NEBRASKA TAXPAYERS FOR FREEDOM: CONGRESS WATCH BULLETIN.

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CONGRESSMAN LEE TERRY

Taxes:

HR 2864 Amend. 449: To allow U.S. ports to levy a fee on containers to pay for security and infrastructure at ports. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5638: To end federal estate taxes on estates worth less than $5 million and repeal sunset provisions for estate tax relief. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5970: To increase credit against estate tax to exclude $5 million and repeal end date for estate and generation-skipping taxes relief. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Spending:

H Con Res. 376 Amend. 830: Congressional Black Caucus substitute for budget by increasing funding for welfare services, health care, and New Orleans reconstruction. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 833: Democratic Party substitute for budget. To reject cuts in welfare, education, and environment and to increase emergency spending from $4.34 billion to $6.45 billion. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 4890: To give President a line-item veto. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4939 Amend. 717: Increase funding for flood control and coastal emergencies by $465 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 718: Increase funding for Community Planning and Development by $2 billion and reduce FEMA funding by like amount. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 719: Increase funding for Community Planning and Development by $1.9 billion. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 733: Increase funding for Dept. of Homeland Security by $1.225 billion. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 735: Increase FEMA funding by $50 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5384 Amend 872: To increase funding for animal and plant inspection service by $23 million. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 893: To reduce bill appropriation by $178 million. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 897: To reduce bill appropriation by only $82 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5385 Amend 862: To increase account for environmental restoration at closed defense sites by $50 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5386 Amend. 836: Increase unneeded funding for National Park Service by $1 million for Statue of Liberty security. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 845: To reduce funding for National Endowment for the Arts by $30 million and transfer that money to U.S. Forest Service to reduce threat of catastrophic wildfires. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 859: To reduce bill funding by 1%. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 911: To prohibit spending of bill funds on National Grape and Wine Initiative. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5427 Amend. 917: Increase funding for Global Threat Reduction Initiative by $27.8 million. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 919: To prohibit funds to administer Yucca Mtn. Youth Zone website. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 929: To reduce by 1% each amount appropriated that is not required to be appropriated. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 930: Prohibit use of funds for Virginia Science Museum. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 935: Prohibit use of funds for Pennsylvania low-emission locomotive demonstration. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5441 Amend. 937: To increase FEMA funding by $500,000. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: YES Amend. 940: $3 million for Citizens Corps. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 941: Increase funding for Domestic Nuclear Detection Office by $36 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 946: Increase funding for Emergency Management Performance Grant program by $40 million and increase funding for SAFECOM program office by $10.3 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO Amend. 947: To increase metro medical response team funding by $14.7 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 948: Increase funding for the Office of Inspector-Gen. by $11.5 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5522 Amend. 1006: To cut total bill funding level by 1%. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5576 Amend. 1008: To increase Amtrak funding by $214 million. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1022: To increase funding for office of lead hazard control by $35 million. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 1028: To reduce bill funding by $678 million. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5672 Amend. 1099: Increase funding for Legal Services Corp. by $25 million. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1129: Prohibit use of funds for Bronx Council on Arts. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 1133: Prohibit use of funds for South and East Kentucky Tourism Development Assoc. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 1136: Prohibit use of funds for a manned space mission to Mars. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1144: Prohibit use of funds to prevent several states from implementing state laws authorizing medical marijuana use. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1147: To increase funding for the Clinton Community Policing Services Program by $476.5 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1148: Prohibit use of funds for design, renovation, construction, or rental of any hq for UN in U.S. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 1172: To reduce bill funding by $590 million, or 1%. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

S 1583: To temporarily reduce the royalty paid for sodium production. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Government Regulations:

HR 4: A real reform of the American pension system. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 9 Amend. 1184: To shorten the reauthorization period for Voting Rights Act from 25 yrs. to 10 yrs. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1185: To not require bilingual ballots under specific circumstances. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 1186: An expedited procedure for states and jurisdictions to remove selves from coverage under pre-clearance portions of Voting Rights Act. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

HR 513: To clarify when organizations under Sec. 527 of the IRS Code must register as political committees. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 648: To eliminate floor privileges and access to congressional exercise facilities for registered lobbyists who are former House members. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 2808: To require minting of coins to commemorate bicentennial of birth of Pres. Lincoln. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 2830: More liberal plan to reform pension funding rules. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 2990: To improve ratings quality by fostering competition, transparency, and accountability in credit rating agency industry. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 3505: To promote regulatory relief and improved productivity for insured depository institutions. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 3858: To ensure that state and local emergency preparedness plans include evacuation and transport needs of individuals with pets and service animals after major disaster or emergency. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

HR 4167: To provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4200: To improve ability of Secs. of Agriculture and Interior to quickly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting federal lands, including removal of dead and damaged trees and implementation of reforestation treatments, and to revitalize Forest Service experimental forests. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 824: To remove exemptions and to force compliance with all of National Environmental Policy Act. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 825: To force Sec. of Interior to amend land management plans to incorporate liberal salvage and restoration activities. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 827: To require Sec. of Interior to certify that a catastrophic event recovery project will not decrease forest regeneration. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 4411: To prevent use of specific credit cards and fund transfers for illegal Internet gambling. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4844: To require every individual who wants to vote in a federal election to provide election office a government photo ID. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4939 Amend. 701: To delete from the bill language prohibiting buying of specific U.S. seaports by Dubai Ports World. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 4973 Amend. 1095: When a federally-funded flood control project causes an area to become at greater risk of flooding than it otherwise would have been, area residents will obtain flood insurance using the price formula that would have applied if offending flood control project had not been built, or if no flood insurance would have been required, they should obtain flood insurance at no cost. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

HR 4975: Greater transparency for lobbying activities. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5252: To promote the deployment of broadband networks and services. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5384 Amend. 885: Prohibit use of funds to implement or administer National Animal ID system. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5386 Amend. 844: To prohibit use of funds to enforce or follow a better EPA rule. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 850: Prohibit use of taxpayer funds to plan, design, study, or build for purpose of harvesting timber by private companies a forest development road in Tongass National Forest. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 854: To prevent EPA administrator from implementing or enforcing the conservative wetlands policy guidance. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5576 Amend. 1031: To prohibit use of funds for contracts with corporations incorporated or chartered in Bermuda, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Antigua, or Panama. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5637: To streamline the regulation of some insurance. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5672 Amend. 1145: Prohibit use of funds to implement section of voting rights act that provides ballot and language assistance to voters. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

S. 2803: To improve safety of mines and mining. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

S 3661: To allow more airline competition at Love Field, TX. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

S 3718: To require use of specific drain covers and pool and spa drainage systems and establish a swimming pool safety grant program administered by Consumer Product Safety Comm. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Education:

H Con Res. 354: Continued support of Congress for requiring higher education institutions to provide military recruiters with access to institution campuses in order for students to be eligible to receive specific federal funds. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 609 Amend. 756: Allow use of funds to increase number of teachers qualified to teach advanced placement courses, to award grants to recruit and place qualified individuals to serve as adjunct teachers in secondary school math, science, and critical foreign language classes, and award grants for teacher preparation programs in critical foreign languages and activities. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 769: To require every university receiving federal funds to provide Dept. of Education with report about student admissions process with a statement if and how race, color, or national origin given weight in student admissions process. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

HR 737: To support objectives and ideals of Financial Literacy Month. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 781: Praising charter schools, their students, parents, teachers, and administrators for their contributions to education. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4894: To provide for some access to national crime information databases by schools and educational agencies for employment purposes regarding people who work with kids. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5319: To require recipients of universal services telecom support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial socializing websites and chat rooms. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 6314: To expand eligibility for veterans survivors and dependents education aid programs. PASSED/GOOD BILL

Terry: YES

Health:

HR 4157: To promote a better health information system. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5574: To reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in childrens hospitals. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Welfare:

HR 609 Amend. 768: Patrick Kennedy amendment to add child and teen mental health professionals to list of high-need professionals eligible for loan forgiveness. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4939 Amend. 740: To eliminate spending funds for low-income heating aid program in FY 2006. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 749: Prohibit use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce termination of hotel emergency shelter program by FEMA for families displaced by 2005 hurricanes. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5121: To modernize and update the National Housing Act and allow Federal Housing Administration to use risk-based pricing. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5522 Amend. 979: Increase funding by $250 million for anti-poverty programs. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5576 Amend. 1015: To increase funding for Section 8 housing vouchers by $70 million. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1016: To increase funding for public housing capital fund by $30 million. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1023: To provide $2.97 million for loan guarantee program authorized in 1974 housing act. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1047: To prohibit use of funds to enforce a conservative HUD regulation regarding replacing units under lease that are demolished. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

S. 1235: To improve and extend housing, insurance, outreach, benefits, and employment programs. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: YES

S. 2320: To fund low-income home energy assistance program for FY 2006. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Energy:

HR 4761: To explore, develop, and begin production activities for mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 1176: To not lift the 25 yr. moratorium on oil and gas drilling offshore and to force oil companies to renegotiate their leases. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1177: To prohibit oil and gas drilling within 125 mi. of a state coastline, unless state agrees. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5143: Sec. of Energy will establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers regarding hydrogen energy. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5253: To prohibit price gouging in sale of gas, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5254: To ease issuance of permits for oil refineries. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5386 Amend. 842: To allow spending funds for Outer Continental Shelf oil leasing activities in specific areas. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 847: Prohibit use of funds to issue new leases that authorize production of oil or natural gas under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a lessee under an existing lease if such lease is not providing the proper royalties based on market price. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 856: Prohibit use of funds to conduct specific offshore natural gas leasing and related activities in violation of moratorium on drilling in Outer Continental Shelf. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5427 Amend. 915: $25 million for unneeded state energy program. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5429: Sec. of Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in environmentally strict program for exploration, development, and production of oil and gas resources in the Alaska coastal plain. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5646: To promote use of energy efficient computer servers in U.S. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Law and Order:

H Res 895: To support intelligence and law enforcement programs to track terrorists and terrorist financing and to condemn disclosure and publication of classified information that impairs the international fight against terrorism and needlessly exposes Americans to threat of further terrorist attacks by revealing crucial methods by which we trace terrorists through their financing. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 2679: To prevent use of the legal system to extort money from federal, state, and local governments and to inhibit such governments’ constitutional actions. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 2829 Amend. 689: Director of Office of National Drug Control Policy must prepare a report on meth usage in the U.S. To facilitate information sharing among federal, state, and local agencies regarding meth trafficking, abuse, treatment, and prevention. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 693: The Director must give Congress a comprehensive strategy that addresses increased meth threat. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 698: Allows Director to award grants to private agencies. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 2965: To require federal prison industries to compete for contracts, minimizing their unfair competition with private companies, empowering fed agencies to obtain the best value for taxpayer dollars, and to authorize alternative inmate work opportunities in support of non-profits and other public service programs. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 1207: To authorize Justice Dept. to buy products from federal prison industries on a non-competitive basis. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1208: To allow Federal Prison Industries to continue non-competitive service contracts currently in place. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 4167 Amend. 683: To preserve state authority that helps defend and respond to bioterrorism attacks in establishing or maintaining an adequately protected interstate food supply. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 685: To prevent the National Uniformity for Food Act from affecting state laws and regulations that establish a notification requirement about present or potential effects of mercury in fish. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO .

HR 4709: To strengthen protections for law enforcement officers and public by providing criminal penalties for fraudulent acquisition or unauthorized disclosure of phone records. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4772: To simplify and expedite access to federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges under the U.S. Constitution suffered deprivation because of actions of federal agencies or government officials acting under law. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4954: To improve maritime and cargo security by enhanced layered defenses. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5020: To appropriate in FY 2007 funds for intelligence activities and intelligence-related activities. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 780: President should utilize his constitutional authority to the fullest extent to classify and protect national security information relating to intelligence activities and information and take action against those who commit unauthorized disclosures of classified information relating to intelligence activities and information contrary to law. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5337: To reform process of foreign investment examination noting effects on national security. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5441: Appropriations to Dept. of Homeland Security for FY 2007. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 944: Increase funding for rail and transportation security grants by $50 million. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5672 Amend. 1161: Prohibit use of funds to issue a national security letter to a health insurance company under Patriot Act provisions. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5852: To enhance emergency communications at Dept. of Homeland Security. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

S. 2271: Individuals who receive FISA orders can challenge nondisclosure requirements, and individuals who receive national security letters not required to disclose attorney names. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Gun Owner Rights:

HR 5013: To prohibit confiscation of guns during national emergencies. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5092: To reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5672 Amend. 1156: Prohibit use of funds to enforce trigger locks on guns law. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Foreign Affairs:

S Con Res.79: No U.S. assistance provided directly to Palestinian Authority, if any representative political party holding a majority of parliamentary seats within Authority calls for destruction of Israel. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Con Res. 90: That Russian Federation should fully protect the freedoms of all religious communities as stipulated by Russian Constitution. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Con Res. 320: That communist Vietnam government immediately should release political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Con Res. 341: Condemn the government of Iran for violating its international nuclear nonproliferation obligations. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Con Res. 365: Urge Red Chinese government to remove all legal and political obstacles to lawyers trying to defend criminal cases and revise law and practice there to conform to international standards. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res 608: To condemn escalating levels of religious persecution in Red China. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 673: Support for efforts of Belarus people to establish a full democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights, and urge the government to conduct free and fair presidential election in March, 2006. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res 723: That the President take immediate steps to help improve security situation in Darfur, with specific emphasis on civilian protection. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res. 736: That legislation in Afghanistan against citizens who converted or plan to convert to other religions is deplorable and unjust. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 782: To hold Iranian regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy there. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res 794: Recognizing the 17^th anniversary of the bloody massacre in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res 804: Condemning Red China for its continued interference in internal affairs of the Catholic Church and its continued persecution of Catholics. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res 921: Condemn terrorist attacks against Israel, hold terrorists and their state sponsors accountable for these attacks, and support Israel’s right to defend self. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res 976: To condemn human rights abuses by Iran and express solidarity with its people. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res 1017: Affirm support for sovereignty and security of Lebanon and Lebanese people. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 1053: To extend nondiscriminatory treatment for Ukrainian trade products. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 3127: To impose sanctions against individuals responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. To support measures to protect civilians and humanitarian operations and to support peace efforts in Darfur. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4681: To promote development of domestic institutions in areas controlled by Palestinian Authority. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4939 Amend. 701: To allow Dubai Ports World to acquire U.S. seaports. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 712: Increase funding for State Dept. diplomatic and consular programs by $7.8 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 715: To eliminate funding for State Dept. Education and Cultural Exchange Programs. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 716: To eliminate funding for international broadcasting operations. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5228: To require reps of governments designated as state sponsors of terrorism to disclose to att-gen. lobbying contacts with U.S. legislative branch officials. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5522 Amend. 980: Increase funding for State Dept. global AIDS initiative by $50 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 981: To increase funding for U.S. emergency refugee and migration assistance by $30 million. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 995: To limit use of funds for programs at Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 997: To prohibit use of bill funds to finance aid to Saudi Arabia. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 998: To prohibit use of bill funds to finance aid to Mexico. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5576 Amend. 1050: To prohibit use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce economic embargo against Communist Cuba. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1051: To prohibit use of funds to implement regulations that place restrictions on travel to Communist Cuba for educational purposes. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5602: To authorize extension of normal trade relations treatment to Communist Vietnam. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5682 Amend. 1192: That the nuclear cooperation into which U.S. and India enters is for peaceful and productive but not military purposes. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5684: To implement the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5825: To update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5948: To reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Military Affairs:

H Con Res. 322: Appreciation of Congress for contributions of USO to morale and welfare of armed forces and their families. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res. 731: Commending Patriot Guard Riders for shielding mourning military families from protesters at funerals. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res 861: That U.S. will prevail in its global war on terror. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 889: Authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard FY 2006. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 551: To require Coast Guard commandant to conduct an unneeded comprehensive security and safety review of proposed construction, expansion, or operation of waterfront facilities for transfer of liquified natural gas from ships to shore or shore to ships. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: YES

H Res 1070: Congress should engage with employers and the public to encourage hiring members and former members of the armed forces who were wounded and face a transition to civilian life. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 4843: To increase rates of disability compensation for vets with service-related disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of specific service-connected disabled veterans. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: did not vote

HR 4882: To designate a site for a visitor center at Vietnam Veterans Memorial. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: did not vote

HR 4939 Amend. 709: Increase funding for peacekeeping operations by $50 million. PASSED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 727: Increase military construction funding for expenses related to Hurricane Katrina. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5037: To prohibit anti-war demonstrations at national military cemeteries. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5122: Authorize for FY 2007 appropriations for military activities of Dept. of Defense, military construction, and defense activities of Dept. of Energy. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 819: Instruct Sec. of Defense not to deploy ground-based midcourse defense system beyond authorized systems now in California and Alaska or deploy space-based interceptors of ICBMs and reduce Military Defense Agency funding by $4.7 billion. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5385: Appropriation for military construction and veterans affairs for FY 2007. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5631: FY 2007 appropriations to Defense Dept. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 1059: To allow U.S. to use bill funds to make military base rights agreement with Iraq. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 1072: To prohibit use of funds to begin military operations against Iran, unless Congress initiates. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 6166: To authorize trial by military commission for violations of laws of war. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

S 418: To protect armed forces members from crooked practices regarding sales of insurance, financial, and investment products. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Traditional Values:

HJ Res 88: To amend U.S. Constitution to say that marriage is only between a man and woman. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

H Res 318: To support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in lives of their kids. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 810: To provide for human embryonic stem cell research. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 2389: To remove jurisdiction of federal courts over specific cases and controversies involving Pledge of Allegiance. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Amend. 1187: To preserve authority of U.S. Supreme Court to hear or decide any question pertaining to interpretation of or validity under the Constitution the Pledge of Allegiance or its recitation. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5122 Amend 805: To allow military personnel and their dependents overseas to use their own money to obtain abortions at overseas military hospitals. FAILED/BAD BILL Terry: NO

HR 5683: To preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego with its cross, by having the federal government immediately purchase it. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 6099: To ensure that women seeking abortions are fully informed about pain experienced by fetuses. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

S. 193: To increase penalties for violations by TV and radio broadcasters of prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

S 403: To prohibit taking minors across state lines to circumvent laws requiring parental involvement in abortion decisions. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

S 2754: To derive human stem cell lines using techniques that do not harm embryos. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

S 3504: To prohibit fetus farming, fetuses gestated for research purposes. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Immigration:

HR 4830: To prohibit unauthorized construction, financing, or reckless permitting of construction or use of a tunnel between the U.S. and Mexico. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5122 Amend. 814: Sec. of Defense can assign armed forces members to assist customs, immigration service, and border patrol to prevent entry of terrorists, drug traffickers, and illegal aliens into the U.S. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5384 Amend. 902: No food stamp funds spent in non-compliance with federal law, which requires affidavit filed by a sponsor stating that alien will not access welfare. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 5441 Amend. 942: Increase funding for Customs Enforcement Cyber Crime Center by $5 million. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 950: Increase funding for the Employment Eligibility Verification Program by $20 million. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 962: To prevent extension of Temporary Protective Status Program for Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. FAILED/GOOD BILL Terry: NO

Amend. 968: Prohibit use of funds contrary to immigration act of 1996 that prohibits localities from enacting laws that prevent police from reporting illegal immigration information to federal government. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 6061: To build a secure border fence on our SW border. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 6094: To restore Sec. of Homeland Security authorization to detain dangerous aliens to ensure removal of deportable aliens and combat alien gang crime. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

HR 6095: To affirm the right of state and local law enforcement to assist in enforcement of immigration laws, provide more effective prosecution of alien smugglers, and reform immigrant litigation procedures. PASSED/GOOD BILL Terry: YES

Sources: U.S. House of Representatives roll call votes.

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