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Published: June 21, 2009
Updated: 06/21/2009 08:35 pm
Here's how area members of Congress voted in the past week.
HOUSE
□ War Budget: Voting 226 for and 202 against, the House on Tuesday approved the conference report on a bill (HR 2346) to appropriate $80 billion through Sept. 30 for U.S. combat operations and $26 billion for nonmilitary programs. The bill was backed by 221 Democrats and five Republicans and opposed by 170 Republicans and 32 Democrats. Republicans objected mainly to the bill's $5 billion outlay for the International Monetary Fund, and most Democratic foes were casting anti-war votes.
The bill provides $51.3 billion for actions in Iraq and Afghanistan; $25.8 billion for repairing or replacing military equipment and $534 million for payments to troops whose enlistments were extended against their will after 9/11. The payments will total $500 for each month served under these "stop-loss" orders.
The bill appropriates $10 billion in nonmilitary aid to countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan, $7 billion to combat flu pandemics and $1 billion for a new program to promote new vehicles that are more fuel-efficient.
Voting yes: G.K. Butterfield, D-1; Bob Etheridge, D-2; David Price, D-4; Mike McIntyre, D-7; Larry Kissell, D-8; Heath Shuler, D-11; Melvin Watt, D-12; Brad Miller, D-13.
Voting no: Walter Jones, R-3; Virginia Foxx, R-5; Howard Coble, R-6; Sue Myrick, R-9; Patrick McHenry, R-10.
Not voting: None.
□ Justice Department Budget: Voting 259 for and 157 against, the House on Thursday passed a bill (HR 2847) appropriating $64.4 billion for the fiscal 2010 budgets of the Justice and Commerce departments, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency and several other agencies. The bill represents a 12 percent spending increase over 2009.
In part, the bill provides $18.2 billion for NASA; $7.7 billion for the FBI; $7.4 billion for the Census Bureau; $6.9 billion for the National Science Foundation; $4.6 billion for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration; $3.4 billion for crime-prevention grants to state and local governments; $2 billion for the Drug Enforcement Administration; $1.5 billion for fighting Mexican drug cartels; $1 billion for science education; $802 million to help communities hire police officers and acquire police technology; $440 million for Legal Services Corp., and $400 million for the Office on Violence Against Women.
Voting yes: Butterfield, Etheridge, Jones, Price, McIntyre, Kissell, Myrick, Shuler, Watt, Miller.
Voting no: Foxx, Coble, McHenry.
Not voting: None.
□ Guantanamo Bay: Voting 212 for and 213 against, the House on Thursday refused to bar the use of funds in HR 2847 (above) to carry out President Obama's decision to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
A yes vote was to keep Guantanamo open.
Voting yes: Jones, Foxx, Coble, McIntyre, Kissell, Myrick, McHenry.
Voting no: Butterfield, Etheridge, Price, Shuler, Watt, Miller.
Not voting: None.
□ Legal Services Corp.: Voting 105 for and 323 against, the House on June 18 defeated an amendment to HR 2847 (above) to shut down Legal Services Corp., which is the main federal program for providing the poor with legal representation. The amendment sought to eliminate the agency's $440 million fiscal 2010 budget.
Voting yes: Foxx, Coble, Myrick, McHenry.
Voting no: Butterfield, Etheridge, Jones, Price, McIntyre, Kissell, Shuler, Watt, Miller.
Not voting: None.
SENATE
□ War Budget: Voting 91 for and five against, the Senate on Thursday sent President Obama a bill (HR 2346) appropriating $106 billion through September for purposes such as funding U.S. combat in Afghanistan and Iraq; sending nonmilitary aid to Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East; containing flu on a global scale; fighting Mexican drug cartels; supporting the International Monetary Fund; providing disaster aid in the U.S. and promoting fuel-efficient vehicles.
About 75 percent of the spending is for the U.S. military. Three Republicans, one Democrat and one independent voted against the bill.
Voting yes: Kay Hagan, D; Richard Burr, R.
Voting no: None.
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