L.F. Payne

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 9, 1945 in Amherst, VA

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Key House Vote Data for L.F. Payne in 1988

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Payne Voted
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.

Represents a "Yes" vote.   Represents a "No" vote.   Indicates that this member voted against the conservative position on a particular vote. "No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No).