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April 3, 2001 |
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Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2001: By a Yea and Nay vote of 414 yeas to 0 nays, Roll No. 76, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 768, to amend the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under the antitrust laws. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 768 Summary] [H.R. 768 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 6:24 PM
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Human Rights In Cuba: By a Yea and Nay vote of 347 yeas to 44 nays, (22 members voting "Present"), Roll No. 77, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.Res. 91, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the (terrible) human rights situation in Cuba. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Res. 91 Summary] [H.Res. 91 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 6:36 PM
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Human Rights Violations in China and Tibet: By a Yea and Nay vote of 406 yeas to 6 nays, (6 members voting "Present"), Roll No. 78, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.Res. 56, urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce at the annual meeting of the Commission a resolution calling upon the People's Republic of China to end its human rights violations in China and Tibet, and for other purposes. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Res. 56 Summary] [H.Res. 56 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 6:44 PM
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April 4, 2001 |
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Women in Congress: By a Yea and Nay vote of 414 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 79, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.Con.Res. 66, authorizing the printing of a revised and updated version of the House document entitled "Women in Congress, 1917-1990". [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Con.Res. 66 Summary] [H.Con.Res. 66 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 10:39 AM
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Death Tax Elimination Act of 2001: The House began consideration of H.R. 8, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period, and for other purposes. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 8 Summary] [H.R. 8 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 37] [House Committee Report 39] Agreed To: ...By a Yea and Nay vote of 413 yeas to 12 nays, Roll No. 80, the House agreed to H.Res. 111, the rule, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8). 12:09 PM
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Chesapeake Bay NOAA Office Re-authorization: By a Yea and Nay vote of 406 yeas to 13 nays, Roll No. 81, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 642, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 642 Summary] [H.R. 642 Legislative Status] [Related House Committee Documents] [Congressional Record Debate] 12:22 PM
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Death Tax Elimination Act of 2001: The House began consideration of H.R. 8, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period, and for other purposes. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 8 Summary] [H.R. 8 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 37] [House Committee Report 39] Rejected: ...By a Yea and Nay vote of 201 yeas to 227 nays, Roll No. 82, the House rejected the Rangel (Democrat) amendment in the nature of a substitute. 3:09 PM
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Death Tax Elimination Act of 2001: The House began consideration of H.R. 8, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period, and for other purposes. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 8 Summary] [H.R. 8 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 37] [House Committee Report 39] Rejected: ...By a Yea and Nay vote of 192 yeas to 235 nays, Roll No. 83, the House rejected the Pomeroy motion to recommit the bill (with instructions) to the Ways and Means Committee. 3:40 PM
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Death Tax Elimination Act of 2001: By a Yea and Nay vote of 274 yeas to 154 nays, Roll No. 84, the House passed H.R. 8, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period, and for other purposes. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 8 Summary] [H.R. 8 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 37] [House Committee Report 39] 3:49 PM
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April 24, 2001 |
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Congressional Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2002: The House resumed consideration of H.Con.Res. 83, to establish the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2002, revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2001, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Con.Res. 83 Summary] [H.Con.Res. 83 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 26] [House Committee Report 30] Rejected: ...By a Yea and Nay vote of 200 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 85, the House rejected the Spratt motion to instruct conferees, within the scope of the conference, to (1) increase the funding for education in the House resolution to provide for the maximum feasible funding; (2) provide that the costs of coverage for prescription drugs under Medicare not be taken from the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; (3) increase the funding provided for Medicare prescription drug coverage to the level set by the Senate amendment; and (4) insist that the on-budget surplus set forth in the resolution for any fiscal year not be less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for that fiscal year. 6:35 PM
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Taiwan Participation in the World Health Organization: By a Yea and Nay vote of 407 yeas to 0 nays, Roll No. 86, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 428, to direct the United States Secretary of State to initiate and implement a plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly (of the World Health Organization) next month in Geneva, Switzerland. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 428 Summary] [H.R. 428 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 6:44 PM
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April 25, 2001 |
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Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment: By a Yea and Nay vote of 232 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 87, 2/3 of those present NOT having voted in the affirmative, the House REJECTED H.J.Res. 41, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations. [Requires that any bill, resolution, or other legislative measure changing the internal revenue (tax) laws shall require two-thirds affirmative vote of the Members of each House voting and present, unless the bill is determined at the time of adoption, in a reasonable manner prescribed by law, not to increase the internal revenue by more than a de minimis amount]. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.J.Res. 41 Summary] [H.J.Res. 41 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 43] [C.O.P. 2000 House Vote # 119] [Congressional Record Debate] 1:21 PM
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April 26, 2001 |
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Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001: The House began consideration of H.R. 503, to amend title 18, United States Code, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to protect unborn children from assault and murder, and for other purposes. [H.R. 503 makes it a federal crime to harm an unborn child during the commission of a violent criminal act. An "unborn child" is defined as "a member of the species homo sapien, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb".] Rejected: ...By a Yea and Nay vote of 196 yeas to 229 nays, Roll No. 88, the House rejected the Lofgren Amendment in the nature of a substitute that enhances the sentence for any violent federal crime against a pregnant woman that "interrupts" or "terminates" her pregnancy. The substitute provides that an "interruption" of a pregnancy is punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment of up to 20 years. For "termination" of a pregnancy, the substitute authorizes additional punishment of a fine and/or up to life imprisonment. The substitute amendment includes no reference to unborn children. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 503 Summary] [H.R. 503 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 42] [C.O.P. 1999 House Vote # 464] [Congressional Record Debate] 2:27 PM
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Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001: By a Yea and Nay vote of 252 yeas to 172 nays, (1 member voting "Present"), Roll No. 89, the House passed H.R. 503, to amend title 18, United States Code, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to protect unborn children from assault and murder, and for other purposes. [H.R. 503 makes it a federal crime to harm an unborn child during the commission of a violent criminal act. An "unborn child" is defined as "a member of the species homo sapien, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb".] [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 503 Summary] [H.R. 503 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 42] [C.O.P. 1999 House Vote # 465] [Congressional Record Debate] 2:47 PM
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