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| 1987-10-20 | Soviet Embassy [HR1748] | Failed (199-216) |
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| Dickinson (R-AL) motion to instruct the conferees on the fiscal 1988-89 defense authorization bill to agree to a Senate provision requiring the President to cancel the 1969 U.S.-Soviet agreement governing each country's construction of a new embassy office building in the other's capital. This would have kept the Soviets from occupying their strategically located embassy on Mount Alto in Washington, D.C., a location from which the Soviets would be capable of intercepting key U.S. communications and data transmissions. | |||||
| 1987-10-29 | Tax Increase [HR3545] | Passed (206-205) |
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| Passage of the bill to raise $11.9 billion in new taxes and make spending cuts in accordance with the fiscal 1988 budget resolution. House Speaker Jim Wright (D-TX) forced Congressman Jim Chapman (D-TX) to change his vote after time had expired, thus reversing the initial vote outcome. The bill called for slashing defense spending while making only moderate or token cuts in domestic spending. | |||||
| 1987-12-16 | Welfare Reform [HR1720] | Passed (230-194) |
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| Passage of a bill that would change the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program to a Family Support Program. The bill would appropriate $5.7 billion over five years for education, training and work for welfare recipients with the federal government (i.e., taxpayers) paying 65% of the cost. Although the bill has been described as a "workfare" type program, the effect of this program is merely an expansion of the welfare state. | |||||
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"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |