Senate Votes - H.R. 3043: Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations

H.R. 3043: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

House Votes

PDF of White House Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 3043, S. 1710

Debate, Votes

Amendments (GovTrack, Thomas)

S.Amdt. 3338 by Sen. DeMint [R-SC]
To provide a limitation on funds with respect to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service.
Rejected 34-61

Senate Votes to Preserve Rangel’s "Monument to Me" Earmark
The Senate voted 61 to 34 to reject an amendment offered by Senator Jim DeMint, to the Senate Labor-HHS appropriations bill, which would have prevented $2 million of taxpayer money from being spent on a building project at the City College of New York that will house — wait for it — not one, not two, but three construction projects bearing the gravelly voiced lawmaker's name--House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.).

S.Amdt. 3368 by Sen. Harkin [D-IA]
To provide funding for activities to reduce infections from methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and related infections.
Agreed to 90-3 - Congressional Record (!!)

S.Amdt. 3362 by Sen. Byrd [D-WV]
To increase funding for the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Agreed to 89-4

S.Amdt. 3348 by Sen. Brown [D-OH]
To provide funding for the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program.
Agreed to 81-12

S.Amdt. 3350 by Sen. Lautenberg [D-NJ]
To prohibit the use of funds to provide abstinence education that includes information that is medically inaccurate.
This amendment was not accepted.

S.Amdt. 3321 by Sen. Coburn [R-OK]
To provide additional care for pregnant women, mothers, and infants by eliminating a $1,000,000 earmark for a museum dedicated to Woodstock.
Motion to Table Failed 42-52
Amendment SA 3321 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

11/5/2007 Update:
A Museum On Woodstock, With a Haircut
A $1 million congressional earmark--pushed by Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D), with fellow New Yorker, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D), signing on--generated a squabble on Capitol Hill, and Republicans, led by Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.), killed the measure with the help of a handful of Democrats.

S.Amdt. 3395 by Sen. Reid [D-NV]
To clarify the application of current law. - "Nothing in this act shall be construed to effect or otherwise modify provisions of current law with respect to abortion funding."
Agreed to 68-25

S.Amdt. 3330 by Sen. Vitter [R-LA]
To prohibit the provision of funds to grantees who perform abortions.
Rejected 41-52

S.Amdt. 3373 by Sen. Sessions [R-AL]
To increase the amount of funds available for the Office of Labor Management Standards.
Rejected 46-47