Ralph Hall

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 3, 1923 in Fate, TX
Died: March 7, 2019 in Rockwall, TX

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Key House Vote Data for Ralph Hall in 1988

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Hall Voted
1988-02-03	Contra Aid [HJRES444]	Defeated (211-219)
Vote on passage of a joint resolution to provide $36.25 million in military and non-military aid for the Freedom Fighters battling the Communist government in Nicaragua.
1988-03-22	Civil Rights Restoration Act [S557]	Veto Overridden (292-133)
Passage, over President Reagan's March 16 veto, of the bill to provide broad coverage of four civil rights laws -- Title IX of the 1972 Education Act Amendments; Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act; Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act; and the 1975 Age Discrimination Act -- by making clear that, if one entity of an institution receives federal funds, the entire institution must abide by the anti-discrimination laws.
1988-03-30	Rehiring of Former Air-Traffic Controllers [HR3396]	Passed (234-180)
Passage of the bill to provide for the rehiring of 1,000 former air-traffic controllers -- 500 in fiscal year 1988 and 500 in fiscal year 1989 -- who were fired in 1981 after an illegal strike against the Federal Aviation Administration.
1988-04-27	Fiscal 1989 Defense Authorization [HR4264]	Agreed To (240-174)
Dicks (D-WA) amendment to limit the number of U.S. multiple-warhead ballistic missiles and cruise-missile-carrying bombers to the number specified in the unratified 1979 strategic arms limitation (SALT II) treaty, unless the President certifies that the Soviet Union has exceeded those limits after enactment of this bill.
1988-04-28	Fiscal 1989 Defense Authorization [HR4264]	Rejected (197-205)
Brown (D-CA) amendment to ban anti-satellite weapons tests against targets in space unless the president certified to Congress that the Soviet Union had conducted such a test.
1988-04-28	Fiscal 1989 Defense Authorization [HR4264]	Agreed To (214-186)
Gephardt (D-MO) amendment to ban nuclear tests with an explosive power greater than one kiloton and tests conducted outside of designated test areas, as long as the Soviet Union observes the same ban.
1988-05-03	Fiscal 1989 Defense Authorization [HR4264]	Rejected (204-210)
Stenholm (D-TX) amendment to exempt Department of Defense contracts valued at less than $250,000 from Davis-Bacon requirements. The law requires that contractors on most federal projects pay workers the locally prevailing wage, as determined by the Labor Department. The Stenholm amendment would also bar contract-splitting, substantially reduce Davis-Bacon reporting requirements and define "helper" as a semiskilled, entry-level worker who assists skilled workers.
1988-05-04	Fiscal 1989 Defense Authorization [HR4264]	Rejected (105-312)
Kyl (R-AZ) amendment to increase to $4.9 billion, from $4.1 billion, the authorization for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
1988-05-11	Fiscal 1989 Defense Authorization [HR4264]	Rejected (167-249)
Kemp (R-NY) amendment to require the Secretary of Defense to issue a report to Congress within 120 days of enactment that would describe a plan to develop an accidental launch protection system that would include two ground-based anti-missile sites as well as space-based components.
1988-05-24	Omnibus Trade Bill [HR3]	Veto Overridden (308-113)
Passage, over President Reagan's May 24 veto, of the bill to revise statutory procedures for dealing with unfair foreign trade practices and import damage to U.S. industries, to clarify the law against business-related bribes abroad by U.S. businesses, to streamline controls on militarily sensitive exports, to revise agricultural and education programs, to repeal the windfall-profits tax on oil and to require certain employers to provide workers with 60 days' notice of plant closings or layoffs.
1988-06-28	Fiscal 1989 District of Columbia Appropriations [HR4776]	Agreed To (222-186)
Dornan (R-CA) amendment to prohibit the use of federal funds appropriated under the bill, and of any city funds, to perform abortions.
1988-06-29	Fair Housing [HR1158]	Rejected (139-265)
Hyde (R-IL) amendment to provide that nothing in the bill requires, permits or authorizes any preference in the provision of any dwelling based on race, color, religion, gender or national origin.
1988-07-07	Welfare Reform [HR1720]	Agreed To (227-168)
Brown (R-CO) motion to instruct the House conferees on the bill to keep the cost of the final bill at or under $2.8 billion and to permit no impediments to work for welfare recipients beyond those contained in the Senate bill.
1988-07-12	Military Base Closings [HR4481]	Agreed To (223-186)
Armey (R-TX) substitute to provide that military bases recommended by the commission on base realignment and closure be closed, unless both houses of Congress disapprove the report; that the list include only domestic bases; and that certain environmental-review requirements be waived.
1988-07-13	Plant Closings [S2527]	Passed (286-136)
Passage of the bill to require larger employers to give 60 days' advance notice of plant closings or mass layoffs regardless of circumstances. This would virtually ensure that borderline businesses will be forced out of business.
1988-08-11	South Africa Sanctions [HR1580]	Passed (244-132)
Passage of the bill to prohibit nearly all U.S. trade with South Africa, except for imports of strategic minerals; to prohibit U.S. investment in South Africa, except in businesses owned by persons disadvantaged by apartheid; to require the President to retaliate against foreign companies that take advantage of U.S. sanctions; and to authorize $40 million in U.S. aid to blacks and other non-whites in South Africa.
1988-09-08	Omnibus Drug Bill [HR5210]	Agreed To (299-111)
Gekas (R-PA) amendment which would allow the use of the death penalty for "drug kingpins" who commit murder or order others to murder.
1988-09-08	Omnibus Drug Bill [HR5210]	Agreed To (259-134)
Lungren (R-CA) amendment to provide an exception to the "exclusionary rule", which bars the use of illegally obtained evidence at a trial. The exception would apply to cases in which police had a reasonable good faith belief that they seized the evidence lawfully.
1988-09-15	Omnibus Drug Bill [HR5210]	Agreed To (228-182)
McCollum (R-FL) amendment to strike provisions that sought to establish a seven-day waiting period for handgun purchases and instead to require the Justice Department to develop and send to Congress a proposal for a system gun dealers could use to identify felons, who are ineligible to own handguns.
1988-09-22	AIDS Federal Policy [HR5142]	Rejected (70-327)
Dannemeyer (R-CA) amendment to require states, as a condition for receiving funds authorized by the bill, to ensure that information sufficient to locate individuals testing positive be reported to the state public health offices.
1988-09-29	Equitable Pay Practices [HR387]	Passed (302-98)
Passage of the bill to establish an 11-member commission to conduct a study to determine whether the current federal job classification and pay system are designed and administered in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which prohibit discrimination based on sex, race or national origin.
1988-09-30	Fiscal 1989 District of Columbia Appropriations [HR4776]	Failed (134-201)
Dixon (D-CA) motion to weaken an Armstrong (R-CO) Senate amendment which would prohibit the District of Columbia from forcing religiously affiliated educational institutions to provide funding, facilities, services or official recognition to homosexual groups.

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