Sam Johnson

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 11, 1930 in San Antonio, TX
Died: May 27, 2020 in Plano, TX

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Key House Vote Data for Sam Johnson in 1992

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Johnson Voted
1992-02-05	"October Surprise" Investigation [HRES258]	Agreed To (217-192)		No Vote
Adoption of the resolution to authorize the Speaker to appoint 13 House members to a task force to investigate allegations that the 1980 Reagan campaign conspired to delay the release of 52 American hostages in Iran until after the 1980 election.
1992-02-27	Tax Bill [HR4210]	Rejected (166-264)
Archer (R-TX) substitute amendment to implement a seven-point plan that included a cut in the capital gains tax rate, a $5,000 two-year tax credit and penalty-free withdrawals from Individual Retirement Accounts for first-time home buyers, passive loss deductions for real estate developers, an increase in the rate of depreciation for business equipment and new rules encouraging real estate investment by pension funds.
1992-03-04	Fiscal 1993 Budget Resolution [HCONRES287]	Rejected (60-344)
Dannemeyer (R-CA) substitute amendment to hold domestic discretionary spending for fiscal 1993 at fiscal 1992 levels; cut Medicare and Medicaid entitlement programs by $138.4 billion over five years; cut international affairs programs by 25 percent; and reduce the interest cost on the national debt by issuing low-interest securities.
1992-03-25	Tax Bill [HR4210]	Veto Sustained (211-215)
Passage, over President Bush's March 20 veto, of the $77.5 billion tax bill to create a 20 percent tax credit against Social Security taxes paid by middle-income families, to be replaced in 1994 by a permanent $300-a-child tax credit. The credits would be paid for by adding a new top income tax rate of 36 percent and a 10 percent surtax on millionaires. The conference report also provided for a graduated capital gains tax cut. Taxpayers could deduct up to $2,000 per year contributed to individual retirement accounts; qualified taxpayers could make penalty-free withdrawals for first-time home purchases or for medical or educational expenses.
1992-03-31	Eliminate Budget Walls [HR3732]	Defeated (187-238)
Passage of the bill to modify the 1990 Budget Enforcement Act to knock down the walls that prohibit the shifting of funds between defense, international and domestic appropriations.
1992-04-09	Campaign Finance Reform [S3]	Agreed To (259-165)
Adoption of the conference report to limit spending in congressional campaigns by providing incentives to candidates to agree to voluntary spending limits, restricting money that candidates can accept from political action committees (PACs) and restricting "soft money" raised and spent by state parties in federal elections. The bill created a separate system for House and Senate campaigns, and none of the provisions of the bill became effective until the cost of public financing was offset by subsequent legislation.
1992-05-12	Legal Services Corporation Reauthorization [HR2039]	Failed (173-236)
McCollum (R-FL) motion to recommit to House Judiciary Committee the bill to reauthorize the Legal Service Corporation (LSC), with instructions to report it back with a substitute amendment to require a competitive bidding test for distributing LSC funds; prohibit agencies that receive LSC funds from engaging in all redistricting and abortion-related activities; expand the bill's ban on lobbying; prohibit recovery of attorney's fees from non-governmental defendants; and for other purposes.
1992-06-04	Fiscal 1993 Defense Authorization [HR5006]	Agreed To (237-167)
Kopetski (D-OR) amendment to provide a one-year moratorium on nuclear weapons testing unless the President certified that any of the former republics of the Soviet Union had conducted a nuclear weapons test during the period.
1992-06-04	Fiscal 1993 Defense Authorization [HR5006]	Rejected (90-283)
Dellums (D-CA) amendment to reduce the total authorization in the bill by 10 percent.
1992-06-05	Fiscal 1993 Defense Authorization [HR5006]	Rejected (161-211)
Durbin (D-IL) amendment to reduce funding for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) by $937.5 million from the $4.3 billion in the bill to $3.3 billion.
1992-06-11	Balanced-Budget Constitutional Amendment [HJRES290]	Rejected (170-258)
Passage of the joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment prohibiting deficit spending unless a three-fifths majority of both chambers of Congress approved a specific deficit amount or there was a declaration of war or a declaration of national military emergency enacted into law; requiring the President to submit a balanced budget each fiscal year; and requiring a three-fifths majority of both chambers of Congress to increase the public debt.
1992-06-11	Balanced-Budget Constitutional Amendment [HJRES290]	Passed (280-153)
Kyl (R-AZ) substitute to propose a constitutional amendment that prohibited total outlays from exceeding total revenues for each fiscal year and prohibit total outlays from exceeding 19 percent of the gross national product for each fiscal year, unless a three-fifths majority in each chamber voted to permit a deficit. It granted the President line-item veto authority for all spending measures.
1992-06-16	National "Motor Voter" Registration [S250]	Passed (268-153)
Passage of the bill to require states to permit voter registration simultaneously with applying for public certificates such as a driver's license, marriage license or hunting permit.
1992-07-01	Fiscal 1993 Treasury, Postal Service Appropriations [HR5488]	Rejected (183-236)
McDade (R-PA) amendment to eliminate the prohibition in the bill and allow funds for the White House Council on Competitiveness, chaired by Vice President Dan Quayle. The council had been instrumental in blocking excessive and harmful government regulation.
1992-07-08	Fiscal 1993 District of Columbia Appropriations [HR5517]	Agreed To (231-181)		No Vote
Dixon (D-CA) motion to report back to the House the bill to provide $714 million in federal funds for the District of Columbia and approve the spending of $3,954,141,000 in funds raised from local taxes for the District of Columbia in fiscal 1993. The administration requested $713,237,000 in federal funds and approval for spending $3,953,658,000 in funds raised from local taxes. The bill prohibited the use of federal funds for abortions except to save the life of the woman, but would place no prohibitions on the use of locally raised funds.
1992-07-22	Fiscal 1993 Interior Appropriations [HR5503]	Rejected (85-329)
Crane (R-IL) amendment to cut the $179 million in the bill for the National Endowment for the Arts. This would have eliminated all NEA funding for fiscal 1993.
1992-07-23	Public Release of Records on the House Post Office Investigation [HRES526]	Agreed To (223-196)
Kleczka (D-WI) motion to table (kill) the Walker (R-PA) privileged resolution to direct the House Administration Committee to make public all the records of the task force investigating the House Post Office.
1992-07-24	Voting Rights Language Assistance [HR4312]	Passed (237-125)
Passage of the bill to extend for 15 years through 2007 the provisions of law that require certain language-minority populations to be provided with language assistance to effectively participate in the electoral process.
1992-08-12	Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act [HR4323]	Rejected (80-328)
Armey (R-TX) amendment in the nature of a substitute to authorize $700 million in fiscal 1992 and such sums as necessary for fiscal years 1993 through 2001 for state and local school reform activities. The substitute would require that 25 percent of a school district's grant be used for school choice programs that included private schools; allow school districts to use the grants to fund New American Schools, merit schools and site-based management that emphasized alternative certification; and require each Governor to chair a state panel on education reform. But it would not formally create the National Educational Goals Panel.
1992-09-24	Fiscal 1993 District of Columbia Appropriations [HR5517]	Agreed To (235-173)
DeLay (R-TX) motion to recommit the conference report to conference. Proponents of the motion wanted the conference to include the Senate amendment to prohibit the District of Columbia from using any funds in the bill to extend employment, health or governmental benefits to homosexual or heterosexual unmarried couples ("domestic partners") on the same basis that such benefits were extended to legally married couples.
1992-09-30	Family and Medical Leave [S5]	Veto Sustained (258-169)
Passage, over President Bush's Sept. 22 veto, of the bill to require employers with more than 50 employees to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for family emergencies.
1992-10-02	Family Planning Amendments [S323]	Veto Sustained (266-148)
Passage, over President Bush's veto Sept. 25, of the bill to reauthorize Title X of the Public Health Service Act through fiscal 1997. The bill woud overturn the administration's "gag rule" and require women with unintended pregnancies to receive "non-directive counseling" on all options, including abortion. This would allow taxpayer-funded clinics to promote abortions.
1992-10-05	Cable Television Reregulation [S12]	Veto Overridden (308-114)
Passage, over President Bush's Oct. 3 veto, of the bill to cap basic cable rates and improve competition in the cable industry by having the Federal Communications Commission set rates for basic cable service and giving broadcasters the right to charge cable operators for the use of over-the-air signals.

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