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Christopher's
Votes - June, 2007
War
on Terror
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528
- HR 2764: Fiscal 2008 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Assistance to Iraq
June 21, 2007 - Wolf, R-Va., amendment that would add $158 million
for assistance to Iraq to be used for clearing land mines and
counterterrorism activities, human rights training for the Iraqi
military and reconciliation and rule of law programs. It would
be offset by a reduction of the same amount for the State Department's
diplomatic and consular programs.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 205-219
VOTE: Yea
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529 - HR 2764: Fiscal 2008 State-Foreign Operations
Appropriations - Iraq Study Group
June 21, 2007 - Shays, R-Conn., amendment that would add $1
million for the United States Institute of Peace to re-establish
the Iraq Study Group, offset by a reduction of the same amount
for the State Department's diplomatic and consular programs.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 355-69
VOTE: Yea
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530 - HR 2764: Fiscal 2008 State-Foreign Operations
Appropriations - Anti-Terrorism Activities
June 21, 2007 - Garrett, R-N.J., amendment that would increase
funding for non-proliferation and anti-terrorism activities
and for clearing land mines by $20 million, offset by a reduction
for the same amount for U.S. contributions to the United Nations.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 192-232
VOTE: NAY
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Arts,
Immigration, Social Services and other Domestic Issues
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444
- HR 65: Federal Recognition for Lumbee Tribe - Previous Question
June 07, 2007 - Arcuri, D-N.Y., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 465) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would provide federal recognition
to the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina and prohibit them from
running gambling businesses.
Motion agreed to 217-192
VOTE: NAY
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445 - HR 65: Federal Recognition for Lumbee Tribe -
Rule
June 07, 2007 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 465) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would provide
federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina and
prohibit them from running gambling businesses.
Adopted 214-193
VOTE:
NAY
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446 - HR 65: Federal Recognition for Lumbee Tribe -
Recommit
June 07, 2007 - McHenry, R-N.C., motion to recommit the bill
to the Natural Resources Committee with instructions that it
be reported back promptly with language that would amend the
1956 Lumbee Act to allow the Lumbee Tribe to seek federal recognition
through the Bureau of Indian Affairs administrative process.
Motion rejected 152-237
VOTE: Yea
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447 - HR 65: Federal Recognition for Lumbee Tribe -
Passage
June 07, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would provide federal
recognition to the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina and prohibit
them from running gambling businesses. It would repeal a 1956
law that denied tribe members federal assistance based on their
status as American Indians. It would authorize such sums as
are needed to conduct activities relating to federal recognition
and services and benefits for the tribe.
Passed 256-128
VOTE: NAY
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448 - HR 2356: Flag Display on Father's Day - Passage
June 11, 2007 - Baldwin, D-Wis., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would encourage the display of the U.S.
flag on Father's Day.
Motion agreed to 386-0
VOTE: Yea
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452 - H Res 474: Contributions of Fathers - Adoption
June 12, 2007 - Hare, D-Ill., motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution that would recognize the contributions
of fathers in the healthy development of children.
Motion agreed to 420-0
VOTE: Yea
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469 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
June 15, 2007 - Drake, R-Va., amendment that would increase
funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement salaries and
expenses account by $9 million, offset by reducing funding for
the Office of the Undersecretary for Management by $10 million.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 286-127
VOTE: Yea
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471 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Customs and Border Protection
June 15, 2007 - Brown-Waite, R-Fla., amendment that would increase
funding the Customs and Border Protection fencing, infrastructure
and technology account by $89 million, offset by a reduction
for the Office of the Undersecretary for Management by the same
amount.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 241-179
VOTE: Yea
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474 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Citizenship and Immigration Services
June 15, 2007 - McHenry, R-N.C., amendment that would add $30
million for Citizenship and Immigration Services, offset by
a reduction of $34 million to the Office of the Undersecretary
for Management.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 207-214
VOTE: Yea
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475 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Customs and Border Protection
June 15, 2007 - Pearce, R-N.M., amendment that would add $125
million for Customs and Border Protection salary and expenses,
offset by a reduction for the Transportation Security Administration's
aviation security direction and enforcement by the same amount.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 96-327
VOTE: Yea
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476 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Border Security Fencing
June 15, 2007 - Carter, R-Texas, amendment that would strike
a number of requirements and conditions in the bill regarding
border security fencing, infrastructure and technology. It would
eliminate language barring the use of funds for fencing on certain
federal lands unless the decision to locate the fencing has
been coordinated with the relevant federal agency and the department
makes every effort to minimize the impact on wildlife and natural
resources. It would eliminate language barring the use of funds
unless there has been formal consultation with affected state
and local communities to solicit their advice and support.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 190-233
VOTE: Yea
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477 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Customs and Border Protection
June 15, 2007 - McCaul, R-Texas, amendment that would strike
a provision preventing the obligation of funds for procurement
of additional unmanned aerial vehicles until Customs and Border
Protection certifies to the House and Senate Appropriations
committees that they are a higher priority and more cost effective
than other items in the Air and Marine Recapitalization and
Modernization Plan.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 192-232
VOTE: Yea
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478 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
June 15, 2007 - King, R-Iowa, amendment that would reduce by
$5 million, then increase by the same amount, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement salaries and expenses. The funding is intended
to promote the use of the Employment Eligibility Verification
basic pilot program.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 228-195
VOTE: Yea
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482 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
June 15, 2007 - Poe, R-Texas, amendment that would bar the use
of funds in the bill to implement a plan that would allow U.S.
entry from a foreign country using a document other than a passport
to prove citizenship or identity under the Western Hemisphere
Travel Initiative. The amendment would require that travelers
show a passport in order to meet the requirements.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 89-331
VOTE: NAY
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483 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
June 15, 2007 - LaTourette, R-Ohio, amendment that would bar
the use of funds in the bill to implement before June 1, 2009,
the travel document requirements under the Western Hemisphere
Travel Initiative.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 379-45
VOTE: NAY
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484 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Visa Waiver Program
June 15, 2007 - Tancredo, R-Colo., amendment that would bar
the use of funds to carry out the visa waiver program, through
which travelers from certain countries can enter the United
States for up to 90 days without obtaining a visa.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 76-347
VOTE: NAY
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485 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Immigration
June 15, 2007 - Tancredo, R-Colo., amendment that would bar
the use of funds in the bill to assist state or local governments
that refuse to share information with the Bureau of Immigration
and Customs Enforcement on an individual's citizenship or immigration
status.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 234-189
VOTE: Yea
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486 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- U.S.-Mexico Border Fence
June 15, 2007 - Royce, R-Calif., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill for Customs and Border Protection fencing,
infrastructure or technology for anything but a minimum of two
layers of reinforced fencing and roads for a border fence along
the U.S.-Mexico border.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 149-272
VOTE: NAY
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487 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Temporary Protective Status
June 15, 2007 - Forbes, R-Va., amendment that would bar the
use of funds by the Homeland Security Department to extend the
designation for temporary protective status for any country
beyond the original time period to which the designation applies.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 123-298
VOTE: NAY
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490 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Recommit
June 15, 2007 - Lewis, R-Calif., motion to recommit the bill
to the Appropriations Committee with instructions that it be
reported back promptly with language that would provide funds
necessary for the construction of at least two layers of reinforced
fencing, the installation of additional physical barriers, roads,
lighting, cameras and sensors along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Motion rejected 200-217
VOTE: Yea
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497 - HR 2642: Fiscal 2008 Military Construction-VA
Appropriations - Expand Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site
June 15, 2007 - Musgrave, R-Colo., amendment that would bar
the use of funds to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in
southeastern Colorado, including condemnation of private property
or the exercise of eminent domain.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 383-34
VOTE: Yea
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502 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Army Corps of Engineers Investigations
June 19, 2007 - Westmoreland, R-Ga., amendment that would reduce
funding for the Army Corps of Engineers investigations by $30
million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 84-341
VOTE: NAY
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503 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Army Corps of Engineers Construction
June 19, 2007 - Westmoreland, R-Ga., amendment that would reduce
funding for the Army Corps of Engineers construction by $481
million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 76-351
VOTE: NAY
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504 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Mississippi River Project
June 19, 2007 - Westmoreland, R-Ga., amendment that would reduce
funding for the Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi River and
tributaries project by $18 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 111-315
VOTE: NAY
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505 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Army Corps of Engineers Operation and Maintenance
June 19, 2007 - Westmoreland, R-Ga., amendment that would reduce
funding for the Army Corps of Engineers operation and maintenance
by $184 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 77-350
VOTE: NAY
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506 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Army Corps of Engineers Administrative Regulations
June 19, 2007 - Sessions, R-Texas, amendment that would strike
a provision that would bar the use of funds in the bill for
administrative regulations or policies, including public-private
competitions, for Army Corps of Engineers projects.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 164-259
VOTE: Yea
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507 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Bureau of Reclamation Water Projects
June 19, 2007 - Hensarling, R-Texas, amendment that would reduce
funding for the Bureau of Reclamation's water projects account
by $55 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 121-305
VOTE: NAY
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508 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Bureau of Reclamation
June 19, 2007 - Lamborn, R-Colo., amendment that would reduce
the Bureau of Reclamation policy and administration account
by $1.2 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 151-274
VOTE: NAY
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557 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Tribal Land Casinos
June 26, 2007 - Dent, R-Pa., amendment that would prohibit the
use of funds in the bill for any activities to permit off-reservation
tribal lands to be taken into trust by the Interior Department
to authorize a casino on those lands. It would preclude funding
for the processing of applications to establish new off-reservation
casinos.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 194-236
VOTE: Yea
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564 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- National Endowment for the Arts
June 27, 2007 - Brown-Waite, R-Fla., amendment that would reduce
funding in the bill for grants through the National Endowment
for the Arts by $32 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 137-285
VOTE: NAY
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575 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- National Endowment for the Arts
June 27, 2007 - Lamborn, R-Colo., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill for the National Endowment for the
Arts.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 97-335
VOTE: NAY
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598 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Presidential $1 Coins
June 28, 2007 - Wicker, R-Miss., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill to mint presidential $1 coins with
"In God We Trust" on the sides of the coin rather
than on the surface.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 295-127
VOTE: Yea
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599 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Fairness Doctrine
June 28, 2007 - Pence, R-Ind., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill to implement the "Fairness Doctrine,"
which would require broadcasters to present contentious issues
in a fair and balanced manner.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 309-115
VOTE: Yea
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Budget, Taxes and the Economy
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456
- HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations - Office
of the Secretary and Executive Management
June 12, 2007 - King, R-Iowa, amendment that would reduce the
amount provided for the Office of the Secretary and Executive
Management by $79,000.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 379-45
VOTE: Yea
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457 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Office of the Secretary and Executive Management
June 12, 2007 - Lamborn, R-Colo., amendment that would reduce
the amount appropriated for the Office of the Secretary and
Executive Management by $300,000.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 381-41
VOTE: Yea
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466 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Office of the Secretary and Executive Management
June 15, 2007 - McHenry, R-N.C., amendment to the Foxx, R-N.C.,
amendment. The McHenry amendment would reduce the amount provided
for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management by
$9 million. The Foxx amendment would reduce the amount provided
for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management by
$1 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 108-300
VOTE: Yea
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467 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Office of the Secretary and Executive Management
June 15, 2007 - Foxx, R-N.C., amendment that would reduce the
amount provided for the Office of the Secretary and Executive
Management by $1 million.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 216-198
VOTE: Yea
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468 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Office of the Secretary and Executive Management
June 15, 2007 - Fallin, R-Okla., amendment that would reduce
the amount provided for the Office of the Secretary and Executive
Management by $138,000.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 248-168
VOTE: Yea
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489 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Reduce Discretionary Amount
June 15, 2007 - Rogers, R-Ky., amendment that would reduce the
bill's discretionary spending by 5.7 percent, from $36.3 billion
to $34.2 billion.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 178-243
VOTE: NAY
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491 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Passage
June 15, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would provide $37.4
billion in fiscal 2008 for the Homeland Security Department
and related activities. The bill would include $8.9 billion
for customs and border protection; $6.6 billion for the Transportation
Security Administration (TSA), including fees; $8.4 billion
for the Coast Guard; $1.4 billion for the Secret Service and
$7.2 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It
would expand the number of federal airport screeners beyond
last year's capped total of 45,000 and prohibit the federal
government from pre-empting stricter state and local chemical
security laws and regulations. The measure would require TSA
to double the amount of cargo that it screens in fiscal 2008.
Passed 268-150
VOTE: Yea
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520 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 20, 2007 - Musgrave, R-Colo., amendment that would require
a 0.5 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 166-267
VOTE: Yea
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522 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 20, 2007 - Jordan, R-Ohio, amendment that would reduce
the appropriations in the bill by $1.3 billion.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 129-301
VOTE: NAY
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524 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 20, 2007 - Price, R-Ga., amendment that would require a
1 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 158-275
VOTE: Yea
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525 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 20, 2007 - Wilson, R-S.C., amendment that would reduce
the appropriations in the bill by $1.1 billion.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 138-295
VOTE: NAY
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537 - HR 2764: Fiscal 2008 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 21, 2007 - Jordan, R-Ohio, amendment that would reduce
funding in the bill by $3 billion.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 152-268
VOTE: NAY
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538 - HR 2764: Fiscal 2008 State-Foreign Operations
Appropriations - Across-the-Board Cut
June 22, 2007 - Price, R-Ga., amendment that would require a
1 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 168-252
VOTE: NAY
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539 - HR 2764: Fiscal 2008 State-Foreign Operations
Appropriations - Across-the-Board Cut
June 22, 2007 - Musgrave, R-Colo., amendment that would require
a 0.5 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 179-241
VOTE: NAY
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559 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Clover Bend Historic Site
June 26, 2007 - Hensarling, R-Texas, amendment that would prohibit
the use funds in the bill for the Clover Bend Historic Site
in Arkansas.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 98-331
VOTE: NAY
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560 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- St. Joseph's College Theatre Renovation
June 26, 2007 - Hensarling, R-Texas, amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill for the St. Joseph's College Theatre
Renovation in Indiana.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 97-328
VOTE: NAY
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561 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Maverick Concert Hall Preservation
June 26, 2007 - Hensarling, R-Texas, amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill for the Maverick Concert Hall preservation
in New York.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 114-316
VOTE: NAY
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562 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Bremerton Public Library Restoration
June 26, 2007 - Hensarling, R-Texas, amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill for the Bremerton Public Library
restoration in Washington.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 98-333
VOTE: NAY
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565 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Wetzel County Courthouse
June 27, 2007 - Campbell, R-Calif., amendment that would bar
the use of funds in the bill for the Wetzel County Courthouse
in West Virginia.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 104-323
VOTE: NAY
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566 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Anadromous Fish Research
June 27, 2007 - Campbell, R-Calif., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill for equipment for anadromous fish
research.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 97-330
VOTE: NAY
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567 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- W.A. Young and Sons Foundry
June 27, 2007 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill for the W.A. Young and Sons Foundry
in Pennsylvania.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 104-328
VOTE: NAY
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568 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters
June 27, 2007 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill for the Ohio Association of Professional
Firefighters to renovate a hall in Ohio.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 66-364
VOTE: NAY
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569 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Route
June 27, 2007 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill for projects related to the Southwestern
Pennsylvania Heritage Route.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 86-343
VOTE: NAY
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570 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 27, 2007 - Jordan, R-Ohio, amendment that would reduce
funding in the bill by 4.3 percent.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 150-281
VOTE: NAY
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571 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 27, 2007 - Price, R-Ga., amendment that would require a
1 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 178-254
VOTE: NAY
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572 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 27, 2007 - Musgrave, R-Colo., amendment that would require
a 0.5 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 193-238
VOTE: Yea
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590 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Grace Johnstown Area Regional Industries Incubator
June 28, 2007 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill by the Small Business Administration
for the Grace Johnstown Area Regional Industries Incubator and
Workforce Development program in Pennsylvania.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 87-335
VOTE: NAY
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591 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Barracks Row Project
June 28, 2007 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill for a project for Barracks Row Main
Street, Inc., in Washington, D.C.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 60-361
VOTE: NAY
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592 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- San Francisco Planning and Urban Research
June 28, 2007 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill by the Small Business Administration
for the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association's
SPUR urban center.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 102-317
VOTE: NAY
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593 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Mitchell County Development Foundation
June 28, 2007 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill by the Small Business Administration
for the Mitchell County Development Foundation Inc., for the
"Home of the Perfect Christmas Tree" project.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 249-174
VOTE: NAY
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594 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- West Virginia University Research Corporation
June 28, 2007 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill by the Small Business Administration
for the West Virginia University Research Corporation's renovation
of a small-business incubator.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 101-325
VOTE: NAY
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595 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Abraham Lincoln National Airport Commission
June 28, 2007 - Campbell, R-Calif., amendment that would bar
the use of funds in the bill by the Small Business Administration
for the Abraham Lincoln National Airport Commission.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 107-318
VOTE: NAY
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597 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Member Requested Earmarks
June 28, 2007 - Campbell, R-Calif., amendment that would bar
the use of funds in the bill to fund 148 requested earmarks
from members of Congress but would leave in place 17 earmarks
requested by the president.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 48-372
VOTE: NAY
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600 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 28, 2007 - Jordan, R-Ohio, amendment that would reduce
discretionary funding in the bill by 8.9 percent.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 149-276
VOTE: NAY
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601 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 28, 2007 - Price, R-Ga., amendment that would require a
1 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 191-233
VOTE: Yea
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602 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 28, 2007 - Musgrave, R-Colo., amendment that would require
a 0.5 percent across-the-board cut in discretionary spending.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 205-220
VOTE: Yea
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604 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Spanish-Language Version of Tax Refund Service
June 28, 2007 - Stearns, R-Fla., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill by the IRS to implement a Spanish-language
version of the "Where's My Refund" service, which
enables tax filers to track their tax refunds.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 165-257
VOTE: NAY
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605 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Recommit
June 28, 2007 - Lewis, R-Calif., motion to recommit the bill
to the Appropriations Committee with instructions that it be
reported back promptly with language that would recommend that
the funding for the IRS would be only to administer, implement
and enforce existing tax laws.
Motion rejected 199-222
VOTE: Yea
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Business, Trade, and Consumer Affairs
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514
- HR 2359: SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs - Passage
June 20, 2007 - Velazquez, D-N.Y., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would authorize the Small Business Administration
to award grants to small business development centers for various
purposes such as innovation and competitiveness service programs
for manufacturers and provide support to smaller and medium-sized
businesses to evaluate energy efficiency and "green"
building opportunities.
Motion agreed to 405-18
VOTE: Yea
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515 - HR 2284: SBA Business Development Centers for
Native Americans - Passage
June 20, 2007 - Velazquez, D-N.Y., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would create a grant program administered
by the Small Business Administration's Small Business Development
Centers to provide services to assist with outreach and development
of small-business startups and expansions owned by Indian tribe
members, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians.
Motion agreed to 351-73
VOTE: Yea
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583 - HR 1830: Andean Trade Preference Extension - Passage
June 27, 2007 - Rangel, D-N.Y., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would extend for eight months, through
February 2008, the duty-free treatment of certain products from
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Motion agreed to 365-59
VOTE: Yea
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585 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Small Business Administration
June 28, 2007 - DeFazio, D-Ore., amendment that would increase
funding by $10 million for the Small Business Administration,
offset by a reduction of the same amount from the Selective
Service System.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 95-320
VOTE: Yea
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588 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Internal Control Report
June 28, 2007 - Garrett, R-N.J., amendment that would bar the
use of funds by the Securities and Exchange Commission to enforce
the requirement on small businesses that file annual reports
to the commission to include an internal control report with
their filing.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 267-154
VOTE: Yea
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Congress and Federal Elections
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429 - H Res 451: Ethics Committee Investigations - Adoption
June 05, 2007 - Hoyer, D-Md., motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution that would direct the Committee on Standards
of Official Conduct to empanel an investigative subcommittee
within 30 days after a member is indicted or formally charged
with criminal conduct. If a subcommittee is not empaneled, the
committee would have to submit a report to Congress describing
the reason why, along with an explanation of any actions the
committee has taken regarding the allegations.
Motion agreed to 387-10
VOTE: Yea
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430 - H Res 452: Rep. William J. Jefferson Ethics Investigation
- Adoption
June 05, 2007 - Adoption of the Boehner, R-Ohio., privileged
resolution that would direct the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct to investigate alleged illegal conduct and House rules
violations by Rep. William J. Jefferson, D-La., and report its
findings and recommendations to the House, including whether
he should be expelled from the House.
Adopted 373-26
VOTE: Yea
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458 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
June 12, 2007 - Blunt, R-Mo., motion to rise from the Committee
of the Whole.
Motion rejected 190-221
VOTE: Yea
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459 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
June 12, 2007 - Gingrey, R-Ga., motion to rise from the Committee
of the Whole.
Motion rejected 189-218
VOTE: Yea
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460 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
June 12, 2007 - Bachus, R-Ala., motion to rise from the Committee
of the Whole.
Motion rejected 187-220
VOTE: Yea
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461 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
June 12, 2007 - Shadegg, R-Ariz., motion to rise from the Committee
of the Whole.
Motion rejected 188-216
VOTE: Yea
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462 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
June 13, 2007 - McCotter, R-Mich., motion to rise from the Committee
of the Whole.
Motion rejected 188-216
VOTE: Yea
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463 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
June 13, 2007 - Boehner, R-Ohio, motion to rise from the Committee
of the Whole.
Motion rejected 187-213
VOTE: Yea
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464 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
June 13, 2007 - Roskam, R-Ill., motion to rise from the Committee
of the Whole.
Motion rejected 189-214
VOTE: Yea
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465 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
June 13, 2007 - Flake, R-Ariz., motion to rise from the Committee
of the Whole.
Motion agreed to 312-82
VOTE: Yea
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543 - HR 2771: Fiscal 2008 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Previous Question
June 22, 2007 - Cardoza, D-Calif., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 502) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would appropriate $3.1 billion
in fiscal 2008 for legislative branch operations, excluding
Senate operations.
Motion agreed to 217-179
VOTE: NAY
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544 - HR 2771: Fiscal 2008 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Rule
June 22, 2007 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 502) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would appropriate
$3.1 billion in fiscal 2008 for legislative branch operations,
excluding Senate operations.
Adopted 222-179
VOTE: NAY
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545 - HR 2771: Fiscal 2008 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Congressional Record Printing
June 22, 2007 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would reduce
funding for the Government Printing Office congressional printing
and binding account by $3.2 million.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 218-191
VOTE: Yea
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546 - HR 2771: Fiscal 2008 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
June 22, 2007 - Jordan, R-Ohio, amendment that would reduce
funding in the bill by 4 percent.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 177-231
VOTE: Yea
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547 - HR 2771: Fiscal 2008 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Recommit
June 22, 2007 - Kingston, R-Ga., motion to recommit the bill
to the Appropriations Committee with instructions that it be
immediately reported back with language that would reduce funding
in the bill for House office buildings by $16 million.
Motion rejected 181-217
VOTE: Yea
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548 - HR 2771: Fiscal 2008 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Passage
June 22, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate $3.1
billion in fiscal 2008 for legislative branch operations, excluding
Senate operations. It would provide $1.2 billion for operations
of the House of Representatives, $572.5 million for the Library
of Congress, $503 million for the Government Accountability
Office, $286 million for the Capitol Police and $123 million
for the Government Printing Office. It would appropriate $27.5
million for the Capitol Visitor Center. The bill would provide
$3.9 million to implement the "Green the Capitol"
initiative, including $2.7 million for shifting from coal to
natural gas for heating in the Capitol power plant.
Passed 216-176
VOTE: NAY
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581 - HR 2829, HRES517: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services
Appropriations - Adjournment
June 27, 2007 - Matsui, D-Calif., amendment to the rule (H Res
517) to provide for House floor consideration of the bill that
would appropriate $43.8 billion in fiscal 2008 for the Department
of the Treasury, Office of Personnel Management and the District
of Columbia. The amendment would denote that it would be in
order to consider concurrent resolutions providing for the adjournment
of the House and Senate during July.
Adopted 225-198
VOTE: NAY
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Defense and National Security
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451 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Previous Question
June 12, 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 473) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would appropriate $37.4 billion
in fiscal 2008 for the Department of Homeland Security.
Motion agreed to 222-194
VOTE: NAY
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453 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Urban Area Security Initiative
June 12, 2007 - Crowley, D-N.Y., amendment that would add $50
million for Urban Area Security Initiative grants, offset by
reducing the appropriation for the Office of the Secretary by
$15 million and the Office of the Undersecretary for Management
by $35 million.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 244-174
VOTE: Yea
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454 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Office of the Secretary and Executive Management
June 12, 2007 - Campbell, R-Calif., amendment that would reduce
funding for the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management
by $10 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 201-221
VOTE: Yea
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455 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Intelligence for Homeland Security Department
June 12, 2007 - Reichert, R-Wash., amendment that would add
$10 million to the Analysis and Operations account, offset by
reducing funds for the Office of the Secretary and the Office
of the Undersecretary for Management.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 218-205
VOTE: Yea
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470 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
June 15, 2007 - King, R-N.Y., amendment that would increase
funding for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office by $40 million,
offset by a reduction for the Office of Undersecretary for Management
by $35 million and Coast Guard research by $5 million.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 282-137
VOTE: Yea
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472 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentials
June 15, 2007 - Burgess, R-Texas, amendment that would add $15
million for the Transportation Security Administration's transportation
threat assessment and credentials, offset by a reduction for
the Office of the Undersecretary for Management by the same
amount.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 251-171
VOTE: Yea
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473 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Buffer Zone Protection Grants
June 15, 2007 - Ferguson, R-N.J., amendment that would increase
buffer zone protection grants by $50 million, offset by a reduction
for the Office of the Undersecretary for Management by the same
amount.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 239-183
VOTE: Yea
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479 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Secure Identification Cards
June 15, 2007 - Bilbray, R-Calif., amendment that would add
$150 million for grants to assist states to meet requirements
under a 2005 law for secure driver's licenses and identification
cards, offset by a reduction for the Coast Guard Deepwater ship
and aircraft modernization program by the same amount.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 155-268
VOTE: Yea
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481 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Airport Screeners
June 15, 2007 - Rogers, R-Ky., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill to recruit or hire more than 45,000
full-time airport screeners.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 168-255
VOTE: Yea
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492 - HR 2642: Fiscal 2008 Military Construction-VA
Appropriations - 2005 Base Realignment and Closure
June 15, 2007 - Hayes, R-N.C., amendment that would add $30
million for the 2005 military base closure account, offset by
a reduction for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security
Investment Program by the same amount.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 110-304
VOTE: NAY
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493 - HR 2642: Fiscal 2008 Military Construction-VA
Appropriations - Base Cleanup
June 15, 2007 - Blumenauer, D-Ore., amendment that would increase
funding for the clean-up of closed military bases by adding
$50 million for the 1990 base closure account. It would reduce
funding for the 2005 base closure account by $201 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 68-347
VOTE: NAY
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518 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- National Nuclear Security Administration
June 20, 2007 - Udall, D-N.M., amendment that would increase
funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration's weapons
activities by $192 million, offset by a reduction of the same
amount for the NNSA's administration account.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 121-312
VOTE: Yea
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536 - HR 2764: Fiscal 2008 State-Foreign Operations
Appropriations - Institute for Security Cooperation
June 21, 2007 - McGovern, D-Mass., amendment that would bar
the use of funds to recruit and send students to the Western
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation at Fort Benning,
Ga.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 203-214
VOTE: Yea
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Environment, Energy, Science and Technology
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432 - HR 1716: Green Energy Education - Passage
June 06, 2007 - Lipinski, D-Ill., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would authorize the Energy Department
to transfer funds to the National Science Foundation for its
program to support graduate education related to research, development
and commercial applications of energy technology.
Motion agreed to 416-0
VOTE: Yea
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433 - HR 632: Hydrogen Prize - Passage
June 06, 2007 - Lipinski, D-Ill., motion to suspend the rules
and pass the bill that would authorize $50 million from fiscal
2008 through 2017 for the Energy Department to create a new
program of competitive cash prizes for technological advances
in the commercial use of hydrogen energy. It would authorize
$2 million in fiscal 2008 and 2009 for administrative costs.
Motion agreed to 408-8
VOTE: Yea
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434 - HR 964: "Spyware" Ban - Passage
June 06, 2007 - Rush, D-Ill., motion to suspend the rules and
pass the bill that would prohibit the use or installation of
computer software known as "spyware" without the computer
owner's consent. The bill would allow the Federal Trade Commission
to seek civil penalties of up to $3 million for violations of
the ban.
Motion agreed to 368-48
VOTE: Yea
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480 - HR 2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Personnel Management System
June 15, 2007 - McCaul, R-Texas, amendment that would strike
a provision that would prohibit the obligation of funds, until
all pending litigation and claims filed by either party are
resolved, for the development, testing, deployment or operation
of systems relating to the MaxHR personnel management system
or any related human resources system.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 184-238
VOTE: Yea
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509 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program
June 19, 2007 - Campbell, R-Calif., amendment that would reduce
funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs
by $102 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 107-320
VOTE: NAY
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510 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Nuclear Energy
June 19, 2007 - Stearns, R-Fla., amendment that would transfer
$20 million within the Energy Department's nuclear energy account
from a long-term research and development fund to a fund that
encourages near-term nuclear power development.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 158-269
VOTE: NAY
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511 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Fossil Fuels Research and Development
June 19, 2007 - Kline, R-Minn., amendment that would reduce
funding for fossil fuels research and development by $142 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 123-303
VOTE: Yea
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516 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Yucca Mountain
June 20, 2007 - Porter, R-Nev., amendment that would reduce
funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site by $202 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 80-351
VOTE: NAY
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517 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Energy Department
June 20, 2007 - Foxx, R-N.C., amendment that would reduce funding
for the Energy Department's administration account by $28 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 134-293
VOTE: NAY
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519 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Appalachian Regional Commission
June 20, 2007 - Neugebauer, R-Texas, amendment that would strike
a provision that would appropriate $35 million for the Appalachian
Regional Commission.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 133-298
VOTE: Yea
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521 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Broadwater Energy Proposal
June 20, 2007 - Bishop, D-N.Y., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
to review the application for the Broadwater Energy proposal.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 146-285
VOTE: Yea
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523 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- Hydropower Dams
June 20, 2007 - Shadegg, R-Ariz., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill to breach or remove hydropower dams.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 157-274
VOTE: NAY
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526 - HR 2641: Fiscal 2008 Energy-Water Appropriations
- National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor
June 20, 2007 - Hinchey, D-N.Y., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill for the Energy Department to designate
any geographic area as a "national interest electric transmission
corridor." It would prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission from using funds to process permits for electricity
transmissions in any area so designated.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 174-257
VOTE: Yea
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551 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Park Service Operations
June 26, 2007 - King, R-Iowa, amendment that would increase
funding by $100 million for the Park Service's operations account.
It would reduce funding for the EPA's environmental programs
and management by $62 million and for Superfund cleanup activities
by $160 million. It also would reduce to $1 million funds for
the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 156-274
VOTE: NAY
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552 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Offshore Natural Gas Development
June 26, 2007 - Peterson, R-Pa., amendment that would allow
the Interior Department to issue new leases for offshore natural
gas development in areas at least 25 miles from the U.S. coast.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 196-233
VOTE: NAY
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553 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Leases
June 26, 2007 - Conaway, R-Texas, amendment that would strike
a provision prohibiting the Interior Department from using funds
for new offshore oil and natural gas leases off the coasts of
California, Oregon and Washington, in the north Atlantic off
the East Coast and in certain parts of the Gulf of Mexico.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 167-264
VOTE: NAY
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554 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Forest and Rangeland Research
June 26, 2007 - Bishop, R-Utah, amendment that would increase
funding for the Agriculture Department's forest and rangeland
research by $13 million. It would reduce funding for the National
Endowment for the Arts by $32 million.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 156-270
VOTE: NAY
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555 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Global Climate Change
June 26, 2007 - Barton, R-Texas, amendment that would strike
a section in the bill that would express the sense of Congress
that there should be a comprehensive national program of "mandatory,
market-based limits and incentives" to reduce emissions
of greenhouse gases in a way that would "not significantly
harm" the U.S. economy and would encourage similar actions
by other countries.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 153-274
VOTE: NAY
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556 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Air Pollution Emissions Standards
June 26, 2007 - Johnson, D-Texas, amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill for the EPA to develop or implement
a proposed rule that would ease hazardous air pollution emissions
standards for major source polluters as defined under the Clean
Air Act.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 252-178
VOTE: Yea
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558 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Mexican Wolf Recovery Program
June 26, 2007 - Pearce, R-N.M., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill to operate the Mexican Wolf Recovery
program.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 172-258
VOTE: NAY
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563 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Tongass National Forest
June 26, 2007 - Andrews, D-N.J., amendment that would prohibit
the use of funds in the bill to plan, design, study or construct
forest development roads in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska
for harvesting timber by private entities or individuals.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 283-145
VOTE: Yea
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573 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Polar Bears
June 27, 2007 - Inslee, D-Wash., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill for processing applications to import
polar bears or polar bear parts.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 188-242
VOTE: Yea
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574 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Oil Shale Reserves
June 27, 2007 - Udall, D-Colo., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill for preparing or publishing final regulations
regarding commercial leasing for oil shale reserves on public
land as required under the 2005 energy law or to conduct oil
shale leasing activities.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 219-215
VOTE: Yea
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576 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Oil Shale Leasing
June 27, 2007 - Cannon, R-Utah, amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill for certain oil shale leasing in Utah
and Wyoming.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 204-223
VOTE: NAY
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577 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Revote on Oil Shale Reserves
June 27, 2007 - Revote on the Udall, D-Colo., amendment that
would bar the use of funds in the bill for preparing or publishing
final regulations regarding commercial leasing for oil shale
reserves on public land as required under the 2005 energy law
or to conduct oil shale leasing activities.
Adopted 216-210
VOTE: Yea
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578 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Recommit
June 27, 2007 - Lewis, R-Calif., motion to recommit the bill
to the Appropriations Committee with instructions that it be
reported back promptly with language specifying that certain
restrictions on energy production not take effect unless the
Interior secretary certified that nothing in the act would reduce
energy supplies from public lands, result in increased imports
of energy that otherwise would have been available or result
in higher energy costs.
Motion rejected 186-233
VOTE: NAY
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579 - HR 2643: Fiscal 2008 Interior-Environment Appropriations
- Passage
June 27, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would provide $27.6
billion in fiscal 2008 for the Interior Department, the EPA
and related agencies. The bill would provide $10.2 billion for
the Interior Department, $8.1 billion for the EPA, $4.6 billion
for the Forest Service, $1.9 billion for the Bureau of Land
Management and $3.4 billion for the Indian Health Service. It
would fund the National Endowment for the Arts and the National
Endowment for the Humanities at $160 million each and the Smithsonian
Institution at $652 million. It would maintain the moratorium
on natural gas production in the Outer Continental Shelf. The
bill would provide $50 million for a new two-year commission
on climate change to recommend actions by federal agencies to
combat global warming.
Passed 272-155
VOTE: Yea
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Executive Branch, Federal Buildings and D.C.
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580 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Previous Question
June 27, 2007 - Matsui, D-Calif., motion to order the previous
question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment) on
adoption of the rule (H Res 517), with an amendment, to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would appropriate
$43.8 billion in fiscal 2008 for the Department of the Treasury,
Office of Personnel Management and other agencies, and the District
of Columbia.
Motion agreed to 244-181
VOTE: Yea
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582 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Rule
June 27, 2007 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 517), as amended,
to provide for House floor consideration of the bill that would
appropriate $43.8 billion in fiscal 2008 for the Department
of the Treasury, Office of Personnel Management and other agenices,
and the District of Columbia.
Adopted 213-206
VOTE: NAY
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584 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- General Services Administration
June 28, 2007 - Cardoza, D-Calif., amendment that would increase
funding by $6 million for the General Services Administration's
inspector general. It would reduce by $8 million the amount
provided to the GSA's policy and operations account.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 281-144
VOTE: Yea
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586 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Converting Federal Job Functions
June 28, 2007 - Price, R-Ga., amendment that would strike a
provision in the bill that would restrict the government's ability
to contract out current federal job functions.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 158-268
VOTE: Yea
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587 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- D.C. Resident Tuition Support
June 28, 2007 - T. Davis, R-Va., amendment that would increase
funding by $1 million for a program that subsidizes tuition
for District of Columbia residents to attend public out-of-state
colleges and universities, offset by a reduction of the same
amount from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 146-279
VOTE: Yea
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589 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- D.C. Needle Exchange Program
June 28, 2007 - Souder, R-Ind., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill by the District of Columbia for any
needle exchange program.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 208-216
VOTE: NAY
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596 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Vice President Funding
June 28, 2007 - Emanuel, D-Ill., amendment that would bar the
use of funds in the bill for the vice president's office and
functions.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 209-217
VOTE: NAY
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603 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Registering D.C. Unmarried Couples
June 28, 2007 - Goode, R-Va., amendment that would bar the use
of funds in the bill to register unmarried, co-habitating couples
in the District of Columbia, which enables them to qualify for
health benefits on the same basis as legally married couples.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 224-200
VOTE: NAY
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606 - HR 2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services Appropriations
- Passage
June 28, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would provide $43.8
billion in fiscal 2008 for the Department of the Treasury, Office
of Personnel Management and the District of Columbia. The bill
would provide $12.3 billion for the Treasury Department, of
which $11.1 billion is for the IRS. It would appropriate $21.1
billion for the Office of Personnel Management and $6.3 billion
for the operation of the federal court system, including salaries
of judges, magistrates, support personnel and other expenses
of the federal judiciary. It would fund the Executive Office
of the President at $722 million and provide $655 million in
federal payments for the District of Columbia government. It
would provide a 3.5 percent pay increase for federal civilian
employees.
Passed 240-179
VOTE: Yea
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Foreign Affairs
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426 - H Res 397: Condemning Violence in Estonia - Adoption
June 05, 2007 - Lantos, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would condemn the recent acts
of violence, vandalism and looting in Estonia, as well as the
attacks and threats against Estonian embassies and officials
stationed in Russia.
Motion agreed to 412-0
VOTE: Yea
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427 - H Res 422: China and Darfur - Adoption
June 05, 2007 - Tanner, D-Tenn., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would call on China to take steps
to immediately suspend economic cooperation and investment in
Sudan until the Sudanese government stops its attacks on civilians,
complies with all U.N. Security Council resolutions related
to Darfur and engages in good faith negotiations with Darfur
rebel groups to achieve a sustainable negotiated peace agreement.
Motion agreed to 410-0
VOTE: Yea
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428 - H Res 430: Release of Dr. Haleh Esfandiari - Adoption
June 05, 2007 - Tanner, D-Tenn., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would call upon the Iranian government
to immediately release Haleh Esfandiari, the director of the
Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars, and four other dual Iranian-Armenian citizens.
Motion agreed to 411-0
VOTE: Yea
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431 - HR 2446: Afghanistan Aid - Rule
June 06, 2007 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 453) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would authorize
$6.4 billion in aid to Afghanistan for programs including counternarcotics
efforts, assistance for women and girls, and funds for emergency
energy resources.
Adopted 220-195
VOTE: NAY
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435 - HR 2446: Afghanistan Aid - Capture of Terrorists
June 06, 2007 - Kirk, R-Ill., amendment that would allow the
secretary of State to make payments from the Rewards for Justice
Program to officers or employees of the Afghan or Pakistani
government who provide information leading to the capture of
exceptional and high-profile terrorists committing acts in Afghanistan.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 419-1
VOTE: Yea
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436 - HR 2446: Afghanistan Aid - Post-Operations Humanitarian
Relief Fund
June 06, 2007 - Kucinich, D-Ohio, amendment that would direct
$500,000 from the bill's authorization for the U.S. contribution
to the Post-Operations Humanitarian Relief Fund, a fund operated
by NATO's International Security Assistance Force.
Rejected in Committee of the Whole 159-260
VOTE: NAY
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437 - HR 2446: Afghanistan Aid - Recommit
June 06, 2007 - Pence, R-Ind., motion to recommit the bill to
the Foreign Affairs Committee with instructions that it be immediately
reported back with language about the U.S. policy towards Iran,
listing specific congressional findings of Iranian weapons going
to Afghanistan.
Motion agreed to 345-71
VOTE: Yea
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438 - HR 2446: Afghanistan Aid - Passage
June 06, 2007 - Passage of the bill that would authorize $6.4
billion in aid to Afghanistan for programs including counternarcotics
efforts, assistance for women and girls, and funds for emergency
energy resources. Specifically, it would authorize $5.1 billion
between fiscal 2008 and 2010 for economic and development assistance.
It also would authorize the president to provide defense articles,
military education and training services to Afghanistan and
other countries that participate in military, peacekeeping or
policing operations in Afghanistan. It would authorize $30 million
from fiscal 2008 through 2010 to establish a pilot program to
encourage legitimate alternatives to poppy production for Afghan
poppy farmers.
Passed 406-10
VOTE: Yea
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449 - S 676: Inter-American Development Bank - Passage
June 11, 2007 - Faleomavaega, D-Am. Samoa, motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill that would allow the U.S. executive
director or the alternative executive director of the Inter-American
Development Bank to serve on the board of directors for the
Inter-American Foundation in one of the three slots reserved
for government officials.
Motion agreed to 386-1
VOTE: Yea
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450 - H Res 418: Conference of the Caribbean - Adoption
June 11, 2007 - Faleomavaega, D-Am. Samoa, motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would commend the Caribbean
community for holding the Conference of the Caribbean and welcome
the delegation of Caribbean presidents, prime ministers and
foreign ministers to Washington, D.C.
Motion agreed to 386-0
VOTE: Yea
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500 - H Con Res 151: Independent Journalist Murders
- Adoption
June 18, 2007 - Watson, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would encourage President
Bush to offer assistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin
and other Russian officials to help identify and bring to justice
those responsible for unsolved murders of journalists in Russia
in the past decade.
Motion agreed to 388-1
VOTE: Yea
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501 - H Res 233: Recognizing Liechtenstein - Adoption
June 18, 2007 - Watson, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution that would recognize over 200 years
of Liechtenstein's sovereignty and express support for continuing
to strengthen the U.S. relationship with Liechtenstein.
Motion agreed to 389-0
VOTE: Yea
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513 - H Con Res 21: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Adoption
June 20, 2007 - Watson, D-Calif., motion to suspend the rules
and adopt the concurrent resolution that would call on the United
Nations Security Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Genocide Convention, call
on the Security Council and U.N. member states to consider ways
to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and reaffirm
the partnership between the United States and Israel.
Motion agreed to 411-2
VOTE: Yea
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527 - HR 2764: Fiscal 2008 State-Foreign Operations
Appropriations - Cuba Democracy Programs
June 21, 2007 - L. Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., amendment that would
increase funding for Department of State's Economic Support
Fund for Cuba democracy programs by $37 million, offset by a
reduction for the department's Administration of Foreign Affairs
account.
Adopted in Committee of the Whole 254-170
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