BIGGERT
AND KINZINGER VOTES On HR #1 Amendments.
Other
republicans held strong with 100% yes votes to cut spending. Biggert received a 25% yes vote (Dem Rep.
Costello voted more in favor of cuts than Biggert!) and Kinzinger voted yes
only 38%.
Kudos
to Walsh with a 100% yes vote, Manzullo with 95% yes, Roskam with 81% yes,
Johnson with 76% and Hultgren with 62%.
See link from Heritage foundation for full information. http://heritageaction.com/2011/02/after-action-report-hr-1/
http://www.gop.gov/bill/112/1/hr1amendments
Marked are the "yes" votes on these amendments. The rest of Biggert and Kinzinger votes were
Nay on these amendments. Take particular note to #79 as it pertains to
Obamacare and #143 in regards to $30 million to hire more IRS agents.
Amendment No. 51—Rep. McCollum (D-MN): The amendment would restrict
funds provided in this Act under the heading “Related Agency, Broadcasting
Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Operations” from being used for
Radio and Television Marti, and would reduce the amount provided under such
heading by $30.4 million.(Biggert yes)
Amendment No. 52—Rep. Tonko (D-NY): The amendment would increase
funding level for the “Department of Energy, Energy Programs, Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy” by $586.6 million and reduce funding level for
‘‘Department of Energy, Energy Programs, Fossil Energy Research and
Development’’ by $586.6 million. .(Kinzinger yes)
Amendment No. 54—Rep. Fleming (R-LA): The amendment would restrict
funds made availa’le by this Act from being used to (1) finalize the proposed
rule entitled "Rescission of the Regulation Entitled 'Ensuring That
Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or
Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law’” published in
the Federal Register on March 10, 2009 or (2) otherwise rescind or modify any
provision of part 88 of subtitle A of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
Amendment No. 55—Rep. Fleming (R-LA): The amendment would rescind
unobligated balance of funds made available by section 1005(b) of the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. .(Biggert
yes) .(Kinzinger yes)
Amendment No. 58—Rep. Cardoza (D-CA): The amendment would reduce
to $0 any funds made available by this Act for the Office of the Secretary of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Amendment No. 61—Rep. Cardoza (D-CA): The amendment would restrict
funds provided in this Act from being used to pay for the travel expenses of
the Secretary of the Treasury. Those funds would be used for the purpose
of educating the Administration's staff on the fundamentals of housing policy
and its impact on the national economy. .(Kinzinger
yes)
Amendment No. 63—Rep. Gutierrez (D-IL): The amendment would
reduce funding for the Navy’s Air Craft Procurement by $21.9 million and the Air
Craft Procurement by the Air Force by $393 million. The funds would be
transferred into the Defense spending reduction account. Funds
transferred into the spending reduction account are designated as savings and
lower the 302(b) allocation for a given subcommittee. Funds transferred
into the spending reduction account cannot be allocated elsewhere in the bill.
Amendment No. 64—Rep. Thompson (D-CA): The amendment would require
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, to adopt standards consistent with the Property Assessed Clean
Energy (PACE) program of the Department of Energy. .(Kinzinger
yes)
Amendment No. 65—Rep. Polis (D-CO): The amendment would allow
any funds made available by this Act to be used for expenditures that the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines to be necessary
to protect the public health or prevent severe environmental degradation after
climate change. .(Biggert yes) .(Kinzinger yes)
Amendment No. 67—Rep. Polis (D-CO): The amendment would prevent
the rescission of funds used for paying the subsidy and administrative cost of
projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23,
United States Code, provided by division A of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Amendment No. 68—Rep. Polis (D-CO): The amendment
would change the date for the rescission of stimulus funds from February 11,
2010 to September 30, 2011. .(Kinzinger yes)
Amendment No. 69—Rep. Polis (D-CO): The amendment
would not permit the rescission of stimulus funds appropriated or otherwise
made available for the creation of jobs. .(Biggert no
vote) .(Kinzinger yes)
Amendment No. 70—Rep. Polis (D-CO): The amendment would prohibit the rescissions of stimulus funds under section 3001 from applying to the TIGER TIFIA Grant Program of the Department of Transportation.
Amendment No. 72—Rep. Rokita (R-IN): The amendment would
prohibit any funds made available in this Act from being used for doctoral
dissertation research grants authorized under title V of the Housing and Urban
Development Act of 1970.
Amendment No. 75—Rep. Burton (R-IN): The amendment would prohibit
any funds made available in this Act from being used for roundups and removals
of free-roaming wild horses and burros, unless for the purpose of fertility
control.
Amendment No. 76—Rep. Royce (R-CA): The amendment would reduce by $17.6 the amount made available to Related Programs, United Institutes of Peace. The amendment would also increase by $17.6 the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Spending Reduction Account. Funds transferred into the spending reduction account are designated as savings and lower the 302(b) allocation for a given subcommittee. Funds transferred into the spending reduction account cannot be allocated elsewhere in the bill.v.(Biggert yes) .(Kinzinger yes)
Amendment No. 77— Rep. Royce (R-CA): The amendment would limit the amount made available to the General Services Administration for the acquisition of new vehicles for the federal fleet, with a baseline for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter at 80 percent of the amount made available for fiscal year 2011. .(Biggert yes)
Amendment No. 78—Rep. Olson (R-TX): The amendment would increase and decrease by an equivalent amount the funding level for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Space Operations. Often Members will use an amendment of this nature in order to clarify within the Congressional Record that funding shall be directed to a specific purpose.
Amendment No. 79—Rep. Gardner (R-CO): The amendment would prohibit any funds made available in this Act from being used to pay the salary of any employee or officer of the Department of Health and Human Services who develops or promulgates regulations or guidance regarding Exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ObamaCare”).
Amendment No. 103—Rep. Weiner (D-NY): The amendment would
increase the rescissions made from unobligated balances from prior year
appropriations available for “Department of Energy, Energy Programs, Naval
Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves” from $2.1 million to $17 million.
Amendment No. 143— Rep. Holt (D-NJ): The amendment would reduce by $30,000,000 the amount made available for the Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Enforcement. The amendment would also strike section 1517 funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.