Capital Hill Review
112th Congress - 1st Session (2011)
Senate
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011 (H J Res 44)
On March 3, 2011, the Senate on a 91 -9 vote (To view how your representative voted visit: 00029) approved the making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011 (H J Res 44; Full text of H J RES 44 ) a two-week spending resolution to fund the government through March 18, 2011, and to cut spending by $4 billion in that time.
Article: As Senate passes 2-week funding bill, Obama calls for talks
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 (H.R.514― USA Patriot Act)
On Tuesday, February 15, 2011, the Senate passed on an 86-12 vote (To view how your senators voted visit: 00019 ) the FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 (H.R.514― USA Patriot Act; Full text of legislation ) a proposal to temporarily extend the expiring USA Patriot Act for almost three months. In voting “no” for the measure, two Republicans and one independent joined nine Democrats. In response to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, the current version of the Patriot Act, which Congress passed in 2001, would have expired on March 4, 2011. The law was expanded until May 27, 2011, by the Senate bill.
Article: Senate passes bill to extend Patriot Act
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act (S.223-Senate Amendment 9)
The Senate passed on an 81-17 vote(To view how your senators voted visit: 00008 ) an amendment (S.Amdt. 9 ) to the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act (S.223; Full text of legislation ) which repealed the 1099 provision of Obamacare.
Scheduled to go into effect in 2013, the 1099 provision of the health-care law mandated that all companies record and report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) any business-to-business transactions in excess of $600. To boost their claim that Obamacare would reduce the deficit by about $100 billion, Democrats added the provision in order to “recover” an estimated $17.1 billion in “unreported income”
Article: House Passes 1099 Repeal
House of Representatives
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 (H.R. 4)
The House of Representatives on Thursday, March 3, 2011, on a 314-122 vote (To view how your representative voted visit: 162 ) approved the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 (H.R. 4; Full text of legislation ) which repealed the 1099 provision of Obamacare.
Scheduled to go into effect in 2013, the 1099 provision of the health-care law mandated that all companies record and report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) any business-to-business transactions in excess of $600. To boost their claim that Obamacare would reduce the deficit by about $100 billion Democrats added the provision in order to “recover” an estimated $17.1 billion in “unreported income”
Article: House Passes 1099 Repeal
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011 (H J Res 44)
On March 1, 2011, the House of Representatives by a 335-91 vote (To view how your representative voted visit:154 ) approved making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2011 (H J Res 44; Full text of H J RES 44 ) a two-week spending resolution to avert a government shutdown. All but six Republicans supported the resolution and more then 100 Democrats supported it.
Despite criticism of the GOP proposal ahead of the vote by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California), more Democrats voted for the resolution that would reduce spending by $4 billion over the next two weeks.
Article: GOP spending bill passes in landslide as 100 Dems defect ; House passes bill to avoid shutdown
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (H.R.1)
Largely along a party-line vote- the House of Representatives on a 235-189 vote (To view how your representative voted visit: 147 ) approved the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (H.R.1; Full text of legislation ). The $1.2 trillion bill will provide funding for every Cabinet agency through September 30, 2011, when the current budget year ends. To drive down the deficit, freshman GOP forced the budget to be reduced by $61 billion by reducing funding from hundreds of federal programs. It also shielded from new burdensome federal regulations coal companies, oil refiners, and farms.
Article: House passes sweeping cuts to domestic programs
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (H.R.1―Luetkemeyer of Missouri Amendment No. 149)
After US Representative of Missouri Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) introduced his amendment (H.AMDT.154) he said that the United Nations climate change panel had “whipped up a global frenzy” over climate change because its members were politically motivated. On Saturday, February 19, 2011, the House of Representatives voted 244-179 (To view how your representative voted visit: 132) to defund the climate change panel.
Article: House Votes to Defund U.N. Climate Change Panel that Missouri Congressman Calls ‘Nefarious'
Friday, February 18, 2011
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (H.R. 1― Pence of Indiana Amendment No. 11)
The House or Representatives voted overwhelmingly on a 240-185 vote (To view how your representative voted visit: 93 ) to stop funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business and ensure it cannot receive any federal funds through any departments or programs. Ten Democrats voted in favor of the Pence amendment (H.AMDT.95) while seven Republicans voted with almost all of the pro-abortion Democrats.
Article: House Overwhelmingly Votes to Scrap Planned Parenthood Funding; Push to De-Fund Planned Parenthood Now Moves to Senate
Thursday, February 17, 2011
FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 (H.R.514― USA Patriot Act)
A 90-day extension of key provisions of the FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 (H.R.514― USA Patriot Act; Full text of legislation ) counterterrorism surveillance law was passed on Thursday, February 17, 2011, on a 279-143 vote (To view how your representative voted visit: 66) by the House of Representatives. A compromise congressional leaders reached to give lawmakers more time to consider reauthorizing them for a longer period, the legislation would extend the three provisions until May 27, 2011. After an initial House of Representatives effort to fast-track the extension fell seven votes short of passage in an unanticipated embarrassment for Republican House leaders, the House vote came two days after the Senate approved the short-term extension of the legislation on a bipartisan vote. And nearly identical to the initial vote in the House, when 277 lawmakers supported the bill and 148 opposed it was the Thursday, February 17, 2011 vote.
Article: House votes to extend Patriot Act provisions
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (H.R.1- Rooney of Florida Amendment No. 2)
On Wednesday, February 16, 2011, the House of Representatives approved the Rooney Amendment (H.AMDT.16) on a 233-198 vote (To view how your representative voted visit: 46) to remove $450 million for a backup engine program for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Article: House Kills F-35 Engine Funds as Republicans Cut Spending
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act (H.R. 2)
On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, the House of Representatives passed on a 245-189 vote (To view how your representative voted visit: 14 ), Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act (H.R. 2; Full text of legislation ) Although a largely symbolic step that has little chance of being considered by the Democrat-controlled Senate and fulfilling a pledge that Republican candidates made during the fall midterm campaigns, the GOP-led House of Representatives voted to repeal last year's Democrat health-care overhaul (ObamaCare). All GOP members of the House and three Democrats voted for this measure.
Article: House passes health repeal
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