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Christopher's
Votes - April, 2007
Arts, Immigration, Social Services and
other Domestic Issues
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(221) - H Res 306: Condolences for Virginia Tech Victims
- Adoption
April 18, 2007 - Scott, D-Va., motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution that would offer heartfelt condolences
to the victims and their families of the April 16 shooting at
Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., and to the students, staff
and families deeply affected by the tragedy.
Motion agreed to 421-0
VOTE: Yea
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(222) - HR 1361: Small Business Disaster Loans - Duplicate
Benefits
April 18, 2007 - Chabot, R-Ohio, amendment that would strike
the provision in the bill to provide the Small Business Administration
with discretionary authority to waive the prohibition on duplicate
benefits for victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma when
victims were not fully compensated for damages to their homes
through SBA loans and other forms of assistance, insurance or
legal settlement.
Other 178-246
VOTE: Yea
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(223) - HR 1361: Small Business Disaster Loans - Grants
to Hurricane-Affected Areas
April 18, 2007 - Chabot, R-Ohio, amendment that would remove
provisions in the bill to provide the Small Business Administration
with authority to offer grants of up to $100,000 for certain
businesses severely affected by hurricanes Katrina, Rita or
Wilma. Businesses in areas that experience a loss of at least
100 housing units and 1 percent of housing stock, and require
at least $200,000 in federal infrastructure assistance would
be eligible.
Other 174-252
VOTE: Nay
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(224) - HR 1361: Small Business Disaster Loans - Recommit
April 18, 2007 - McHenry, R-N.C., motion to recommit the bill
to the Small Business Committee with instructions that the bill
be immediately reported back promptly with language that would
prohibit Small Business Administration assistance to anyone
who pleads no contest or is convicted of a felony.
Motion rejected 204-218
VOTE: Yea
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(225) - HR 1361: Small Business Disaster Loans - Passage
April 18, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would overhaul the
Small Business Administration's disaster loan program and create
a disaster planning position within the agency. The SBA would
be required to develop and implement a disaster response plan
and maintain a 1,000 person "disaster reserve corps."
Individual disaster loan limits would be doubled to $3 million.
The agency would be required to create a centralized application
tracking system and revise repayment and disbursement timetables
to treat borrowers more favorably.
Passed 267-158
VOTE: Yea
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(226) - H Res 300: Commend Rutgers Women's Basketball
Team - Adoption
April 18, 2007 - Payne, D-N.J., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would commend the achievements
of the Rutgers University women's basketball team and applaud
the character and integrity of their student athletes.
Motion agreed to 416-0
VOTE: Yea
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(227) - H Res 293: National Volunteer Week - Adoption
April 18, 2007 - Shea-Porter, D-N.H., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would support the goals
and ideals of National Volunteer Week.
Motion agreed to 411-0
VOTE: Yea
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(245) - H Res 179: National Foster Parents Day - Adoption
April 23, 2007 - Davis, D-Ill., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would support the establishment
of a National Foster Parents Day.
Motion agreed to 390-0
VOTE: Announced for
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(250) - H Res 299: Public Awareness of Child Abuse and
Neglect - Adoption
April 24, 2007 - McDermott, D-Wash., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would express the sense of the
House that Congress should increase public awareness of child
abuse and neglect.
Motion agreed to 411-0
VOTE: Yea
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(251) - H Res 289: National Sexual Assault Awareness
and Prevention Month - Adoption
April 24, 2007 - Scott, D-Va., motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution that would support the goals and ideals
of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
Motion agreed to 410-0
VOTE: Yea
(266) - H Res 320: University of Tennessee Women's Basketball
- Adoption
April 25, 2007 - Clarke, D-N.Y., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would congratulate the University
of Tennessee women's basketball team for their victory in the
2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship.
Motion agreed to 415-0
VOTE: Yea
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(267) - HR 249: Wild Horse Sale Ban - Cost Offset
April 26, 2007 - Price, R-Ga., amendment that would prohibit
the bill's authorization levels from taking effect unless the
cost of those provisions would be offset.
Other 186-238
VOTE: Nay
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(268) - HR 249: Wild Horse Sale Ban - Recommit
April 26, 2007 - Price, R-Ga., motion to recommit the bill to
the Natural Resources Committee with instructions that the bill
be immediately reported back with language that would denote
the legislation would not take effect until 60 days after the
date on which the Interior secretary certifies to Congress that
the long-term care of all animals not sold as a result of the
bill does not exceed $500,000 annually.
Motion rejected 182-234
VOTE: Nay
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(269) - HR 249: Wild Horse Sale Ban - Passage
April 26, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would prohibit the
Bureau of Land Management from selling or transferring wild
horses or burros or their remains for processing into commercial
products.
Passed 277-137
VOTE: Yea
Budget, Taxes and the Economy
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(214) - HR 1677: Taxpayer Identity Protection –
Passage
April 17, 2007 - Lewis, D-Ga., motion to suspend the rules and
pass the bill that would require the IRS to notify a taxpayer
if it suspected an unauthorized use of the taxpayer's identity
because of evidence discovered during an investigation. It would
allow the sharing of information with prison officials to limit
tax fraud, permit the IRS to withhold information from lenders
it deemed predatory and require the IRS to expand its outreach
to people who might be eligible for the earned-income tax credit,
even if they did not file a tax return.
Motion agreed to 407-7
VOTE: Yea
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(217) - H Res 273: Financial Literacy Month - Adoption
April 17, 2007 - Watson, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would support the goals and ideals
of Financial Literacy Month in April.
Motion agreed to 414-2
VOTE: Yea
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(232) - HR 1906: Quarterly Tax Payments - Passage
April 19, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would increase quarterly
estimated tax payments for persons with gross incomes of more
than $5 million. Affected taxpayers would be required to make
estimated tax payments over the course of the year equal to
110.1 percent of taxes paid the previous year, or 90 percent
of anticipated taxes owed in the current year, whichever is
less. It would apply to taxable years that begin after the bill's
enactment.
Passed 216-203
VOTE: Yea
Business, Trade, and Consumer Affairs
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(219) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Previous Question
April 18, 2007 - McGovern, D-Mass., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 301) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would require publicly traded
corporations to allow shareholders to cast non-binding votes
beginning in 2009 on compensation packages for top executives.
Motion agreed to 226-199
VOTE: Nay
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(220) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Rule
April 18, 2007 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 301) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would require
publicly traded corporations to allow shareholders to cast non-binding
votes beginning in 2009 on compensation packages for top executives.
Adopted 227-195
VOTE: Nay
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(236) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Vote Influence
April 20, 2007 - Sessions, R-Texas, amendment that would prohibit
a shareholder's vote from being counted if they spend more than
a minimal amount of money on activities to influence a say-on-pay
vote, unless they disclose the activities related to the campaign
and the amount of money spent to the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Other 177-222
VOTE: Yea
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(237) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Compensation Voting Threshold
April 20, 2007 - Garrett, R-N.J., amendment that would allow
shareholder votes on executive compensation packages only if
the compensation exceeds by 10 percent or more the average compensation
at companies within the same industry and those with comparable
total market capitalization.
Other 155-244
VOTE: Yea
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(238) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Say-on-Pay Requirements
April 20, 2007 - Campbell, R-Calif., amendment that would exempt
companies from say-on-pay requirements if they already elect
the director by a majority vote by shareholders.
Other 161-241
VOTE: Yea
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(239) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Pension Fund Beneficiaries
April 20, 2007 - McHenry, R-N.C., amendment that would require
shareholders who cast a non-binding advisory vote on behalf
of beneficiaries of a pension fund to disclose if the vote was
cast to approve or disapprove the compensation.
Other 164-236
VOTE: Yea
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(240) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Substitute
April 20, 2007 - Price, R-Ga., substitute amendment that would
strike the text of the bill and replace it with a finding stating
that the Security Exchange Commission's September, 2006 rule
regarding executive compensation disclosure to shareholders
provides an adequate mechanism for shareholder approval of such
compensation.
Other 148-257
VOTE: Yea
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(241) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
April 20, 2007 - Putnam, R-Fla., amendment that would exempt
companies that tie executive pay to performance, in the form
of "non-qualified deferred compensation," from non-binding
shareholder votes on executive compensation.
Other 160-240
VOTE: Yea
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(242) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Publicly Traded Company
April 20, 2007 - Price, R-Ga., amendment that would require
the Security Exchange Commission to conduct a study on whether
a separate non-binding shareholder vote would hinder a publicly
traded company's ability to compete for the best available executive
candidates. If the commission finds that the rules would hamper
a company's ability, a non-binding vote would not be required.
Other 162-242
VOTE: Yea
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(243) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Recommit
April 20, 2007 - Feeney, R-Fla., motion to recommit the bill
to the Financial Services Committee with instructions that the
bill be immediately reported back with language to add a new
paragraph clarifying the non-binding nature of the shareholder
vote.
Motion rejected 184-222
VOTE: Yea
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(244) - HR 1257: Shareholder Vote on Executive Pay -
Passage
April 20, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would require publicly
traded corporations to allow shareholders to cast non-binding
votes beginning in 2009 on compensation packages for top executives.
It would require companies to disclose executive severance pay
plans in the case of any acquisition, merger, consolidation,
proposed sale or other disposition of substantially all of a
company's assets.
Passed 269-134
VOTE: Nay
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(258) - HR 1332: Small Business Loans - Previous Question
April 25, 2007 - McGovern, D-Mass., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 330) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would authorize the Small Business
Administration to create four new 7(a) loan programs and expand
the number of certified development companies eligible to issue
SBA guaranteed loans.
Motion agreed to 226-196
VOTE: Nay
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(262) - HR 1332: Small Business Loans - Recommit
April 25, 2007 - McCrery, R-La., motion to recommit the bill
to the Small Business Committee with instructions that the bill
be immediately reported back with language that would require
the SBA to allow those businesses that have been adversely impacted
by the federal minimum wage to be eligible for the Community
Express program.
Motion rejected 197-224
VOTE: Yea
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(263) - HR 1332: Small Business Loans - Passage
April 25, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would authorize the
Small Business Administration to create four new 7(a) loan programs,
which provide long-term loans for business startups or business
expansions, and expand the number of certified development companies
eligible to issue SBA guaranteed loans. It would allow a premier
lender to maintain a lower loss reserve that was equal to 1
percent of the total outstanding loan. If a lender chose to
be a premier lender, it would have to pay 15 percent of the
SBA's total loss on a defaulted loan.
Passed 380-45
VOTE: Yea
Congress and Federal Elections
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(228) - HR 1905, HR1906: District of Columbia Voting
Rights - Previous Question
April 19, 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 317) to provide for House
floor consideration of a bill which would add two seats to the
House of Representatives, one for the District of Columbia and
the other for Utah, and a bill which would increase quarterly
estimated tax payments for persons with adjusted gross incomes
of more than $5 million.
Motion agreed to 219-196
VOTE: Nay
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(229) - HR 1905, HR1906: District of Columbia Voting
Rights - Rule
April 19, 2007 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 317) to provide
for House floor consideration of a bill which would add two
seats to the House of Representatives, one for the District
of Columbia and the other for Utah, and a bill which would increase
quarterly estimated tax payments for persons with adjusted gross
incomes of more than $5 million. The rule stipulates that the
text of the tax bill (HR 1906) would be added to District of
Columbia voting rights measure (HR 1905) upon engrossment of
that legislation.
Adopted 219-196
VOTE: Nay
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(230) - HR 1905: District of Columbia Voting Rights
- Recommit
April 19, 2007 - Smith, R-Texas, motion to recommit the bill
to the Judiciary Committee with instructions that the bill be
immediately reported back with language to provide for expedited
judicial review of the legislation. The language would require
any legal action to be filed in the U.S. District Court for
the District of Columbia. Any decision could be appealed to
the U.S. Supreme Court.
Motion rejected 193-227
VOTE: Yea
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(231) - HR 1905: District of Columbia Voting Rights
- Passage
April 19, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would permanently
increase the membership of the House of Representatives to 437,
by granting a seat to the District of Columbia and an additional
seat to Utah. There would special elections to elect to the
new members. The bill also would add one seat for Utah to the
electoral college so there would be 539 votes. The measure has
a non-severability clause, which provides that if any provision
is invalidated by a court, all remaining provisions would also
be invalid.
Passed 241-177
VOTE: Yea
Crime, Drugs and Judicial Affairs
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(252) - H Res 119: National Crime Victims' Rights Week
- Adoption
April 24, 2007 - Scott, D-Va., motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution that would supports the goals of the 2007
National Crime Victims' Rights Week from April 22 to 28.
Motion agreed to 407-0
VOTE: Yea
Defense and National Security
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(235) - HR 1591: Fiscal 2007 Supplemental - Motion to
Instruct
April 19, 2007 - Lewis, R-Calif., motion to instruct House conferees
to include language that would insist on various House-passed
provisions related to the redeployment of U.S. troops from Iraq
and restrictions on the secretary of Defense's use of the armed
forces in Iraq after the redeployment.
Motion agreed to 215-199
VOTE: Nay
Education
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(248) - HR 362: Science and Math Teacher Scholarships
- Rule
April 24, 2007 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 327) to provide
for House floor consideration of a bill that would authorize
$1.5 billion between fiscal 2008-2012 for federal programs for
continuing education for math and science teachers and for scholarships
to encourage undergraduate students to become math and science
teachers.
Adopted 220-188
VOTE: Nay
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(253) - HR 362: Science and Math Teacher Scholarships
- Recommit
April 24, 2007 - Hoekstra, R-Mich., motion to recommit the bill
to the Science and Technology Committee with instructions that
the bill be immediately reported back with language that would
clarify that nothing in the bill would be construed to limit
state governments and local school boards from determining the
curricula of their students.
Motion agreed to 408-4
VOTE: Yea
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(254) - HR 362: Science and Math Teacher Scholarships
- Passage
April 24, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would authorize $1.5
billion between fiscal 2008-2012 for federal continuing education
programs for math and science teachers and scholarships to encourage
undergraduates to become math and science teachers. It would
authorize $664 million over five years for a scholarship program
which awards grants to institutions of higher education (or
consortia of the institutions) to provide scholarships, stipends
and other programs designed to recruit math and science teachers.
Passed 389-22
VOTE: Yea
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(255) - HR 363: Science and Engineering Research - Undergraduate
Students
April 24, 2007 - Gillibrand, D-N.Y., amendment that would authorize
$281 million from fiscal 2009-2013 for the National Science
Foundation to create a new scholarship program for undergraduates
specializing in science, technology, engineering or math. Students
would have to be enrolled in a four-year college or university,
completed at least half of the credits towards a degree, maintained
a grade-point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, not be
a convicted felon and have a family income of less than $75,000
per year.
Other 254-165
VOTE: Yea
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(256) - HR 363: Science and Engineering Research - Recommit
April 24, 2007 - Sullivan, R-Okla., motion to recommit the bill
to the Science and Technology Committee with instructions that
the bill be immediately reported back with language that would
give priority to grants to expand domestic energy production
and for coal-to-liquid technology.
Motion agreed to 264-154
VOTE: Nay
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(257) - HR 363: Science and Engineering Research - Passage
April 24, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would authorize new
grant programs for young scientists and engineers, establish
a presidential science award, and create an office to examine
and recommend funding for federal scientific research efforts.
As amended, it would require that at least 3.5 percent National
Science Foundation funds for research activities between fiscal
2008-2012 be dedicated to the new grant program only if the
NSF receives a sufficient number of "meritorious applications."
Passed 397-20
VOTE: Yea
Environment, Energy, Science and Technology
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(218) - H Con Res 76: International Geophysical Year
50th Anniversary - Adoption
April 17, 2007 - Wilson, D-Ohio, motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would honor the 50th
anniversary of the International Geophysical Year for its contributions
to scientific research on Earth and in space.
Motion agreed to 406-0
VOTE: Yea
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(233) - HR 1495: Water Resources Development - Recommit
April 19, 2007 - Walden, R-Ore., motion to recommit
the bill to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
with instructions that the bill be immediately reported back
with language to have the secretary of the Army inventory, develop
and maintain all lands and projects under the secretary's jurisdiction
for the potential of increasing hydroelectric power.
Motion rejected 194-226
VOTE: Nay
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(234) - HR 1495: Water Resources Development - Passage
April 19, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would authorize $14.7
billion for more than 700 water resource development projects
and studies by the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control,
navigation, beach erosion control and environmental restoration.
Certain water development projects that exceed $50 million would
receive an independent review. The bill would authorize $3.6
billion for a system of new locks and dams and environmental
restoration for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois waterway
system. It also would authorize hurricane recovery activities
along the Gulf Coast.
Passed 394-25
VOTE: Yea
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(249) - HR 363: Science and Engineering Research - Rule
April 24, 2007 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 318) to
provide for House floor consideration of a bill that would authorize
new grant programs for young scientists and engineers, establish
a new presidential science award and create a new office to
examine and recommend funding for federal scientific research
efforts.
Adopted 219-187
VOTE: Nay
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings
and D.C.
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(246) - HR 1434: Rachel Carson Post Office Building - Passage
April 23, 2007 - Davis, D-Ill., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would designate a post office in
Springdale, Pa., as the "Rachel Carson Post Office Building."
Motion agreed to 334-53
VOTE: Announced for
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(247) - HR 1402: Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto Post Office - Passage
April 23, 2007 - Davis, D-Ill., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would designate a post office in
Lecanto, Fla., as the "Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan Lecanto
Post Office."
Motion agreed to 386-0
VOTE: Announced for
Foreign Affairs
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(215) - H Res 196: World Water Day - Adoption
April 17, 2007 - Lantos, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would support the goals and ideals
of World Water Day on March 22.
Motion agreed to 393-22
VOTE: Yea
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(216) - H Con Res 100: Condemn Violence in Zimbabwe
- Adoption
April 17, 2007 - Lantos, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would express the sense
of Congress that state-sponsored violence in Zimbabwe represents
a serious violation of fundamental human rights and the rule
of law and should be condemned by all responsible governments,
civic organizations, religious leaders and international bodies.
Motion agreed to 414-0
VOTE: Yea
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(259) - H Con Res 7: Genocide in Darfur - Adoption
April 25, 2007 - Ackerman, D-N.Y., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would strongly urge
the League of Arab States to declare the systematic torture,
rape and displacement of people in the Darfur region of Sudan
as genocide.
Motion agreed to 425-1
VOTE: Yea
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(260) - HR 1678: Torture Victims Relief - Passage
April 25, 2007 - Ackerman, D-N.Y., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would authorize $25 million in fiscal
2008 and 2009 for torture treatment centers run by grants provided
by the Health and Human Services Department, $12 million each
year for U.S. Agency for International Development foreign treatment
centers supporting torture victims and $12 million each year
for contributions to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims
of Torture.
Motion agreed to 418-7
VOTE: Yea
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(264) - HR 1591: Fiscal 2007 Supplemental - Rule
April 25, 2007 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 332) to provide
for House floor consideration of the conference report on the
bill that would provide $124.2 billion in fiscal 2007 emergency
funding, as well as set as a goal of redeploying most U.S. combat
troops in Iraq by the end of March 2008, if the president can
certify the Iraq government is meeting benchmarks, and by the
end of 2007 if he cannot.
Adopted 226-195
VOTE: Nay
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(265) - HR 1591: Fiscal 2007 Supplemental - Conference
Report
April 25, 2007 - Adoption of the conference report on the bill
that would provide $124.2 billion in fiscal 2007 emergency funding,
as well as set as a goal of redeploying most U.S. combat troops
in Iraq by the end of March 2008, if the president can certify
the Iraq government is meeting benchmarks, and by the end of
2007 if he cannot. The measure would provide $95.5 billion for
military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, $6.8 billion for
hurricane recovery and relief, $3.5 billion in crop and livestock
disaster assistance and $2.25 billion for homeland security
anti-terrorism programs. It also would raise the minimum wage
to $7.25 per hour over two years and provide $4.8 billion in
small-business tax incentives.
Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 218-208
VOTE: Nay
Health Care
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(261) - HR 493: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination
- Passage
April 25, 2007 - Miller, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would prohibit insurance companies, employers,
employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating on
the basis of genetic information. It would bar health plans
from requiring genetic testing. Insurers could not adjust premiums
or base enrollment decisions on genetic information. It would
extend these prohibitions against genetic discrimination to
include genetic information of the fetus of a pregnant woman.
Motion agreed to 420-3
VOTE: Yea
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