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Christopher's
Votes - September, 2006
War on Terror
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(437) - H Res 175: World Trade Center Memorial - Adoption
September 12, 2006 - Jones, R-N.C., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would recognize the
importance of establishing a national memorial at the site of
the former World Trade Center to mark the terrorist attacks
of Feb. 26, 1993, and Sept. 11, 2001, and support the efforts
of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation.
Motion agreed to 394-0
VOTE: Yea
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(438) - H Res 994: Sept. 11 Remembrance - Previous Question
September 13, 2006 - Sessions, R-Texas, motion to order the
previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 996) to provide for House consideration
of the resolution that would express the sense of the House
of Representatives recognizing September 11 as a day to remember
and mourn those who lost their lives during the 2001 terrorist
attacks.
Motion agreed to 223-191
VOTE: Yea
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(440) - H Res 994: Sept. 11 Remembrance - Adoption
September 13, 2006 - Adoption of the resolution that would express
the sense of the House recognizing September 11 as a day to
remember those who died on Sept. 11, 2001. It would encourage
Americans to make September 11 a day of national service; extend
sympathies to families and loved ones of the victims of that
day; and honor first-responders, law enforcement personnel,
and others who aided the victims and risked their lives following
the attacks.
Adopted 395-22
VOTE: Yea
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(478) - : Intelligence Report - Motion to Proceed into Closed
Session
September 26, 2006 - Pelosi, D-Calif., motion to proceed
to closed session to discuss the National Intelligence Estimate
on the effects of the war in Iraq against the terror threat.
Motion rejected 171-217
VOTE: Yea
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(483) - H Res 989: Commend United Kingdom Efforts in War on
Terror - Adoption
September 26, 2006 - Poe, R-Texas, motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would commend British
law enforcement authorities on their actions to prevent a terrorist
attack and intelligence officials for their work in identifying
those seeking to carry out the plot.
Motion agreed to 412-3
VOTE: Yea
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(488) - HR 6166: Military Tribunals - Previous Question
September 27, 2006 - Cole, R-Okla., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 1042) to provide for House consideration
of a bill that would authorize military tribunals to try suspected
terrorists.
Motion agreed to 225-191
VOTE: Yea
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(489) - HR 6166: Military Tribunals - Rule
September 27, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 1042) to provide
for House consideration of a bill that would authorize military
tribunals to try suspected terrorists.
Adopted 222-194
VOTE: Yea
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(490) - HR 6166: Military Tribunals - Recommit
September 27, 2006 - Skelton, D-Mo., motion to recommit the
bill to the House Armed Services Committee with instructions
to include language that would establish a process for expedited
judicial review and require a reauthorization of the bill after
Dec. 31, 2009.
Motion rejected 195-228
VOTE: Yea
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(491) - HR 6166: Military Tribunals - Passage
September 27, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would
authorize military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, allow
prosecutors to make only certain portions of classified evidence
available to defendants and permit trials to proceed without
the defendant's presence if the judge finds that the defendant
is disruptive. It also would set standards for the interrogation
and treatment of detainees, and provide for an appeals process
for those convicted by military commissions. Detainees would
be barred from filing habeas corpus suits challenging their
detentions, preventing them from initiating any judicial proceedings.
Passed 253-168
VOTE: Yea
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(508) - S 3930: Military Tribunals - Passage
September 29, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would authorize
military tribunals to try detainees designated as unlawful enemy
combatants, defined as a person who has "engaged in hostilities
or who has purposefully and materially supported hostilities
against the United States" in the war on terror. It also
would allow prisoners to contest their classification as enemy
combatants. It would eliminate habeas corpus rights retroactive
to Sept. 11, 2001. The legislation would allow for the use some
coerced testimony and evidence seized without a warrant. Evidence
obtained through torture could not be used. Classified evidence,
including the sources and methods used to acquire it, would
not be disclosed if it would be detrimental to national security.
Passed (thus cleared for the president) 250-170
VOTE: Yea
Arts, Immigration, Social Services and
other Domestic Issues
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(427) - HR 2808: Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin
- Passage
September 06, 2006 - Biggert, R-Ill., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would direct the Treasury Department
to produce no more than 500,000 $1 silver coins commemorating
the life of President Abraham Lincoln.
Motion agreed to 401-0
VOTE: Yea
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(428) - H Res 605: Preston Robert Tisch Commemoration
- Adoption
September 06, 2006 - Foxx, R-N.C., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would recognize the life of businessman
and New York Giants co-owner Preston Robert Tisch and his contributions
to New York City, the New York Giants football club, the National
Football League and the United States.
Motion agreed to 399-0
VOTE: Yea
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(429) - H Res 875: Spelman College 125th Anniversary - Adoption
September 06, 2006 - Price, R-Ga., motion
to suspend the rules and adopt the resolution that would congratulate
Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga., on its 125th anniversary.
Motion agreed to 400-0
VOTE: Yea
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(430) - HR 503: Horse Slaughter - Rule
September 07, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 981) to provide
for House consideration of the bill that would prohibit the
transporting, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing,
selling, or donation of horses to be slaughtered for human consumption.
Adopted 351-40
VOTE: Yea
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(431) - HR 503: Horse Slaughter - Horse Sanctuaries
September 07, 2006 - Goodlatte, R-Va., amendment that would
require the Agriculture Department to certify that sufficient
horse sanctuaries exist to care for unwanted horses before the
legislation would take effect.
Rejected 177-229
VOTE: Nay
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(432) - HR 503: Horse Slaughter - Cultural Exemptions
September 07, 2006 - King, R-Iowa, amendment that would allow
horses to be transported, possessed, purchased, sold, received,
or donated for slaughter for human consumption by Native Americans
or people from other cultures that eat horse meat.
Rejected 149-256
VOTE: Nay
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(433) - HR 503: Horse Slaughter - Passage
September 07, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would prohibit
the transporting, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing,
selling, or donation of horses to be slaughtered for human consumption.
It also would authorize the Agriculture Department to detain
horses that it has reason to believe might be transported, delivered,
received, possessed, purchased, sold, or donated for slaughter
for human consumption.
Passed 263-146
VOTE: Yea
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(444) - HR 6061: Border Fencing - Previous
Question
September 14, 2006 - Sessions, R-Texas, motion to order the
previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 1002) to provide for House consideration
of the bill that would authorize the construction of approximately
700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexican border, and direct
the Homeland Security Department to evaluate the ability of
personnel to stop fleeing vehicles at the border.
Motion agreed to 224-190
VOTE: Nay
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(445) - HR 6061: Border Fencing - Recommit
September 14, 2006 - Thompson, D-Miss., motion to recommit
the bill to the Homeland Security Committee with instructions
to include language that would require the Homeland Security
secretary to obtain operational control over international land
and maritime borders of the United States through changes in
workforce, security, surveillance and physical infrastructure,
including adding 3,000 Border Patrol agents, 2,000 Immigration
and Customs Enforcement agents and 25,000 detention beds every
year from fiscal 2007 through 2010.
Motion rejected 193-224
VOTE: Yea
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(446) - HR 6061: Border Fencing - Passage
September 14, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would require
the Homeland Security Department to prevent the entry of terrorists,
unlawful aliens, instruments of terrorism, narcotics, and other
contraband along the nation's international borders. It would
authorize the construction of approximately 700 miles of fencing
along the U.S.-Mexican border. The bill would require a study
of implementing security systems along the U.S.-Canadian border
and direct the agency to evaluate the ability of personnel to
stop fleeing vehicles at the border.
Passed 283-138
VOTE: Yea
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(461) - HR 4830, HR6095, HR6094: Immigration and Homeland Security
- Previous Question
September 21, 2006 - Gingrey, R-Ga., motion to order
the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of
amendment) on adoption of the rule (H Res 1018) to provide for
House consideration of three bills that would create new criminal
penalties for constructing illegal tunnels under the U.S. border,
allow the Homeland Security Department to detain illegal immigrants
indefinitely in certain cases, and require expedited consideration
of lawsuits against the federal government involving the enforcement
of immigration laws.
Motion agreed to 225-195
VOTE: Yea
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(462) - HR 4830, HR6095, HR6094: Immigration and Homeland Security
- Rule
September 21, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 1018)
to provide for House consideration of three bills that would
create new criminal penalties for constructing illegal tunnels
under the U.S. border, allow the Homeland Security Department
to detain illegal immigrants indefinitely in certain cases,
and require expedited consideration of lawsuits against the
federal government involving the enforcement of immigration
laws.
Adopted 227-195
VOTE: Yea
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(464) - HR 6094: Illegal Immigrant Detainment - Appeal Ruling
of the Chair
September 21, 2006 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to table
(kill) the Gutierrez, D-Ill., appeal of the ruling of the chair
that the Gutierrez motion to recommit was not germane. The Gutierrez
motion would recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with
instructions to report the bill back to the House after it authorizes
funds for 2,000 immigration agents, 250 detention officers,
250 U.S. Marshals, 25,000 detention beds and 1,000 investigators
per year for fiscal 2007-2010.
Motion agreed to 225-195
VOTE: Yea
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(465) - HR 6094: Illegal Immigrant Detainment - Passage
September 21, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would
set conditions under which illegal immigrants could be detained
indefinitely pending their deportation, bar admission into the
United States for gang members and allow alien members of certain
gangs to be automatically eligible for deportation. The Homeland
Security Department would be able to detain illegal immigrants
indefinitely beyond the initial 90-day period pending their
deportation. The bill also would authorize the agency to remove
those detained immigrants.
Passed 328-95
VOTE: Yea
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(467) - HR 6095: Immigration Law Enforcement - Recommit
September 21, 2006 - Reyes, D-Texas, motion
to recommit the bill to the House Judiciary Committee with instructions
to include language that would provide additional resources
to deal with alien smuggling.
Motion rejected 196-226
VOTE: Nay
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(468) - HR 6095: Immigration Law Enforcement - Passage
September 21, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would set new
procedures to expedite lawsuits against the government involving
immigration law, require the Justice Department to hire more
attorneys to prosecute human smuggling cases, and clarify that
state and local law enforcement agencies have the authority
to investigate and apprehend illegal immigrants. It would require
courts considering civil lawsuits against the government involving
immigration law enforcement to expedite such cases. It would
require the Justice Department to increase the number of U.S.
attorneys by at least 20 per year for fiscal 2008-2013 to prosecute
human smuggling cases.
Passed 277-140
VOTE: Yea
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(469) - HR 4830: Border Tunnel - Passage
September 21, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would establish
new criminal penalties for individuals involved with the construction
of illegal tunnels across the U.S. border. It would set a penalty
of up to 20 years imprisonment for those convicted of knowingly
constructing or financing a tunnel across the border and a penalty
of up to 10 years in prison for those that permit the construction
or use of such a tunnel on their land. Individuals convicted
of using illegal tunnels to smuggle illegal immigrants, controlled
substances, weapons of mass destruction or other illegal goods
would be subject to twice the criminal penalty that they otherwise
would have faced.
Passed 422-0
VOTE: Yea
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(474) - HR 2679: Public Expression of Religion - Rule
September 26, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 1038) to provide
for House consideration of a bill that would bar the award of
attorney fees to individuals who win lawsuits against government
officials in cases involving the First Amendment's prohibition
on laws regarding the establishment or free exercise of religion.
Adopted 229-177
VOTE: Yea
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(475) - S 403: Parental Notification - Rule
September 26, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 1039) to provide
for House consideration of a bill that would make it a federal
crime to take a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion
in order to circumvent state parental notification and consent
laws.
Adopted 249-157
VOTE: Nay
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(480) - HR 2679: Public Expression of Religion - Passage
September 26, 2006 - Passage of the bill that
would bar the awarding of attorney fees to individuals who win
lawsuits against government officials in cases involving the
First Amendment's prohibition on laws regarding the establishment
or free exercise of religion. The bill would apply, but not
be limited, to cases involving veterans' memorials or public
buildings containing religious words or imagery, the presence
of religious words or imagery in official state seals, or the
charter or use of public buildings by the Boy Scouts.
Passed 244-173
VOTE: Nay
Budget, Taxes, and Economy
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(470) - S 2832: Appalachian Regional Commission - Passage
September 21, 2006 - Shuster, R-Pa., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would reauthorize the Appalachian Regional
Development Act through fiscal 2011, and authorize a total of
$511 million over five years for the Appalachian Regional Commission
(ARC). It would allow ARC to provide a greater level of assistance
to counties at risk of becoming economically distressed.
Motion rejected 215-204
VOTE: Yea
Business, Trade and Consumer Affairs
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(439) - HR 4893: Off-Reservation Gaming - Passage
September 13, 2006 - Pombo, R-Calif., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would place additional limits on
opening new off-reservation gambling operations for American
Indian tribes. It would eliminate the test under which a tribe
may build new off-reservation casinos if Interior Department
and state officials determine that the new development is in
the best interest of the tribe and the community.
Motion rejected 247-171
VOTE: Yea
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(492) - HR 5637: Nonadmitted Insurance and Reinsurance Standards
- Passage
September 27, 2006 - Oxley, R-Ohio, motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would establish national standards
for how states may regulate, collect, and tax "nonadmitted"
insurance, which covers unique or atypical risks as well as
national standards on how states regulate reinsurance, which
is insurance for insurance companies.
Motion agreed to 417-0
VOTE: Yea
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(494) - S 2856: Financial Services Regulatory Revisions - Passage
September 27, 2006 - Oxley, R-Ohio, motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would authorize the payment
of interest on balances held by depository institutions at a
federal reserve bank. It also would provide the Federal Reserve
with greater flexibility to set the ratio of reserves a depository
institution must maintain against its transaction accounts and
allows the Fed to permit institutions to have no reserve.
Motion agreed to 417-0
VOTE: Yea
Congress and Federal Elections
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(448) - H Res 1000: Earmark Overhaul - Previous Question
September 14, 2006 - Dreier, R-Calif., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 1003) to deem a resolution adopted
that would change House rules to require all House committees
to list the earmarks contained in the bills they approve or
in the accompanying committee reports, along with the names
of the members requesting those earmarks.
Motion agreed to 218-194
VOTE: Nay
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(449) - H Res 1000: Earmark Overhaul - Rule
September 14, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 1003)
to deem a resolution adopted that would change House rules to
require House committees to list the earmarks contained in the
bills they approve or in the accompanying committee reports,
along with the names of the members requesting those earmarks.
It also would require conferees to include in the managers'
statement a list of any earmarks added by conferees and the
names of the requesters. The requirements would not apply to
bills that come to the House floor without being reported by
a committee or to amendments that are offered on the House floor.
The changes made by the resolution would apply only to the House.
Adopted 245-171
VOTE: Yea
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(454) - HR 4844: Voter Identification - Question of Consideration
September 20, 2006 - Question of whether the House
should consider the rule (H Res 1015) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would require individuals voting
in a federal election to provide photo identification, and in
fiscal 2010, require photo identification that also shows proof
of citizenship in order to vote.
Other 213-190
VOTE: Shays did not vote but supported the resolution
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(455) - HR 4844: Voter Identification - Previous Question
September 20, 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 1015) to provide for
House consideration of the bill that would require individuals
voting in a federal election to provide photo identification,
and in fiscal 2010, require photo identification that also shows
proof of citizenship in order to vote.
Motion agreed to 222-194
VOTE: Shays did not vote but supported the resolution
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(456) - HR 4844: Voter Identification - Rule
September 20, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 1015)
to provide for House consideration of the bill that would require
individuals voting in a federal election to provide photo identification,
and in fiscal 2010, require photo identification that also shows
proof of citizenship in order to vote.
Adopted 223-196
VOTE: Yea
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(458) - HR 4844: Voter Identification - Recommit
September 20, 2006 - Millender-McDonald, D-Calif.,
motion to recommit the bill to the House Administration Committee
with instructions to include language that would exempt all
military voters and their families, elderly and disabled voters,
and victims of Hurricane Katrina who are unable to obtain government
documents. It would prohibit the bill from taking effect until
it is determined that 95 percent of voters will not be disenfranchised,
and a study is completed indicating the bill will not disenfranchise
elderly, disabled, minority or Native American voters.
Motion rejected 196-225
VOTE: Nay
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(459) - HR 4844: Voter Identification - Passage
September 20, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would
require individuals voting in a federal election to provide
photo identification, and in fiscal 2010, require photo identification
that also shows proof of citizenship in order to vote. It would
allow voters who cannot show identification to cast provisional
ballots, which could be counted only if the voter presents photo
identification to an election official within 48 hours. Voters
in federal elections would have to provide a photocopy of government-issued
photo identification when voting by mail. It also would require
states to provide photographic voter identification cards to
voters who do not have other forms of government-issued identification.
Passed 228-196
VOTE: Yea
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(495) - H Res 1045: Suspension Motions - Previous Question
September 28, 2006 - Hastings, R-Wash., motion to order
the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of
amendment) on adoption of the resolution (H Res 1045) to provide
for House floor consideration of bills under suspension of the
rules through the legislative day of Friday, Sept. 29, 2006.
Motion agreed to 223-196
VOTE: Nay
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(506) - H Res 1053: Resolutions for Floor Consideration - Previous
Question
September 29, 2006 - Cole, R-Okla., motion to order
the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of
amendment) on adoption of the rule (H Res 1053) that would waive
the two-thirds majority vote requirement for same-day consideration
for rules reported on the legislative day of Sept. 29, 2006.
Motion agreed to 215-197
VOTE: Nay
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(507) - H Res 1053: Resolutions for Floor Consideration - Same-Day
Consideration
September 29, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 1053)
that would waive the two-thirds majority vote requirement for
same-day consideration for rules reported on the legislative
day of Sept. 29, 2006.
Adopted 227-193
VOTE: Yea
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(513) - H Res 1065: Investigation of Rep. Mark Foley - Previous
Question
September 29, 2006 - Boehner, R-Ohio, motion to order
the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of
amendment) on the motion to refer the Pelosi, D-Calif., privileged
resolution that would require the Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct to investigate the knowledge of offenses of
Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., who resigned from Congress on Sept.
29, 2006.
Motion agreed to 410-0
VOTE: Yea
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(514) - H Res 1065: Investigation of Rep. Mark Foley - Motion
to Refer
September 29, 2006 - Motion to refer the Pelosi, D-Calif.,
privileged resolution that would require the Committee on Standards
of Official Conduct to investigate the knowledge of offenses
of Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., who resigned from Congress on Sept.
29, 2006.
Motion agreed to 409-0
VOTE: Yea
Crime, Drugs and Judicial Affairs
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(441) - HR 2965: Federal Prison Industries Contracting
- Non-Competitive Contracting
September 14, 2006 - Scott, D-Va., amendment that would allow
the attorney general to authorize certain agencies within the
Justice Department to award contracts to Federal Prison Industries
on a non-competitive basis.
Rejected 77-339
VOTE: Nay
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(442) - HR 2965: Federal Prison Industries Contracting
- For-Profit Businesses
September 14, 2006 - Scott, D-Va., amendment that would allow
the Federal Prison Industries to continue contracts, of the
type being performed on the date of enactment of the bill, that
provide services to for-profit businesses.
Rejected 80-332
VOTE: Nay
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(443) - HR 2965: Federal Prison Industries Contracting
- Passage
September 14, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would phase out,
over five years, the current requirement that federal agencies
seeking to purchase at least $2,500 worth of products or services
must first attempt to buy them through the Federal Prison Industries
before considering other vendors. The requirement would expire
on Oct. 1, 2011. The bill also would authorize $75 million per
year after fiscal 2008 for the federal Bureau of Prisons to
run a new program to provide inmates with education, vocational
training and apprenticeships.
Passed 362-57
VOTE: Yea
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(476) - HR 5092: Gun License Penalties - Passage
September 26, 2006 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would allow the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to enforce civil penalties
for gun license violations based on their severity. Fines of
up to $2,500 per violation, with a maximum of $15,000, per inspection
could be imposed for serious violations.
Motion agreed to 277-131
VOTE: Nay
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(479) - S 403: Parental Notification - Passage
September 26, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would
make it a federal crime to take a minor across state lines to
obtain an abortion in order to circumvent state parental notification
and consent laws. It would provide an exception for cases in
which an abortion is necessary to save the life of the minor.
Physicians who perform an abortion on an out-of-state minor
would have to provide at least 24 hours notice to the minor's
parent. Violators would be subject to a fine of up to $100,000
and up to one year in prison.
Passed 264-153
VOTE: Nay
Defense and National Security
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(434) - HR 5122: Fiscal 2007 Defense Authorization -
Motion to Instruct
September 07, 2006 - Edwards, D-Texas, motion to instruct conferees
to agree to a Senate provision that would extend Defense Department
discounts on prescription drugs to the Tricare retail pharmacy
program.
Motion agreed to 374-30
VOTE: Yea
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(435) - HR 5122: Fiscal 2007 Defense Authorization - Motion
to Close Conference
September 07, 2006 - Drake, R-Va., motion to close
portions of the conference on the bill that would authorize
funding for defense programs for fiscal 2007.
Motion agreed to 397-10
VOTE: Yea
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(463) - S 418: Military Personnel Financial Services - Passage
September 21, 2006 - Davis, R-Ky., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would ban future sales of periodic
payment plans, require greater regulation of insurance sales
on military bases, as well as require the Defense Department
to create a registry of agents who are prohibited from selling
financial policies on bases, and expand investor access to registration
information for brokers, dealers and advisers.
Motion agreed to 418-3
VOTE: Yea
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(466) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations - Motion
to Close Conference
September 21, 2006 - Young, R-Fla., motion to close
portions of the conference on the bill that would appropriate
funding for defense programs for fiscal 2007.
Motion agreed to 411-12
VOTE: Yea
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(486) - HR 5631: Fiscal 2007 Defense Appropriations
- Conference Report
September 26, 2006 - Adoption of the conference report on the
bill that would appropriate $447.6 billion for defense spending,
including $70 billion in emergency spending for operations in
Iraq and Afghanistan as well as military equipment. The total
includes $119.8 billion for operations and maintenance, $80.9
billion for procurement, $86.4 billion for personnel and $75.7
billion for research and development. It would provide for an
average 2.2 percent pay increase for military and Pentagon civilian
personnel in fiscal 2007. The measure also includes a continuing
resolution that would provide funding through Nov. 17 for those
departments, agencies and programs whose fiscal 2007 appropriations
bills have not yet been enacted.
Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 394-22
VOTE: Yea
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(496) - HR 5441, S3930, HR5825: Military Tribunals,
Appropriations and Surveillance - Previous Question
September 28, 2006 - Putnam, R-Fla., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 1046) that would waive the two-thirds
majority vote requirement for same-day consideration for rules
dealing with the military tribunals bill (S 3930), the conference
report on the fiscal 2007 Homeland Security appropriations bill
(HR 5441) and an NSA surveillance bill (HR 5825).
Motion agreed to 223-197
VOTE: Nay
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(497) - HR 5441, HR5825, S3930: Military Tribunals, Appropriations
and Surveillance - Same-Day Consideration
September 28, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 1046)
that would waive the two-thirds majority vote requirement for
same-day consideration for rules dealing with the military tribunals
bill (S 3930), the conference report on the fiscal 2007 Homeland
Security appropriations bill (HR 5441) and an NSA surveillance
bill (HR 5825).
Adopted 227-191
VOTE: Yea
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(498) - HR 5825: Warrantless Electronic Surveillance - Previous
Question
September 28, 2006 - Putnam, R-Fla., motion to order
the previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of
amendment) on adoption of the rule (H Res 1052) to provide for
House consideration of a bill that would provide for the authorization
of electronic surveillance of communications by suspected terrorists
for specified periods without first obtaining approval from
the special, secret court established by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act.
Motion agreed to 225-197
VOTE: Nay
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(499) - HR 5825: Warrantless Electronic Surveillance - Rule
September 28, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 1052)
to provide for House consideration of a bill that would provide
for the authorization of electronic surveillance of communications
by suspected terrorists for specified periods without first
obtaining approval from the special, secret court established
by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Adopted 220-199: R 219-5
VOTE: Nay
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(500) - HR 4954: Port Security - Motion to Instruct
September 28, 2006 - Thompson, D-Miss., motion to instruct
House conferees to agree to a number of Senate-passed provisions
including those related rail, mass transit, motor carrier, bus
and hazardous material security, the National Alert System and
Transportation Security Administration personnel.
Motion agreed to 281-140
VOTE: Yea
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(501) - HR 5825: Warrantless Electronic Surveillance - Recommit
September 28, 2006 - Schiff, D-Calif., motion to recommit
the bill to the House Judiciary Committee with instructions
to include language that would streamline the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA) application process, clarify that foreign
intelligence through domestic electronic surveillance may only
be gathered through FISA, and extend the application period
for emergency electronic surveillance to 168 hours.
Motion rejected 202-221
VOTE: Nay
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(502) - HR 5825: Warrantless Electronic Surveillance - Passage
September 28, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would
allow electronic surveillance of communications by suspected
terrorists for specified periods without first obtaining approval
from the secret court established by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill would allow warrantless surveillance
to be conducted for up to 90 days if an armed or terrorist attack
against the United States has occurred, or if there is an "imminent
threat." The president would have to notify congressional
intelligence committees and the FISA court of such surveillance.
The bill would extend the amount of time intelligence agencies
can conduct warrantless electronic surveillance in "emergency
situations" before seeking FISA court approval to seven
days.
Passed 232-191
VOTE: Nay
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(504) - HR 5441, HR4772, S3930: Military Tribunals, Appropriations
and Eminent Domain - Previous Question
September 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 1054) to provide for
House consideration of three bills dealing with military tribunals
(S 3930), the conference report on the fiscal 2007 Homeland
Security appropriations (HR 5441) and eminent domain (HR 4772).
Motion agreed to 221-186
VOTE: Nay
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(505) - HR 5441, HR4772, S3930: Military Tribunals, Appropriations
and Eminent Domain - Rule
September 29, 2006 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 1054)
to provide for House consideration of three bills dealing with
military tribunals (S 3930), the conference report on the fiscal
2007 Homeland Security appropriations (HR 5441) and eminent
domain (HR 4772).
Adopted 218-188
VOTE: Yea
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(509) - HR 5441: Fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Conference Report
September 29, 2006 - Adoption of the conference report
on the bill that would provide $34.8 billion in fiscal 2007
for the Homeland Security Department and related activities.
The bill would include $9.3 billion for customs and border protection,
including fees; $6.4 billion for the Transportation Security
Administration, including fees; $8.3 billion for the Coast Guard;
$1.3 billion for the Secret Service and $2.5 billion for the
Federal Emergency Management Agency. It would appropriate $3.4
billion for the Office of Grants and Training, which deals with
state and local grant programs, and change formula-based grants
distribution 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.
Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 412-6
VOTE: Yea
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(510) - HR 5122: Fiscal 2007 Defense Authorization - Conference
Report
September 29, 2006 - Adoption of the conference report
on the bill that would authorize $532.8 billion for defense
programs, including $70 billion in emergency spending for operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan for fiscal 2007. The bill would authorize
$84.2 billion for weapons procurement, $155.3 billion for operations
and maintenance, $110.1 billion for personnel, $17.1 billion
for military construction and family housing. It also would
authorize $9.4 billion for ballistic-missile defense programs.
It would allow for an average pay raise of 2.2 percent for military
personnel.
Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 398-23
VOTE: Yea
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(512) - HR 4954: Port Security - Previous Question
September 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 1064) to provide for
House consideration of a bill that would authorize a total of
$2 billion over five years for the port security grant program,
and a total of $213 million between fiscal 2008 and 2010 for
the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program.
Motion agreed to 220-189
VOTE: Nay
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(516) - HR 4954: Port Security - Conference Report
September 30, 2006 - Adoption of the conference report
on the bill that would authorize a total of $2 billion over
five years for the port security grant program, and a total
of $213 million between fiscal 2008 and 2010 for the Customs-Trade
Partnership Against Terrorism program. The measure would authorize
the Container Security Initiative and authorize a total of $443
million between fiscal 2008 and 2010. It would require the department
to ensure that 100 percent of cargo originating from outside
the United States undergo a high risk screening, and require
that 100 percent of the containers identified as high-risk be
scanned for radiation before entering the country. It also would
prohibit banks and credit card companies from processing payments
for online gambling bets and bar gambling businesses from accepting
credit cards and electronic transfers for online betting.
Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 409-2
VOTE: Yea
Environment, Energy, Science and Technology
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(447) - HR 2864: Water Resources Development - Motion to Instruct
September 14, 2006 - Melancon, D-La., motion to instruct conferees
to agree to provisions that would "provide protection"
to communities located in the coastal areas of Louisiana and
Mississippi from the storm surge of a category five hurricane.
Motion agreed to 340-79
VOTE: Yea
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(471) - HR 5059: New Hampshire Wilderness - Passage
September 25, 2006 - Pearce, R-N.M., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would designate approximately
24,000 acres of land in New Hampshire's White Mountains as the
Wild River Wilderness, and as a part of the National Wilderness
Preservation System.
Motion rejected 223-167
VOTE: Yea
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(472) - HR 5062: New Hampshire Wilderness - Passage
September 25, 2006 - Pearce, R-N.M., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would designate approximately
11,000 acres of land in the White Mountain National Forest in
New Hampshire as wilderness, and include it in the Sandwich
Range Wilderness area.
Motion rejected 220-169
VOTE: Yea
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(477) - HR 4772: Eminent Domain - Passage
September 26, 2006 - Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., motion
to suspend the rules and pass the bill that would ensure access
to federal courts for those challenging government attempts
to take their property under eminent domain.
Motion rejected 234-172
VOTE: Shays missed vote, but submitted a statement
in opposition of the measure
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings, and
D.C.
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(436) - HR 5428: Joshua A. Terando Princeton Post Office
- Passage
September 12, 2006 - Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would designate a post office
in Morris, Ill., for Sgt. Joshua A. Terando, a reservist in
the Army National Guard who died in Iraq on Nov. 10, 2005.
Motion agreed to 389-0
VOTE: Yea
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(450) - HR 6033: Thomas J. Manton Post Office - Passage
September 14, 2006 - T. Davis, R-Va., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would designate a post office in
Woodside, N.Y., for Thomas J. Manton, D-N.Y., who served seven
terms in the House.
Motion agreed to 403-0
VOTE: Yea
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(473) - HR 6102: Christopher Petty and William Hecker
III Post Office - Passage
September 25, 2006 - T. Davis, R-Va., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would designate a post office in
Vienna, Va., for Captain Christopher P. Petty and Major William
F. Hecker III, who died in Iraq in January, 2006.
Motion agreed to 383-1
VOTE: Yea
Foreign Affairs
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(453) - H Con Res 415: Repression of Iranian Baha'is - Adoption
September 19, 2006 - Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., motion to
suspend the rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would
condemn the Iranian government for repression of the Iranian
Baha'i community, request the president to call for the Iranian
government to emancipate the Baha'i community and emphasize
that the United States regards human rights practices as a significant
factor in its foreign policy regarding Iran.
Motion agreed to 393-2
VOTE: Yea
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(460) - H Res 976: Iranian Human Rights Abuses - Adoption
September 20, 2006 - McCaul, R-Texas, motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would condemn human
rights abuses by the Iranian government and strongly urge the
international community and the United States government to
bring pressure on Iran to halt such acts.
Motion agreed to 408-10
VOTE: Yea
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(481) - H Res 723: Security in Darfur - Adoption
September 26, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would call on the president
to take immediate steps to improve security and protection for
civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan, including asking the
Sudanese government to withdraw all military aircraft from the
region, cease all support for Janjaweed militias and rebels
from Chad and disarm all Janjaweed militias.
Motion agreed to 412-7
VOTE: Yea
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(482) - H Res 992: Special Envoy for Sudan - Adoption
September 26, 2006 - Smith, R-N.J., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would support the appointment
of a presidential special envoy for Sudan.
Motion agreed to 414-3
VOTE: Yea
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(484) - H Res 1017: Support for Lebanon - Adoption
September 26, 2006 - Issa, R-Calif., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would commend Lebanese
who continue to adhere to the principles of the "Cedar
Revolution." It also would commend the democratically elected
government of Lebanon for deploying Lebanese armed forces to
the country's border with Israel.
Motion agreed to 411-5
VOTE: Yea
Health Care
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(451) - H Con Res 210: Eliminating Cancer Deaths - Adoption
September 19, 2006 - Deal, R-Ga., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would state
that Congress supports the goal of eliminating suffering and
death due to cancer by 2015.
Motion agreed to 403-0
VOTE: Yea
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(485) - HR 6164: National Institutes of Health Reauthorization
- Passage
September 26, 2006 - Barton, R-Texas, motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would reauthorize the National
Institutes of Health. It would authorize $29.7 billion in fiscal
2007, $31.2 billion in fiscal 2008 and $32.8 billion in fiscal
2009 and create a common fund that would finance research projects
involving more than one of the NIH's institutes or centers.
Motion agreed to 414-2
VOTE: Yea
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(503) - HR 6143: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Reauthorization - Passage
September 28, 2006 - Deal, R-Ga., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would reauthorize the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
program, including emergency relief, comprehensive care and
early intervention programs, through fiscal 2011. The bill would
authorize $2.3 billion in fiscal 2007 and a total of $12.2 billion
over fiscal 2007 through 2011.
Motion agreed to 325-98
VOTE: Yea
Housing
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(493) - HR 6115: Mark-to-Market Extension - Passage
September 27, 2006 - Oxley, R-Ohio, motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would extend for five years,
through fiscal 2010, the Multifamily Assisted Housing Restructuring
and Affordability law which authorized the mark-to-market approach
for renewing Section 8 housing assistance payment contracts.
Motion agreed to 416-1
VOTE: Yea
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(511) - HR 4772: Eminent Domain - Passage
September 29, 2006 - Passage of the bill that would
ensure access to federal courts for those challenging government
attempts to take their property under eminent domain. It would
allow private landowners who wish to challenge a state or local
government's "taking" of their land to file a claim
directly with a federal court when only federal claims are alleged.
Passed 231-181
VOTE: Nay
Transportation
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(515) - S 3661: Dallas Flight Restrictions - Passage
September 29, 2006 - Mica, R-Fla., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would repeal a statute that
restricts Southwest Airlines' flights from its Dallas Love Field
headquarters, eight years after the statue was enacted. Southwest
would not be able to fly international routes from or to Love
Field.
Motion agreed to 386-22
VOTE: Yea
Veterans
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(452) - H Res 622: Filipino World War II Veterans - Adoption
September 19, 2006 - Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., motion to
suspend the rules and adopt the resolution that would recognize
and honor the Filipino World War II veterans for their defense
of American democracy and their contribution to the victorious
outcome of World War II.
Motion agreed to 402-0
VOTE: Yea
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