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Christopher's
Votes - June, 2006
War on Terror
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(255) - HR 4939: Fiscal 2006 Supplemental Appropriations - Previous
Question
June 12, 2006 - Cole, R-Okla., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 857) to provide for House floor
consideration of the conference report on the bill that would
appropriate $94.5 billion in fiscal 2006 for military operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as hurricane relief.
Motion agreed to 204-165
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(287) - H Res 861: Iraq War Resolution - Rule
June 15, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 868) to provide
for House consideration of the resolution that would declare
it is not in the national security interest of the United States
to set an arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment
of U.S. armed forces from Iraq and affirm U.S. support for establishing
democracy in Iraq.
Adopted 222-194
VOTE: Yea
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(288) - H Res 861: Iraq War Resolution - Adoption
June 16, 2006 - Adoption of the resolution that would declare
it is not in the national security interest of the United States
to set an arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment
of U.S. armed forces from Iraq and affirm U.S. commitment to
establishing democracy in Iraq. It also would honor Americans
taking an active part in the war on terror and the sacrifices
of the U.S. armed forces who have died or been wounded. The
resolution would congratulate Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki
and the Iraqi people for participating in the 2005 elections
and the formation of their new government.
Adopted 256-153
VOTE: Yea
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(305) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Passage
June 20, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate $427.6
billion for defense spending, including $50 billion for operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan in fiscal 2007. The total includes $120.5
billion for operations and maintenance, $81.8 billion for procurement
and $75.3 billion for research and development. It also would
provide $9 billion for ballistic missile defense and $84.9 billion
for military personnel, including a 2.2 percent pay raise.
Passed 407-19
VOTE: Yea
Arts, Immigration, Social
Services and other Domestic Issues
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(223) - HR 5441: Fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Immigration
June 06, 2006 - King, R-Iowa, amendment that would bar the use
of funds to assist state or local governments restricting information
exchanges with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
on an individual's citizenship or immigration status.
Adopted 218-179
VOTE: Yea
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(224) - HR 5441: Fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Private Volunteer Border Patrol Groups
June 06, 2006 - Kingston, R-Ga., amendment that would
bar the use of funds by the department to provide a foreign
government with information relating to the operations or location
of the Minutemen or other private volunteer border patrol groups
along the U.S.-Mexican border in California, Arizona, New Mexico
or Texas, unless the information sharing is required by an international
treaty.
Adopted 293-107
VOTE: Yea
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(260) - H Res 318: Commend Fatherhood - Adoption
June 13, 2006 - Osborne, R-Neb., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would urge men to understand the
level of responsibility fathering a child requires and encourage
the active involvement of fathers in the rearing and development
of their children.
Motion agreed to 407-0
VOTE: Yea
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(277) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - City-Owned Pool
June 14, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill for the city of Banning, Calif.,
for renovations to the city-owned pool.
Rejected 61-365
VOTE: Nay
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(278) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Facility Planning and Design
June 14, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill by the city of Weirton, W.Va.,
for planning and design, construction, renovation, and build
out of facilities.
Rejected 73-353
VOTE: Nay
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(279) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Multipurpose Facility
June 14, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill for a multipurpose facility
in Yucaipa, Calif.
Rejected 58-368
VOTE: Nay
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(280) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Strand Theatre Arts Center
June 14, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment
that would bar the use of funds in the bill by the Strand Theatre
Arts Center in Plattsburgh, N.Y., for the conversion of the
Strand Theatre into a performing arts center.
Rejected 61-366
VOTE: Nay
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(291) - H Res 826: National Youth Sports Week - Adoption
June 19, 2006 - Foxx, R-N.C., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would designate the
second week of July as National Youth Sports Week to promote
the importance of athletic participation in a child's development.
Motion agreed to 311-0
VOTE: Nay
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(298) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Mystic
Aquarium
June 20, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz.,
amendment that would bar the use of funds for the Institute
for Exploration at Mystic Aquarium in New London, Conn.
Rejected 77-347
VOTE: Nay
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(299) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - JASON
Foundation
June 20, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment
that would bar the use of funds for the JASON Foundation.
Rejected 69-352
VOTE: Nay
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(302) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Northwest
Manufacturing Initiative
June 20, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment
that would bar the use of funds in the bill for the Northwest
Manufacturing Initiative in Washington state and Oregon.
Rejected 56-369
VOTE: Nay
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(303) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Lewis
Center for Education Research
June 20, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment
that would bar the use of funds in the bill for the Lewis Center
for Education Research in Apple Valley, Calif.
Rejected 50-373
VOTE: Nay
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(304) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Leonard
Wood Research Institute
June 20, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment
that would bar the use of funds in the bill for the Leonard
Wood Research Institute in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Rejected 62-363
VOTE: Nay
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(322) - HR 4973: Flood Insurance Overhaul - Flood Control Projects
June 27, 2006 - Rohrabacher, R-Calif.,
amendment that would provide residents with flood insurance
in an area where a federally funded flood-control project causes
it to become at a greater risk of flooding. The insurance would
be provided using a price formula that would have applied had
the project not been built. If no flood insurance would have
been required, residents would be provided with insurance at
no cost.
Rejected 98-327
VOTE: Nay
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(323) - HR 4973: Flood Insurance Overhaul - End Flood Insurance
Subsidies
June 27, 2006 - Pearce, R-N.M., amendment
that would end all flood insurance subsidies on non-residential,
vacation and second homes upon the publication of a certification
of the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Rejected 76-347
VOTE: Nay
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(324) - HR 4973: Flood Insurance Overhaul - Upper Great Lakes
Flood Map
June 27, 2006 - Miller, R-Mich.,
amendment that would require the Army Corps of Engineers to
wait until the Joint Commission of The Upper Great Lakes completes
a new flood map for the upper Great Lakes region before it completes
a new inundation map for the region.
Rejected 120-304
VOTE: Nay
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(325) - HR 4973: Flood Insurance Overhaul - Passage
June 27,
2006 - Passage of the bill that would temporarily increase to
$25 billion, from the current limit of $20.8 billion, the amount
of money the Federal Emergency Management Agency may borrow
from the U.S. Treasury to pay claims under the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP). It would raise NFIP coverage limits
for residential properties to $335,000, from $250,000; for residential
contents to $135,000, from $100,000; and for non-residential
properties to $670,000, from $500,000. The bill would authorize
$300 million per year from fiscal 2007 through 2012 for FEMA
to modernize all flood maps and to map the 500-year flood plain.
Passed 416-4
VOTE: Yea
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(334) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Arthur Avenue Retail Market
June
28, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the use
of funds in the bill for the Arthur Avenue Retail Market in
Bronx, N.Y., for local business requirements and improvements.
Rejected 76-345
VOTE: Nay
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(335) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Bronx Council for the Arts
June
28, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the use
of funds in the bill for the Bronx Council for the Arts in Bronx,
N.Y., for marketing of local business arts initiatives.
Rejected 74-343
VOTE: Nay
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(336) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Johnstown Area Regional Industries
June
28, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the use
of funds in the bill for the Johnstown Area Regional Industries
Workforce Development Program and Small Business Technology
Center in Johnstown, Pa.
Rejected 63-356
VOTE: Nay
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(337) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Fairmont State University
June
28, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the use
of funds in the bill for Fairmont State University in Fairmont,
W.Va., for a small business development initiative.
Rejected 70-350
VOTE: Nay
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(338)
- HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Kentucky Tourism Funding
June
28, 2006 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the use
of funds in the bill for the Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism
Development Association in Somerset, Ky.
Rejected 56-363
VOTE: Nay
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(347)
- HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Passport Requirement
June
29, 2006 - Poe, R-Texas, amendment that would bar individuals
from using any documentation other than a passport to denote
citizenship and identity when traveling into the United States
from a foreign country.
Rejected 90-318
VOTE: Yea
Budget, Taxes, and Economy
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(248) - HR 5522: Fiscal 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 09, 2006 - Hefley, R-Colo., amendment that would require
a 1 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected 107-300
VOTE: Nay
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(276) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Across-the-Board Cut
June 14, 2006 - Hefley, R-Colo., amendment that would
require a 1 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected 87-340
VOTE: Nay
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(308) - HR 5638: Estate Tax Reduction - Previous Question
June 22, 2006 - Hastings, R-Wash., motion to order
the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of
amendment) on adoption of the rule (H Res 885) to provide for
House floor consideration of the bill that would reduce the
estate tax on a permanent basis.
Motion agreed to 226-194
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(309) - HR 5638: Estate Tax Reduction - Rule
June 22, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 885) to provide
for House consideration of the bill that would reduce the estate
tax on a permanent basis.
Adopted 228-194
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(310) - HR 4890: Legislative Line-Item Rescission -
Previous Question
June 22, 2006 - Putnam, R-Fla., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 886) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would provide the president the
authority to recommend to Congress that certain appropriations,
direct spending, and targeted tax benefits be cancelled.
Motion agreed to 227-196
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(311) - HR 4890: Legislative Line-Item Rescission -
Rule
June 22, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 886) to provide
for House consideration of the bill that would provide the president
the authority to recommend to Congress that certain appropriations,
direct spending, and targeted tax benefits be cancelled.
Adopted 228-196
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(312) - HR 5638: Estate Tax Reduction - Question of
Consideration
June 22, 2006 - Question of whether the House should consider
the bill that would permanently reduce the estate tax.
Other 238-188
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(314) - HR 5638: Estate Tax Reduction - Recommit
June 22, 2006 - Pomeroy, D-N.D., motion to recommit the bill
back to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions to include
language that would increase the estate tax exemption to $3
million for individuals and $6 million for married couples in
2007. In 2009, the exemption would increase to $3.5 million
for individuals and $7 million for married couples.
Motion rejected 182-236
VOTE: Submitted a statement against the measure
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(315) - HR 5638: Estate Tax Reduction - Passage
June 22, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would permanently reduce
the estate tax, which is set to expire after 2010. The bill
would increase the amount of income exempt from the estate tax
to $5 million for individuals and $10 million for couples, effective
in 2010, and index it for inflation. It would reduce the estate
tax rate beginning in 2010, making it equal to the capital gains
rate for assets up to $25 million and twice the capital gains
rate for assets valued at $25 million or more. It also would
provide a 60 percent deduction on the capital gains from qualified
timber sales.
Passed 269-156
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(316) - HR 4890: Legislative Line-Item Rescission -
Recommit
June 22, 2006 - Spratt, D-S.C., motion to recommit the bill
back to the Budget Committee with instructions to include language
that would prohibit the president from using the expedited rescission
process on some mandatory spending -- such as Social Security
and Medicare -- and give Congress the power to amend the president's
rescission proposal.
Motion rejected 170-249
VOTE: Submitted a statement against the measure
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(317) - HR 4890: Legislative Line-Item Rescission -
Passage
June 22, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would authorize the
president to recommend to Congress that certain appropriations,
direct spending, and targeted tax benefits be cancelled. The
bill would establish a set of expedited procedures for the House
and Senate to vote on the presidential proposals. If a bill
would be enacted, the amounts of budget authority, direct spending
or targeted tax benefits canceled could be used only to reduce
the deficit, or to increase a surplus and could not be used
to fund other programs. The bill's provisions would sunset on
Oct. 1, 2012.
Passed 247-172
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(348) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 29, 2006 - Hefley, R-Colo., amendment that would
require a 1 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected 94-316
VOTE: Nay
Business, Trade and Consumer Affairs
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(230) - S 193: Broadcast Decency Enforcement - Passage
June 07, 2006 - Upton, R-Mich., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would increase to $325,000 the
maximum penalty per violation or per day of a continuing violation
that the Federal Communications Commission can assess for the
broadcasting of indecent, obscene or profane language. The bill
would set the maximum penalty for continuing violations at $3
million.
Motion agreed to 379-35
VOTE: Yea
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(235) - HR 5252: Telecommunications Overhaul - Question of Consideration
June 08, 2006 - Question of whether the House should
consider the rule (H Res 850) to provide for House floor consideration
of the bill that would create a new national franchising process
for providing TV service, authorize the Federal Communications
Commission to enforce its 2005 broadband policy statement and
pre-empt state and local laws concerning municipal broadband
services.
Other 254-166
VOTE: Yea
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(237) - HR 5252: Telecommunications Overhaul - Rule
June 08, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 850) that
would provide for House consideration of the bill that would
create a new national franchising process for providing TV service,
authorize the Federal Communications Commission to enforce its
2005 broadband policy statement and pre-empt state and local
laws concerning municipal broadband services.
Adopted 262-151
VOTE: Yea
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(238) - HR 5252: Telecommunications Overhaul - Antitrust Laws
June 08, 2006 - Smith, R-Texas, amendment that would
clarify that the bill's provisions giving the Federal Communications
Commission exclusive authority to enforce its 2005 broadband
policy statement shall not be construed to modify, impair or
supersede the applicability of antitrust laws or the jurisdiction
of U.S. district courts to hear claims arising under antitrust
laws.
Adopted 353-68
VOTE: Yea
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(239) - HR 5252: Telecommunications Overhaul - Network Neutrality
June 08, 2006 - Markey, D-Mass., amendment that would
establish network neutrality requirements for broadband providers,
including the duty to not block, impair, degrade, or discriminate
against lawful content, applications or services; operate its
network in a non-discriminatory manner; and offer equal prioritization
to all data of a particular type if it offers priority to one
provider.
Rejected 152-269
VOTE: Yea
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(240) - HR 5252: Telecommunications Overhaul - Recommit
June 08, 2006 - Solis, D-Calif., motion to recommit
the bill to the Energy and Commerce Committee with instruction
to include language that would retain the current build-out
requirement law that ensures providers with a national franchise
must eventually serve the entire community and expand non-discrimination
requirements to include race, color, religion, national origin
and sex.
Motion rejected 165-256
VOTE: Nay
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(241) - HR 5252: Telecommunications Overhaul - Passage
June 08, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would create
a new national franchising process for companies that want to
offer pay video services, including telephone companies entering
new areas and existing cable companies in areas where competition
exists or develops. The Federal Communications Commission could
enforce its August 2005 broadband policy statement that endorsed
"network neutrality" principles but it could not issue
additional rules. The bill would require voice-over-Internet-protocol
(VOIP) companies to provide 911 and enhanced-911 access to their
customers and specify that the providers are eligible for certain
rights, duties and obligations of traditional companies. It
also would pre-empt state and local laws concerning municipal
broadband services.
Passed 321-101
VOTE: Yea
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(275) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Offshore Contracts
June 14, 2006 - DeLauro, D-Conn., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to carry out contracts with
a U.S. company that is incorporated or chartered in Bermuda,
Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Antigua or Panama to avoid U.S.
taxes.
Rejected 195-231
VOTE: Yea
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(327) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Small Business Loan Program
June 27, 2006 - Velazquez, D-N.Y., amendment that would
add $40 million for the Small Business Administration's 7(a)
small business loan program, offset by $10 million cuts to each
of the following accounts: Justice Department salaries and expenses,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration salaries and
expenses, State Department general administration and Small
Business Administration salaries and expenses.
Adopted 214-207
VOTE: Nay
Congress and Federal Elections
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(229) - HR 5521: Fiscal 2007 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Passage
June 07, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate
$3 billion in fiscal 2007 for legislative branch operations,
excluding funds for Senate operations. It would provide $1.1
billion for operations of the House of Representatives, $570
million for the Library of Congress, $488 million for the Government
Accountability Office (GAO), $259 million for the Capitol Police
and $131 million for the Government Printing Office. It would
appropriate $46 million for the Capitol Visitor Center and would
abolish the office of Architect of the Capitol and transfer
its functions to the GAO.
Passed 361-53
VOTE: Nay
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(340) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Voting Rights Act
June 28, 2006 - Stearns, R-Fla., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to carry out any provisions
added in 1975 to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that require
bilingual voting materials in areas that have a significant
minority of voters who speak a language other than English.
Rejected 167-254
VOTE: Nay
Crime, Drugs and Judicial Affairs
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(273) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program
June 13, 2006 - Hooley, D-Ore., amendment that would increase
by $8 million funds for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas Program, offset by a cut of the same amount for National
Archives and Records Administration operating expenses.
Adopted 348-76
VOTE: Yea
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(326) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Legal Services Corporation
June 27, 2006 - Obey, D-Wis., amendment that would add $25 million
to the bill for the Legal Services Corporation, offset by cuts
to the Justice Department General Administration account and
the State Department Diplomatic and Consular Programs account.
Adopted 237-185
VOTE: Yea
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(328) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Background Checks
June 27, 2006 - Nadler, D-N.Y., amendment that would add $40
million to the bill for background checks done by the FBI, offset
by a cut of the same amount for Justice Department legal activities,
salaries and expenses.
Rejected 176-243
VOTE: Nay
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(329) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science
Appropriations - Federal Prison System
June 27, 2006 - Stearns, R-Fla., amendment that would add $500,000
for Federal Prison System salaries and expenses, offset by a
cut of the same amount for the International Organizations Contributions
account.
Rejected 163-257
VOTE: Nay
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(330) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Justice Assistance Grants
June 27, 2006 - Kennedy, R-Minn., amendment that would
add $50 million for Justice Assistance Grants, offset by a cut
of the same amount for the Bureau of Census.
Adopted 291-129
VOTE: Yea
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(333) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Medical Marijuana
June 28, 2006 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment that would
bar 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, Rhode Island, Vermont or Washington state.
Rejected 163-259
VOTE: Nay
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(341) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Community Oriented Policing Services
June 28, 2006 - Weiner, D-N.Y., amendment that would
add $477 million to the Community Oriented Policing Service
hiring program, offset by a cut of the same amount for NASA
Mars exploration.
Rejected 185-236
VOTE: Nay
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(343) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Firearm Penalties
June 28, 2006 - Musgrave, R-Colo., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to carry out certain firearm-related
crime and criminal procedure penalties.
Adopted 230-191
VOTE: Nay
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(345) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Sectarian Prayer Court Case
June 28, 2006 - Sodrel, R-Ind., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to enforce the Federal District
Court of the Southern District of Indiana's judgement in Hinrichs
v. Bosma, which prohibits the Speaker of the Indiana House of
Representatives from permitting sectarian prayer as part of
the official proceedings of the House.
Adopted 246-174
VOTE: Nay
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(346) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- "Knock and Announce" Policy
June 28, 2006 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to obtain evidence in contravention
of the U.S. Code concerning the requirement that officers with
a warrant knock and announce their presence before entering
a private residence.
Rejected 109-310
VOTE: Nay
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(349) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Passage
June 29, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would provide
$60.2 billion in fiscal 2007 for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice and State as well as various science and other related
agencies. It would provide $22.3 billion for the Justice Department,
$5.9 billion for the Commerce Department and $9.1 billion for
the State Department and international broadcasting agencies.
The bill also would appropriate $16.7 billion for NASA and $6
billion for the National Science Foundation. As amended, it
would bar the use of funds in the bill to carry out certain
firearm-related crime and criminal procedure penalties.
Passed 393-23
VOTE: Yea
Defense and National Security
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(225) - HR 5441: Fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Appeal Ruling of the Chair
June 06, 2006 - Rogers, R-Ky., motion to table (kill) the Lowey,
D-N.Y., appeal of the ruling of the chair that upheld the Rogers
point of order against the Lowey motion to recommit on the grounds
that it would constitute legislation on an appropriations bill.
The Lowey motion would recommit the bill to the Appropriations
Committee with instructions to add $750 million for formula-based
anti-terrorism grants for high threat and high density areas,
offset by rescinding 2001 and 2003 enacted tax cuts for individuals
with incomes above $1 million.
Motion agreed to 207-191
VOTE: Nay
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(226) - HR 5441: Fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Passage
June 06, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would provide
$33.1 billion in fiscal 2007 for the Homeland Security Department
and related activities. The bill would include $7.7 billion
for customs and border protection; $6.4 billion for the Transportation
Security Administration, including fees; $8.1 billion for the
Coast Guard; $1.3 billion for the Secret Service and $2.6 billion
for response and recovery efforts conducted by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency. It would appropriate $3.5 billion for the
state and local grant programs as well as change the formula-based
grants distribution process to guarantee each state at least
0.75 percent of the total funding. The remaining funds would
be distributed based on risk and need assessments.
Passed 389-9
VOTE: Yea
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(257) - HR 4939: Fiscal 2006 Supplemental Appropriations - Conference
Report
June 13, 2006 - Adoption of the conference report on
the bill that would appropriate $94.5 billion in emergency supplemental
funding for fiscal 2006. It would provide $70.4 billion for
defense and foreign aid and $19.8 billion for hurricane relief.
It would provide $2.3 billion for pandemic flu preparations,
and $1.9 billion for border security efforts.
Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 351-67
VOTE: Yea
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(292) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Rule
June 20, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 877) to
provide for House consideration of the bill that would appropriate
$427.6 billion in fiscal 2007 for the Defense Department.
Adopted 400-18
VOTE: Yea
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(293) - H Res 731: Patriot Guard Riders Tribute - Adoption
June 20, 2006 - Drake, R-Va., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would express appreciation
for the Patriot Guard Riders for attending military funerals
to shield families from protesters and showing respect for those
killed in combat.
Motion agreed to 418-0
VOTE: Yea
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(295) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Electronic
Surveillance
June 20, 2006 - Schiff, D-Calif., amendment that would
bar the use of funds from being available to engage in electronic
surveillance in the United States except as authorized under
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or two chapters of
Title 18 in U.S. Code.
Rejected 207-219
VOTE: Yea
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(296) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Military
Bases in Iraq
June 20, 2006 - King, R-Iowa, amendment that would
strike language in the bill that would bar the use of funds
to establish permanent military bases in Iraq.
Rejected 50-376
VOTE: Nay
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(297) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Web-Based
Travel System
June 20, 2006 - Chocola, R-Ind., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill from developing or implementing
any Web-based travel system being developed by the Pentagon.
Rejected 141-285
VOTE: Nay
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(301) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Lincoln
Group Contracts
June 20, 2006 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill for any contracts with the
communications and public relations firm known as the Lincoln
Group.
Rejected 153-268
VOTE: Nay
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(320) - HR 889: Coast Guard Reauthorization - Conference Report
June 27, 2006 - Young, R-Alaska, motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the conference report on the bill that would
authorize $8.7 billion in fiscal 2006 for the Coast Guard, including
$5.6 billion for operation and maintenance, $1 billion in mandatory
spending for retired pay and $1.6 billion for the Deepwater
program to replace aging ships and aircraft. It would authorize
$500 million for expenses relating to hurricanes Katrina and
Rita. It would require the Coast Guard commandant to specify
terms and conditions for navigational safety for an offshore
wind energy project in Nantucket Sound, as well as maintain
the current authorized level of 45,500 Coast Guard personnel
through fiscal 2006.
Motion agreed to 413-0: R 224-0; D 188-0 (ND 139-0, SD 49-0);
I 1-0.
VOTE: Yea
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(344) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- National Security Letter
June 28, 2006 - Nadler, D-N.Y., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to issue a national security
letter for health insurance records under any of the provisions
of law amended by Section 505 of the anti-terrorism law known
as the Patriot Act.
Rejected 189-230
VOTE: Nay
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(350) - H Res 895: Classified Information - Previous Question
June 29, 2006 - Sessions, R-Texas, motion to order
the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of
amendment) on adoption of the rule (H Res 896) to provide for
House floor consideration of the resolution that would express
support for intelligence and law enforcement programs to track
terrorists and terrorist finances as well as condemn the disclosure
and publication of classified information that relate to such
programs.
Motion agreed to 222-193
VOTE: Yea
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(351) - H Res 895: Classified Information - Rule
June 29, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 896) to
provide for House consideration of the resolution that would
express support for intelligence and law enforcement programs
to track terrorists and terrorist finances as well as condemn
the disclosure and publication of classified information that
relate to such programs.
Adopted 220-195
VOTE: Nay
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(357) - H Res 895: Classified Information - Adoption
June 29, 2006 - Adoption of the resolution that would
express support for intelligence and law enforcement programs
to track terrorists and terrorist finances as well as condemn
the disclosure and publication of classified information that
relate to such programs. It also states that the House expects
the cooperation of all news media by not disclosing classified
intelligence programs.
Adopted 227-183
VOTE: Nay
Education
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(259) - HR 4894: School Background Checks - Passage
June 13, 2006 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would require the Justice Department,
at the request of state officials, to conduct fingerprint-based
background checks in national crime databases for any employees,
candidates for employment, or volunteers at public or private
elementary or secondary schools, local education agencies or
other state agencies that work with children.
Motion agreed to 415-1
VOTE: Yea
Environment, Energy, Science and Technology
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(227) - HR 5254: Refinery Permit Process - Previous Question
June 07, 2006 - L. Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., motion to order
the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of
amendment) on adoption of the rule (H Res 842) to provide for
House floor consideration of the bill that would streamline
the application process for companies to build refineries in
the United States.
Motion agreed to 220-192
VOTE: Yea
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(228) - HR 5254: Refinery Permit Process - Rule
June 07, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 842) to
provide for House floor consideration of the bill that would
streamline the application process for companies to build refineries
in the United States.
Adopted 221-192: R 220-0; D 1-191 (ND 0-143, SD 1-48); I 0-1.
VOTE: Yea
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(231) - HR 5254: Refinery Permit Process - Recommit
June 07, 2006 - Boucher, D-Va., motion to recommit
the bill to the Energy and Commerce Committee with instructions
to include language that would create a strategic refinery reserve
modeled after the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and direct the
secretary of Energy to have strategic refinery reserve work
at a capacity of 5 percent.
Motion rejected 195-223
VOTE: Yea
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(232) - HR 5254: Refinery Permit Process - Passage
June 07, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would streamline
the application process for companies to build refineries in
the United States. The president would designate new sites suitable
for oil refineries and require the EPA to provide financial
assistance to states to facilitate applications for refineries.
It would direct the president, within 90 days of enactment,
to designate at least three sites on closed military bases appropriate
for new oil refineries. It would create an application process
overseen by a new federal coordinator, appointed by the president,
who would be in charge of every federal refinery authorization.
Passed 238-179
VOTE: Nay
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(247) - HR 5522: Fiscal 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Export-Import Bank Loans
June 09, 2006 - Sanders, I-Vt., amendment that would
prohibit the Export-Import Bank from making any loans or loan
guarantees for oil and gas projects.
Rejected 178-228
VOTE: Yea
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(319) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Rule
June 27, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 890) to
provide for House consideration of the bill that would provide
$60.2 billion in fiscal 2007 for the departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State as well as various science and other related
agencies.
Adopted 224-188
VOTE: Yea
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(339) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- Mars Exploration
June 28, 2006 - Frank, D-Mass., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill for Mars exploration.
Rejected 145-274
VOTE: Yea
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(352) - HR 4761: Offshore Drilling - Previous Question
June 29, 2006 - Capito, R-W.Va., motion to order the
previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 897) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would end a federal moratorium
on most offshore exploration and development of oil and natural
gas but give states more control over drilling along their coasts.
Motion agreed to 224-193
VOTE: Yea
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(354) - HR 4761: Offshore Drilling - Continue Current Offshore
Drilling Ban
June 29, 2006 - Markey, D-Mass., amendment that would
strike all provisions in the bill to end the current ban on
offshore drilling.
Rejected 170-249
VOTE: Yea
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(355) - HR 4761: Offshore Drilling - 125-Mile Offshore Ban
June 29, 2006 - Bilirakis, R-Fla., amendment that would
bar the Interior Department from issuing leases for oil or natural
gas development within 125 miles of a state's coast, unless
the state specifically requests such leases.
Rejected 65-353
VOTE: Nay
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(356) - HR 4761: Offshore Drilling - Passage
June 29, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would end
a federal moratorium on most offshore exploration and development
of oil and natural gas but give states more control over drilling
along their coasts. The bill would require the Interior Department
to offer leases for offshore oil and gas drilling for 75 percent
of available offshore locations on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Drilling would be banned out to 50 miles off the coasts. States
could repeal the ban and pursue exploration closer to the coast
or extend protection to 100 miles. It would incrementally increase
states' share of revenue from offshore fuel production, bids
for leases, and royalty payments from 4.6 percent in fiscal
2006 to 42.5 percent in fiscal 2022.
Passed 232-187
VOTE: Nay
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings, and
District of Columbia
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(289) - HR 5540: Jacob Dan Dones Post Office - Passage
June 19, 2006 - Foxx, R-N.C., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would designate a post office in
Dimmitt, Texas, for Jacob Dan Dones, who reached the rank of
sergeant in the U.S. Army and served in Operation Enduring Freedom
and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Motion agreed to 306-0
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(290) - HR 5504: Larry Winn Jr. Post Office - Passage
June 19, 2006 - Foxx, R-N.C., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would designate a post office in
Mission, Kan., for Larry Winn Jr., R-Kan., who served nine terms
in the House.
Motion agreed to 305-0
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
Foreign Affairs
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(236) - HR 5522: Fiscal 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Aid to Egypt
June 08, 2006 - Obey, D-Wis., amendment that would
reduce economic assistance to Egypt by $100 million, offset
by increasing disaster assistance for Darfur and HIV/AIDS assistance
by $50 million each.
Rejected 198-225
VOTE: Nay
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(242) - HR 5522: Fiscal 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Refugee and Migration Assistance
June 09, 2006 - McGovern, D-Mass., amendment that would
increase funding for the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration
Assistance Fund by $30 million, offset by a cut of the same
amount for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative.
Rejected 174-229
VOTE: Nay
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(243) - HR 5522: Fiscal 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Institute for Security Cooperation
June 09, 2006 - McGovern, D-Mass., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to recruit and send students
to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga.
Rejected 188-218
VOTE: Yea
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(244) - HR 5522: Fiscal 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Aid to Saudi Arabia
June 09, 2006 - Weiner, D-N.Y., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill for assistance to Saudi Arabia.
Adopted 312-97
VOTE: Yea
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(245) - HR 5522: Fiscal 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Aid to Mexico
June 09, 2006 - King, R-Iowa, amendment that would
bar the use of funds for the Economic Support Fund to Mexico.
Rejected 93-311
VOTE: Nay
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(246) - HR 5522: Fiscal 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Northern Zone Investment Plan
June 09, 2006 - Kucinich, D-Ohio, amendment that would
bar the use of funds for the Millennium Challenge Corporation
to implement the Northern Zone Investment Plan in El Salvador
with respect to the Northern Transnational Highway.
Rejected 118-288
VOTE: Nay
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(249) - HR 5522: Fiscal 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Drinking Water and Anti-Poverty Programs
June 09, 2006 - Blumenauer, D-Ore., amendment that
would increase funding for safe drinking water and other anti-poverty
programs by $250 million, offset by a cut of the same amount
from the Foreign Military Financing Program.
Rejected 182-224
VOTE: Yea
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(250) - HR 5522: Fiscal 2007 Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Passage
June 09, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate
$21.3 billion in fiscal 2007 for foreign operations and economic
assistance. It would provide $2.3 billion in military assistance
for Israel and $1.3 billion for Egypt. It also would appropriate
$3.4 billion for programs to combat HIV/AIDS and related diseases
as well as $2 billion for the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
The bill also would forbid foreign organizations that receive
U.S. aid from using that money to perform abortions or abortion
counseling.
Passed 373-34
VOTE: Yea
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(251) - H Res 794: Tiananmen Square Protesters - Adoption
June 12, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would express sympathy for
the families of those killed, tortured, and imprisoned for their
participation in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, call upon
nations participating in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing to insist
that China comply with the United Nations human rights declaration,
and condemn the ongoing human rights abuses by the Chinese government.
Motion agreed to 362-1
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(252) - H Res 804: Coerced Ordination of Chinese Bishops - Adoption
June 12, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would condemn the actions
of the Catholic Patriotic Association of China in their coerced
ordinations of priests Joseph Ma Yinglin and Joseph Liu Xinhong,
and their unauthorized elevation to bishops.
Motion agreed to 362-1
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(253) - H Res 608: Religious Persecution in China - Adoption
June 12, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would condemn the imprisonment
of religious leaders and people of faith in China, urge that
they be released, and express the sense of the House that the
United States should promote and defend religious freedom in
China.
Motion agreed to 363-1
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(254) - H Con Res 338: Islamic Terrorist Activities in Western
Hemisphere - Adoption
June 12, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would express
the sense of Congress recognizing the potential threat to the
United States, its allies and interests posed by sympathizers
and financiers of Islamic terrorist organizations that operate
in the Western Hemisphere.
Motion agreed to 364-0
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
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(256) - H Con Res 408: Commend Canada - Adoption
June 13, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would commend
the Canadian government for its commitment to the global war
on terror.
Motion agreed to 409-0
VOTE: Yea
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(284) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Cuba Economic Embargo
June 14, 2006 - Rangel, D-N.Y., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to implement, administer or
enforce the economic embargo on Cuba.
Rejected 183-245
VOTE: Yea
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(285) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Cuban Educational Travel
June 14, 2006 - Lee, D-Calif., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to enforce regulations preventing
travel to Cuba by academic institutions.
Rejected 187-236
VOTE: Yea
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(294) - HR 5228: Lobbying Contacts Reporting - Passage
June 20, 2006 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would require any representative
from a country the State Department classifies as a state sponsor
of terrorism to provide a detailed statement to the Justice
Department describing any lobbying contact with members of Congress
or congressional employees.
Motion rejected 263-159
VOTE: Yea
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(300) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Iran Military
Operations
June 20, 2006 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to initiate military operations
against Iran except in accordance with Article I, Section 8
of the Constitution.
Rejected 158-262
VOTE: Yea
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(342) - HR 5672: Fiscal 2007 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
- United Nations Headquarters
June 28, 2006 - Stearns, R-Fla., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to design, renovate, construct,
or rent any headquarters for the United Nations at any location
in the United States.
Rejected 131-288
VOTE: Nay
Health Care
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(306) - HR 5573: Health Centers - Passage
June 21, 2006 - Deal, R-Ga., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would authorize $10 billion in
funding for the federal community health centers program between
fiscal 2007 and 2011.
Motion agreed to 424-3
VOTE: Yea
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(307) - HR 5574: Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education
- Passage
June 21, 2006 - Deal, R-Ga., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would authorize $1.5 billion in
funding for the children's hospital graduate medical education
program between fiscal 2007 and 2011.
Motion agreed to 421-4
VOTE: Yea
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(318) - H Res 323: Childhood Cancer - Adoption
June 22, 2006 - Deal, R-Ga., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would support the use of
public and private sector resources to promote awareness of
childhood cancer, as well as pediatric cancer research to improve
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various forms of the
disease.
Motion agreed to 393-0
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
Housing
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(266) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Community Development Fund
June 13, 2006 - Miller, R-Calif., amendment that would
increase by $15 million funds for the Community Development
Fund, offset by a cut of the same amount for the IRS business
systems modernization program.
Adopted 286-139
VOTE: Yea
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(267) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Housing Vouchers
June 13, 2006 - Nadler, D-N.Y., amendment that would
provide an additional $70 million for Section 8 housing vouchers,
offset by a cut of $100 million to the working capital fund
under the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Adopted 243-178
VOTE: Yea
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(268) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - HOPE VI Housing
June 13, 2006 - Davis, D-Ala., amendment that would
increase HOPE VI housing grants by $30 million, offset by a
cut of the same amount in the General Services Administration
Federal Buildings Fund.
Adopted 262-162
VOTE: Yea
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(269) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - American Dream Downpayment Act
June 13, 2006 - Jackson-Lee, D-Texas, amendment that
would extend for three months, through Dec. 31, 2009, the availability
of funding under the bill for the American Dream Downpayment
Act.
Rejected 193-230
VOTE: Nay
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(270) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - HUD Elderly and Disabled Program
June 13, 2006 - Harris, R-Fla., amendment that would
increase by $15 million funds for the Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) Elderly and Disabled Program, offset
by cuts to HUD's salaries and expenses and the General Services
Administration Federal Buildings Fund accounts.
Adopted 335-90
VOTE: Yea
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(271) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Lead-Based Paint
June 13, 2006 - Slaughter, D-N.Y., amendment that would
increase by $35 million funds for the Residential Lead-Based
Paint Hazard Program, offset by a cut for the same amount for
the General Services Administration Federal Buildings Fund.
Adopted 233-190
VOTE: Yea
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(272) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - HUD Loans
June 13, 2006 - Waters, D-Calif., amendment that would
provide $3 million for the HUD Community Development Loan Guarantee
program, offset by a cut of the same amount to the HUD Management
and Administration account.
Adopted 218-207
VOTE: Yea
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(282) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Section 8 Housing
June 14, 2006 - Frank, D-Mass., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill for the Department of Housing
and Urban Development to implement a regulation that would provide
a certain type of Section 8 housing voucher to replace demolished
public housing units only if the units were leased prior to
being demolished.
Rejected 214-214
VOTE: Yea
Labor and Retirement
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(233) - HR 5449: FAA Bargaining Process - Passage
June 07, 2006 - LaTourette, R-Ohio, motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would eliminate language allowing
the Federal Aviation Administration to declare an impasse in
negotiations and submit its last offer to Congress for review.
The bill would make the changes retroactive to April 1 and apply
them to proposed changes submitted to Congress before the date
of enactment.
Motion rejected 271-148
VOTE: Yea
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(234) - S 2803: Mine Safety Regulations - Passage
June 07, 2006 - McKeon, R-Calif., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would establish new federal
safety regulations for coal mines dealing with emergency response
plans, availability of mine rescue teams, and penalties for
failure to comply with safety standards.
Motion agreed to 381-37
VOTE: Yea
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(313) - HR 5638: Estate Tax Reduction - Appeal Ruling
of the Chair
June 22, 2006 - Thomas, R-Calif., motion to table (kill) the
Rangel, D-N.Y., appeal of the ruling of the chair that the Rangel
motion to recommit was not germane. The Rangel motion would
recommit the bill to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions
to report the bill back to the House only after it has addressed
the minimum wage issue.
Motion agreed to 229-195
VOTE: Submitted a statement supporting passage
Transportation
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(258) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Same-Day Consideration
June 13, 2006 - Adoption of the resolution (H Res 862)
that would waive the two-thirds majority vote requirement for
same- day consideration of the rule to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill (HR 5576) that would provide $139.2
billion in fiscal 2007 for the Departments of Transportation,
Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development as well as the judiciary
and the District of Columbia.
Adopted 221-194
VOTE: Yea
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(261) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Previous Question
June 13, 2006 - 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 865) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would provide
$139.2 billion in fiscal 2007 for the Departments of Transportation,
Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development as well as the judiciary
and the District of Columbia.
Motion agreed to 249-167
VOTE: Nay
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(262) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Rule
June 13, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 865) that
would provide $139.2 billion in fiscal 2007 for the Departments
of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development
as well as the judiciary and the District of Columbia.
Adopted 221-194
VOTE: Yea
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(263) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Amtrak
June 13, 2006 - LaTourette, R-Ohio, amendment that
would increase funding for Amtrak by $214 million, offset by
a cut from various accounts including salaries and expenses
and transportation planning from the Transportation Department,
railroad research from the Federal Railroad Administration,
salaries and expenses from the Surface Transportation Board,
salaries and expenses from the Federal Maritime Commission and
the General Services Administration Federal Buildings Fund.
Adopted 266-158
VOTE: Yea
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(264) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
June 13, 2006 - Bean, D-Ill., amendment that would
increase by $6.7 million funding for the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration Operations and Research account, offset
by cuts of $2.7 million for the Transportation Department's
assistant secretary for administration and $4 million from the
Transportation Planning, Research and Development account.
Adopted 234-190
VOTE: Yea
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(265) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Transit Research
June 13, 2006 - Israel, D-N.Y., amendment that would
increase by $9.5 million funds for the Federal Transit Administration
Research and University Research program, offset by cuts in
salaries and expenses for the Transportation and Treasury Departments.
Rejected 197-228
VOTE: Nay
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(274) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Rail Line Program
June 14, 2006 - Lipinski, D-Ill., amendment that would
provide $30 million to the Transportation secretary to carry
out the Capital Grants for Rail Line Relocation and Improvement
Program, offset by cuts of $20 million to the IRS Business Systems
Modernization account and $10 million to the Treasury Department
salaries and expenses account.
Rejected 209-216
VOTE: Nay
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(281) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Terminal Radar Control Center
June 14, 2006 - Hastings, D-Fla., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to eliminate, consolidate,
or plan to consolidate a terminal radar control center in a
high-threat urban area.
Adopted 261-166
VOTE: Nay
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(283) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Domestic Airline Ownership
June 14, 2006 - Oberstar, D-Minn., amendment that would
bar the use of funds in the bill to finalize or implement a
proposed Transportation Department regulation concerning control
of a U.S. domestic airline by foreign investors.
Adopted 291-137
VOTE: Yea
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(286) - HR 5576: Fiscal 2007 Transportation-Treasury-Housing
Appropriations - Passage
June 14, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate
$139.2 billion in fiscal 2007, including $67.4 billion in discretionary
spending, for the departments of Housing and Urban Development,
Treasury and Transportation, and related agencies. It would
provide $15.2 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration,
$11.5 billion for the Treasury Department and $6.1 billion for
the judiciary. It would provide $19.6 billion for the Office
of Personnel Management and $575 million for the District of
Columbia. The bill, as amended, would fund grants to Amtrak
at $1.1 billion.
Passed 406-22
VOTE: Yea
Veterans
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(321) - HR 4843: Veterans Benefits - Passage
June 27, 2006 - Buyer, R-Ind., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would increase disability compensation
paid to veterans and to their survivors by the same cost-of-living
adjustment payable to Social Security recipients. The increase
would take effect on Dec. 1, 2006.
Motion agreed to 408-0
VOTE: Yea
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