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| 2007-10-10 | Housing Trust Fund [HR2895] | Passed (264-148) |
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| The House created a new federal welfare program to assist in the construction, rehabilitation and preservation of "affordable" housing for low-income persons. The fund would be financed from existing federal housing and lending agency income. | |||||
| 2007-10-18 | Health Insurance and Medicare Expansion -- Veto Override [HR976] | Veto Sustained (273-156) |
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| The House failed to override the President's veto of a major expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). | |||||
| 2007-11-09 | Alternative Minimum Tax Adjustment [HR3996] | Passed (216-193) |
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| The House passed a one-year extension of a provision keeping 21 million middle-income taxpayers from being hit with the Alternative Minimum Tax designed to apply to millionaires. The measure included other tax increases to "pay for" the supposedly "lost" revenue. | |||||
| 2007-12-17 | "Catch-All" Appropriations [HR2764] | Agreed To (253-154) |
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| The House passed a last-minute appropriations bill, known as the "Omnibus Appropriations Bill," incorporating appropriations for 18 separate federal departments in a $474 billion package. The measure included major spending increases over and above increases requested by the Bush Administration. | |||||
| 2007-12-18 | Energy Policy [HR6] | Agreed To (314-100) |
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| The House passed new energy regulations mandating increased automobile mileage (paid for by $2.1 billion in new taxes), the production of 36 billion gallons of "biofuels" by 2022, and new energy efficiency standards on appliances, lights, and other consumer goods, while rejecting measures designed to allow an increase in the supplies of domestic oil and gas. | |||||
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"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |