| Date | Subject | Result | Conserv. Position | Brown Voted | |
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| 1999-01-06 | Impeachment of President Clinton -- Reappointment of Managers [HRES10] | Agreed To (223-198) |
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| Adoption of the resolution to reappoint and reauthorize managers, drawn from the Republican membership of the House Judiciary Committee, to conduct the impeachment trial against President Clinton in the Senate. | |||||
| 1999-03-03 | Peace Corps Authorization [HR669] | Passed (326-90) |
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| Passage of the bill to authorize the Peace Corps in fiscal years 2000-2003. The bill would authorize $270 million in fiscal 2000, equal to the President's request and $29 million more than the current level. | |||||
| 1999-03-18 | Anti-Missile Defense [HR4] | Failed (152-269) |
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| Allen (D-ME) motion to recommit the bill to the Armed Services Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment that it is the policy of the United States to deploy a missile defense system that is demonstrated to be effective, does not diminish overall national security by jeopardizing other efforts to reduce threats to the United States, and is affordable and does not compromise U.S. ability to provide for other military priorities. ACU opposed the motion, which was designed to delay deployment of a missile defense system. | |||||
| 1999-04-14 | Local Government Census Review [HR472] | Passed (223-206) |
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No Vote | |
| Passage of the bill to provide for House floor consideration of the bill to allow local government officials to review 2000 census data before the count is finalized. Under the bill, the data subject to local review would include numbers of housing units and vacancies in those units, but not necessarily a count of specific individuals. The localities would be able to challenge the preliminary census data. | |||||
| 1999-04-15 | Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment [HJRES37] | Failed (229-199) |
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No Vote | |
| Passage of the joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority vote of the House and Senate to pass any legislation that increases federal revenues by more than a "de minimis," or insignificant, amount. The exact definition of "de minimis" would be left to Congress. A two-thirds majority of those present and voting (286 in this case) is required to pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution. | |||||
| 1999-05-06 | Ground Troops in Bosnia [HR1664] | Rejected (117-301) |
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No Vote | |
| Istook (R-OK) amendment that would prohibit the use of funds authorized in the bill for a planned invasion of Yugoslavia by U.S. ground troops unless war has been declared. | |||||
| 1999-05-12 | Y2K Liability Limitations [HR775] | Passed (236-190) |
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No Vote | |
| Passage of the bill to limit lawsuits resulting from Year 2000 computer failures; limit damage awards from Y2K lawsuits at $250,000, or three times the actual damage, whichever is greater; and impose a 90 day waiting period before a lawsuit could be brought. | |||||
| 1999-06-08 | Prohibit Drugs to Induce Abortion [HR1906] | Agreed To (217-214) |
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No Vote | |
| Coburn (R-OK) amendment to prohibit the use of any funding for the Food and Drug Administration to test, develop, or approve any drugs for the chemical inducement of abortion. | |||||
| 1999-06-16 | Juvenile Justice - Prohibit Prison Condition Orders [HR1501] | Agreed To (296-133) |
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No Vote | |
| DeLay (D-TX) amendment to prohibit federal courts from issuing orders in civil cases regarding prison conditions that would require the release from prison, or the non-admission to a prison, of any person who was subject to incarceration for a felony or for violating parole, on the basis of prison overcrowding. | |||||
| 1999-06-17 | Juvenile Justice - Department of Justice Literature [HR1501] | Rejected (210-216) |
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No Vote | |
| Souder (R-IN) amendment to prohibit the Office of Juvenile Justice from producing literature or curriculum which undermines or denigrates the religious beliefs of any juvenile or adult in programs authorized by the bill. | |||||
| 1999-06-18 | Gun Shows -- Limiting Gun Control [HR2122] | Agreed To (218-211) |
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No Vote | |
| Dingell (D-MI) amendment which does away with the extreme gun control text of the resolution and ensures mandatory gun show background checks are carried out in an efficient manner. This amendment also requires stricter prison sentences for people who use gun clips with 10 rounds or more during the commission of a crime. | |||||
| 1999-06-18 | Gun Shows -- D.C. Guns [HR2122] | Agreed To (213-208) |
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No Vote | |
| Hunter (R-CA) amendment to permit citizens of the District of Columbia who have not been jailed for any crime and who have not committed any violent crime to own a handgun and keep it in their homes. | |||||
| 1999-07-01 | Banking Privacy [HR10] | Rejected (129-299) |
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No Vote | |
| Barr (R-GA) amendment to prohibit federal banking regulators from inquiring or encouraging banks to identify their customers and their sources of income and financial patterns in order to identify suspicious behavior. The amendment would replace current "suspicious activity reports" with a legal liability "safe harbor" for financial institutions to report transactions relevant to a possible violation of law, and would increase from $10,000 to $25,000 the threshold at which commercial businesses must submit to the government currency transaction reports which detail large transactions. | |||||
| 1999-07-14 | Fiscal 2000 Interior Appropriations [HR2466] | Rejected (124-300) |
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No Vote | |
| Stearns (R-FL) amendment to reduce funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by $2.1 million to $81.4 million. | |||||
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