| American Conservative Union 2007 Senate Scorecard description
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The Senate rejected an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Resolution that would have permitted the extension of the 2001 tax cuts ACU favored the amendment.
, The Senate rejected an amendment to the FY … The Senate rejected an amendment to the FY 2008 Budget Resolution that would have permitted the repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax, a tax designed to apply only to millionaires, but now affecting 21 million middle-income families. ACU favors repeal of the AMT and so supported this amendment of the AMT and so supported this amendment
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| American Conservative Union 2007 Senate Scorecard position
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Aye +
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| American Conservative Union 2007 Senate Scorecard source
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Http://www.acuratings.org/ +
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| Americans for Democratic Action 2007 House Scorecard description
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Adoption of a resolution allowing $503.8 b … Adoption of a resolution allowing $503.8 billion for defense discretionary spending, $451.1 billion non-defense discretionary spending, plus $145.2 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Of the domestic spending authority, $82.3 billion would be for education, training, employment and social services programs, $54.2 billion for health programs, and $44.7 billion for federal judicial and law enforcement activities. The resolution would call for $1.8 trillion in mandatory spending outlays in fiscal 2008 and create 12 reserve funds, each with a specific purpose, to allow for increases in spending or changes in tax policy, provided the increase is offset. It would assume mandatory spending cuts of $75 million between fiscal 2007 and 2012 would be specified by the Education and Labor Committee. fied by the Education and Labor Committee.
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| Americans for Democratic Action 2007 House Scorecard position
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Aye +
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| Americans for Democratic Action 2007 House Scorecard source
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Http://www.adaction.org/pages/publications/voting-records.php +
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| Bill of vote
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FY 2008 U.S. federal budget +
, Congressional actions on the federal budget/110th Congress +
, S.Con.Res. 21 +
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| Chamber
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111th United States Congress +
, U.S. Senate +
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| Congress number
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110th +
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| Modification date
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| National Journal 2007 House Scorecard description
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Approve the Congressional Black Caucus substitute to the fiscal 2008 budget resolution, including domestic spending increases and repeal of tax cuts for the wealthy. March 29. (115-312)
, Approve the Republican substitute to the fiscal 2008 budget resolution, including a domestic discretionary spending freeze, entitlement cuts, and tax-cuts extension. March 29. (160-268)
, Recognize the service of Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. commander in Iraq, and condemn the attack on him by MoveOn.org. September 26. (341-79)
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| National Journal 2007 House Scorecard source
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Http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/house votes.htm +
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| National Journal 2007 Senate Scorecard description
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Approve the fiscal 2008 budget resolution. March 23. (52-47)
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| National Journal 2007 Senate Scorecard position
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Nay +
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| National Journal 2007 Senate Scorecard source
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Http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/senate votes.htm +
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| Roll call number
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209 +
, 211 +
, 212 +
, 910 +
, 107 +
, 108 +
, 109 +
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| Scorecard vote
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National Journal 2007 House Scorecard +
, Americans for Democratic Action 2007 House Scorecard +
, American Conservative Union 2007 Senate Scorecard +
, National Journal 2007 Senate Scorecard +
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| Session number
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1 +
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| Categories |
Elections and Government Policy (U.S.) +
, U.S. legislation +
, Record votes +
, Congresspedia +
, U.S. federal budget +
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FY 2008 U.S. federal budget
