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H.R.3295
Roll Call Vote # 489
Title: A bill to require States and localities to meet
uniform and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration
requirements applicable to Federal elections, to establish grant
programs to provide assistance to States and localities to met those
requirements and to improve election technology and the administration
of Federal elections, to establish the Election Administration
Commission, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ney, Robert W. [OH-18]
(introduced 11/14/2001)
Cosponsors (172)
Related Bills:
H.CON.RES.508, H.RES.311, S.565
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 107-252 [GPO: Text, PDF]
House Reports: 107-329 Part 1;
Latest Conference Report: 107-730
(in Congressional Record H7247-7268)
This bill passed in the House of Representatives on a vote of 362 to 63. Forty-two Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, voted against this act. BBC investigative journalist Greg Palast now blames this act for empowering secretaries of states and other officials to undermine the right of Americans to vote. Read his story here.
Official U.S. House of Representatives links to sites about the Help America Vote Act follow:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2001/roll489.xml
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.03295:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:1:./temp/~c107v8Sdyh::
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H.R.1424
Roll Call # 681
Title: A bill to provide authority for the Federal
Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for
the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the
economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy
production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to
provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1]
(introduced 3/9/2007)
Cosponsors (274)
Related Bills:
H.RES.1014, H.RES.1525, H.R.493, H.R.1367, S.358
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 110-343 [GPO: Text, PDF]
House Reports: 110-374 Part 1, 110-374 Part 2, 110-374 Part 3
Note: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. On 10/1/2008, the Senate passed H.R.1424
as the vehicle for the economic rescue legislation. In the EAS version
of the bill (Engrossed Amendment as Agreed to by the Senate), Division
A (pp.1-110) is referred to as the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
of 2008; Division B (pp. 110-255) is referred to as the Energy
Improvement and Extension Act of 2008; and Division C (pp. 255-441) is
referred to as the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act
of 2008. See also documents on the Senate Banking Committee and the House Rules Committee websites.
The bailout passed 263 to 171 the second time around. Some Californina Democrats still voted against it, including: Xavier Becerra, Bob Filner, Grace Napolitano, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Linda Sanchez, Loretta Sanchez, Brad Sherman, and Pete Stark. Congressmen John Conyers (D-Michigan), Pete DeFazio (D-Oregon), and Dennis Kucinich (D-Cleveland) also opposed the bailout bill.
Here is Congressman Brad Sherman's statement on the passage of the bailout bill and why he opposed it.
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H R 3997 RECORDED VOTE 29-Sep-2008 2:07 PM
Roll Call # 674
QUESTION: On Concurring in Senate Amendment With An Amendment
BILL TITLE: To
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide earnings assistance
and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer
firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes
"To amend the IRS Code of 1986 to provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes"?????
Give me a break. This is the bailout measure that went DOWN in the House of Representatives mere moments ago. Why don't they call it what it is: The Wall Street bailout measure?
This measure lost 205 to 228, with 95 Democrats and 133 Republicans voting no, a major defeat for George W. Bush. Nancy Pelosi voted "Aye." The following 15 California Democrats voted "No": Joe Baca, Loretta Sanchez, Bob Filner, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Grace Flores Napolitano, Linda Sanchez, Mike Thompson, Lynn C. Woolsey, Barbara Lee, Pete Stark, Brad Sherman, Adam Schiff, Xavier Becerra, Hilda Solis, and Diane Watson.
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H.RES.1258 Resolved, That
President George W. Bush be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors,
and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the
United States Senate: (Introduced in House)
Beginning
June 10, 2008
June 11, 2008
Article I--Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign To Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq
Article V--Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression
Article VI--Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of H.J. Res. 114
Article VII--Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War
Article VIII--Invading Iraq, a Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the U.N. Charter and International Criminal Law
Article IX--Failing To Provide Troops with Body Armor and Vehicle Armor
Article X--Falsifying Accounts of U.S. Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes
Article XI--Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq
Article XII--Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources
Article XIII--Creating a Secret Task Force To Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries
Article XV--Providing Immunity From Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq
Article XVI--Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq Contractors
Article XVII--Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely and Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives
Article XX--Imprisoning Children
Article XXII--Creating Secret Laws
Article XXIII--Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act
Article XXIV--Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment
Article XXVI--Announcing the Intent To Violate Laws With Signing Statements, and Violating Those Laws
Article XXVII--Failing To Comply With Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not To Comply
Article XXVIII--Tampering With Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice
Article XXIX--Conspiracy To Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Article XXX--Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt To Destroy Medicare
Article XXXI--Katrina: Failure To Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure To Respond to a Civil Emergency
Article XXXIV--Obstruction of Investigation Into the Attacks of September 11, 2001
Article XXXV--Endangering the Health of 9/11 First Responders
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