| Date | Subject | Result | Conserv. Position | Solis Voted | |
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| 2009-01-09 | Wage Discrimination [HR11] | Passed (247-171) |
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| The House passed a bill that overturned a U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring the filing of pay discrimination cases within a reasonable period of time. The bill extended the time limit for employees to file discrimination cases to within 180 days of the last paycheck affected by the discrimination, rather than the date the discrimination occurred. | |||||
| 2009-01-14 | Doubling Government Children's Insurance [HR2] | Passed (289-139) |
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No Vote | |
| The House passed a bill to more than double spending on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and raises taxes to pay for it. States could insure pregnant women and children of legal immigrants and families up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Although the program was designed for poor children, the bill prohibits HHS from requiring poor children to be covered first. | |||||
| 2009-01-21 | Repayment of Financial Industry Bailout [HR384] | Failed (199-228) |
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No Vote | |
| The House defeated an attempt to provide for a plan for repayment of all assistance given under the $700 billion financial industry bailout program and prevent the Treasury Secretary from spending the $350 billion still in the program. | |||||
| 2009-02-13 | Economic "Stimulus" [HR1] | Agreed To (246-183) |
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| The House gave final approval to a bill providing $787 billion, mostly in the form of government spending on programs that will take a number of years to implement, in an effort to stimulate the economy. The bill raised the deficit by $787 billion and simultaneously raised the federal debt ceiling to $12.1 trillion. | |||||
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