|
Christopher's
Votes - February, 2007
War on Terror
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(105) HR 884: International Anti-Terrorism Cooperation
- Passage
February 27, 2007 - King, R-N.Y., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would create a new Science and Technology
Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office
within the Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology
Directorate. It would authorize the directorate to cooperate
with key allies in the war on terror to research and develop
anti-terrorism technologies.
Motion agreed to 396-16
VOTE: Yea
Arts, Immigration, Social Services and
other Domestic Issues
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(76) HR 161: Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Monument
- Passage
February 06, 2007 - Grijalva, D-Ariz., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would adjust the boundary of the
Minidoka Internment National Monument in Idaho to include the
Nidoto Nai Yoni memorial which commemorates Japanese-Americans
from Bainbridge Island, Wash.
Motion agreed to 419-0
VOTE: Yea
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(77) HR 386: Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District Conveyance
- Passage
February 06, 2007 - Napolitano, D-Calif., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would transfer nine acres of
federal land and several buildings to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation
District.
Motion agreed to 417-0
VOTE: Yea
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(79) H Res 120: Recognizing African-American Spirituals
- Adoption
February 07, 2007 - Davis, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would recognize African-American
spirituals as a "poignant and powerful genre of music"
that have become one of the most significant segments of American
music.
Motion agreed to 426-0
VOTE: Yea
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(94) H Con Res 44: Tribute to NAACP - Adoption
February 12, 2007 - Berman, D-Calif., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would honor
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
on its 98th anniversary.
Motion agreed to 410-0
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(95) H Res 122: National Day of Remembrance - Adoption
February 13, 2007 - Berman, D-Calif., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would recognize the historical
significance of Feb. 19, 1942, the date President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed an executive order restricting the freedom
of Japanese-Americans, German-Americans, Italian-Americans,
and legal resident aliens through required identification cards,
travel restrictions, seizure of personal property and internment.
Motion agreed to 426-0
VOTE: Yea
Budget, Taxes, and Economy
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(100) HR 976: Suspension Motions - Previous Question
February 16, 2007 - Arcuri, D-N.Y., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the resolution (H Res 161) to provide for House
floor consideration of a small business tax bill (HR 976) under
suspension of the rules on Friday, Feb. 16, 2007.
Motion agreed to 218-188
VOTE: Nay
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(102) HR 976: Small Business Tax Breaks - Passage
February 16, 2007 - Rangel, D-N.Y., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would provide $1.3 billion in tax breaks
for small businesses, including a one-year extension of increased
limits for expensing business-related purchases and a modified
and extended credit for hiring certain disadvantaged employees.
It would be offset by provisions to raise $1.4 billion by shifting
the timing of corporate quarterly tax payments and barring taxpayers
from diverting income to their children to avoid higher capital
gains tax rates.
Motion agreed to 360-45
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(104) HR 755: Financial Reporting Transparency - Passage
February 27, 2007 - Scott, D-Ga., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would require the chairmen, or their
designees, of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial
Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board to testify annually to Congress in 2007 and
for five years thereafter on their efforts to promote transparency
in financial reporting.
Motion agreed to 412-0
VOTE: Yea
Business, Trade, and Consumer Affairs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(74) H Res 94: National Consumer Protection Week - Adoption
February 05, 2007 - Matheson, D-Utah, motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would support the goals
and ideals of National Consumer Protection Week, from Feb. 4-10,
2007, including raising public awareness about the importance
of consumer protection.
Motion agreed to 398-0
VOTE: Yea
Crime, Drugs and Judicial Affairs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(78) HR 365: Methamphetamine Lab Cleanup Guidelines
- Passage
February 07, 2007 - Gordon, D-Tenn., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would require the EPA, within one year
of the bill's enactment, to create voluntary guidelines for
the cleanup of sites that contained methamphetamine laboratories.
Motion agreed to 426-2
VOTE: Yea
Defense and National Security
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(93) H Res 134: Honor Homeland Security Department Employees
- Adoption
February 12, 2007 - Carney, D-Pa., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would recognize and honor Homeland
Security Department employees for their efforts and contributions
to protect and secure the nation.
Motion agreed to 412-0
VOTE: Yea
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(103) H Con Res 47: National Medal of Honor Day - Adoption
February 27, 2007 - Skelton, D-Mo., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would recognize
recipients of the medal of honor, the highest award accorded
to members of the U.S. military, and support the goals and ideals
of a National Medal of Honor Day.
Motion agreed to 411-0
VOTE: Yea
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(106) HR 556: Foreign Investment Review Overhaul - Entrepreneurial
and Business Taxation
February 28, 2007 - McCaul, R-Texas, amendment that
would require the annual report to Congress by the Committee
on Foreign Investment in the United States to include a detailed
discussion of the effective rate of taxation on entrepreneurs
and businesses and other sources of capital in the United States
compared to other countries.
Other 198-228
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(107) HR 556: Foreign Investment Review Overhaul - Regulatory
Effect
February 28, 2007 - McCaul, R-Texas, amendment that
would require the annual report to Congress by the Committee
on Foreign Investment in the United States to include a detailed
discussion of the amount of regulation in the United States
as compared to other countries. Other 197-231
VOTE: Nay
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(108) HR 556: Foreign Investment Review Overhaul - Job Trend
Information
February 28, 2007 - McCaul, R-Texas, amendment that would require
the annual report to Congress by the Committee on Foreign Investment
in the United States to include a detailed discussion of the
trend information on the number of U.S. jobs related to foreign
investment resulting from covered transactions.
Other 197-231
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(109) HR 556: Foreign Investment Review Overhaul - Recommit
February 28, 2007 - Neugebauer, R-Texas, motion to recommit
the bill to the House Financial Services Committee with instructions
to include language that would require the annual report to
Congress by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United
States to include information on issues including equitable
treatment towards the stability of financial markets and the
effects of regulation as it relates to filings to the panel.
Motion rejected 193-229
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(110) HR 556: Foreign Investment Review Overhaul - Passage
February 28, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would codify the
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States with the
Treasury secretary as chairperson and the Homeland Security
secretary as vice chairperson. It would authorize $10 million
per year for the Treasury Department from fiscal 2008 through
2011 for CFIUS operations. The bill would require CFIUS to review
all national security-related business transactions and report
to Congress within five days of its final action in an investigation.
Congress could request one detailed classified briefing on a
transaction. Presidential approval would be required for any
transaction involving a foreign government on the State Department's
watch list or a person from one of the countries on the list.
Passed 423-0
VOTE: Yea
Environment, Energy, Science and Technology
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(80) HR 482: American River Pump Station Project Transfer
- Passage
February 07, 2007 - Napolitano, D-Calif., motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would authorize the Interior
Department to transfer ownership of the American River Pump
Station Project in Auburn, Calif., to the Placer County Water
Agency in California.
Motion agreed to 425-0
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(81) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Emissions
From Infrastructure
February 08, 2007 - Eshoo, D-Calif., amendment to the Burgess,
R-Texas, amendment. The Eshoo amendment would require the EPA
to address methods to minimize emissions from infrastructure
used to store, transport and distribute fuels as part of the
research and development program in the bill. The Burgess amendment
would require the EPA to consider possible increased volatile
emissions or increased nitrogen oxide emissions from infrastructure
used to distribute biofuels as part of the research and development
program in the bill.
Other 242-185
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(82) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Minority
Institutions
February 08, 2007 - Hastings, D-Fla., amendment that would encourage
the EPA to use land grant institutions, historically black colleges
and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and other minority
institutions to conduct research for the program in the bill.
Other 424-0
VOTE: Yea
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(83) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Certification
for Fuel Dispensers
February 08, 2007 - Weller, R-Ill., amendment that would require
the EPA and Energy Department to be cognizant and recognize
the impacts that any further additives they recommend through
the research and development programs in the bill may have issues
with respect to certification by a nationally recognized testing
laboratory for fuel dispensers for E-85 and other biofuel blends.
Other 424-0
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(84) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Hydrogen
Fuel
February 08, 2007 - Dent, R-Pa., amendment that would direct
the Energy Department, in consultation with the National Institute
of Standards and Technology, to consider the challenges of the
design, storage, handling and dispensing of hydrogen fuel created
from feedstocks or biomass.
Other 226-201
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(85) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Fuel
Supply Chain Additives
February 08, 2007 - Rogers, R-Mich., amendment that would require
the EPA to consider where additives should be included in the
fuel supply chain process.
Other 419-6
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(86) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Alternative
Fuels for Aircrafts
February 08, 2007 - Cantor, R-Va., amendment that would note
that in order to lessen U.S. dependence on foreign oil and decrease
demand for petroleum in aircrafts the United States must diversify
its fuel supply for aircrafts to include domestically produced
alternative fuels.
Other 422-3
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(87) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Revote
on Minority Institutions
February 08, 2007 - Revote on Hastings, D-Fla., amendment that
would encourage the EPA to use land grant institutions, historically
black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions,
and other minority institutions to conduct research for programs
in the bill.
Adopted 417-0
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(88) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Revote
on Fuel Supply Chain Additives
February 08, 2007 - Revote on the Rogers, R-Mich., amendment
that would require the EPA to consider where additives should
be included in the fuel supply chain process.
Adopted 354-58
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(89) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Revote
on Certification for Fuel Dispensers
February 08, 2007 - Revote on Weller, R-Ill., amendment that
would require the EPA and Energy Department to be cognizant
and recognize the impacts that any further additives they recommend
through the research and development programs in the bill may
have issues with respect to certification by a nationally recognized
testing laboratory for fuel dispensers for E-85 and other biofuel
blends.
Adopted 385-24
VOTE: Yea
---------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
(90) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Revote
on Alternative Fuels for Aircrafts
February 08, 2007 - Revote on Cantor, R-Va., amendment that
would note that in order to lessen U.S. dependence on foreign
oil and decrease demand for petroleum in aircrafts the United
States must diversify its fuel supply for aircrafts to include
domestically produced alternative fuels.
Adopted 385-23
VOTE: Yea
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(91) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Recommit
February 08, 2007 - Shimkus, R-Ill., motion to recommit the
bill to the House Science and Technology Committee with instructions
to include language that would replace the term "biofuel"
with the term "alternative fuel," and define alternative
fuels as blends of fuel that are at least 70 percent non-gasoline,
or other fuels such as hydrogen, coal-derived liquids or natural
gas. It would also note that domestic recoverable coal has the
energy equivalent of one trillion barrels of oil and that the
use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel derived from coal-to-liquid
technologies would lessen dependence on foreign energy sources.
Motion rejected 200-207
VOTE: Nay
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(92) HR 547: Biofuels Research and Development - Passage
February 08, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would authorize
$10 million for EPA to implement a research and development
program regarding materials to be added to biofuels and ultra
low sulfur diesel fuels to make them more compatible with existing
infrastructure used to store and deliver petroleum-based fuels
to consumers. It would direct the EPA, in cooperation with the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, to research
portable, low-cost and accurate methods and technologies for
testing of sulfur content in fuel and require demonstration
projects of the testing methods.
Passed 400-3
VOTE: Yea
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings, and
District of Columbia
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(98) HR 437: Lino Perez Jr. Post Office - Passage
February 13, 2007 - Lynch, D-Mass., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would designate a post office in Rio
Grande City, Texas, for Lino Perez Jr., who was a postmaster
in Rio Grande City.
Motion agreed to 421-0
VOTE: Yea
Foreign Affairs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(96) H Con Res 63: Iraq War - Previous Question
February 13, 2007 - Slaughter, D-N.Y., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 157) to provide for House consideration
of a non-binding concurrent resolution that would express congressional
opposition to President Bush's plan to deploy additional U.S.
troops to Iraq, while expressing support for U.S. military personnel
there.
Motion agreed to 227-197
VOTE: Nay
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(97) H Con Res 63: Iraq War - Rule
February 13, 2007 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 157) to provide
for House consideration of a non-binding concurrent resolution
that would express congressional opposition to President Bush's
plan to deploy additional U.S. troops to Iraq, while expressing
support for U.S. military personnel there.
Adopted 232-192
VOTE: Nay
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(99) H Con Res 63: Iraq War - Adoption
February 16, 2007 - Adoption of the concurrent resolution
that would express support for U.S. military personnel serving
in Iraq, while disapproving of President Bush's decision to
deploy more than 20,000 additional U.S. combat troops to that
country.
Adopted 246-182
VOTE: Nay
Health Care
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(75) H Con Res 35: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness
Day - Adoption
February 05, 2007 - Towns, D-N.Y., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would support the goals
and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and encourage
state and local governments, including their public health agencies,
to recognize the day, publicize its importance and encourage
individuals to undergo HIV testing.
Motion agreed to 396-0
VOTE: Yea
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(111) H Con Res 52: Support for American Heart Month - Adoption
February 28, 2007 - Pallone, D-N.J., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the concurrent resolution that would support
the goals and ideals of American Heart Month and encourage Americans
to prevent the risk of heart disease by adopting a healthier
lifestyle.
Motion agreed to 412-0
Vote: Yea
|
