U.S. HOUSE 
ROLL-CALL VOTES:
JUNE 2002-JUNE 2003

1.  Expand O’Hare with new  runways; keep Meigs open;
start Peotone construction

2.  Pass $550 billion Bush tax cut

3.  Pass compromise $350 billion tax cut

4.  Ban partial birth abortions

5.  Bar fined anti-abortion protesters from bankruptcy protection

6.  Ban oil drilling in ANWR       (Artic National Wildlife Refuge)

7.  Ban oil drilling off California coast

8.  Immunize gun manufacturers from liability for gun misuse

9.  Ban all human cloning

10.Kill all cloned human embryos

11.Spend $15 billion to fight Aids in Africa

12.Use one-third of African AIDS funding to promote sexual abstinence

13.Repeal federal estate (death) tax

14.End “marriage penalty” for  married tax filers who pay at a higher rate than single filers

15.Limit medical malpractice awards

16.Increase arts’ funding for NEA and NEH

17.Constitutional amendment to require Congress to pass any tax or spending hike with 2/3 vote

18.Pass Republicans’ $350 billion prescription drug plan, with $33/month premium, $250  deductible, part payment of drug costs to $2,000, and 100% of drug costs over $2,000 annually

19.Create Homeland Security Dept.

20.Extend 1996 welfare reform bill

21.Allow tax deduction for private school tuition

22.Allow U.S. government to “outsource” tasks and jobs to  private industry

23.Mandate 5% improvement in fuel efficiency

24.Arm airline pilots

25.Lift ban on U.S. travel to Cuba

26.Continue U.S. trade with        Vietnam

27.Allow private firms to cut underbrush in national forests

  ***  NOTE: Rahm Emmanuel was elected in Nov. 2002, and took office in 2003; 
                    he did not serve during 2002 and did not cast any votes.