| 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. Sen. Orrin Hatch voted YES ......send e-mail or see bio Sen. Robert Bennett voted YES ......send e-mail or see bio 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. Sen. Orrin Hatch voted NO ......send e-mail or see bio Sen. Robert Bennett voted NO ......send e-mail or see bio |
| Recent House Votes |
| Improving Head Start Act - Vote Passed (381-36, 15 Not Voting) This House bill boosts funding for the Head Start program. Rep. Rob Bishop voted YES ......send e-mail or see bio 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. Rep. Rob Bishop voted Not Voting ......send e-mail or see bio 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. Rep. Rob Bishop voted NO ......send e-mail or see bio 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. Rep. Rob Bishop voted NO ......send e-mail or see bio 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. Rep. Rob Bishop voted NO ......send e-mail or see bio 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. Rep. Rob Bishop voted NO ......send e-mail or see bio |