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| 1997-02-12 | Term Limit Constitutional Amendment [HJRES2] | Failed (217-211) |
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| Passage of the joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment to impose a 12-year lifetime limit on congressional service in each chamber. A two-thirds majority vote of those present and voting is necessary to pass a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment. | |||||
| 1997-04-15 | Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment [HJRES62] | Failed (233-190) |
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| Passage of the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate in order to raise taxes. A two-thirds majority vote of those present and voting is necessary to pass a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment. | |||||
| 1997-05-14 | Public Housing System Overhaul [HR2] | Passed (293-132) |
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| Passage of the bill to replace federal low-income housing programs with block grants to local authorities, eliminate most federal regulations affecting low-income housing assistance, and change tenant income, employment and eligibility requirements. This was part of the conservative devolution of federal power to state and local authority. | |||||
| 1997-05-15 | Fiscal 1997 Supplemental Appropriations [HR1469] | Rejected (100-324) |
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| Neumann (R-WI) amendment to strike $2.4 million in advance fiscal 1998 funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, rescind $3.6 billion in undefined fiscal 1997 budget authority and restore $3.8 billion in rescissions from the Section 8 assisted housing program. | |||||
| 1997-05-21 | Fiscal 1998 Budget Resolution [HCONRES84] | Rejected (72-358) |
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| Waters (D-CA) substitute amendment to balance the budget by 2002 by cutting defense spending by $189.9 billion and increasing revenues by $195 billion by closing corporate tax loopholes. The substitute does not include any tax cuts and maintains Medicaid funding at current levels. | |||||
| 1997-05-21 | Fiscal 1998 Budget Resolution [HCONRES84] | Rejected (119-313) |
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| Doolittle (R-CA) substitute amendment, offered on behalf of the Conservative Action Team, to balance the budget by 2002 by cutting non-defense discretionary spending to levels requested in the President's fiscal 1997 budget, and allowing an increase in net tax cuts to $192.5 billion over five years from $85 billion -- an additional savings of $109 billion that would be applied to further tax cuts. The substitute would allow a point of order to be raised against any legislation that would cause total outlays to exceed total receipts in fiscal 2002 and in subsequent years. | |||||
| 1997-06-11 | Fiscal 1998-99 State Department Authorization [HR1757] | Agreed To (225-190) |
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| Rohrabacher (R-CA) amendment to prohibit the payment of $95 million in foreign assistance currently designated for Russia in fiscal 1998 and 1999 if Russia transfers an SS-N-22 missile system to China. | |||||
| 1997-06-20 | Fiscal 1998 Defense Authorization [HR1119] | Rejected (145-253) |
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| Luther (D-MN) amendment to cut the bill's $309 million authorization in fiscal 1998 for further production of the Trident D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile. | |||||
| 1997-06-24 | Fiscal 1998 Defense Authorization [HR1119] | Rejected (196-231) |
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| Hilleary (R-TN) substitute amendment to the Buyer (R-IN) amendment, to prohibit the obligation of funds for ground deployment of U.S. troops in Bosnia after Dec. 31, 1997, unless the President submits a report to Congress requesting an extension of funding. The Hilleary amendment would require the extension to be approved by a joint resolution of Congress and would permit deployment for an additional 180 days or until June 30, 1998. | |||||
| 1997-07-10 | Fiscal 1998 Interior Appropriations [HRES181] | Agreed To (217-216) |
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| Adoption of the rule to provide for House floor consideration of the bill to provide $13 billion in new budget authority for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for fiscal 1998. The rule did not waive a point of order against the $10 million of funding in the bill for the National Endowment for the Arts because its authorization had expired. A vote in favor of this rule was a vote to leave NEA funding unprotected on the floor from a point of order. | |||||
| 1997-07-29 | Fiscal 1998 Defense Appropriations [HR2266] | Rejected (200-222) |
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| Obey (D-WI) amendment to cut the $331 million provided in the bill for advance procurement of the B-2 Stealth Bomber beyond the 21 aircraft previously authorized. The amendment would increase funding for the Army Research and Development account by $105 million and the Defense Health Program for breast cancer research by $12 million, and would apply the remaining $214 million to deficit reduction. | |||||
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"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |