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U.S. HOUSE 
ROLL-CALL VOTES:
MAY 2003-MAY 2004

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1. Pass 2005 $2.4 trillion budget No No No Yes Yes No
2. Approve $87 billion for reconstructive funding for Iraq and Afghanistan Yes Absent No Yes Yes Yes
3.Make 50% of Iraq reconstructive funding into a loan Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
4.Medicare drug benefit bill: allow prescription drugs for seniors No No No Yes Yes No
5. Pass Bush Medicare drug prescription bill No No No Yes Yes No
6.Eliminate “means testing” for incomes for prescription drug entitlement No No No Yes No Absent
7. Ban flag desecration No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
8.Bar federal funding to enforce court ruling to ban Pledge of Allegiance No No No Yes Yes Yes
9.Allow private school vouchers in Washington, D.C. No No No Yes Yes Yes
10.Require actual vote to raise House members’ pay No Yes Yes Absent Yes Yes
11.Allocate $29.4 billion for Homeland Security Dept. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
12. Assign U.S. military troops to guard U.S. borders No No No Yes Yes No
13. Ban partial birth abortions No No No Yes No Yes
14. Allow abortions on U.S. military bases Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
15. Punish and criminalize any act which harms unborn fetus No No No Yes No Yes
16. Set limit on earmarks (automatic spending) of $275 billion for highway appropriations No No No No No No
17. Require hospitals to report treatment of illegal aliens to INS No No No No No No
18. End U.S. aid to cities that refuse to share information on illegal aliens No No No Yes No No
19. Make end to Death Tax permanent No No No Yes Yes No
20. Make end to marriage tax penalty permanent No Absent No Yes Yes Yes
21. Extend unemployment benefits for 2 million whose benefits ended Yes Absent Yes No No Absent
22. Ban lawsuits against fast-food companies for alleged weight gain No No No Yes Yes No
23. Bar child tax-credit refund for non-taxpayers No No No Yes Yes Absent
24. Extend exemption for alternative miminum tax for income of over $40,900 for singles and of over $58,950 for married couples No No No Yes Yes Yes
25. Increase Medicare spending for rural hospitals Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
26. Bar U.S. Export-Import Bank from funding trade in Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran. Syria, and Saudi Arabia No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
27. Eliminate “dirt” as a contaminant under EPA rules No No No Yes No Absent
28. Allow charitable deductions even if taxpayers fail to itemize Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
29. Implement U.S. trade agreement with Chile Yes No No Yes Absent No

 

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