FYI: Easy access to legislation regarding Head Start, Transportation/HUD, Mortgage Reform, Surveillance, and Education. All recent topics here. (If interested, email alerts at _C-SPAN: CONGRESS GUIDE -- CONGRESSIONAL INFORMATION CENTER_ (http://63.251.90.25/c-span/home/) .) ========================================================================
In a message dated 11/19/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: C-SPAN presents: _Edit Subscription_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/megavote/edit/[EMAIL PROTECTED]) | _Unsubscribe_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/megavote/edit/[EMAIL PROTECTED]) (http://capwiz.com/adredirects/megavote.html) November 19, 2007 In this MegaVote for New Jersey's 6th Congressional District: Recent Congressional Votes - Senate: Improving Head Start Act Senate: Motion to Invoke Cloture: Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, FY2008 House: Improving Head Start Act House: Conference Report on Transportation/HUD Appropriations, FY2008 House: Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, FY2008 House: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act House: Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective (RESTORE) Act House: Overriding the Veto of the Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act, FY2008 ____________________________________ Editor's Note: The Senate is in pro forma sessions until Monday, December 3. The House is in recess until Tuesday, December 4. Recent Senate Votes _Improving Head Start Act_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/issues/votes/?votenum=409&chamber=S&congress=1101) - Vote Agreed to (95-0, 5 Not Voting) The Senate unanimously passed this bill boosting funding for the Head Start program. Sen. Frank Lautenberg voted YES......send _e-mail _ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/mail/?id=378&mailid=custom) or see _bio_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/bio/?id=378) Sen. Robert Menendez voted YES......send _e-mail _ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/mail/?id=395&mailid=custom) or see _bio_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/bio/?id=395) ____________________________________ _Motion to Invoke Cloture: Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, FY2008_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/issues/votes/?votenum=411&chamber=S&congress=1101) - 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. Sen. Frank Lautenberg voted YES......send _e-mail _ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/mail/?id=378&mailid=custom) or see _bio_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/bio/?id=378) Sen. Robert Menendez voted YES......send _e-mail _ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/mail/?id=395&mailid=custom) or see _bio_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/bio/?id=395) ____________________________________ Recent House Votes _Improving Head Start Act_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/issues/votes/?votenum=1090&chamber=H&congress=1101) - Vote Passed (381-36, 15 Not Voting) This House bill boosts funding for the Head Start program. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. voted YES......send _e-mail _ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/mail/?id=387&mailid=custom) or see _bio_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/bio/?id=387) ____________________________________ _Conference Report on Transportation/HUD Appropriations, FY2008_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/issues/votes/?votenum=1102&chamber=H&congress=1101) - 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. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. voted YES......send _e-mail _ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/mail/?id=387&mailid=custom) or see _bio_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/bio/?id=387) ____________________________________ _Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, FY2008_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/issues/votes/?votenum=1108&chamber=H&congress=1101) - 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. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. voted YES......send _e-mail _ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/mail/?id=387&mailid=custom) or see _bio_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/bio/?id=387) ____________________________________ _Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/issues/votes/?votenum=1118&chamber=H&congress=1101) - Vote Passed (291-127, 14 Not Voting) The House passed this bill that would reform consumer mortgage practices. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. voted YES......send _e-mail _ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/mail/?id=387&mailid=custom) or see _bio_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/bio/?id=387) ____________________________________ _Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective (RESTORE) Act_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/issues/votes/?votenum=1120&chamber=H&congress=1101) - Vote Passed (227-189, 16 Not Voting) This House bill would update the intelligence surveillance bill passed earlier this year. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. voted YES......send _e-mail _ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/mail/?id=387&mailid=custom) or see _bio_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/bio/?id=387) ____________________________________ _Overriding the Veto of the Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act, FY2008_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/issues/votes/?votenum=1122&chamber=H&congress=1101) - 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. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. voted YES......send _e-mail _ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/mail/?id=387&mailid=custom) or see _bio_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/bio/?id=387) ____________________________________ _Edit Subscription_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/megavote/edit/[EMAIL PROTECTED]) | _Unsubscribe_ (http://capwiz.com/c-span/megav ote/edit/[EMAIL PROTECTED]) MegaVote is powered by _Capitol Advantage_ (http://capitoladvantage.com/) © 2007. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com