Roll Call 185.
(H.R. 2112) On an amendment that would prohibit city and state governments from using federal grants to repay loans from the federal government for city or state projects
Oct 20, 2011.
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N |
N |
L |
Roll Call 184.
(H.R. 2112) On an amendment that would have eliminated federal subsidies for housing units (for low-income residents) for which landlords had been cited for “life-threatening” deficiencies
Oct 20, 2011.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 180.
(H.R. 2112) On an amendment that would increase the amount that the Federal Housing Administration can insure on a home mortgage from $625,000 to $730,000
Oct 20, 2011.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 179.
(H.R. 2112) On an amendment that would have limited taxpayer liability for the federal government’s takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (government-sponsored enterprises charged with expanding the home mortgage market) to $200 billion
Oct 20, 2011.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 192.
HR 4213. (Extending expiring programs) Isakson of Georgia amendment that would that would extend a deadline for homebuyers to claim a first-time homebuyer tax credit, paid for with unspent stimulus money/On agreeing to the amendment
Jun 16, 2010.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 191.
HR 4213. (Extending expiring programs) Reid of Nevada amendment that would extend a deadline for homebuyers to claim a first-time homebuyer tax credit, paid for by eliminating a corporate tax benefit/On agreeing to the amendment
Jun 16, 2010.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 189.
HR 4213. (Extending expiring programs) Franken of Minnesota amendment that would create a homeowners advocate office inside the Treasury Department to help consumers with housing problems/On agreeing to the amendment
Jun 15, 2010.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 148.
S 3217. (Overhaul of financial regulations) Sessions of Alabama amendment that would prohibit the Federal Reserve from using its emergency authority to fund insolvent entities, thereby forcing those firms to enter bankruptcy proceedings/On agreeing to the amendment
May 13, 2010.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 146.
S 3217. (Overhaul of financial regulations) Franken of Minnesota amendment that would require certain kinds of investment vehicles to have initial credit ratings assigned by a newly-created, independent board/On agreeing to the amendment
May 13, 2010.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 140.
S 3217. (Overhaul of financial regulations) McCain of Arizona amendment that would end the federal government’s direct control over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac within 30 days of the bill becoming law/On agreeing to the amendment
May 11, 2010.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 139.
S 3217. (Overhaul of financial regulations) Dodd of Connecticut amendment that would require a study on ending direct federal control over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac/On agreeing to the amendment
May 11, 2010.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 135.
S 3217. (Overhaul of financial regulations) Ensign of Nevada amendment that would restrict government-sponsored enterprises to the same size as those imposed on financial institutions/On agreeing to the amendment
May 06, 2010.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 133.
S 3217. (Overhaul of financial regulations) Shelby of Alabama amendment that would replace consumer protection language in a financial overhaul bill with a provision that would grant the FDIC authority over large mortgage originators other than banks/On agreeing to the amendment
May 06, 2010.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 287.
HR 3288. (Fiscal 2010 transportation and housing spending bill) On passing a $122 billion bill that funds federal transportation and housing programs in fiscal 2010/On passing the bill
Sep 17, 2009.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 286.
HR 3288. (Fiscal 2010 transportation and housing spending) Motion to take back unspent economic stimulus funding that is duplicated in the fiscal 2010 transportation and housing spending bill/On the motion
Sep 17, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 283.
HR 3288. (Fiscal 2010 transportation and housing spending) Vitter of Louisiana amendment on New Orleans housing restrictions/On agreeing to the amendment
Sep 17, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 282.
HR 3288. (Fiscal 2010 transportation and housing spending) Motion to rewrite the bill to reduce funding by $12.7 billion/On the motion
Sep 16, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 250.
HR 3357. (Solvency of federal trust funds) Ensign of Nevada amendment that would use $7.5 billion in unspent economic stimulus funding to replenish the unemployment trust fund/On agreeing to the amendment
Jul 30, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 183.
S 896. (Housing loans modification) Motion to preserve an amendment that would create a program to sell federal properties that were not being used/On the motion
May 06, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 182.
S 896. (Housing loans modification) Kerry of Massachusetts amendment that would allow tenants in foreclosed buildings remain in their homes for the duration of their leases, or for 90 days if they didn’t have a lease/On agreeing to the amendment
May 06, 2009.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 179.
S 896. (Housing loans modification) Thune of South Dakota amendment that would prohibit the Treasury Department from reusing funds returned by financial institutions as part of the housing bailout/On agreeing to the amendment
May 05, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 178.
S 896. (Housing loans modification) Corker of Tennessee amendment that would require lenders participating in mortgage modification programs to consider all mitigation efforts before they can qualify for protection from investor lawsuits/On agreeing to the amendment
May 05, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 177.
S 896. (Housing loans modification) Vitter of Louisiana amendment that would establish that the Federal Housing Administration’s primary responsibility is to maintain its own solvency/On agreeing to the amendment
May 04, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 174.
S 896. (Housing loans modification) Durbin of Illinois amendment that would allow bankruptcy judges to reduce principal and interest rates on certain mortgages/On agreeing to the amendment
Apr 30, 2009.
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Y |
Y |
L |
Roll Call 134.
S Con Res 13. (Fiscal 2010 budget resolution) Vitter of Louisiana amendment that would provide for the remaining mortgage buyout money be recovered, except for $100 billion/On agreeing to the amendment
Apr 02, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 133.
S Con Res 13. (Fiscal 2010 budget resolution) Reed of Rhode Island amendment that would allow for legislation stipulating that the remaining money set aside by the stimulus law for mortgage relief would be used to help save homes and small businesses/On agreeing to the amendment
Apr 02, 2009.
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Y |
Y |
W |
All votes listed below this point were cast while this member served in the House of
Representatives prior to becoming a senator. These House votes are not included in our
calculation of either the member's Crucial Lifetime Progressive score or Overall Lifetime
Progressive score in this category; those scores are based only on the votes the member
has taken while serving in the Senate.
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Roll Call 27.
H J Res 3. (Resolution nullifying part of the financial bailout money) On passing a resolution that would prevent the release of $350 billion in financial bailout money/On the resolution
Jan 22, 2009.
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Y |
N |
L |
Roll Call 26.
HR 384. (Mortgage-backed securities buyout conditions) On passing a bill to set certain conditions on the use of $350 billion allocated to buy certain mortgage assets/On passing the bill
Jan 21, 2009.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 25.
HR 384. (Mortgage-backed securities buyout conditions) Motion to rewrite a mortgage bailout bill to add language requiring a plan to be developed to repay all assistance provided under the bill/On the motion
Jan 21, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 24.
HR 384. (Mortgage-backed securities buyout conditions) Motion to kill an attempt to appeal the chairman’s ruling on whether a bill should be rewritten to add language transferring money into Social Security trust funds/On the motion
Jan 21, 2009.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 21.
HR 384. (Mortgage-backed securities buyout conditions) Bachmann of Minnesota amendment that would eliminate proposed changes to and additional funding for a homeowners program/On agreeing to the amendment
Jan 15, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 20.
HR 384. (Mortgage-backed securities buyout conditions) Hensarling of Texas amendment that would remove the authority for the Treasury Department to attend meetings of the board of directors of institutions receiving bailout money /On agreeing to the amendment
Jan 15, 2009.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 19.
HR 384. (Mortgage-backed securities buyout conditions) Frank of Massachusetts amendment that would require some bailout money to be committed for foreclosure mitigation/On agreeing to the amendment
Jan 15, 2009.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 17.
H Res 53. (Mortgage-backed securities buyout conditions) Providing for consideration of a bill that would set new conditions on the use of money to purchase mortgage assets (HR 384)/On passing the bill
Jan 14, 2009.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 392.
HR 1427. (Federal housing financing overhaul), Hensarling of Texas amendment to prevent affordable housing money from being transferred between funds/On agreeing to the amendment
May 22, 2007.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 382.
Federal housing finance overhaul (H.R. 1427)/Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) amendment to require that the amount allocated to the affordable housing fund not exceed the amount allocated in the preceding year if in that year the federal government had a budget deficit and borrowed against the Social Security trust fund
May 17, 2007.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 380.
Federal housing finance overhaul (H.R. 1427)/ Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) amendment to require a study on the effects the contributions to the affordable housing fund would have on the cost of mortgages to homebuyers and suspend the program if the program served to increase the costs of mortgages
May 17, 2007.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 379.
Federal housing finance overhaul (H.R. 1427)/ Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) amendment to suspend contributions to the affordable housing fund if the payments contribute to an increase in mortgage costs
May 17, 2007.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 378.
Federal housing finance overhaul (H.R. 1427)/Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) amendment to strike a provision creating an affordable housing fund
May 17, 2007.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 205.
H.R. 835 (Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act)/On passage
Mar 28, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 192.
H. Res. 269, providing for consideration of H.R. 835 (Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act)/On agreeing to the resolution
Mar 27, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 173.
H.R. 835, Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act/On motion to suspend the rules and pass
Mar 21, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
L |
Roll Call 170.
H.R. 1227, Al Green of Texas amendment to allow low-income residents in areas affected by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes to receive Section 8 housing grants/Revote on agreeing to the amendment
Mar 21, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 168.
H R 1227. Neugebauer of Texas Amendment to delete provision in Gulf Coast housing relief bill that would give families receiving temporary disaster vouchers Section 8 vouchers instead/On agreeing to the amendment
Mar 21, 2007.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 167.
Motion to allow Taylor of Mississippi to participate in floor debate for the rest of the day after a ruling that he had impugned another Member's character
Mar 21, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 166.
H.R. 1227, Al Green of Texas amendment to allow low-income residents in areas affected by the 2005 hurricanes along the Gulf Coast to receive Section 8 housing grants/On agreeing to the amendment
Mar 20, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 165.
H.R. 1227, Biggert of Illinois amendment to limit the number public house units to be rebuilt to the number that were occupied before Hurricane Katrina/On agreeing to the amendment
Mar 20, 2007.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 160.
H. Res. 254, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1227) to assist in the provision of affordable housing to low income families affected by the 2005 hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast/On agreeing to the resolution
Mar 20, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 72.
Fiscal 2007 continuing resolution to fund the federal government (H. J. Res. 20)/On passage
Jan 31, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 71.
Fiscal 2007 continuing resolution to fund the federal government (H. J. Res. 20)/Motion to recommit to the Appropriations Committee with instructions to cut more than $500 million for various projects and increase funding by $275 million for military housing, $50 million to combat illicit drugs, $86 million for military construction and family housing and direct $178 million toward deficit reduction
Jan 31, 2007.
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N |
N |
W |
Roll Call 70.
Fiscal 2007 continuing resolution to fund the federal government (H. J. Res. 20)/Democratic motion to table (kill) an appeal to the ruling of the chair against a Republican point of order against the bill on grounds that it violates House rules
Jan 31, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 69.
Fiscal 2007 continuing resolution to fund the federal government (H. J. Res. 20)/Motion to table (kill) the motion to reconsider
Jan 31, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 68.
Fiscal 2007 continuing resolution to fund the federal government (H. J. Res. 20)/Question of consideration
Jan 31, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 67.
Rules for consideration (H. Res. 116) of the fiscal 2007 continuing resolution to fund the federal government/On passage of the rule
Jan 31, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |
Roll Call 66.
Rules for consideration (H. Res. 116) of the fiscal 2007 continuing resolution to fund the federal government/Motion to order the previous question (end debate and prohibit amendment)
Jan 31, 2007.
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Y |
Y |
W |