House Votes - H.R. 3074: Transportation, HUD Appropriations

H.Res. 558: Providing for consideration of H.R. 3074

On Ordering the Previous Question
Passed 210-179

On agreeing to the resolution
Agreed to by voice vote.


H.R. 3074: Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

Debate

Amendments (GovTrack, Thomas)

H.Amdt. 598 (Mica, R-FL): An amendment to strike the proviso pertaining to the Highway Trust Fund account.
Failed 201-217

H.Amdt. 599 (Bachmann, R-MN): An amendment to reduce funding (by transfer) for Operating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account by $106,000,000.
Failed 110-308

H.Amdt. 600 (Flake, R-AZ): An amendment to strike the $475 million appropriation for the Operating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account.
Failed 94-328

H.Amdt. 601 (Flake, R-AZ): An amendment to reduce the Capital and Debt Service Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account by $425 million.
Failed 104-312

H.Amdt. 603 (Chabot, R-OH): An amendment to reduce by $330 million the appropriation for Public and Indian Housing account.
Failed 121-300

H.Amdt. 605 (Westmoreland, R-GA): An amendment numbered 14 printed in the Congressional Record to strike the Native Hawaiin Housing Block Grant program.
Failed 116-307

H.Amdt. 612 (Sessions, R-TX): An amendment numbered 15 printed in the Congressional Record to limit the use of funds to used to support Amtrak's route with the highest loss, measured by passenger per mile cost as based on the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's September 2006 Financial Performance of Routes Report.
Failed 139-283

H.Amdt. 613 (Flake, R-AZ): An amendment to strike the $300,000 appropriation in the bill for the Belmont Complex in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
Failed 87-335

H.Amdt. 615 (Flake, R-AZ): An amendment to strike the $400,000 appropriation in the bill for the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Failed 68-356

H.Amdt. 616 (Flake, R-AZ): An amendment to strike the $50,000 appropriation in the bill for the National Forest Recreation Association in Woodlake, California.
Failed 69-352

H.Amdt. 618 (Frank, D-MA): An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to implement or enforce the requirement under section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
Failed 207-220

H.Amdt. 620 (Flake, R-AZ): An amendment to limit the use of funds for the Friends of the Cheat Rails to Trails Program.
Failed 81-342

H.Amdt. 621 (Flake, R-AZ): An amendment to limit the use of funds for the Houston Zoo, in Houston, Texas.
Failed 77-347

H.Amdt. 622 (Hastings, D-FL): An amendment numbered 25 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Aviation Administration to eliminate, consolidate, de-consolidate, co-locate, execute inter-facility reorganization, or plan for the consolidation/deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or co-location of any FAA air traffic control facility or service, with exception of the reversal of the transfer of the radar functions from the Palm Springs Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) to the Southern California TRACON.
Agreed to 268-158

H.Amdt. 623 (Frelinghuysen, R-NJ): An amendment to prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Aviation Administration to implement its preferred alternative of the New York/New Jersey/ Philadelphia Airspace Redesign project.
Failed 65-360

H.Amdt. 626 (Hensarling, R-TX): An amendment numbered 22 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill for the Edmunds Center for the Arts, City of Edmunds, WA.
Failed 97-327

H.Amdt. 627 (Hensarling, R-TX): An amendment numbered 21 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill for parking facilities.
Failed 86-338

H.Amdt. 630 (Hunter, R-CA): An amendment prohibiting the use of funds to participate in a working group pursuant to the Security and Prosperity Partnership.
Agreed to 362-63

H.Amdt. 631 (Jordan, R-OH): An amendment to reduce the total amount appropriated in this Act by $3.2 billion.
Failed 133-292

H.Amdt. 632 (Price, R-GA): An amendment numbered 20 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce appropriations in this Act by $507,767,000.
Failed 177-250

H.Amdt. 633 (Musgrave, R-CO): An amendment to reduce the total amount appropriated in this Act by $253,690,000.
Failed 198-229

H.Amdt. 634 (Price, R-GA): An amendment to prohibit the use of funds for the mortgage insurance programs under title II of the National Housing Act may be used for any housing trust fund established under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
Failed 142-283

H.Amdt. 638 (King, R-IA): An amendment to prohibit the use of funds be used to implement the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (relating to wage rate requirements; commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act).
Failed 148-278

On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
(consideration: CR H8388-8390; text: CR H8388)
Failed 201-220

On Passage
Passed 268-153

House Votes - H.R. 3043: Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations

H.Res. 547: Providing for consideration of H.R. 3043

On Agreeing to the Resolution
Passed 232-178


H.R. 3043: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Debate

Amendments (GovTrack, Thomas)

H.Amdt. 511: An amendment to increase appropriations for the Employment Standards Administration and reduce appropriations for the Departmental Management account.
Failed 186-237

H.Amdt. 512: An amendment to reduce appropriations for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and increase appropriations for education for the disadvantaged.
Failed 174-250

H.Amdt. 514: An amendment to reduce the amount appropriated for the Salaries and Expenses account by $58,419,000.
Failed 149-277

H.Amdt. 517: An amendment to reduce the appropriation (by transfer) for the Salaries and Expenses by $50 million.
Failed 183-243

H.Amdt. 519: An amendment numbered 5 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of appropriated funds to be used to carry out a public-private competition or direct conversion under OMB Circular A-76 or any successor.
Failed 173-251

H.Amdt. 520: An amendment to increase the appropriation (by transfer) for Health Resources and Services by $12.5 million.
Failed 182-242

H.Amdt. 522: An amendment to redirect $37,200,000 in funding with respect to the Health Resources and Services account.
Failed 207-217

H.Amdt. 523: An amendment to increase appropriations for the National Cord Blood Stem Cell Program by $11,037,000.
Agreed to by voice vote.

H.Amdt. 524: An amendment to strike the proviso on page 36, beginning at line 5 which states that within the amounts provided for part A of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, funds are included to ensure that the amount of any funding provided under such part to a metropolitan area for the program year beginning in 2007 is not reduced by an amount that is more than 8.4 percent, and the amount of any funding provided under subpart II of such part to a transitional area is not reduced by an amount that is more than 13.4 percent, relative to the amount of the total funding provided under such part to the metropolitan area or transitional area, respectively, for the program year beginning in fiscal year 2006.
Failed 196-230

H.Amdt. 527: An amendment to reduce appropriations for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (by transfer), and redirect $125 million to Special Education.
Failed 203-224

H.Amdt. 530: An amendment numbered 41 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce appropriations for Children and Families Services Programs by $8 million.
Failed 58-370

H.Amdt. 531: An amendment numbered 42 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce appropriations for Children and Families Services Programs by $5 million.
Failed 80-347

H.Amdt. 536: An amendment to reduce appropriations for School Improvement Programs (by transfer), and redirect $21 million to ESEA.
Failed 149-274

H.Amdt. 537: An amendment to reduce appropriations on Page 80, line 2, by $33,907,000.
Failed: 74-352

H.Amdt. 538: An amendment to reduce (by transfer) the Innovation and Improvement account by $10 million.
Failed 186-241

H.Amdt. 539: An amendment numbered 49 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce the Innovation and Improvement account by $10,695,000.
Failed 116-309

H.Amdt. 540: An amendment numbered 50 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce the Innovation and Improvement account by $23,533,000.
Failed 97-331

H.Amdt. 542: An amendment to increase (by transfer) for Special Education account by $50 million.
Agreed to 419-11

H.Amdt. 543: An amendment to reduce Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research account by $2,279,000.
Failed 95-335

H.Amdt. 544: An amendment numbered 65 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce funding for the Student Financial Assistance account by $64,987,000.
Failed 79-349

H.Amdt. 548: An amendment numbered 17 printed in the Congressional Record reduce appropriations for the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Failed 96-334

H.Amdt. 549: An amendment numbered 56 printed in the Congressional Record to strike line 7 and all that follows through the comma on page 104, line 12.
Failed 72-357

H.Amdt. 550 (Obey, D-WI): An amendment to strike a sundry list of projects contained in the bill.
Failed: 53-369

Mr. Obey lives up to his word about earmarks.

H.Amdt. 551: An amendment to strike a sundry list of projects contained in the bill.

H.Amdt. 552: An amendment numbered 19 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds to be used for the Exploratorium, San Francisco, California, for its Bay Area Science Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Improvement Initiative.
Failed 89-341

H.Amdt. 553: An amendment to prohibit the use of funds be used to pay the basic pay of any individual serving as Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, Social Security Administration, whose appointment to such position has not been confirmed by a vote of the Senate pursuant to section 702(b)(1) of the Social Security Act.
Agreed to 231-199

H.Amdt. 554: An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to any provider of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act if it is made known to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that such provider has been found within the preceding 36-month period to have violated State law requirement notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
By unanimous consent, the Schmidt amendment was withdrawn.

H.Amdt. 555: An amendment to prohibit the use of funds for activities under section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act.
Failed 181-249

H.Amdt. 559: An amendment numbered 59 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the On Location Entertainment Industry Craft and Technician Training project, West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA.
Failed 114-316

House Rebuffs Reg Presuming Hospitals Will Cheat
Only a dozen House members voted Thursday against an amendment that would block part of a Medicare rule that hospitals say unfairly presumes they would overbill the program by $24 billion next year because of an upcoming switch to a new hospital inpatient payment system. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a proposed rule earlier this year that hospitals will exaggerate how sick patients are when the agency begins adjusting payments next year that are more closely tied to severity of illness, and that a “behavioral offset” is needed to reduce inpatient payments across-the-board by 2.4 percent to compensate for the overcharges.

H.Amdt. 560: An amendment numbered 15 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the American Ballet Theatre, New York, New York, for educational activities.
Failed 118-312

H.Amdt. 561: An amendment numbered 10 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, South Carolina, for exhibits and curriculum.
Failed 70-360

H.Amdt. 562: An amendment numbered 12 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the Kansas Regional Prisons Museum, Lansing, Kansas, for educational and outreach programs.
Failed 112-317

H.Amdt. 564: An amendment numbered 11 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest, Forest, Virginia, for expansion of exhibits and outreach.
Failed 68-360

H.Amdt. 565: An amendment to prohibit funds to be used to pay a bonus or other performance-based cash award to any employee of the Social Security Administration or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services who holds a position to which such employee was appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or a Senior Executive Service position.
Failed 185-238

H.Amdt. 569: An amendment to prohibit use of funds to require HPV vaccinations for school admittance.
Agreed to by voice vote.

H.Amdt. 571: An amendment numbered 3 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds by the SSA to administer Socia Security benefit payments, under any agreement between the United States and Mexico establishing totalization arrangements between the two countries.
Agreed to 254-168

H.Amdt. 572: An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill by the NLRB to recognize as the exclusive bargaining representative of employees any labor organization that has not been certified as such by the NLRB.
Failed 167-255

H.Amdt. 575: An amendment to add a new section prohibiting use of funds to implement any policy prohibiting a Medicare beneficiary from electing during a coverage election period, to receive health care benefits under title XVIII of such Act through enrollment in a Medicare Advantage plan.
Failed 192-228

H.Amdt. 580: An amendment to limit the use of funds for the publication of certain student loan applications.
Failed 191-233

H.Amdt. 581: An amendment to limit the use of funds regarding certain Medicare regulations.
Agreed to 412-12

H.Amdt. 587: An amendment numbered 62 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, City College of New York, NY.
Failed 108-316

H.Amdt. 589: An amendment numbered 16 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, for exhibits, education programs, and an archival project.
Failed 96-327

H.Amdt. 590: An amendment numbered 6 printed in the Congressional Record to provide that each amount appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 4.6 percent.
Failed 136-288

H.Amdt. 591: An amendment numbered 4 printed in the Congressional Record to decrease spending in the bill by 1% across-the board.
Failed 165-256

H.Amdt. 592: An amendment numbered 23 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce spending amounts in the bill by .5% across-the-board.
Failed 177-245

H.Amdt. 593: An amendment numbered 7 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce amounts appropriated in the bill by 0.25% across-the-board.
Failed 177-245

H.Amdt. 594: An amendment numbered 67 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill for Planned Parenthood.
Failed 189-231

On Motion to Recommit with Instructions
(consideration: CR H8170-8172; text: CR H8170-8171)
Failed 206-213

On Passage
Passed 276-140

House Votes - H.R. 2641: Energy and Water Appropriations (continued)

H.R. 2641: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Previous Votes

Debate

Amendments (GovTrack, Thomas)

Flake of Arizona Amendment No. 3
An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill for the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure in Pennsylvania.
Failed 98-326

Hensarling of Texas Amendment No. 35
An amendment numbered 35 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds for the South Carolina HBCU Science and Technology Initiative.
Failed 70-357

Hensarling of Texas Amendment No. 37
An amendment numbered 37 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds for the Emmanuel College Center for Science Partnership.
Failed 79-337

Hensarling of Texas Amendment No. 39
An amendment numbered 39 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds for Nanosys, Inc.
Failed 81-348

Campbell of California Amendment
An amendment to prohibit use of funds for each earmark listed in the bill.
Failed 39-388

On Passage
Passed 312-112

House Suspension Votes

H.R. 1980: Housing Assistance Council Authorization Act of 2007
Passed 350-49

H.R. 1982: Rural Housing and Economic Development Improvement Act of 2007
Passed 350-49

H.R. 799: Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2007
Passed 332-70

H.R. 980: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007
Passed 314-97

H.R. 404: Federal Customer Service Enhancement Act
Passed 383-0

H.R. 2929: To limit the use of funds to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq or to exercise United States economic control of the oil resources of Iraq.
Passed 399-24

House Again Votes Against Permanent U.S. Bases in Iraq
In its latest war vote, the House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to bar the establishment of permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

H.R. 2750: NASA and JPL 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
Passed 402-0

S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007
Passed 411-8

H.R. 180: Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 *
Passed 418-1

H.R. 2347: Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007 *
Passed 408-6

H.R. 176: Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Act of 2007
Passed 371-55

H.R. 957: To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to expand and clarify the entities against which sanctions may be imposed *
Passed 415-11

H.R. 2722: Integrated Deepwater Program Reform Act
Passed 426-0

* House Considers Iran, Sudan Sanctions Bills
The House took up legislation Monday aimed at intensifying financial pressure on Sudan and Iran to end behavior seen as violating international standards.

Senate Votes - H.R. 976: Small Business Tax Relief Act

H.R. 976: Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007

Debate

Amendments (GovTrack, Thomas)

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R.976
Passed 80-0

Allard amendment No. 2536; To standardize the determination of income for purposes of eligibility for SCHIP.
Failed 37-59