How George Voinovich voted on key votes |
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Agreed to VOTE 298Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Ratifies the treaty between the United States and Russia on measures for further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms. |
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Agreed to VOTE 281Repeals the military policy that required gay service members to hide their sexual identity or risk being expelled. |
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Rejected VOTE 278The measure would have created a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. |
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Agreed to VOTE 276The package extended all George W. Bush tax cuts, guaranteed unemployed workers up to 99 weeks of jobless benefits through the end of 2011, and created incentives for business and consumer spending, including a two-percentage-point reduction in the Social Security payroll tax. |
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Passed VOTE 257FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Overhaul of the nation's food safety system. |
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Passed VOTE 73S. 160 As Amended; District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 |
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Passed VOTE 61H.R. 1 as Amended; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
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Passed VOTE 31Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act H.R. 2 as Amended; Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 |
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Passed VOTE 14Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 S. 181; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 |
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Passed VOTE 309This amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 passed 60-28 on August 3. The bill gives U.S. spy agencies expanded power to eavesdrop on foreign suspects without a court order. The bill gives the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General authorization for periods up to one year, to information concerning suspected terrorists outside the United States. The existing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act contained a 30-year-old statute requiring a warrant to monitor calls intercepted in the United States, regardless of their origin. The new Protect America Act amends this stipulation, allowing U.S. intelligence officials to monitor suspicious communication originating inside the U.S. The Bush administration argued that it needs the expanded power to confront terrorist threats. Civil liberties and privacy advocates argue the bill jeopardizes the Fourth Amendment privacy rights and allows for the warrantless monitoring of virtually any form of communication originating in the United States. Democrats managed a minor victory requiring a sunset clause effective 180 days after the bill is signed. In place of a court's approval, the National Security Agency plans to institute a system of internal bureaucratic controls. The bill passed in the House 227-183, and was sent to the White House soon after to be signed into law. |
