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| 1998-07-15 | Transporting Minors for an Abortion [HR3682] | Passed (276-150) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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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