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Hyde |
Kirk |
Bean |
Emanuel |
Gutierrez |
Lipinski |
Schakowsky |
| Approve
$2.6 trillion fiscal 2006 budget, with $37 billion
deficit and $106 billion in tax cuts (over 5 years) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Allow
expanded embryonic stem cell research |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Forbid
transportation of Minor girls to another state for
abortions to avoid parental consent laws |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Give
federal courts the right to intervene in the Terri
Schiavo case |
Absent |
Yes |
Yes |
Absent |
No |
Yes |
Absent |
| Repeal
federal inheritance tax |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Marriage
Protection Act: Allow
state legislatures, Not federal courts, to rule on
same-sex marriages |
Yes |
Absent |
N/E |
No |
No |
N/E |
No |
| Make
permanent Bush’s 2001 income tax rate cuts |
Yes |
Yes |
N/E |
No |
No |
N/E |
No |
| Bar
federal courts from ruling on the constitutionality of
“God” in Pledge of Allegiance |
Yes |
Yes |
N/E |
No |
No |
N/E |
No |
| Back
ban to bar federal funding of colleges that block
military recruiters |
Absent |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Increase
fines on broadcasters for indecent, obscene or profane
material |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Object
to certifying the Ohio electoral vote count |
No |
No |
No |
Absent |
Absent |
No |
Yes |
| 9/11
Commission reforms: restrict ID availability to
immigrants without legal status |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Change
toll policy on federal highways to eliminate reduced
tolls for “poor” drivers |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Spending
Control Act: limit discretionary federal spending and
put caps on mandatory spending |
No |
Yes |
N/E |
No |
No |
N/E |
No |
| Unemployment
reform: phase out paid federal job training programs |
Yes |
Yes |
N/E |
No |
No |
N/E |
No |
| Terrorism
Prevention Act: create abinet director and hire 2,000
border and 800 new customs agents |
Yes |
Yes |
N/E |
Yes |
Yes |
N/E |
Yes |
| Patriot
Act: restrict FBI’s authority to fight terrirism and
limit access to library and book store records |
No |
Yes |
N/E |
Yes |
Yes |
N/E |
Yes |
| Patriot
Act: ban all library and book store record searches |
Absent |
Yes |
N/E |
Yes |
Yes |
N/E |
Yes |
| Give
federal courts jurisdiction over all class action
cases exceeding $5 million and limit attorney fees in
settlements |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Congratulate
Iraqi people for election |
Absent |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Impose
restrictions on gifts sent to Cuban people |
Yes |
Yes |
N/E |
No |
Yes |
N/E |
No |
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N/E is not elected at time of vote; Bean and Lipinski
were elected in 2004, and voted only on 2005
roll-calls. |
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