VOTE: Yea
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(4) S 1932: Budget Reconciliation - Adoption
February 01, 2006 - Adoption of the self-executing rule (H Res
653) under which the House would automatically concur in the
Senate amendment to the House amendment on the bill that would
make changes to programs for a net savings of $38.8 billion
over five years. The Senate amendment would strike two reporting
provisions and language that would allow for a Medicaid liability
treatment provision regarding hospitals who deny treatment to
low-income individuals unable to pay.
Adopted 216-214
VOTE: Yea
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(7) HR 4297: Fiscal 2006 Tax Reconciliation - Motion
to Instruct
February 08, 2006 - Neal, D-Mass., motion to instruct
House conferees to include language that would accept the Senate-passed
provision relating to the Alternative Minimum Tax extension
as well as eliminate House-passed provisions extending the lower
tax rate on dividends and capital gains that would terminate
at the end of 2008. The motion also would instruct conferees
to insist on a conference report that would not increase the
federal deficit.
Motion rejected 185-207
VOTE: Nay
Business, Trade, and Consumer Affairs
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(11) HR 4745: SBA Disaster Loans Supplemental - Passage
February 15, 2006 - Lewis, R-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would redirect $712 million in previously
appropriated Federal Emergency Management Agency funds to the
Small Business Administration's disaster loan program.
Motion agreed to 410-5
VOTE: Yea
Congress and Federal Elections
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(3) H Res 648: Lobbying Rules - Adoption
February 01, 2006 - Dreier, R-Calif., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would amend House rules
and bar former House members and officers who are registered
lobbyists or registered agents of a foreign power from the House
floor, the rooms leading to the House chamber and the members'
gym.
Motion agreed to 379-50
VOTE: Yea
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(13) H Res 687: Budget Reconciliation Enrollment - Motion
to Table
February 16, 2006 - Boehner, R-Ohio, motion to table (kill)
the Pelosi, D-Calif., privileged resolution that would ask the
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to begin an immediate
investigation surrounding the inaccuracies in the process and
enrollment of the budget reconciliation bill.
Motion agreed to 219-187
VOTE: Yea
Education
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(6) H Res 657: Contributions of Catholic Schools - Adoption
February 08, 2006 - Castle, R-Del., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would express the support of the
House for the goals of Catholic Schools Week and congratulate
Catholic schools, students and parents for their on-going contributions
to education.
Motion agreed to 392-0
VOTE: Yea
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings, and
District of Columbia
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(9) S 1989: Holly A. Charette Post Office - Passage
February 14, 2006 - Miller, R-Mich., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would designate a post office in Cranston,
R.I., for Holly A. Charette, a member of the Marine Corps killed
in Iraq.
Motion agreed to 408-0
VOTE: Yea
Foreign Affairs
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(10) S Con Res 79: Continued Aid to Palestinian Authority
- Adoption
February 15, 2006 - Hyde, R-Ill., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would express the sense
of Congress that financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority
should be withheld if the political party holding the majority
of seats in parliament supports the destruction of Israel.
Motion agreed to 418-1
VOTE: Yea
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(12) H Con Res 341: Iran Nuclear Program Condemnation
- Adoption
February 16, 2006 - Adoption of the concurrent resolution that
would condemn the many breaches and failures of the Iranian
government to comply with its nuclear non-proliferation obligations,
including its obligations under the 1973 "Safeguards Agreement."
Adopted 404-4
VOTE: Yea
Veterans
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(16) HR 1259: Tuskegee Airmen Gold Medal - Passage
February 28, 2006 - Ney, R-Ohio, motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would authorize presentation of the congressional
gold medal to the Tuskegee Airmen in recognition of their military
record.
Motion agreed to 400-0
VOTE: Yea
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