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Roll Call

By Targeted News Services
Published: 10/25/2009 2:30 AM
Last Modified: 10/25/2009 4:23 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: HIV/AIDS treatment: The House passed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act (S. 1793), sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, to improve and extend the treatment program providing care for those with HIV/AIDS. The vote Wednesday was 408 yeas to 9 nays.

Vote 2: Solar technology roadmap: The House passed the Solar Technology Roadmap Act (H.R. 3585), sponsored by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., to provide guidance on research and development of solar energy technologies. The legislation would require the Energy Department to "engage diverse stakeholders in the solar community and to work across programs to create a comprehensive plan, a road map, to guide funding for the research needed to make the U.S. the global leader for solar innovation [and] to identify short-, medium- and long-term goals and make recommendations on how to channel R&D resources to meet these goals." The vote Thursday was 310 yeas to 106 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	Y	Y	Y	Y
Vote 2	Y	N	N	N	N

SENATE

Vote 1: Homeland Security funding: The Senate passed the Homeland Security Appropriations Act conference report to authorize funding for Homeland Security programs for fiscal 2010. The report provides for $42.8 billion in discretionary funding for fiscal 2010 including $800 million to continue work on the virtual fence along U.S. borders and to improve radio communications. Proponents said provisions of the conference report would enhance homeland security by allowing prisoners to be transferred from Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. mainland for trial and that the southern U.S. border would be made more secure because of increased funds for border law enforcement. Opponents said they were concerned that the conference report omitted permanent authority for the employer verification system known as E-Verify, and said that prosecuting Guantanamo detainees in U.S. courts "simply will not work and there is too much at stake to grant the unprecedented benefit of our legal system's complex procedural safeguards to foreign nationals who were captured outside the United States during a time of war." The vote Tuesday was 79 yeas to 19 nays.

Vote 2: National defense conference report: The Senate agreed to the National Defense Authorization Act conference report authorizing funding for the Defense and Energy departments for fiscal 2010. Included in the report is authorization for $680 billion for national security activities for both departments as well as a 3.4 percent across-the-board pay raise for uniformed military personnel and allowances for an increase in the Army's active-duty strength by nearly 30,000. The report provides $6.7 billion for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle program, $7.5 billion to train and equip the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police and $100 million for unfunded requirements such as for MC-130 airships to provide improved fire support for ground forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. The vote Thursday was 68 yeas to 29 nays.

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

SENATE VOTE

Issue	JI	TC
Vote 1	N	N
Vote 2	N	N

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