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| 2008-01-23 | Children's Health Insurance Veto [HR3963] | Veto Sustained (260-152) |
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| The House sustained the President's veto of a bill to more than double spending on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for poor children but which also prohibited HHS from requiring poor children to be covered first. The bill included a 156% increase in the federal excise tax on tobacco. | |||||
| 2008-04-15 | Stopping Illegal Immigration [HR5719] | Failed (210-210) |
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| The House rejected an attempt to tighten up IRS procedures so that illegal aliens do not receive certain tax benefits, and to pressure state and local governments to report illegal immigrants to federal officials. | |||||
| 2008-05-15 | Supplemental Appropriations [HR2642] | Agreed To (256-166) |
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| The House passed additional appropriations for various agencies in three sections. This portion included an income tax surcharge as an offset for veterans' benefits and prevented the Department of Health and Human Services from implementing Medicaid reforms already approved by Congress. | |||||
| 2008-05-21 | Tax Provision Extensions [HR6049] | Passed (263-160) |
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| The House passed a bill extending expiring and expired tax provisions. The bill extended tax credits for so-called "renewable" and alternative energy sources for one year while permanently increasing some business taxes. | |||||
| 2008-06-18 | Farm Bill Veto Override [HR6124] | Veto Overridden (317-109) |
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| The House passed, over the President's veto, a bill that continues subsidies for farmers making up to $2 million annually and for crops that have increased in price. | |||||
| 2008-07-23 | Mortgage Bailout [HR3221] | Agreed To (272-152) |
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| The House adopted Senate amendments vastly expanding the federal government's authority to interfere in the national housing markets, allowing higher limits on risky loans and changing regulations on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This version added another $4 billion grant program to be handed out by local governments. | |||||
| 2008-09-16 | Energy Policy [HR6899] | Failed (191-226) |
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| The House defeated a motion designed to repeal the 125-mile moratorium on oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico and to allow states to permit production in their coastal waters. | |||||
| 2008-09-26 | "Stimulus" Spending Bill [HR7110] | Passed (264-158) |
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| The House gave final passage to a bill providing additional spending for roads and bridges, energy development, housing and nutrition assistance, and water and sewer projects. The bill also added aid to states that were in financial difficulty due to overspending. | |||||
| 2008-09-29 | Financial Services Industry Bailout [HR3997] | Failed (205-228) |
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| The House refused to agree to Senate amendments bailing out the financial services industry by giving sole authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse $700 billion "without restriction". | |||||
| 2008-10-03 | Financial Services Industry Bailout [HR1424] | Agreed To (263-171) |
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| Following its first defeat of this bailout package, House leadership brought the bill back from the Senate that combined the original bill with the business tax extension bill and a one-year modification to the Alternative Minimum Tax. | |||||
| 2008-12-10 | Automobile Industry Bailout [HR7321] | Passed (237-170) |
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| The House voted to pass a bill bailing out the three Detroit-based auto manufacturers to the tune of more than $14 billion. | |||||
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"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |