Republican rep — IA, District 2

Recent Votes

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Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act

Dec 9, 2006 · Floor

Not Voting

Pool and Spa Safety Act

Dec 9, 2006 · Floor

Nay

Henry J. Hyde United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006

Dec 9, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

Yea

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.

Dec 9, 2006 · Floor

Yea

To modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes.

Dec 9, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2006

Dec 8, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6406) to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes.

Dec 8, 2006 · Floor

Yea

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress an annual report and to provide notice to the public on congressional initiatives in funds authorized or made available to the Department of Defense.

Dec 8, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Condemning in the strongest terms Iran's commitment to hold an international Holocaust denial conference on December 11-12, 2006.

Dec 8, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006

Dec 8, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

Nay

Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006

Dec 8, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

Yea

Expressing support for Lebanon's democratic institutions and condemning the recent terrorist assassination of Lebanese parliamentarian and Industry Minister Pierre Amine Gemayel.

Dec 8, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 6111) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.

Dec 8, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5682) to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India.

Dec 8, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules, and for other purposes.

Dec 7, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Condemning the decision by the city of St. Denis, France, to name a street in honor of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the convicted murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulkner.

Dec 7, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2006

Dec 6, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Nonprofit Athletic Organization Protection Act of 2006

Dec 5, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of the House should actively engage with employers and the American public at large to encourage the hiring of members and former members of the Armed Forces who were wounded in service and are facing a transition to civilian life.

Dec 5, 2006 · Floor

Yea

Congratulating the St. Louis Cardinals on winning the 2006 World Series.

Nov 15, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Financial Netting Improvements Act of 2006

Nov 15, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

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Yea

STOP Act

Nov 14, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law and to expand eligibility for the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program.

Nov 14, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam.

Nov 14, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Pactola Reservoir Reallocation Authorization Act of 2005

Nov 14, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, and for other purposes.

Nov 14, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

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Yea

SAFE Port Act

Sep 30, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

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Yea

Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006

Sep 30, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4954) to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.

Sep 30, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006

Sep 29, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007

Sep 29, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

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Yea

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007

Sep 29, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

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Nay

Military Commissions Act of 2006

Sep 29, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.

Sep 29, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.

Sep 29, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5441) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 3930) to authorize trial by military commission for violations of law of war, and for other purposes and consideration of the bill (H.R. 4772) to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges under the United States Constitution have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other governments officials or entities acting under color of State law, and for other purposes.

Sep 29, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5441) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 3930) to authorize trial by military commission for violations of law of war, and for other purposes and consideration of the bill (H.R. 4772) to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges under the United States Constitution have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other governments officials or entities acting under color of State law, and for other purposes.

Sep 29, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006

Sep 29, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act

Sep 29, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act

Sep 29, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

SAFE Port Act

Sep 28, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5825) to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

Sep 28, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5825) to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

Sep 28, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.

Sep 28, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.

Sep 28, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Sep 28, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2006

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Military Commissions Act of 2006

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Military Commissions Act of 2006

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6166) to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6166) to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007

Sep 27, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

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Yea

National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Affirming support for the sovereignty and security of Lebanon and the Lebanese people.

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Commending the United Kingdom for its efforts in the War on Terror, and for other purposes.

Sep 27, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Supporting the appointment of a Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan.

Sep 26, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Calling on the President to take immediate steps to help improve the security situation in Darfur, Sudan, with a specific emphasis on civilian protection.

Sep 26, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006

Sep 26, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act

Sep 26, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006

Sep 26, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006

Sep 26, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 403) to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

Sep 26, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2679) to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to eliminate the chilling effect on the constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney's fees.

Sep 26, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Lawyers Road, NW in Vienna, Virginia, as the "Captain Christopher Petty Post Office Building".

Sep 25, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006

Sep 25, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006

Sep 25, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2006

Sep 21, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2006

Sep 21, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006

Sep 21, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006

Sep 21, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007

Sep 21, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

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Yea

Community Protection Act of 2006

Sep 21, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Community Protection Act of 2006

Sep 21, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act

Sep 21, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4830) to amend chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized construction, financing, or reckless permitting (on one's land) the construction or use of a tunnel or subterranean passageway between the United States and another country; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6094) to restore the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to detain dangerous aliens, to ensure the removal of deportable criminal aliens, and combat alien gang crime; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6095) to affirm the inherent authority of State and local law enforcement to assist in the enforcement of immigration laws, to provide for effective prosecution of alien smugglers, and to reform immigration litigation procedures.

Sep 21, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4830) to amend chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized construction, financing, or reckless permitting (on one's land) the construction or use of a tunnel or subterranean passageway between the United States and another country; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6094) to restore the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to detain dangerous aliens, to ensure the removal of deportable criminal aliens, and combat alien gang crime; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6095) to affirm the inherent authority of State and local law enforcement to assist in the enforcement of immigration laws, to provide for effective prosecution of alien smugglers, and to reform immigration litigation procedures.

Sep 21, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Condemning human rights abuses by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and expressing solidarity with the Iranian people.

Sep 20, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006

Sep 20, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006

Sep 20, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Recognizing the centennial anniversary on August 5, 2006, of the Iranian constitution of 1906.

Sep 20, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4844) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require any individual who desires to register or re-register to vote in an election for Federal office to provide the appropriate State election official with proof that the individual is a citizen of the United States to prevent fraud in Federal elections, and for other purposes.

Sep 20, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4844) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require any individual who desires to register or re-register to vote in an election for Federal office to provide the appropriate State election official with proof that the individual is a citizen of the United States to prevent fraud in Federal elections, and for other purposes.

Sep 20, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4844) to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require any individual who desires to register or re-register to vote in an election for Federal office to provide the appropriate State election official with proof that the individual is a citizen of the United States to prevent fraud in Federal elections, and for other purposes.

Sep 20, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Condemning the repression of the Iranian Baha'i community and calling for the emancipation of Iranian Baha'is.

Sep 19, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

To recognize and honor the Filipino World War II veterans for their defense of democratic ideals and their important contribution to the outcome of World War II.

Sep 19, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Supporting the goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer by the year 2015.

Sep 19, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 39-25 61st Street in Woodside, New York, as the "Thomas J. Manton Post Office Building".

Sep 14, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H.Res. 1000) providing for earmarking reform in the House of Representatives.

Sep 14, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H.Res. 1000) providing for earmarking reform in the House of Representatives.

Sep 14, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Water Resources Development Act of 2006

Sep 14, 2006 · ResolvingDifferences

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Yea

Secure Fence Act of 2006

Sep 14, 2006 · Floor

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Nay

Secure Fence Act of 2006

Sep 14, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6061) to establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States.

Sep 14, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2006

Sep 14, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.

Sep 13, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Restricting Indian Gaming to Homelands of Tribes Act of 2006

Sep 13, 2006 · Floor

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Yea

Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 994) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.

Sep 13, 2006 · Floor

Sponsored Bills

Urging the President to appoint a Special Envoy for Middle East Peace.

HRES 954 · 109th Congress

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the ascension to the throne of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.

HCONRES 409 · 109th Congress

Campaign Reform Act of 2006

HR 5281 · 109th Congress

PAC Elimination Act

HR 4819 · 109th Congress

Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act

HR 4411 · 109th Congress

Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the National Audubon Society.

HRES 489 · 109th Congress

Financial Safety and Equity Act of 2005

HR 3882 · 109th Congress

Gulf State Community Renewal Commission Act

HR 3749 · 109th Congress

Creating a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to rebuild communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

HRES 432 · 109th Congress

National Forest Protection and Restoration Act

HR 3420 · 109th Congress

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To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to provide for the applicability of that Act to the Bank for International Settlements.

HR 3269 · 109th Congress

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should support the regionally balanced expansion of the membership of the United Nations Security Council.

HRES 321 · 109th Congress

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently reduce estate and gift tax rates to 30 percent, to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit to $10,000,000, and to increase the annual gift tax exclusion to $50,000.

HR 1568 · 109th Congress

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Training and Research in Urology Act of 2005

HR 944 · 109th Congress

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Creating a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism.

HRES 116 · 109th Congress

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding regulations on the amounts of expenditures of personal funds made by candidates for election for public office.

HJRES 13 · 109th Congress

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To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey the remaining water supply storage allocation in Rathbun Lake, Iowa, to the Rathbun Regional Water Association.

HR 391 · 109th Congress

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North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004

HR 4011 · 108th Congress

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Electing Members to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.

HRES 553 · 108th Congress

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To create a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism.

HRES 494 · 108th Congress

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North Korean Freedom Act of 2003

HR 3573 · 108th Congress

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Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003

HJRES 63 · 108th Congress

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce estate and gift tax rates to 30 percent, to increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit to $10,000,000, and to increase the annual gift tax exclusion to $50,000.

HR 2480 · 108th Congress

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National Forest Protection and Restoration Act

HR 2169 · 108th Congress

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To designate the diplomacy center of the Department of State as the Colin Powell Center for American Diplomacy and to provide for appropriate museum visitor and educational outreach services at the center.

HR 1932 · 108th Congress

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Iowa Medicare PPO Demonstration Act of 2003

HR 1743 · 108th Congress

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HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvenation and Housing Act of 2003

HR 1614 · 108th Congress

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Training and Research in Urology Act of 2003

HR 1002 · 108th Congress

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To express support for the celebration in 2004 of the 150th anniversary of the Grand Excursion of 1854.

HCONRES 44 · 108th Congress

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding regulations on the amounts of expenditures of personal funds made by candidates for election for public office.

HJRES 21 · 108th Congress

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To direct the Secretary of the Army to convey the remaining water supply storage allocation in Rathbun Lake, Iowa, to the Rathbun Regional Water Association.

HR 590 · 108th Congress

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Coin Act

HR 589 · 108th Congress

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Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act

HR 21 · 108th Congress

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