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Roll Call

By Targeted News Services
Published: 9/20/2009 2:37 AM
Last Modified: 9/20/2009 4:37 AM

WASHINGTON — Here's how Oklahoma senators and House of Representatives members voted on key bills and amendments last week. A "Y" means the member voted for the measure; an "N" means the member voted against the measure; a "?" means the member did not vote.

HOUSE

Vote 1: House disapproval of behavior of Rep. Joe Wilson: The House passed a measure to express strong disapproval for the actions of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-N.C., that the House felt violated the decorum and rules when he interrupted President Barack Obama's address to a Joint Session of Congress on Sept. 9. The vote Tuesday was 240 yeas to 179 yeas.

Vote 2: Health benefits for postal retirees: The House has approved the United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act (H.R. 22), sponsored by Rep. John McHugh, R-N.Y., to authorize the U.S. Postal Service to use its health benefits funds to pay contributions to health-care plans for retirees. The vote Tuesday was 388 yeas to 32 nays.

Vote 3: Student financial aid: The House passed the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (H.R. 3221), sponsored by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., to provide further government-based funding for grants and loans for secondary education, as well as for early childhood education programs. The vote Thursday was 253 yeas to 171 nays.

DB: Dan Boren (D)
TC: Tom Cole (R)
MF: Mary Fallin (R)
FL: Frank Lucas (R)
JS: John Sullivan (R)

House vote

Issue	DB	TC	MF	FL	JS
Vote 1	Y	N	N	N	N
Vote 2	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Vote 3	Y	N	N	N	N

SENATE

Vote 1: ACORN barred from funds: The Senate passed an amendment, sponsored by Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Act (H.R. 3288) that would stop new taxpayer funding for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The vote on Monday was 83 yeas to 7 nays.

Vote 2: Rejecting Transportation, HUD appropriations: The Senate rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would have taken $1.7 billion of earmarked spending to instead fund the NextGen program for modernizing air traffic control systems. The vote to table the amendment Tuesday was 68 yeas to 26 nays.

Vote 3: Lower-priority spending under roads bill: The Senate rejected an amendment, sponsored by Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and John McCain, R-Ariz., to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would have barred funding of transportation museums and similar projects. The vote Wednesday was 41 yeas to 57 nays.

Vote 4: Allowing firearms on Amtrak trains: The Senate approved an amendment, sponsored by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act to allow Amtrak passengers to transport firearms in their checked baggage. The vote on Wednesday was 68 yeas to 30 nays.

Vote 5: Economic stimulus funds for signage: The Senate rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would have barred the use of economic stimulus funds to build signs telling the public that the project was funded by the stimulus package. The vote Wednesday was 45 yeas to 52 nays.

Vote 6: New Orleans public housing: The Senate rejected an amendment, sponsored by Sen. David Vitter, R-La., to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act to prohibit federal fiscal 2010 housing funds from going to public housing tenants who are convicted of drug, domestic violence or gang offenses. The vote Thursday was 34 yeas to 62 nays.

Vote 7: Funds for Transportation, Housing, Urban Development: The Senate passed the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, sponsored by Rep. John Olver, D-Mass., that set appropriations levels for the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Departments for fiscal 2010. The bill includes $75 billion for the Transportation Department to support investments in transportation infrastructure, $11 billion to support and expand public transit, $1.1 billion to continue surface grants programs, $3.5 billion in capital improvements at all U.S. airports, $50 million for new programs in railroad safety technology, $150 million for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, $46 billion for HUD including $100 million for HUD's housing counseling program, $18 billion for tenant-based rental assistance or section 8, including an increase of over $1 billion for the renewal of section 8 vouchers and increased funding for the operation of public housing. The vote on Thursday was 73 yeas to 25 nays.

Vote 8: Funds for association of community organizations for reform: The Senate passed an amendment, sponsored by Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., to the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2996), which would bar ACORN from receiving any federal funds for interior or environmental programs. The vote was 85 yeas to 11 nays.

JI: Jim Inhofe (R)
TC: Tom Coburn (R)

Senate vote

Issue	JI	TC
Vote 1	Y	?
Vote 2	Y	N
Vote 3	Y	Y
Vote 4	Y	Y
Vote 5	Y	Y
Vote 6	Y	Y
Vote 7	N	N
Vote 8	Y	Y

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Few Clothes, America (9/20/2009 11:15:40 AM)

Gosh! I keep forgetting that! Y means yes and N means no. I need to keep crib notes to remember this.

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