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110th
Congressional Records
1st Session
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Voting Performance for
California Senators |
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Vote Number |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Agree/Cast |
% For When Voting |
% of
All Votes |
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Favored Position +
Non-favored - |
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Boxer (D) |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
9/9 |
100% |
100% |
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Feinstein (D) |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
9/9 |
100% |
100% |
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Vote |
NTEU
Position |
Senate Issues |
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1 |
Yes |
HR
2: Minimum Wage Increase - Cloture
January 24, 2007 - Motion to invoke
cloture (to stop a filibuster) on the
bill that would increase the minimum
wage to $7.25 per hour over two years.
Motion rejected 54-43. Note:
Three-fifths of the total Senate (60) is
required to invoke cloture. |
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2 |
Yes |
S
4: Sept. 11 Commission Recommendations -
Collective Bargaining March 06, 2007
- Reid, D-Nev., motion to table (kill)
the DeMint, R-S.C., amendment to the
Reid substitute amendment. The DeMint
amendment would strike a provision in
the bill that would extend collective
bargaining rights and greater
whistleblower protections to
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
screeners. Motion agreed to 51-46. |
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3 |
Yes |
S
4: Sept. 11 Commission Recommendations -
Collective Bargaining March 07, 2007
- McCaskill, D-Mo., amendment to the
Reid, D-Nev., substitute amendment. The
McCaskill amendment would grant
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
screeners limited collective bargaining
rights. Adopted 51-48. |
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4 |
No |
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Con Res 21: Fiscal 2008 Budget
Resolution - Social Security
Privatization March 22, 2007 -
DeMint, R-S.C., amendment that would use
Social Security funds invested for
future retirees to create private
accounts. The amendment would increase
the federal debt by over $700 billion
over ten years. Rejected 45-52. |
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5 |
Yes |
S
Con Res 21: Fiscal 2008 Budget
Resolution - Adoption March 23, 2007
- Adoption of the concurrent resolution
that would set broad spending and
revenue targets over the next five
years. The resolution would allow up to
approximately $948.8 billion in
discretionary spending for fiscal 2008.
Adopted 52-47. |
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6 |
Yes |
HR 800: Employee Free Choice -
Cloture June 26, 2007 - Motion to
invoke cloture (to stop a filibuster) on
the Reid, D-Nev., motion to proceed to
the bill that would allow workers to
form a union by petition (“majority card
check”) rather than being forced to use
the tainted NLRB process. Also increases
fines on companies using illegal
anti-worker tactics against union
organizing. Motion rejected 51-48: R
1-48. Note: Three-fifths of the total
Senate (60) is required to invoke
cloture. |
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7 |
Yes |
S 1257: District of Columbia Voting
Rights - Cloture September 18, 2007
- Motion to invoke cloture (to stop a
filibuster) on the Reid, D-Nev., motion
to proceed to the bill that would
increase the membership of the House of
Representatives to 437, by granting a
seat to the District of Columbia and an
additional seat to Utah. Motion rejected
57-42: Note: Three-fifths of the total
Senate (60) is required to invoke
cloture. |
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8 |
Yes |
HR 3043: Fiscal 2008 Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations - Social Security
Administration October 23, 2007 -
Bingaman, D-N.M., amendment to the
Harkin, D-Iowa, substitute amendment.
The Bingaman amendment would increase by
$150 million the amount appropriated for
the Social Security Administration's
administrative expenses account. NTEU
represented employees at SSA need
additional employees to process
disability insurance claims. This
funding would hire additional staff.
Adopted 88-6. |
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9 |
Yes |
HR
3996: Alternative Minimum Tax Adjustment
- Cloture December 06, 2007 - Motion
to invoke cloture (to stop a filibuster)
on the Reid, D-Nev., motion to proceed
to the bill that would provide a
one-year adjustment to exempt an
additional 21 million taxpayers from
paying the alternative minimum tax on
income from 2007. It also would end the
private tax collection program at the
IRS. Motion rejected 46-48. Note:
Three-fifths of the total Senate (60) is
required to invoke cloture. |
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Voting Performance for
Central Valley Representatives |
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Vote Number |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Agree/Cast |
% For
When Voting |
% of
All Votes |
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Favored Position +
Non-favored Position - Non-voting X |
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18th -Cardoza (D) |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
X |
+ |
+ |
11/12 |
100% |
92% |
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19th -Radanovich (R) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0/12 |
0% |
0% |
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20th -Costa (D) |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
11/12 |
92% |
92% |
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21st -Nunes (R) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
X |
0/12 |
0% |
0% |
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22nd -McCarthy, K. (R ) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0/12 |
0% |
0% |
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Vote |
NTEU
Position |
Representatives Issues |
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1 |
Yes |
HR 800:
Employee Union Card Check - Passage
March 01, 2007 - Passage of the bill
that would allow workers to form a union by
petition (“majority card-check”) rather than
being forced to use the tainted NLRB. Also
increases the fines on companies using
illegal anti-worker tactics against union
organizing. Passed 241-185. |
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2 |
Yes |
HR
1905: District of Columbia Voting Rights -
Passage
April 19, 2007 - Passage of the
bill that would permanently increase the
membership of the House of Representatives
to 437, by granting a seat to the District
of Columbia and an additional seat to Utah.
Both seats would be filled by special
election. The bill also would add one seat
for Utah to the electoral college so there
would be 539 votes. A non-severability
clause provides that if any provision is
invalidated by a court, all remaining
provisions would also be invalid. Passed
241-177. |
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3 |
No |
HR
2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security
Appropriations - Personnel Management System
June 15, 2007 - McCaul, R-Texas,
amendment that would strike a provision that
would prohibit the obligation of funds,
until all pending litigation and claims
filed by either party are resolved, for the
development, testing, deployment or
operation of systems relating to the MaxHR
personnel management system or any related
human resources system. Rejected 184-238.
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4 |
No |
HR
2638: Fiscal 2008 Homeland Security
Appropriations - Airport Screeners June 15,
2007 - Rogers, R-Ky., amendment that
would bar the use of funds in the bill to
recruit or hire more than 45,000 full-time
airport screeners. Rejected 168-255.
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5 |
No |
HR
2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services
Appropriations - Converting Federal Job
Functions June 28, 2007 - Price, R-Ga.,
amendment that would strike a provision in
the bill that would restrict the
government's ability to contract out current
federal job functions under A-76. Rejected
158-268. |
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6 |
No |
HR
2829: Fiscal 2008 Financial Services
Appropriations - Across-the-Board Cut June
28, 2007 - Jordan, R-Ohio, amendment
that would reduce discretionary funding in
the bill by 8.9 percent. The bill included
funding for the Treasury Department, FEC,
FCC and SEC. Rejected 149-276. |
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7 |
No |
HR 3043: Fiscal 2008 Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations - Across-the-Board Cut July
19, 2007 - Jordan, R-Ohio, amendment
that would require a 4.6 percent
across-the-board cut in discretionary
spending, which includes funding for the
Department of Health and Human Services and
the Social Security Administration. Rejected
136-288. |
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8 |
Yes |
HR 2831: Wage Discrimination (“Lilly
Ledbetter Act”) - Passage
July 31, 2007 - Passage of the bill that
would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to
allow employees to file charges of pay
discrimination within 180 days of the last
received paycheck affected by the alleged
discriminatory decision. The bill would
clarify that an employee is entitled to up
to two years of back-pay if it is determined
that discrimination occurred. Passed 225-199 |
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9 |
Yes |
HR 3161: Fiscal 2008 Agriculture/FDA
Appropriations - Rule
August 02, 2007 - Adoption of the rule
(H Res 599) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would
appropriate $90.7 billion in fiscal 2008 for
the Department of Agriculture and related
agencies such as the Food and Drug
Administration. The rule contains language,
that upon adoption, would incorporate a
number of items into the bill including
prohibiting the use of funds to terminate or
consolidate certain FDA field laboratories.
Adopted 224-194. |
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10 |
Yes |
HR 3056: Private Tax Collection - Passage
October 10, 2007 - Passage of the bill
that would rescind the authority of the IRS
to enter into contracts with private
companies to collect debts. The bill
includes several provisions to offset costs,
including a new tax on individuals who
renounce their American citizenship for
purpose of tax avoidance. Passed 232-173 |
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11 |
Yes |
HR
3685: Employee Non-Discrimination - Passage
November 07, 2007 - Passage of the bill
that would prohibit job discrimination on
the basis of an individual's actual or
perceived sexual orientation. An employee
who alleged discrimination would be required
to demonstrate that the nature of the
discrimination was intentional. The
protections would apply to employers,
employment agencies, labor organizations and
joint labor-management committees but would
exempt religious organizations. It also
would specify that the bill would not alter
the federal definition of marriage as being
between a man and woman. Passed 235-184. |
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12 |
Yes |
HR
3996: Alternative Minimum Tax Adjustment -
Passage November 09, 2007 - Passage of
the bill that would provide a one-year
adjustment to exempt an additional 21
million taxpayers from paying the
alternative minimum tax on income from 2007.
It would also rescind the authority of the
IRS to enter into contracts with private
companies to collect debts. Passed 216-193. |
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