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 1998

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Johnson Voted
1998-02-05	National Education Testing Curbs [HR2846]	Passed (242-174)
Passage of the bill to prohibit the use of federal education funds for any federally-sponsored national test in reading, math or any other subject that is not specifically authorized by federal statute.
1998-03-04	Puerto Rico Political Status [HR856]	Passed (209-208)
Passage of the bill to establish a process for determining and implementing a permanent political status for Puerto Rico, including referenda in Puerto Rico and subsequent action by Congress.
1998-03-12	Property Rights [HR992]	Passed (230-180)
Passage of the bill to give landowners greater leeway in suing the federal government for disputes over government seizure of private property, by allowing such suits to be heard either in the U.S. District Court or the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
1998-03-26	Labor Union Organizing [HR3246]	Passed (202-200)
Passage of the bill to permit employers to refuse to hire, or fire, those who seek employment primarily to organize workers to join a union.
1998-04-01	Surface Transportation Reauthorization / Affirmative Action [HR2400]	Rejected (194-225)
Roukema (R-NJ) amendment to end the Transportation Department's program that sets a goal of providing at least 10 percent of transportation contracts to small businesses owned by women and minorities and replace it with a program encouraging affirmative action and discouraging preferential treatment in relation to government transportation contracts.
1998-04-22	Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment [HJRES111]	Failed (238-186)
Passage of the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and the Senate in order to raise taxes.
1998-05-06	Higher Education Act Reauthorization [HR6]	Rejected (171-249)
Riggs (R-CA) amendment to prohibit any public institution of higher learning that participates in any Higher Education Act program from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to any person or group in admissions based in whole or part on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.
1998-05-20	Fiscal 1999 Defense Authorization [HR3616]	Agreed To (364-54)
Hunter (R-CA) amendment to prohibit the export or re-export of any U.S. satellites, including commercial satellites and their components, to the People's Republic of China.
1998-05-20	Fiscal 1999 Defense Authorization [HR3616]	Agreed To (250-172)
Hefley (R-CO) amendment to prohibit the assignment of any member of the U.S. armed services to duty with the United Nations Rapidly Deployable Mission Headquarters, or any other standing army under command of the U.N.
1998-06-04	Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment [HJRES78]	Failed (224-203)
Passage of the joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment to guarantee an individual's right to pray and recognize their religious beliefs on public property, including schools. It would also bar governments from requiring anyone to participate in any religious activity or to deny benefits on the basis of religion. A two-thirds supermajority was required to pass this resolution under House rules.
1998-06-04	Tiananmen Square Resolution [HCONRES285]	Agreed To (305-116)
Adoption of the concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the President should reconsider his decision to be formally received in Tiananmen Square.
1998-06-05	Fiscal 1999 Budget Resolution [HCONRES284]	Rejected (158-262)
Neumann (R-WI) substitute amendment to adopt a five-year budget plan that would seek to limit the growth of government spending to the rate of inflation, while calling for $150 billion in tax reductions over five years, and increasing defense spending above current levels by $56 billion over five years.
1998-06-17	Tax Code Termination [HR3097]	Passed (219-209)
Passage of the bill to abolish the tax code, except for the provisions that fund Social Security and Medicare, by Dec. 31, 2002. The bill would recommend that Congress enact a new tax code by July 4, 2002.
1998-07-15	Transporting Minors for an Abortion [HR3682]	Passed (276-150)
Passage of the bill to make it a federal crime for anyone other than the parent to transport a minor across state lines with the intent that she obtain an abortion.
1998-07-21	Fiscal 1999 Interior Appropriations [HR4193]	Agreed To (253-173)
Johnson (R-CT) amendment to reinstate $98 million in funding for the National Endowmwnt of the Arts in fiscal 1999, which was struck from the bill by a point of order.
1998-07-23	Abortion Procedure Ban [HR1122]	Veto Overridden (296-132)
Passage, over President Clinton's veto, of the bill to ban certain late-term abortion procedures.
1998-07-31	Campaign Finance Overhaul [HR2183]	Rejected (173-238)
Whitfield (R-KY) amendment to the Shays-Meehan substitute amendment to the bill to overhaul campaign finance laws. The amendment would remove the bill's expanded version of the definition of "express advocacy" and maintain current law.
1998-08-03	Campaign Finance Overhaul [HR2183]	Agreed To (237-186)
Shays (R-CT) substitute amendment to the bill to overhaul campaign finance laws. The amendment would ban soft money contributions for federal elections, expand regulations on advertising that advocates a candidate and tighten the definition of what constitutes coordination with a federal candidate. This amendment prohibits candidates from spending more than $50,000 in personal funds, places onerous new restrictions on issue advertising, and generally restricts the rights of citizen organizations to communicate with the public.
1998-08-04	Fiscal 1999 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations [HR4276]	Agreed To (255-170)
Mollohan (D-WV) amendment to increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation from $141 million to $250 million.
1998-08-05	Fiscal 1999 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations [HR4276]	Rejected (151-279)
Bartlett (R-MD) amendment to eliminate the $475 million allocated in the bill for debt payments to the United Nations.
1998-08-06	Campaign Finance Overhaul [HR2183]	Rejected (131-299)
Doolittle (R-CA) substitute amendment to the bill to overhaul campaign finance laws. The amendment would eliminate all federal contribution limits and end public financing of presidential campaigns.
1998-08-06	Campaign Finance Overhaul [HR2183]	Passed (252-179)
Passage of the bill to ban soft money contributions for federal elections, expand regulations on advertising that advocates a candidate and tighten the definition of what constitutes coordination with a federal candidate. The text of the bill is the Shays-Meehan substitute adopted by the house on August 3.
1998-08-06	Fiscal 1999 District of Columbia Appropriations [HR4380]	Agreed To (214-208)
Armey (R-TX) amendment to establish a new program to provide education scholarships ("vouchers") to an estimated 2,000 poor D.C. public school students.
1998-09-26	Tax Cuts [HR4579]	Passed (229-195)
Passage of the bill to cut taxes by $80.1 billion over five years, including $6.6 billion in cuts in fiscal 1999, by extending expired provisions such as the research tax credit, reducing taxes for farmers and married couples and making health insurance premiums 100 percent deductible for the self-employed.
1998-10-08	Open Impeachment Inquiry [HRES581]	Agreed To (258-176)
Adoption of the resolution to authorize the Judiciary Committee to conduct an inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist to impeach President Clinton.

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