Recent House and Senate Votes.

Recent Senate Votes

Improving Head Start Act - Vote Agreed to (95-0, 5 Not Voting)

The Senate unanimously passed this bill boosting funding for the Head Start program.


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Motion to Invoke Cloture: Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, FY2008 - Vote Rejected (53-45, 2 Not Voting)

Before embarking on its Thanksgiving recess, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on this bill that would provide $50 billion of funding for the War in Iraq while setting a troop withdrawal plan.



Recent House Votes

Improving Head Start Act - Vote Passed (381-36, 15 Not Voting)

This House bill boosts funding for the Head Start program.


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Conference Report on Transportation/HUD Appropriations, FY2008 - Vote Passed (270-147, 15 Not Voting)

On Wednesday the House passed this $51.2 billion bill to fund the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development for the 2008 fiscal year.


Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, FY2008 - Vote Passed (218-203, 1 Present, 11 Not Voting)

The House approved legislation to grant the Department of Defense four months’ worth of emergency funding for the War in Iraq, under the condition that troop redeployment begins 30 days following the bill’s enactment.


Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act - Vote Passed (291-127, 14 Not Voting)

The House passed this bill that would reform consumer mortgage practices.


Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective (RESTORE) Act - Vote Passed (227-189, 16 Not Voting)

This House bill would update the intelligence surveillance bill passed earlier this year.


Overriding the Veto of the Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act, FY2008 - Vote Failed (277-141, 15 Not Voting)

The House failed to override the veto of this $150.7 billion bill that would fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.