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| 2011-02-02 | Obamacare Repeal [S223] | Rejected (47-51) |
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| An amendment that would have repealed the Obama health care overhaul and restore laws amended or repealed by the law. | |||||
| 2011-02-03 | Davis-Bacon [S223] | Agreed To (55-42) |
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| Motion to table (kill) an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration authorization bill that would limit the application of the Davis-Bacon Act to federal projects. Davis-Bacon requires contractors to pay "prevailing wages", usually union wages on a project, usually well above the market rate and adding billions of dollars in cost to federal projects and adding to the deficit. | |||||
| 2011-02-17 | Air Service Subsidies [S223] | Agreed To (61-38) |
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| Motion to table (kill) an amendment to the FAA authorization bill that would have eliminated the so-called "Essential Air Service" program that spends taxpayer money to subsidize air service to rural airports with little passenger traffic. | |||||
| 2011-04-06 | Blocking Greenhouse Gas Regulation [S493] | Rejected (50-50) |
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| An amendment to the small business subsidy bill that would have prohibited the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide. ACU opposes this effort to impose a de facto energy tax in the name of "global warming". | |||||
| 2011-04-14 | Defunding Planned Parenthood [HCONRES36] | Defeated (42-58) |
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| An amendment to the appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 barring funds for Planned Parenthood which offers abortion services. | |||||
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