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Members of Congress / Jim Costa / Votes Against Party

DateVotePositionGOP opinionDEM opinion
7/17/08 Vote 511: H R 6515: Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands Act of 2008 No No Yes
7/16/08 Vote 500: H R 5959 Yes Yes No
6/26/08 Vote 469: H R 6251: Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act No No Yes
6/20/08 Vote 437: H R 6304: Fisa Amendments Act of 2008 Yes Yes No
6/19/08 Vote 431: H R 2642: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Yes Yes No
6/19/08 Vote 429: H RES 1284: Providing for Consideration of the Senate Adts. to the House Amendments to the Senate Adt. to the Bill (H.R. 2642) Making Appropriations for Military Construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending Sept. 30, 2008 No Yes Yes
5/22/08 Vote 363: H R 5658 No No Yes
5/22/08 Vote 357: H R 5658 No No Yes
5/15/08 Vote 329: H R 2642: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act No No Yes
5/15/08 Vote 328: H R 2642: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Yes Present No
5/7/08 Vote 270: H RES 1166: Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives Regarding Provocative and Dangerous Statements and Actions Taken by the Government of the Russian Federation That Undermine the Territorial Integrity of the Republic of Georgia No No Yes
4/30/08 Vote 231: H R 5522 Yes Yes No
4/16/08 Vote 198: H R 2634: Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Collection Act Yes Yes No
4/9/08 Vote 172: H R 2016 Yes Yes No
3/13/08 Vote 137: H CON RES 312 No No Yes
2/7/08 Vote 38: H R 4137 No No Yes
12/19/07 Vote 1186: H R 2764: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for Fy 2008 Yes Yes No
12/19/07 Vote 1183: H R 3996: Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 No Yes Yes
12/17/07 Vote 1167: H CON RES 271: Sine Die Adjournment Resolution of the 1st Session of the 110th Congress No No Yes
12/4/07 Vote 1125: H R 2082: Intelligence Authorization Act Yes Yes No
11/15/07 Vote 1112: H R 3915 No No Yes
11/8/07 Vote 1069: H R 3355 Yes Yes No
11/8/07 Vote 1060: H R 3688: United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Yes Yes No
10/31/07 Vote 1024: H R 3920 Yes Yes No
10/23/07 Vote 994: H R 1011: Virginia Ridge and Valley Act Yes Yes No
10/3/07 Vote 936: H R 928: Improving Government Accountability Act Yes Yes No
9/26/07 Vote 912: H R 2693 Yes Yes No
8/4/07 Vote 836: S 1927: Protect America Act Yes Yes No
8/4/07 Vote 830: H R 3221 No No Yes
8/4/07 Vote 828: H R 3221 No No Yes
8/2/07 Vote 800: H RES 599: Providing for Further Consideration of H.R. 3161, Making Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Programs, Fy 2008 No No Yes
7/31/07 Vote 770: H R 2272: 21st Century Competitiveness Act Yes Yes No
7/27/07 Vote 754: H R 2419 No No Yes
7/27/07 Vote 753: H R 2419 Yes Yes No
7/27/07 Vote 752: H R 2419 No No Yes
7/25/07 Vote 733: H R 3093 No No Yes
7/25/07 Vote 727: H R 3093 Yes Yes No
7/25/07 Vote 720: H R 3093 Yes Yes No
7/19/07 Vote 676: H R 3043 Yes Yes No
7/19/07 Vote 673: H R 3043 Yes Yes No
7/18/07 Vote 663: H R 3043 Yes No No
6/28/07 Vote 599: H R 2829 Yes Yes No
6/28/07 Vote 598: H R 2829 Yes Yes No
6/28/07 Vote 588: H R 2829 Yes Yes No
6/27/07 Vote 576: H R 2643 Yes Yes No
6/27/07 Vote 573: H R 2643 No No Yes
6/26/07 Vote 563: H R 2643 No No Yes
6/26/07 Vote 558: H R 2643 Yes Yes No
6/21/07 Vote 536: H R 2764 No No Yes
6/20/07 Vote 526: H R 2641 No No Yes
6/20/07 Vote 523: H R 2641 Yes Yes No
6/20/07 Vote 521: H R 2641 No No Yes
6/15/07 Vote 495: H R 2642 Yes Yes No
6/15/07 Vote 493: H R 2642 Yes No No
6/15/07 Vote 479: H R 2638 Yes Yes No
6/15/07 Vote 473: H R 2638 Yes Yes No
6/15/07 Vote 469: H R 2638 Yes Yes No
6/15/07 Vote 468: H R 2638 Yes Yes No
6/15/07 Vote 467: H R 2638 Yes Yes No
6/12/07 Vote 454: H R 2638 Yes Yes No
6/6/07 Vote 436: H R 2446 No No Yes
5/24/07 Vote 425: H R 2206: This bill would provide funding in Iraq without setting withdrawal deadlines for troops, which anti-war Democrats sought in an earlier bill. Instead, it would set “benchmarks for progress that the Iraqi government must meet to continue receiving reconstruction aid,” the Washington Post reported.

The bill would provide $100 billion in funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This includes emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense, specifically for operation and maintenance, military personnel, the security forces of both countries and the Defense Health Program.

The Washington Post reported that President Bush, “who had vowed to veto any legislation with restrictions on troop deployment,” said he would sign the bill. He must make his first report to Congress on progress in Iraq by July 15.

The bill, which was passed 280-142 on May 24, 2007, did not receive support from the majority of House Democrats, with 140 opposing the bill. Out of 196 voting Republicans, two rejected the funding bill. Congress needed to act on this bill because war funding would have ended on May 28.

In addition to war funding, the bill would designate another $17 billion to unrelated domestic spending, including $6.4 billion for Gulf Coast hurricane recovery, along with $3 billion for emergency draught and natural disaster relief for farmers.

It would set aside $1 billion for improving port and mass-transit security. It would also provide a $650 million increase in children’s health care funding. An additional $3 billion would go toward converting U.S. military bases that plan to close. “Other domestic beneficiaries include state HIV grant programs, mine safety research, youth violence prevention activities and pandemic flu protection.”

 Yes Yes No
5/24/07 Vote 422: H R 2316: Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 No Yes Yes
5/24/07 Vote 420: H R 2317: Lobbying Transparency Act No Yes Yes
5/22/07 Vote 398: H R 2264: No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act “Nopec” No Yes Yes
5/17/07 Vote 367: H R 1585 No No Yes
5/16/07 Vote 366: H R 1585 No No Yes
5/16/07 Vote 365: H R 1585 No No Yes
5/11/07 Vote 338: H R 2082 Yes Yes No
5/10/07 Vote 330: H R 2237: To Provide for the Redeployment of United States Armed Forces and Defense Contractors From Iraq No No Yes
5/10/07 Vote 329: H R 2237: To Provide for the Redeployment of United States Armed Forces and Defense Contractors From Iraq Yes Yes No
5/9/07 Vote 317: H R 1684: Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act Yes Yes No
4/26/07 Vote 269: H R 249: To Restore the Prohibition on the Commercial Sale and Slaughter of Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros. No No Yes
4/24/07 Vote 256: H R 363: Sowing the Seeds Through Science and Engineering Research Act Yes Yes No
3/29/07 Vote 209: H CON RES 99 No No Yes
3/27/07 Vote 200: H R 1401: Rail and Public Transportation Security Act Yes Yes No
2/8/07 Vote 84: H R 547 Yes Yes No
12/8/06 Vote 539: 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 Yes Yes No
12/8/06 Vote 536: H RES 1100: Providing for Consideration of the Bill H.R. 6406, to Modify Temporarily Certain Rates of Duty and Make Other Technical Amendments to Trade Laws, to Extend Certain Trade Preference Programs, and for Othe Purposes. Yes Yes No
12/8/06 Vote 530: H RES 1099: 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. Yes Yes No
11/13/06 Vote 519: H R 5602: To Authorize the Extension of Nondiscriminatory Treatment (Normal Trade Relations Treatment) to the Products of Vietnam Yes Yes No
9/29/06 Vote 511: H R 4772: Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006 Yes Yes No
9/28/06 Vote 503: H R 6143: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act No Yes Yes
9/26/06 Vote 480: H R 2679: Public Expression of Religion Act Yes Yes No
9/26/06 Vote 479: S 403: Child Custody Protection Act Yes Yes No
9/26/06 Vote 477: H R 4772: Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006 Yes Yes No
9/26/06 Vote 476: H R 5092: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act Yes Yes No
9/25/06 Vote 471: H R 5059: New Hampshire Wilderness Act Yes Yes No
9/21/06 Vote 470: S 2832: Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2006 Yes Yes No
9/21/06 Vote 468: H R 6095: Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006 Yes Yes No
9/14/06 Vote 446: H R 6061: Secure Fence Act of 2006 Yes Yes No
9/14/06 Vote 442: H R 2965 Yes No No
9/13/06 Vote 439: H R 4893: Restricting Indian Gaming to Homelands of Tribes Act of 2006 Yes Yes No
9/7/06 Vote 433: H R 503: Horse Protection Act No No Yes
9/7/06 Vote 432: H R 503 Yes Yes No
9/7/06 Vote 431: H R 503 Yes Yes No
7/28/06 Vote 422: H R 4: Pension Protection Act Yes Yes No
7/27/06 Vote 416: H R 4157: Better Health Information System Act Yes Yes No
7/26/06 Vote 408: H R 5682 No No Yes
7/26/06 Vote 406: H RES 947: Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 5682, United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act Yes Yes No

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