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Tom Foley

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 6, 1929 in Spokane, WA
Died: October 18, 2013 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Washington, A.B., 1951, LL.B., 1957

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Spokane County deputy prosecutor, 1958-1960
  • Law instructor at Gonzaga University, 1958-1959
  • Assistant WA Attorney General, 1960-1961
  • Counsel to U.S. House Interior Committee, 1961-1963
  • U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1997-2000


Key House Vote Data for Tom Foley in 1993


Key vote data shown on this page comes from the American Conservative Union (ACU/CPAC) and Voteview.


Click on the RESULT of a specific vote to see how all members voted.

DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position		Foley
Voted
1993-04-29 Expedited Rescission Authority [HR1578] Rejected
(198-216)
Castle (R-DE) substitute amendment to require that a proposed presidential rescission take effect unless both chambers passed a motion of disapproval (which could be vetoed, ultimately forcing a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers in order to overturn a rescission).
1993-06-30 Fiscal 1994 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations [HR2518] Agreed To
(254-174)
Separate vote at the request of Armey (R-TX), on the Hyde (R-IL) amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to prohibit funds in the bill from being spent for an abortion except when it is made known that it is a case of rape, incest or necessity to save the life of the mother.
1993-08-05 1993 Budget Reconciliation [HR2264] Agreed To
(218-216)
Adoption of the conference report to reduce the deficit by an estimated $496 billion over five years through almost $241 billion in additional taxes and $255 billion in spending cuts by closely tracking President Clinton's economic proposals. Clinton's budget contained the largest tax increase in U.S. history.
1993-11-21 D.C. Statehood [HR51] Defeated
(153-277)
Passage of the bill to admit the District of Columbia into the union as the State of New Columbia.
1993-11-22 Reinventing Government and Spending Cuts [HR3400] Rejected
(213-219)
Penny (D-MN)-Kasich (R-OH) amendment to cut federal spending by $90 billion over five years through various proposals, including $34 billion in Medicare cuts, $52 billion in discretionary spending cuts and $4 billion in other entitlement cuts and user fee increases. The amendment would also cut 252,000 positions from the federal work force.


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  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).