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Christopher's
Votes - April, 2006
Arts, Immigration, Social Services
and other Domestic Issues
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(82) - H J Res 81: Smithsonian Board of Regents - Passage
April 04, 2006 - Ehlers, R-Mich., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the joint resolution that would appoint Phillip Frost
to the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents for a term of
six years, effective May 5.
Motion agreed to 406-0
VOTE: Yea
Budget, Taxes, and Economy
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(91) - H Con Res 376: Fiscal 2007 Budget Resolution - Previous
Question
April 06, 2006 - Putnam, R-Fla., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and the possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 766) to provide for House floor
consideration of the concurrent resolution that would set broad
spending and revenue targets over the next five years.
Motion agreed to 226-199
VOTE: Yea
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(92) - H Con Res 376: Fiscal 2007 Budget Resolution - Rule
April 06, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 766) to provide
for House floor consideration of the concurrent resolution that
would set broad spending and revenue targets over the next five
years.
Adopted 225-196
VOTE: Yea
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(94) - HR 4297: Tax Reconciliation - Motion to Instruct
April 06, 2006 - Cardin, D-Md., motion to instruct conferees
to insist that the conference report include the Senate-passed
provisions that would extend through 2009 the "savers'
credit" for contributions made by low-income taxpayers
to certain retirement accounts, modify and extend through 2007
the research and development tax credit, and extend and increase
the amount of income exempt from the alternative minimum tax.
Motion rejected 196-232
VOTE: Nay
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(109) - HR 4297: Tax Reconciliation - Motion to Instruct
April 27, 2006 - McDermott, D-Wash., motion to instruct conferees
to insist that the conference report include three Senate-passed
provisions regarding benefit limits for oil companies using
a certain type of accounting method for valuing inventory; a
provision in current law that allows two-year amortization of
certain expenditures relating to oil and gas exploration; and
foreign tax credit rules. The motion would also instruct conferees
to drop a House-passed provision that would extend for two years
the reduced tax rates on capital gains and dividends.
Motion rejected 190-232
VOTE: Nay
Business, Trade, and Consumer Affairs
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(101) - HR 4709: Phone Record Disclosure - Passage
April 25, 2006 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would make it a federal crime to
fraudulently obtain, attempt to obtain, buy, or sell confidential
telephone records, and increase penalties for the use of fraudulently
obtained phone records to commit a crime.
Motion agreed to 409-0
VOTE: Yea
Congress and Federal Elections
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(85) - HR 513: Campaign Finance Revisions - Previous Question
April 05, 2006 - Dreier, R-Calif., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 755) and a Dreier amendment to the
rule. The rule would provide for House floor consideration of
the bill that would require so-called 527 groups to comply with
the same disclosure requirements and campaign finance laws that
apply to political parties and political action committees.
The Dreier amendment would change the effective date of the
bill from 2005 to 2006.
Motion agreed to 226-198
VOTE: Yea
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(86) - HR 513: Campaign Finance Revisions - Rule
April 05, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 755) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would require
so-called 527 groups to comply with the same disclosure requirements
and campaign finance laws that apply to political parties and
political action committees.
Adopted 223-199
VOTE: Yea
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(87) - H Res 762: Ethics Violation Investigation - Motion
to Table
April 05, 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 investigation of
the misconduct by members of Congress and their staffs implicated
in the scandals associated with lobbyist Jack Abramoff's criminal
activity.
Motion agreed to 218-198
VOTE: Nay
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(88) - HR 513: Campaign Finance Revisions - Passage
April 05, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would require so-called
527 groups to comply with the same disclosure requirements and
campaign finance laws that apply to political parties and political
action committees. It would require such organizations to report
to the Federal Election Commission and allow the FEC to set
rules for how they can allocate their funding. It would remove
limits on the amounts parties can spend in coordination with
their own candidates. Groups with annual gross receipts of less
than $25,000, or are organized solely for state or local elections
and have not raised money in the previous year would be exempt.
Passed 218-209
VOTE: Yea
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(110) - HR 4975: Lobbying and Ethics Overhaul - Rule
April 27, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 783) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would increase
transparency and rewrite disclosure rules in the relationships
between lobbyists and lawmakers.
Adopted 216-207
VOTE: Nay
Crime, Drugs and Judicial Affairs
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(98) - H Res 556: National Methamphetamine Prevention
Week - Adoption
April 06, 2006 - Westmoreland, R-Ga., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would express the sense
of the House that National Methamphetamine Prevention Week should
be established to increase awareness of methamphetamine abuse
and encourage advocacy groups and the public to observe the
week.
Motion agreed to 421-2
VOTE: Yea
Defense and National Security
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(102) - HR 5020: Fiscal 2007 Intelligence Authorization
- Previous Question
April 26, 2006 - Putnam, R-Fla., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and the possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 774) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would authorize classified amounts
in fiscal 2007 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 228-194
VOTE: Yea
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(103) - HR 5020: Fiscal 2007 Intelligence Authorization - Rule
April 26, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 774) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would authorize
classified amounts in fiscal 2007 for U.S. intelligence activities
and agencies including the CIA, the National Security Agency,
the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the Defense
Intelligence Agency.
Adopted 227-198
VOTE: Yea
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(106) - HR 5020: Fiscal 2007 Intelligence Authorization - Unauthorized
Disclosures
April 26, 2006 - Renzi, R-Ariz., amendment that would express
the sense of Congress that the president should utilize his
constitutional authority to the fullest extent practicable,
where warranted, to classify and protect national security information
and take action against anyone who commits unauthorized disclosures.
Adopted 366-56
VOTE: Yea
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(107) - HR 5020: Fiscal 2007 Intelligence Authorization - Recommit
April 26, 2006 - Schiff, D-Calif., motion to recommit the bill
to the Intelligence Committee with instructions to include language
that would require the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees
to be notified of people in the United States subject to the
National Security Agency's electronic surveillance program.
It would clarify that the authorization for the use of force
in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks did not contain
approval of domestic surveillance beyond the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA), and specify that FISA and the criminal
wiretap statutes are the exclusive means of authorizing electronic
surveillance.
Motion rejected 195-230
VOTE: Nay
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(108) - HR 5020: Fiscal 2007 Intelligence Authorization - Passage
April 26, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would authorize classified
amounts in fiscal 2007 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 also would require the director of National Intelligence
to provide Congress with quarterly classified intelligence reports
on insurgent forces in Iraq.
Passed 327-96
VOTE: Yea
Education
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(97) - H Res 737: Financial Literacy Month - Adoption
April 06, 2006 - Westmoreland, R-Ga., 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 423-1
VOTE: Yea
Environment, Energy, Science and
Technology
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(99) - H Con Res 366: NASA Commemoration - Adoption
April 06, 2006 - Calvert, R-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would congratulate
NASA for the 25th anniversary of the first flight of the space
shuttle program and honor Commander John Young and pilot Robert
Crippen, who flew the space shuttle Columbia on its first orbital
test flight.
Motion agreed to 422-0
VOTE: Yea
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings, and
District of Columbia
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(100) - S J Res 28: Eisenhower Memorial - Passage
April 25, 2006 - Renzi, R-Ariz., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the joint resolution that would approve the location
of the memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring President Dwight
D. Eisenhower.
Motion agreed to 411-0
VOTE: Yea
Foreign Affairs
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(83) - H Res 703: Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster - Adoption
April 04, 2006 - Leach, R-Iowa, motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would recognize the 20th anniversary
of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and express sympathy for
the ongoing effects of the explosion.
Motion agreed to 402-1
VOTE: Yea
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(84) - H Res 744: Peace in Northern Ireland - Adoption
April 04, 2006 - Leach, R-Iowa, motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would reiterate the support of
the House of Representatives for the 1998 Good Friday Agreement
as the blueprint for a lasting peace in Northern Ireland.
Motion agreed to 399-1
VOTE: Yea
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(89) - H Res 692: Marshall Islands Commemoration - Adoption
April 05, 2006 - Leach, R-Iowa, motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would commend the people of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands for their contributions and
sacrifices to the U.S. nuclear testing program in the Marshall
Islands that began 60 years ago.
Motion agreed to 424-0
VOTE: Yea
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(90) - HR 3127: Sanctions Against Sudan - Passage
April 05, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would allow for additional sanctions
on individuals and governments seen as responsible for the atrocities
in the Darfur region of Sudan and authorize additional funds
for peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts in the region.
Motion agreed to 416-3
VOTE: Yea
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(95) - H Res 578: Romania and Intercountry Adoptions - Adoption
April 06, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would urge the government to complete
the processing of the intercountry adoption cases pending when
Romania's new laws against such adoptions were enacted.
Motion agreed to 428-0
VOTE: Yea
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(96) - H Con Res 320: Release of Vietnamese Activists - Adoption
April 06, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would note that Congress
condemns and deplores the arbitrary detention of activist Dr.
Pham Hong Son by the government of Vietnam and calls for his
immediate and unconditional release, and for the immediate and
unconditional release of all other political prisoners.
Motion agreed to 425-1
VOTE: Yea
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(104) - H Con Res 365: Chinese Law Practice and Human Rights
- Adoption
April 26, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would urge the Chinese
government to overturn the suspension of the law license of
Gao Zhisheng, a prominent defense attorney in China. It also
would express the sense of Congress that the United States should
support democracy and human rights programs in China.
Motion agreed to 421-0
VOTE: Yea
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(105) - HR 282: Iran Sanctions - Passage
April 26, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would impose sanctions against foreign
companies that invest more than $20 million in Iran's energy
sector. Countries that assist Iran's weapons industry also could
lose U.S. foreign aid. Sanctions would be in effect until the
president certified to Congress that Iran had dismantled its
weapons of mass destruction.
Motion agreed to 397-21
VOTE: Yea
Labor and Retirement
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(93) - HR 2830: Pension Overhaul - Motion to Instruct
April 06, 2006 - Miller, D-Calif., motion to instruct House
conferees to include Senate-passed language related to conversions
to cash balance plans as well as reject House-passed provisions
dealing with benefit accrual standards.
Motion agreed to 248-178
VOTE: Yea
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