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Budget resolution FY2009
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
previous 110th session of congress Other Bill Titles (2 more)Hide Other Bill Titles- Official: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013. as introduced.
- Popular: Budget resolution FY2009.
5/20/2008--Conference report filed in House. Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2009, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2008 and FY2010-FY2013. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts -
(Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY2008-FY2013, with respect to:
(1) federal revenues;
(2) new budget authority;
(3) budget outlays;
(4) deficits (on-budget);
(5) debt subject to limit; and
(6) debt held by the public.
(Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security, U.S. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses, and specified major functional categories for FY2008-FY2013. Title II: Reserve Funds - Subtitle A: House Reserve Funds -
(Sec. 201) Creates certain deficit-neutral reserve funds, subject to specified conditions, for legislation concerning:
(1) the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP);
(2) America's veterans and servicemembers;
(3) education benefits for servicemembers, veterans, and their families;
(4) infrastructure investment;
(5) renewable energy and energy efficiency;
(6) middle-income tax relief and economic equity;
(7) alternative minimum tax revision;
(8) higher education;
(9) affordable housing;
(10) Medicare improvements;
(11) health care quality, effectiveness, and efficiency;
(12) Medicaid and other programs;
(13) a 9/11 health program;
(14) trade adjustment assistance (TAA) and unemployment insurance modernization;
(15) county payments legislation;
(16) San Joaquin River restoration and Navajo Nation Water Rights settlements;
(17) the National Park Centennial Fund;
(18) child support enforcement; and
(19) children and families.
(Sec. 220) Authorizes the Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget, for FY2009-FY2013, to increase the revenue aggregates by $340.570 billion for such fiscal years, if the House adopts legislation:
(1) increasing the deficit; or
(2) reducing the surplus for FY2008-FY2013 or for FY2008-FY2018 and decreasing total revenues for FY2009-FY2013 below the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline for this budget resolution. Subtitle B: Senate Reserve Funds -
(Sec. 221) Provides for certain deficit-neutral reserve funds, subject to certain conditions, for legislation for:
(1) strengthening and stimulating the American economy and providing economic relief to American families;
(2) improving education;
(3) investing in America's infrastructure;
(4) investing in clean energy, preserving the environment, and providing for certain settlements;
(5) enhancing certain health benefits America's veterans and servicemembers;
(6) enhancing certain education benefits for servicemembers, veterans, and their families;
(7) improving America's health;
(8) revising the alternative minimum tax (AMT);
(9) revising judicial pay and judgeships;
(10) improving immigration enforcement and reform;
(11) financing development of science parks;
(12) terminating deductions from mineral revenue payments to states;
(13) increasing use of recovery audits;
(14) enhancing food safety;
(15) establishing a demonstration project for state Medicaid coverage of low-income HIV-infected individuals;
(16) reducing the income threshold for the refundable child tax credit, and other selected tax relief policies; and
(17) establishing a 9/11 health program. Title III: Budget Enforcement - Subtitle A: House Enforcement Provisions - (Sec . 301) Provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for:
(1) continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations by the Social Security Administration (SSA);
(2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax compliance;
(3) the health care fraud and abuse control program; and
(4) unemployment insurance improper payments reviews. Provides that, if legislation is adopted that makes appropriations for FY2008 or FY2009 for overseas deployments and related activities, then the allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations may be adjusted up to the amounts of budget authority and new outlays provided in this resolution for such fiscal year. Exempts from certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) any appropriations for such deployments and activities that exceed such budget authority. Exempts from certain CBA requirements any new budget authority and outlays resulting from adoption of legislation that makes emergency appropriations for nondefense discretionary spending. Directs the Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget to make appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to reflect the difference between any supplemental FY2008 appropriations and the corresponding levels assumed in this resolution.
(Sec. 302) Prohibits House legislation that would require advance appropriations, except for certain FY2010 or FY2011 programs, projects, activities, or accounts. Subtitle B: Senate Enforcement Provisions -
(Sec. 311) Requires the Director of CBO to prepare for each bill and joint resolution reported from committee (including amendments and conference reports), except measures within the Senate Committee on Appropriations' jurisdiction, an estimate of whether the measure would cause, relative to current law, a net increase in deficits in excess of $5 billion in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is a decade after the budget year provided for in the most recently adopted budget resolution. Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would cause such a net increase in deficits in such periods. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate.
(Sec. 312) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would cause the discretionary spending limits in this section to be exceeded. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate. Extends Senate discretionary spending limits for FY2008-FY2009. Provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for:
(1) continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations for the Social Security Administration (SSA);
(2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax enforcement;
(3) health care fraud and abuse control;
(4) unemployment insurance improper payments reviews;
(5) adjustments for overseas deployments and other activities; and
(6) supplemental appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009, if such legislation is enacted.
(Sec. 313) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would require advanced appropriations other than for:
(1) any FY2010-FY2011 programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the accompanying joint explanatory statement of managers, but only in an aggregate of up to $28.852 billion in new budget authority in each year; and
(2) the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate.
(Sec. 314) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation which includes a provision that constitutes a change in mandatory programs producing net costs that would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) were they included in non-appropriations legislation. Subjects such a provision to a point of order if:
(1) it would increase budget authority in at least one of the nine fiscal years that follow the budget year and over the total of the budget year and the nine ensuing fiscal years;
(2) it would increase net outlays over the total period of such ensuing fiscal years; and
(3) the sum total of all changes in mandatory programs in the legislation would increase such net outlays. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate.
(Sec. 315) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation (except measures within the Committee on Appropriation's jurisdiction) that would cause a net increase in the deficit in excess of $10 billion in any fiscal year provided for in the most recently adopted budget resolution unless it is fully offset over all fiscal years provided for in such resolution. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths
(60) of the Senate. Subtitle C: Other Provisions -
(Sec. 321) Requires all House and Senate committees to:
(1) review programs within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports; and
(2) recommend, based on these oversight efforts and committee performance reviews, improved governmental performance in annual views and estimates reports to the appropriate Committee on the Budget.
(Sec. 322) Requires the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any budget resolution in the House or Senate to include in its allocations to the appropriate Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the SSA and of the Postal Service. Title IV: Policy -
(Sec. 401) Declares the policy of the House of Representatives on:
(1) middle-income tax relief; and
(2) defense priorities. Title V: Sense of the Senate and Congress - Subtitle A: Sense of the Senate -
(Sec. 501) Expresses the sense of the Senate on Medicaid administrative regulations. Subtitle B: Sense of Congress -
(Sec. 511) Expresses the sense of Congress on:
(1) servicemembers' and veterans' health care and other priorities;
(2) homeland security;
(3) long-term fiscal reform;
(4) waste, fraud, and abuse;
(5) extension of the statutory PAYGO rule;
(6) long-term budgeting;
(7) affordable health coverage;
(8) pay parity;
(9) subprime lending and foreclosures;
(10) the need to maintain and build upon efforts to fight hunger;
(11) the importance of child support enforcement; and
(12) the Innovation Agenda of the President's Council on Innovation and Competitiveness under the America COMPETES Act.
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Amendments to S.Con.Res.70
| Number | Status | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| S.Amdt.4147 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4148 | Pass | To increase by $71 million the resources available to the Food and Drug Administration in FY 2009 for food and drug safety. |
| S.Amdt.4151 | Pass | To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for increasing federal student loan limits to protect students against disruptions in the private credit markets. |
| S.Amdt.4152 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4153 | Pass | To develop biodefense medical countermeasures by fully funding the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in a fiscally responsible manner. |
| S.Amdt.4154 | Pass | To reduce the energy burden of low-income families, seniors, and individuals with disabilities by increasing funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) by $1.6 billion in FY 2009. |
| S.Amdt.4155 | Pass | To improve the training of manufacturing workers. |
| S.Amdt.4156 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4157 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4158 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4159 | Pass | To ensure that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has continued authority to prevent fraud and protect the integrity of the Medicaid program and SCHIP and to reduce inappropriate spending under those programs. |
| S.Amdt.4160 | Pass | To provide tax relief to middle-class families and small businesses, property tax relief to homeowners, relief to those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and tax relief to America's troops and veterans. |
| S.Amdt.4161 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4162 | Pass | To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide for the acceleration of the phased-in eligibility of members of the Armed Forces for concurrent receipt of retired pay and veterans' disability compensation. |
| S.Amdt.4163 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4164 | Pass | To increase 2009 funding for the COPS program to $1.15 billion, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4165 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4166 | Pass | To increase fiscal year 2009 funding for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) by $100 million, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4167 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4168 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4169 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4170 | Fail | To protect families, family farms and small businesses by extending the income tax rate structure, raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%; to keep education affordable by extending the college tuition deduction; and to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains. |
| S.Amdt.4171 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4172 | Pass | To include in the deficit-neutral reserve funds for America's veterans and wounded servicemembers and for a post 9/11 GI bill provision for the continuing payment to members of the Armed Forces who are retired or separated from the Armed Forces due to a combat-related injury after September 11, 2001, of bonuses that such members were entitled to before the retirement or separation and would continue to be entitled to such members were not retired of separated. |
| S.Amdt.4173 | Pass | To provide additional funding resources in FY2009 for investments in innovation and education in order to improve the competitiveness of the United States. |
| S.Amdt.4174 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4175 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4176 | Pass | To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the increased use of recovery audits. |
| S.Amdt.4178 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4179 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4180 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4181 | Pass | To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for Science Parks. |
| S.Amdt.4182 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4183 | Pass | To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve student achievement during secondary education, including middle school completion, high school graduation and preparing students for higher education and the workforce. |
| S.Amdt.4184 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4185 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4186 | Pass | To provide a point of order against any budget resolution that fails to achieve an on-budget balance within 5 years. |
| S.Amdt.4187 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4188 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4189 | Fail | To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto. |
| S.Amdt.4190 | Pass | To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 rate increase for the alternative minimum tax for individuals. |
| S.Amdt.4191 | Fail | To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%. |
| S.Amdt.4192 | Fail | To repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits imposed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. |
| S.Amdt.4193 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4194 | Pass | To provide the Veterans Benefits Administration with additional resources to more effectively meet their increasing workload and to better address the unacceptably large claims backlog. |
| S.Amdt.4195 | Pass | To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for reducing the income threshold for the refundable child tax credit to $10,000 for taxable years 2009 and 2010 with no inflation adjustment to ensure that low-income working families receive the benefit of such credit. |
| S.Amdt.4196 | Fail | To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax. |
| S.Amdt.4197 | Pass | To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 3-year extension of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers. |
| S.Amdt.4198 | Pass | To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009. |
| S.Amdt.4199 | Pass | To provide for the use of the deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax relief to reinstate and expand the charitable IRA rollover. |
| S.Amdt.4200 | Pass | To provide for the use of the deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy and preserve the environment for the 5-year extension of energy tax incentives. |
| S.Amdt.4201 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4202 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4203 | Pass | To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. |
| S.Amdt.4204 | Pass | To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits. |
| S.Amdt.4205 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4206 | Pass | To provide funding to enable certain individuals and entities to comply with the Endangered Species Act of 1973. |
| S.Amdt.4207 | Fail | To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production. |
| S.Amdt.4208 | Pass | To increase amounts budgeted for States and local governments for expenses related to immigration enforcement training and support under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4209 | Pass | To provide for renewable energy and energy efficiency tax credits with offsets. |
| S.Amdt.4210 | Pass | To include rail (including high-speed passenger rail), airport, and seaport projects in the eligibility requirements of the Deficit Neutral Reserve Fund for Investments in America's Infrastructure. |
| S.Amdt.4211 | Pass | To increase funding for operations and management of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4212 | Pass | To create additional jobs and make a lasting investment in our national infrastructure by increasing Fiscal Year 2008 infrastructure stimulus funding by designating $3.5 billion in existing stimulus funding in the resolution as discretionary funding. |
| S.Amdt.4213 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4214 | Pass | To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to terminate certain deductions from mineral revenue payments made to States. |
| S.Amdt.4215 | Pass | To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve the animal health and disease program. |
| S.Amdt.4216 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4217 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4218 | Fail | To put children ahead of millionaires and billionaires by restoring the pre-2001 top income tax rate for people earning over $1 million, and use this revenue to invest in LIHEAP; IDEA; Head Start; Child Care; nutrition; school construction and deficit reduction. |
| S.Amdt.4219 | Pass | To provide for the use of the deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax relief to encourage struggling companies to invest in new equipment and stimulate the United States economy by allowing the use of accumulated alternative minimum tax and research and development credits in lieu of bonus depreciation. |
| S.Amdt.4220 | Pass | To increase funding for water quality research programs at the United States Geological Survey, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4221 | Pass | To save lives, promote overall health care efficiency, and lower the cost of the delivery of health care services by facilitating the deployment and use of electronic prescribing technologies by physicians. |
| S.Amdt.4222 | Pass | To take $670,000 used by the EEOC in bringing actions against employers that require their employees to speak English, and instead use the money to teach English to adults through the Department of Education's English Literacy/Civics Education State Grant program. |
| S.Amdt.4223 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4224 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4225 | Pass | To provide for a total of $950,000,000 in outlays for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program in fiscal year 2009. |
| S.Amdt.4226 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4227 | Pass | To increase funding for the Administration on Aging by the authorized level of $53,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 for the Lifespan Respite Care Act, which provides much-needed respite care to our nation's dedicated family caregivers for the elderly and disabled. |
| S.Amdt.4228 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4229 | Pass | To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide for State disclosure, through a publicly accessible Internet site, of information relating to payments made under the State Medicaid program to hospitals, nursing facilities, outpatient surgery centers, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, institutions for mental diseases, or other institutional providers and the number of patients treated by such providers. |
| S.Amdt.4230 | Pass | To increase FY 2009 funding for the Byrne/Justice Assistance Grant program to $906,000,000 with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4231 | Pass | To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs. |
| S.Amdt.4232 | Fail | To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending 5 percent on programs rated (as mandated under the Government Performance and Results Act (Public Law 103-62)) ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool. |
| S.Amdt.4233 | Fail | To require that legislation to reauthorize SCHIP include provisions codifying the unborn child regulation. |
| S.Amdt.4234 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4235 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4236 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4237 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4238 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4239 | Withdrawn | To express the sense of the Senate on funding for national defense in future fiscal years. |
| S.Amdt.4240 | Fail | To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums. |
| S.Amdt.4241 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4242 | Offered | To protect the family budget by providing for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students. |
| S.Amdt.4243 | Pass | To fully fund authorized amounts to implement the Adam Walsh Act that will increase enforcement to catch and detain child predators, combat child pornography, and make the Internet safer for our own children. |
| S.Amdt.4244 | Pass | To ensure the viability of small businesses by helping them provide to their employees access to quality child care. |
| S.Amdt.4245 | Pass | To restore full funding for the international affairs budget, in support of the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear nonproliferation, foreign assistance, fighting global AIDS, promoting sustainable development, and other efforts, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4246 | Fail | To raise taxes by an unprecedented $1.4 trillion for the purpose of fully funding 111 new or expanded federal spending programs. |
| S.Amdt.4247 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4248 | Pass | To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund that preserves and promotes Medicare payment policies that support rural health care providers. |
| S.Amdt.4249 | Pass | To increase the number of organ donations by funding the programs authorized by the Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act of 2004. |
| S.Amdt.4250 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4251 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4252 | Pass | To increase Federal assistance to food banks. |
| S.Amdt.4253 | Pass | To increase spending for the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant by $184,000,000 in fiscal year 2009, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4254 | Pass | To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration for autism research, education, and early detection with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4255 | Pass | To increase 2009 funding for Juvenile Justice Programs to $560 million, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4256 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4257 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4258 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4259 | Pass | To establish a reserve fund for immigration reform and enforcement. |
| S.Amdt.4260 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4261 | Pass | To reduce waste in Department of Defense contracting. |
| S.Amdt.4262 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4263 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4264 | Pass | To deny funding for the United Nations Durban II Anti-Racism Conference, which has been used as a platform to advance anti-Semitism and for this reason opposed by the United States and 45 other members of the United Nations General Assembly during a vote on December 22, 2007, and direct the savings to veterans. |
| S.Amdt.4265 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4266 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4267 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4268 | Pass | To provide $40,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 to improve safety by increasing funds for tribal justice and law enforcement, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4269 | Pass | To provide for a total of $99,000,000 in COPS Hot Spots funding, as authorized in the Combat Meth Act. |
| S.Amdt.4270 | Pass | To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation that improves the participation of naturalized citizens in the United States political process, strengthens national security by improving and expediting FBI security name checks, and reduces the backlog of naturalization applications for individuals seeking to become naturalized citizens. |
| S.Amdt.4271 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4272 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4273 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4274 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4275 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4276 | Fail | To exempt from pay-as-you-go enforcement modifications to the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) that prevent millions of additional taxpayers from having to pay the AMT. |
| S.Amdt.4277 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4278 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4279 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4280 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4281 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4282 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4283 | Pass | To express the sense of the Senate that none of the funds recommended by this resolution, or appropriated or otherwise made available under any other Act, to the USPTO shall be diverted, redirected, transferred, or used for any other purpose than for which such funds were intended. |
| S.Amdt.4284 | Pass | To provide funds for a Commission on Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies. |
| S.Amdt.4285 | Pass | To make funds available to ensure that Survivor Benefit Plan annuities are not reduced by the amount of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation received by military families. |
| S.Amdt.4286 | Pass | To provide in the deficit-neutral reserve fund for America's veterans and wounded servicemembers and for a Post 9/11 GI bill for access of rural veterans to health care and other services. |
| S.Amdt.4287 | Pass | To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for implementation of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program for members of the National Guard and Reserve. |
| S.Amdt.4288 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4289 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4290 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4291 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4292 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4293 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4294 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4295 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4296 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4297 | Pass | To provide for a reserve fund for legislation that funds the traumatic brain injury program. |
| S.Amdt.4298 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4299 | Pass | Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for comprehensive legislation to legalize the importation of prescription drugs from highly industrialized countries with safe pharmaceutical infrastructures. |
| S.Amdt.4300 | Pass | To provide for a reserve fund for legislation to establish a program, including medical monitoring and treatment, addressing the adverse health impacts linked to the September 11, 2001, attacks. |
| S.Amdt.4301 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4302 | Pass | To provide for a reserve fund for legislation to provide access, coverage, and choice for every American to quality and affordable care. |
| S.Amdt.4303 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4304 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4305 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4306 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4307 | Pass | To permanently extend the adoption tax credit and the exclusion for adoption assistance programs included in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. |
| S.Amdt.4308 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4309 | Fail | To create a reserve fund to ensure that Federal assistance does not go to sanctuary cities that ignore the immigration laws of the United States and create safe havens for illegal aliens and potential terrorists. |
| S.Amdt.4310 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4311 | Pass | To improve education in the United States by providing $300,000,000 for the Teacher Incentive Fund to support State and local school district efforts to reward outstanding teaching and school leadership by improving compensation programs for teachers who have a demonstrated record of improving student academic achievement, teachers who teach in high need subjects such as mathematics and science, and teachers who teach in high need, low income schools. |
| S.Amdt.4312 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4313 | Offered | To protect the family budget from runaway Government spending by increasing the number of Senators necessary to waive the PAYGO Point of Order from 60 to 100. |
| S.Amdt.4314 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4315 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4316 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4317 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4318 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4319 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4320 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4321 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4322 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4323 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4324 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4325 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4326 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4327 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4328 | Fail | To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security reform. |
| S.Amdt.4329 | Pass | To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production. |
| S.Amdt.4330 | Pass | To provide an additional $5 million to the military departments' respective Boards for Correction of Military Records to expedite review of cases in which service members with combat-related psychological injuries (such as PTSD) or closed head injuries (such as TBIs) were administered discharges for personality disorders or other discharges resulting in a loss of benefits or care and seek a correction of records or upgraded discharge. |
| S.Amdt.4331 | Pass | To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund to ban abusive and inappropriate sales and marketing tactics used by private insurers offering Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans. |
| S.Amdt.4332 | Pass | To promote the modernization of the health care system through the adoption of electronic prescribing technology. |
| S.Amdt.4333 | Pass | To express the sense of the Senate that Medicaid administrative regulations should not undermine Medicaid's role in our Nation's health care system, cap Federal Medicaid spending, or otherwise shift Medicaid cost burdens to State or local governments and their taxpayers and health providers, or undermine the Federal guarantee of health insurance coverage Medicaid provides. |
| S.Amdt.4334 | Pass | To increase the funding levels for programs carried out under the Older Americans Act of 1965 by $184,000,000 to keep pace with inflation and increasing numbers of older Americans, and comply with minimum wage requirements for the programs. |
| S.Amdt.4335 | Fail | To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of a prohibition against taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions consistent with the Child Custody Protection Act, which passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 65-34, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4336 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4337 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4338 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4339 | Fail | To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for providing an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace. |
| S.Amdt.4340 | Offered | To create a point of order against bills that would raise gasoline prices. |
| S.Amdt.4341 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4342 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4343 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4344 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4345 | Pass | To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for education reform. |
| S.Amdt.4346 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4347 | Offered | To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009. |
| S.Amdt.4348 | Fail | To provide certainty to taxpayers by extending expiring tax provisions such as the R&D Tax Credit that helps US companies innovate, combat pay exclusion for our soldiers in the field, the education deduction to make colleges more affordable and the alternative energy incentives to make the environment cleaner through the end of 2009. |
| S.Amdt.4349 | Pass | To provide the Secretary of Agriculture with the necessary funding to effectively address the critical community facility infrastructure needs of our rural areas across the United States. |
| S.Amdt.4350 | Pass | To increase funding for the Department of Education's English Literacy-Civics Education State Grant program, with an offset. |
| S.Amdt.4351 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4352 | Pass | To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the protection and safety of the Nation's food supply. |
| S.Amdt.4353 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4354 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4355 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4356 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4357 | Pass | Point of order against using new reconciliation to create new mandatory programs and 20% limit on new direct spending in reconciliation legislation. |
| S.Amdt.4358 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4359 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4360 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4361 | Pass | To increase funding for the Department of Agriculture by $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 to provide public access to information about the sources of foods distributed through the school lunch program and other nutrition programs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture. |
| S.Amdt.4362 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4363 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4364 | Pass | To provide a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide for a demonstration project regarding Medicaid coverage of low-income HIV-infected individuals. |
| S.Amdt.4365 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4366 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4367 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4368 | Pass | To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of laws protecting children. |
| S.Amdt.4369 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4370 | Pass | To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund to make improvements to ensure access to the Medicare program for low-income senior citizens and other low-income Medicare beneficiaries. |
| S.Amdt.4371 | Pass | To express the Sense of the Senate regarding a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |
| S.Amdt.4372 | Fail | To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%. |
| S.Amdt.4373 | Pass | To establish a reserve fund for studying the effect of cooperation with local law enforcement. |
| S.Amdt.4374 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4375 | Pass | To express the Sense of the Senate regarding Philadelphia Housing Authority's "Moving to Work Agreement" with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. |
| S.Amdt.4376 | Pass | To provide the use of the deficit-neutral reserve fund for tax relief for cafeteria plans. |
| S.Amdt.4377 | Offered | Amendment information not available. |
| S.Amdt.4378 | Fail | To protect family businesses and farmers without increasing our nation's debt by providing for an estate tax that sets the exemption at $5 million and the rate at 35 percent, with the benefits of the exemption recaptured for estates over $100 million, paid for by closing tax loopholes that allow offshore deferral of compensation and transactions entered into solely for the purpose of avoiding taxation. |
| S.Amdt.4379 | Pass | To facilitate coverage of pregnant women in SCHIP. |
| S.Amdt.4380 | Fail | To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for transferring funding for Berkeley, CA earmarks to the Marine Corps. |
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by Senate |
| March 07, 2008 | March 14, 2008 |
Latest Vote
| June 05, 2008Roll call number 382 in the House | |||
| Question: On Agreeing to the Conference Report: S CON RES 70 The Congressional Budget Resolution | |||
| Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%) | Percentage of 'aye' votes: 49% | Result: Passed | |
Democrats Voting 'Aye'
Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
Thomas Allen
Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4]
Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D, CA-31]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
Rep. Robert Berry [D, AR-1]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
Rep. Allen Boyd [D, FL-2]
Nancy Boyda
Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10]
Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
Robert Cramer
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
Rep. Lincoln Davis [D, TN-4]
Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
Rep. Norman Dicks [D, WA-6]
Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
Rep. Thomas Edwards [D, TX-17]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D, IL-5]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2]
Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY-20]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D, IL-4]
Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]
Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D, SD-0]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
Rep. Paul Hodes [D, NH-2]
Rep. Tim Holden [D, PA-17]
Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
Darlene Hooley
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
William Jefferson
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
Stephanie Jones
Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8]
Rep. Paul Kanjorski [D, PA-11]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12]
Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]
Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
Tim Mahoney
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
Michael McNulty
Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
Rep. Charles Melancon [D, LA-3]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
Rep. Brad Miller [D, NC-13]
Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
Rep. Alan Mollohan [D, WV-1]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
Rep. John Murtha [D, PA-12]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2]
Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
Rep. David Obey [D, WI-7]
Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7]
Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D, ND-0]
Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D, CA-37]
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D, TX-23]
Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
Rep. John Salazar [D, CO-3]
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
Rep. Linda Sánchez [D, CA-39]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
Rep. Ike Skelton [D, MO-4]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
Rep. Victor Snyder [D, AR-2]
Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
Rep. Zachary Space [D, OH-18]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D, CA-12]
Rep. John Spratt [D, SC-5]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1]
Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
Rep. John Tanner [D, TN-8]
Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
Rep. Gene Taylor [D, MS-4]
Rep. C. Thompson [D, CA-1]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D, MA-5]
Sen. Tom Udall [D, NM]
Sen. Mark Udall [D, CO]
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D, NY-12]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D, IN-1]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
Rep. Charles Wilson [D, OH-6]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
Democrats Voting 'Nay'
Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
Donald Cazayoux
Rep. Travis Childers [D, MS-1]
Rep. Joe Donnelly [D, IN-2]
Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D, IN-8]
Rep. Bill Foster [D, IL-14]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
Rep. Baron Hill [D, IN-9]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
Nicholas Lampson
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2]
Rep. Harry Mitchell [D, AZ-5]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D, PA-8]
Republicans Voting 'Nay'
Rep. Robert Aderholt [R, AL-4]Rep. W. Akin [R, MO-2]
Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5]
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6]
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6]
Rep. James Barrett [R, SC-3]
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6]
Rep. Judy Biggert [R, IL-13]
Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R, FL-9]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R, UT-1]
Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7]
Rep. Roy Blunt [R, MO-7]
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]
Rep. Jo Bonner [R, AL-1]
Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
Rep. Charles Boustany [R, LA-7]
Rep. Kevin Brady [R, TX-8]
Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10]
Rep. Henry Brown [R, SC-1]
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R, FL-5]
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R, FL-13]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26]
Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
Rep. Stephen Buyer [R, IN-4]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]
Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4]
Christopher Cannon
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]
Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2]
Rep. John Carter [R, TX-31]
Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]
Steven Chabot
Rep. Howard Coble [R, NC-6]
Rep. Tom Cole [R, OK-4]
Rep. K. Conaway [R, TX-11]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R, FL-4]
Barbara Cubin
Rep. John Culberson [R, TX-7]
Thomas Davis
David Davis
Rep. Geoff Davis [R, KY-4]
Rep. Nathan Deal [R, GA-9]
Rep. Charles Dent [R, PA-15]
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R, FL-21]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R, FL-25]
John Doolittle
Thelma Drake
Rep. David Dreier [R, CA-26]
Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2]
Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3]
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R, MO-8]
Philip English
Rep. Mary Fallin [R, OK-5]
Tom Feeney
Michael Ferguson
Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6]
Rep. James Forbes [R, VA-4]
Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R, NE-1]
Vito Fossella
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R, NC-5]
Rep. Trent Franks [R, AZ-2]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R, NJ-11]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24]
Rep. Scott Garrett [R, NJ-5]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
Wayne Gilchrest
Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
Rep. Louis Gohmert [R, TX-1]
Virgil Goode
Rep. Robert Goodlatte [R, VA-6]
Rep. Kay Granger [R, TX-12]
Rep. Samuel Graves [R, MO-6]
Rep. Ralph Hall [R, TX-4]
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4]
Robin Hayes
Rep. Dean Heller [R, NV-2]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R, TX-5]
Rep. Walter Herger [R, CA-2]
David Hobson
Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R, MI-2]
Kenny Hulshof
Duncan Hunter
Rep. Bob Inglis [R, SC-4]
Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49]
Rep. Samuel Johnson [R, TX-3]
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R, IL-15]
Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
Rep. Jim Jordan [R, OH-4]
Ric Keller
Rep. Steve King [R, IA-5]
Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
Rep. Jack Kingston [R, GA-1]
Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
Rep. John Kline [R, MN-2]
Joseph Knollenberg
John Kuhl
Ray LaHood
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R, CO-5]
Rep. Thomas Latham [R, IA-4]
Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
Rep. Robert Latta [R, OH-5]
Rep. Jerry Lewis [R, CA-41]
Ron Lewis
Rep. John Linder [R, GA-7]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R, OK-3]
Rep. Daniel Lungren [R, CA-3]
Rep. Connie Mack [R, FL-14]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R, IL-16]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R, TX-24]
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R, CA-22]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
James McCrery
Rep. Patrick Mchenry [R, NC-10]
Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23]
Rep. Howard McKeon [R, CA-25]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R, WA-5]
Rep. John Mica [R, FL-7]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R, FL-1]
Rep. Candice Miller [R, MI-10]
Rep. Gary Miller [R, CA-42]
Rep. Jerry Moran [R, KS-1]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R, PA-18]
Marilyn Musgrave
Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R, TX-19]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R, CA-21]
Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14]
Steven Pearce
Rep. Mike Pence [R, IN-6]
John Peterson
Rep. Thomas Petri [R, WI-6]
Charles Pickering
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16]
Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
Rep. Ted Poe [R, TX-2]
Jon Porter
Rep. Tom Price [R, GA-6]
Rep. Adam Putnam [R, FL-12]
Rep. George Radanovich [R, CA-19]
James Ramstad
Ralph Regula
Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R, MT-0]
Rep. Dave Reichert [R, WA-8]
Rick Renzi
Thomas Reynolds
Rep. Michael Rogers [R, AL-3]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R, KY-5]
Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8]
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R, CA-46]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R, IL-6]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
Rep. Edward Royce [R, CA-40]
Rep. Paul Ryan [R, WI-1]
Bill Sali
H. Saxton
Rep. Steve Scalise [R, LA-1]
Rep. Jean Schmidt [R, OH-2]
Rep. F. Sensenbrenner [R, WI-5]
Rep. Peter Sessions [R, TX-32]
Rep. John Shadegg [R, AZ-3]
Christopher Shays
Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19]
Rep. William Shuster [R, PA-9]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R, ID-2]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX-21]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
Rep. Adrian Smith [R, NE-3]
Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
Rep. Clifford Stearns [R, FL-6]
Rep. John Sullivan [R, OK-1]
Thomas Tancredo
Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2]
Rep. William Thornberry [R, TX-13]
Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R, KS-4]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R, OH-12]
Rep. Michael Turner [R, OH-3]
Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
Timothy Walberg
Rep. Greg Walden [R, OR-2]
James Walsh
Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]
David Weldon
Gerald Weller
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3]
Rep. Edward Whitfield [R, KY-1]
Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2]
Heather Wilson
Rep. Rob Wittman [R, VA-1]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
Rep. Donald Young [R, AK-0]
Rep. C. W. Young [R, FL-10]
Democrats Voting 'Abstain'
Rep. Melissa Bean [D, IL-8]Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
Rep. Heath Shuler [D, NC-11]
Voting History
| Date | Chamber | Question | Aye | Nay | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 05, 2008 | House |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On Agreeing to the Conference Report: S CON RES 70 The Congressional Budget Resolution |
214 | 210 | Passed | See Vote |
| June 04, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Conference Report (S. Con. Res. 70 Conference Report ) |
48 | 45 | Conference Report Agreed to | See Vote |
| May 15, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion (Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees (Discretionary Spending) re: S. Con. Res. 70 ) |
47 | 48 | Motion Rejected | See Vote |
| May 15, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion (Vitter Motion to Instruct Conferees (OCS) re: S. Con. Res. 70 ) |
44 | 51 | Motion Rejected | See Vote |
| May 15, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion (DeMint Motion to Instruct Conferees (China - India) re: S. Con. Res. 70 ) |
34 | 61 | Motion Rejected | See Vote |
| May 15, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion (Boxer Motion to Instruct Conferees (China - India) re: S. Con. Res. 70 ) |
55 | 40 | Motion Agreed to | See Vote |
| May 15, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion (Gregg Motion to Instruct Conferees (Tax Increase) re: S. Con. Res. 70 ) |
44 | 51 | Motion Rejected | See Vote |
| May 14, 2008 | House |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On Motion to Instruct Conferees: S CON RES 70 The Congressional Budget Resolution |
185 | 229 | Failed | See Vote |
| March 14, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Concurrent Resolution (S. Con. Res. 70 as Amended ) |
51 | 44 | Concurrent Resolution Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 14, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Vitter Amdt. No. 4299 ) |
73 | 23 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 14, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Biden Amdt. No. 4245 ) |
73 | 23 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 4339 ) |
45 | 51 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Allard Amdt. No. 4233 ) |
46 | 52 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Boxer Amdt. No. 4379 ) |
70 | 27 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Grassley Amdt. No. 4276 as Modified ) |
47 | 51 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Kyl Amdt. No. 4372 ) |
48 | 50 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Landrieu Amdt. No. 4378 ) |
23 | 77 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion (Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt No. 4347 ) |
29 | 71 | Motion Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Kyl Amdt. No. 4348 ) |
49 | 50 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion (Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4313 ) |
27 | 71 | Motion Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion (Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt. No. 4340 ) |
39 | 59 | Motion Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Ensign Amdt. No. 4335 ) |
49 | 49 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Boxer Amdt. No. 4368 ) |
89 | 6 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 4309 ) |
58 | 40 | Motion to Table Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Kohl Amdt. No. 4197 ) |
89 | 7 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Brownback Amdt. No. 4284 ) |
49 | 48 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Allard Amdt. No. 4232 ) |
29 | 68 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 4328 ) |
41 | 57 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Sanders Amdt. No. 4218 ) |
43 | 55 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Ensign Amdt. No. 4240 ) |
42 | 56 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Allard Amdt. No. 4246 ) |
0 | 97 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion (Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4242 ) |
58 | 40 | Motion Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Sessions Amdt. No. 4231 ) |
61 | 37 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Menendez Amdt. No. 4259 ) |
53 | 45 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Alexander Amdt. No. 4222 ) |
54 | 44 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Kennedy Amdt. No. 4350 ) |
95 | 2 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Alexander Amdt. No. 4207 as Modified ) |
47 | 51 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Bill Nelson Amdt. No. 4329 ) |
56 | 43 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Dorgan Amdt. No. 4198 ) |
69 | 30 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Specter Amdt. No. 4203 ) |
95 | 4 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Bunning Amdt. No. 4192 as Modified ) |
47 | 53 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Conrad Amdt. No. 4204 ) |
53 | 46 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Kyl Amdt. No. 4191 ) |
50 | 50 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Salazar Amdt. No. 4196 as Modified ) |
38 | 62 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Upon Reconsideration Specter Amdt. No. 4189 ) |
49 | 51 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion (Motion to Table Motion to Reconsider ) |
49 | 51 | Motion Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Motion to Reconsider (Motion to Reconsider Amdt. No. 4189 ) |
51 | 50 | Motion to Reconsider Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Specter Amdt. No. 4189 ) |
49 | 50 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Conrad Amdt. No. 4190 ) |
53 | 46 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 4380 ) |
41 | 57 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Graham Amdt. No. 4170 as Modified ) |
47 | 52 | Amendment Rejected | See Vote |
| March 13, 2008 | Senate |
S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009 On the Amendment (Baucus Amdt. No. 4160 ) |
99 | 1 | Amendment Agreed to | See Vote |
All Bill Actions
- Jun 05, 2008: The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 110-659 as unfinished business.
- Jun 05, 2008: The previous question was ordered without objection.
- Jun 05, 2008: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the conference report to accompany S.Con.Res.70 the yeas and nays were ordered. The Chair postponed further proceedings on the conference report to accompany S.Con.Res. 70 until later in the legislative day.
- Unknown action
- Jun 05, 2008: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 05, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour debate on the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 70.
- Jun 05, 2008: Mr. Spratt brought up conference report H. Rept. 110-659 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 1214.
- Jun 05, 2008: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Unknown action
- Jun 04, 2008: Pursuant to the order of the Senate of June 3, 2008, the Senate voted on adoption of the conference report to accompany S.Con.Res. 70.
- Jun 03, 2008: Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement held at the desk in Senate.
- May 21, 2008: Rule H. Res. 1214 passed House.
- May 20, 2008: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1214 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. Con. Res. 70 with 1 hour of general debate. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read.
- May 20, 2008: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1214 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. Con. Res. 70 with 1 hour of general debate. All points of order againist the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The co
- May 20, 2008: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1214 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. Con. Res. 70 with 1 hour of general debate. All points of order againist the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read.
- May 20, 2008: Conference report H. Rept. 110-659 filed.
- May 20, 2008: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- May 16, 2008: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Kyl to instruct Senate conferees to reject the House amendment that assumes $110 billion in tax increases as a result of having to offset the extension of tax policies that expired at the end of 2007 and will expire at the end of 2008 (including the AMT patch, the research and experimentation tax credit, the state and local sales tax deduction, the combat pay earned income tax credit, education tax credits, and the alternative energy tax credits) and insist that the final conference report include in the recommended levels and amounts in Title I reductions in revenues commensurate with extending these tax policies without offsetting tax increases agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Vitter to instruct
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees to insist on the inclusion in the final conference report the point of order against the consideration of a budget resolution in the Senate that does not contain a section regarding gross federal debt disclosure as contained in section 223 of the concurrent resolution as passed by the Senate, and further, that the conferees be instructed to include a debt disclosure section in the final conference report that itemizes the overall debt increase and the per person debt increase assumed by the final conference report agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the final conference report include the individual points of order that empowers the Senate to prevent future budget resolutions from raiding Social Security; enforces transparency during Senate consideration of the congressional budget by requiring disclosure of the gross federal debt held by the nation; strengthens the integrity of the reconciliation process; and provides an additional tool to thwart any net increase in deficits in the long term (four ten year periods after 2018), as contained in sections 226, 223/224, 202 and 201, respectively, of the concurrent resolution as passed by the Senate agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 51. Record Vote Number: 131.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Conrad to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the revenue levels in the resolution include the cost of providing relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax in 2008, so that the number of taxpayers affected by the AMT does not increase and thereby more than 20 million middle-class families would be protected from paying higher taxes; to insist on the Senate position of providing for the extension of expiring and expired tax relief that has been routinely extended in past years, including tax relief such as the research and experimentation tax credit, the deduction for state and local sales taxes, the deduction for classroom expenses, the deduction for qualified education expenses, the incentive for the charitable IRA rollover, the combat pay earned income tax credit, and various energy tax incentives; and, insist that every effort should be made to offset the cost of these policies by closing the tax gap, shutting down abusive tax shelters, addressing offshore tax havens, and without raising taxes agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees to insist on the inclusion in the final conference report section 311 of S. Con. Res. 70, the deficit neutral reverse fund to improve energy efficiency and production, as passed by the Senate, and that such section include an additional requirement that the legislation also encourages the removal of existing barriers to building new zero-emission nuclear power plants in the United States agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator DeMint to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 34 - 61. Record Vote Number: 133.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Vitter to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 51. Record Vote Number: 134.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 48. Record Vote Number: 135.
- May 15, 2008: Senate appointed conferees. Conrad; Murray; Wyden; Gregg; Domenici.
- May 15, 2008: Senate disagreed to House amendment and agreed to request for conference.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Kyl to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Boxer to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Vitter to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Conrad to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator Boxer to instruct Senate conferees that no legislation providing for new mandates on greenhouse gas emissions should be enacted until it effectively addresses imports from China, India and other nations that have no similar emissions programs agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 40. Record Vote Number: 132.
- May 15, 2008: Motion by Senator DeMint to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
- May 14, 2008: The Speaker appointed conferees: Spratt, DeLauro, Edwards, Ryan (WI), and Barrett (SC).
- May 14, 2008: On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 185 - 229 (Roll no. 321).
- May 14, 2008: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Ryan(WI) motion to instruct conferees on S.Con.Res. 70, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the motion to instruct conferees and the noes had prevailed. Mr. Ryan(WI) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion to instruct conferees until later in the legislative day.
- May 14, 2008: The previous question was ordered without objection.
- May 14, 2008: Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House instruct conferees.
- May 14, 2008: The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Ryan(WI) motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 70. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to increase negative budget authority and outlays in section 101(19), function 920(Allowances) of the House amendment, by $2.02 billion over the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
- May 14, 2008: On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference Agreed to without objection.
- May 14, 2008: On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a
- May 14, 2008: The House struck all after the resolving clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H. Con. Res. 312. Agreed to without objection.
- Passed without objection in the House on May 14, 2008. On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
- May 14, 2008: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1190.
- May 14, 2008: Rule provides for consideration of S. Con. Res. 70 and H. Con. Res. 312. Measure will be considered read. The rule adopts as an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text H. Con. Res. 312 as adopted by the House, adopts S. Con. Res. 70, as amended, and provides that the House insists on its amendment and requests a conference with the Senate.
- May 14, 2008: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference.
- Mar 31, 2008: Held at the desk.
- Mar 31, 2008: Received in the House.
- Mar 31, 2008: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Passed roll in the Senate on Mar 14, 2008. Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 85. (text: CR 3/31/2008 S2238-2250)
- Passed roll in the Senate on Mar 14, 2008. Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 85.
- Mar 13, 2008: Considered by Senate.
- Mar 13, 2008: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2036-2067, CR 3/14/2008 S2069-2118)
- Mar 12, 2008: Considered by Senate.
- Mar 11, 2008: Considered by Senate.
- Mar 10, 2008: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Added to calendar on Mar 07, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 612..
- Mar 07, 2008: Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Conrad. Without written report.
- Introduced on Mar 07, 2008.
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