Congressional Votes
Votes tagged as "Limited Government" | 203
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90
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33
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94
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54
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48
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202
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80
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35
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99
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72
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691
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59
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49
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52
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47
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86
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13
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101
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45
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268
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36
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153
FISA Reauthorization
Would extend for three years the expiration date of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
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Constitutional Vote: No
FISA Extension
Would extend by 45 days the expiration date of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Housing
Would expand federal involvement in housing.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Repealing Energy-efficiency Programs
Would repeal three federal energy-efficiency programs and rescind about $300 million designated for them.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Repealing Weapon Regulations and Taxes
Would exempt "less-than-lethal projectile devices," including certain Tasers, from federal gun-control regulations and taxes.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Ban Funding for “Kill-switch” Mandate
Would protect Americans from a requirement that new passenger motor vehicles be equipped with "advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention technology."
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Appropriations
Would appropriate $187 billion in total funding for select federal agencies in fiscal 2026.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$1,373.00/year
Appropriations
Would appropriate $187 billion in total funding for select federal agencies in fiscal 2026.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$1,373.00/year
ObamaCare Subsidy Extension
Would extend enhanced ObamaCare subsidies by an additional three years.
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Constitutional Vote: No
ObamaCare Subsidy Extension
Extends enhanced ObamaCare subsidies by an additional three years.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$124.00/year
China-funded Schools
This bill stops the U.S. government from giving money to any public grade school or high school that gets support from the Chinese government.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Alaska Petroleum Reserve Rule
Overturns a 2022 Bureau of Land Management rule for the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Alaska Petroleum Reserve Rule
Overturns a 2022 Bureau of Land Management rule for the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Federal Reserve Interest Payments
Prohibits any Federal Reserve bank from paying interest on reserve balances that are maintained at a Federal Reserve bank by or on behalf of a big bank or another depository institution.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Presidential Appointment Powers
Abolishes the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, allows the U.S. president to nominate D.C. judges without its involvement, and transfers authority to appoint chief judges from the commission to the president.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Free Speech
Prohibits the Defense Department from, in its military recruitment advertising, entering into contracts with "fact-checking" entities.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Defund Renewable-energy Office
Strikes all funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$14.00/year
GENIUS Act
Imposes new federal regulations on cryptocurrency stablecoins.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$0.02/year
Central Bank Digital Currency
Prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Fiscal 2025 Rescissions
Rescinds $9 billion in funding previously appropriated by Congress for fiscal 2025.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$71.00/year
Ending “Green” Subsidies
Ends federal tax credits for projects utilizing battery and energy-storage technologies.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
GENIUS Act
Imposes new federal regulations on cryptocurrency stablecoins.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$0.02/year
Fiscal 2025 Rescissions
Rescinds $9.4 billion in funding previously appropriated by Congress for fiscal 2025.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$71.00/year
Appliance Efficiency Regulations
Overturns a Department of Energy rule imposing new efficiency-standard certification, labeling, and enforcement requirements for dozens of appliances.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Event-ticket Pricing
Imposes federal regulations on ticket sellers.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$0.03/year
Water-heater Rule
Would overturn a 2024 Department of Energy rule, titled "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters," that imposed new requirements on gas-fired instantaneous water heaters and effectively banned the sale of non-condensing models.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Minimum-wage Increase
During consideration of a budget resolution for fiscal 2025 (House Concurrent Resolution 14), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) offered an amendment to increase the federal minimum wage to at least $17 an hour over five years.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Emissions Research
Representative Brian Babin (R-Texas) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1534, the "Innovative Mitigation Partnerships for Asphalt and Concrete Technologies (IMPACT) Act," which would authorize the Department of Energy to fund research and development partnerships focused on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from asphalt and concrete production.
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Constitutional Vote: No
EPA Emissions Rule
Overturns an EPA rule that imposed annual fees on oil and gas facilities that emit methane above certain thresholds.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$0.05/year
EPA Emissions Rule
Overturns an EPA rule that imposed annual fees on oil and gas facilities that emit methane above certain thresholds.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$0.05/year
Fracking
Would prohibit the president from declaring a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) unless authorized by an act of Congress.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Conservation Programs
Reauthorizes a federal conservation program (the Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003) through fiscal 2030.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$0.45/year
Conservation Programs
Representative Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass S. 3791, the "America's Conservation Enhancement Reauthorization Act of 2024," which would reauthorize multiple conservation and wildlife programs through fiscal 2030.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Education Department Title IX Rule
Overturns Education Department rules that promoted far-left social policies at colleges and universities.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Climate-change Executive Orders
Representative Chip Roy (R-Texas) offered an amendment to prohibit funds authorized by this bill from being used to implement President Joe Biden's climate-change executive orders, which focused on tackling "climate change," promoting "clean energy," "conserving" natural resources, "improving" refugee programs, boosting domestic semiconductor production, and ensuring "environmental justice" for "underserved communities."
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Consumer Furnaces Rule
Senate Joint Resolution 58 would reverse a December 2023 Department of Energy rule setting stricter energy-efficiency standards for non-weatherized and mobile-home gas furnaces at 95-percent annual fuel utilization efficiency.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Federal Police Grants
Representative Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) made a motion to suspend the rules and pass S. 546, the "Recruit and Retain Act," which expands the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) federal grant program intended to support the recruitment efforts of law-enforcement agencies, including local police, throughout the country.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Carbon Sequestration
Expands the Department of Energy's carbon-storage program to include carbon-sequestration projects.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$0.24/year
FISA Reauthorization
Would reauthorize for two years, until 2026, Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which governs electronic surveillance of foreign terrorism suspects.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Surveilling U.S. Citizens
Prohibits federal officials from requesting orders under FISA to surveil U.S. persons, among other provisions.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
EPA Tailpipe Emissions Rule
Prohibits the use of fiscal 2024 funding to implement or enforce EPA rules on tailpipe emissions for vehicles.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
FISA Reauthorization
Would reauthorize for two years, until 2026, Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which governs electronic surveillance of foreign terrorism suspects.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Free Speech
Prohibits funds from being used by the federal government to label speech as "disinformation or misinformation" or to coerce online platforms to censor such speech.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Federal Reserve Activities
Prohibits the Federal Reserve from purchasing or selling the debt of any state or municipality.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Student Loan Repayment Rule
Formally disapproves of an unconstitutional Department of Education rule to repay and forgive student loans.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$1,187.00/year
Defunding OSHA
Defunds the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$4.08/year
IRS Firearms and Ammunition
Strikes all funding for firearms and ammunition for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Defunding “Kill-switch” Mandate
Defunds the federal "kill-switch" surveillance mandate for all new passenger vehicles.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$3.00/year
National Monument Declarations
Although the Founding Fathers did not envision the federal government indefinitely "owning" 30 percent of the land area of the states as it now does, they did grant Congress, not the president, the "Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States" (Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution). As to whether the federal government has the right to ownership and control of a large percentage of the land area of the states for an indefinite period of time, here's Founding Father Thomas Jefferson's answer in his Kentucky Resolutions of 1798: "The several states composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes, delegated to that Government certain definite powers, reserving each state to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self Government; and that whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force."
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Mask Mandates
The federal government has no authority under the Constitution to impose mask mandates.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Electronic Identification Ear Tag Mandate
The federal government has no authority under the Constitution to regulate agriculture. Furthermore, Hageman's amendment would push back against the United Nations' Agenda 2030, which is inherently contrary to the Constitution. Congress should eliminate all federal involvement in agriculture.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Covid Vaccine Mandates
It is unconstitutional to force vaccinations on people.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
FAA Reauthorization
Reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through fiscal year 2028, and increases funding to the agency.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$872.00/year
ATF Firearm Brace Rule
Formally disapproves of an unconstitutional ATF rule expanding the definition of a "short-barreled rifle."
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$4.00/year
EPA Truck Emissions Rule (Veto Override)
The federal government has no authority under the Constitution to implement environmental regulations. Furthermore, the EPA's rule feeds right into the climate-change hoax and, by extension, the UN's Agenda 2030, and would impose onerous regulations on businesses.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Equal Rights Amendment
The claim that the ERA is a "valid … part of the Constitution" is a sham. When Congress submitted the ERA to the states for ratification in 1972, it set a seven-year ratification period that ended on March 22, 1979. During that period, 35 states ratified the ERA, but four of those states reconsidered and rescinded their ratifications. This left the ERA seven states short of the three-fourths majority (38 states) needed to become part of the Constitution. Prior to the deadline, when it became apparent the 38-state threshold would not be reached, Congress extended the deadline to June 30, 1982. This legally dubious extension caused a fifth state to rescind, and during the extension period no new states ratified. In recent years, three new states have ratified the ERA. But to claim that this makes the ERA part of the Constitution is to ignore the long-expired deadlines, as well as the five states that rescinded.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Federal Air-pollutants Law
Section 115 of the Clean Air Act has for decades served to disguise the federal government's unconstitutional seizure of control over the domestic energy sector - a plan designed to not only erode state sovereignty, but implement United Nations-led global "climate change" policy. The 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution clearly reserves any such regulatory powers to the "States respectively, or to the people," as opposed to unelected, unaccountable foreign bureaucrats.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Federal Water Rule
Both federal water regulations and the EPA are unconstitutional, and if the latest Biden administration rule were allowed to stand, activities such as farming and real estate development would be greatly hampered, since farmers and developers would be subject to increased unconstitutional permit requirements and fines concerning their treatment of almost any body of water, no matter how small.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Terminate Covid-19 National Emergency
It is unconstitutional to suspend the Constitution by declaring national public-health emergencies.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Terminating Department of Education
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Education should be terminated.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$607.00/year
Federal Water Rule
Both federal water regulations and the EPA are unconstitutional, and if the latest Biden administration rule were allowed to stand, activities such as farming and real estate development would be greatly hampered, since farmers and developers would be subject to increased unconstitutional permit requirements and fines concerning their treatment of almost any body of water, no matter how small.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
ESG Fiduciary Rule
Overturns the Labor Department's rule allowing retirement-plan fiduciaries to use ESG.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
ESG Fiduciary Rule
Overturns the Labor Department's rule allowing retirement-plan fiduciaries to use ESG.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Terminate Covid-19 National Emergency
It is unconstitutional to suspend the Constitution by declaring national public-health emergencies.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Forced Vaccinations
Eliminates the Health and Human Services (HHS) Covid-19 vaccine mandate on healthcare providers furnishing items and services in Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Terminate Covid-19 National Emergency
It is unconstitutional to suspend the U.S. Constitution by declaring national public health emergencies.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Inflation Reduction Act
Spends at least $512 billion on multiple unconstitutional and left-wing programs and initiatives.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$4,014.00/year
Targeting Parents as Domestic Terrorists
Congress should ensure that executive branch officials do not abridge parents' freedom of speech or their right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances, which is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Inflation Reduction Act
Spends at least $512 billion on multiple unconstitutional and left-wing programs and initiatives.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$4,014.00/year
Semiconductor Incentives
Spends $54.2 billion on multiple unconstitutional research, development, and manufacturing programs, and authorizes an additional $168.7 billion in spending.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$425.00/year
Semiconductor Incentives
Spends $54.2 billion on multiple unconstitutional research, development, and manufacturing programs, and authorizes an additional $168.7 billion in spending.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$425.00/year
Covid Aid
Unconstitutionally spends $48 billion in grants to small businesses harmed by government Covid restrictions.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$379.00/year
Covid Aid
Unconstitutionally spends $55 billion in grants to small businesses harmed by government Covid restrictions.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$434.00/year
Transportation Mask Mandates
The CDC rule requiring persons to wear masks while on planes, trains, and buses is unconstitutional based on the 10th Amendment.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Vaccine Mandates
Would "prohibit funding for COVID-19 vaccine mandates."
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Omnibus Appropriations
Spends $1.5 trillion on multiple unconstitutional programs and agencies.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$11,830.00/year
Competitiveness Package
Unconstitutionally authorizes $350 billion over five years for federal funding of research and development programs, along with leftist-agenda items.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$2,760.00/year
COVID Vaccine Mandates
The Constitution does not grant the power to any branch of the federal government to force citizens to submit to vaccinations.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Build Back Better
Spends $1.75 trillion on a wide range of left-wing, Great-Reset programs.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$13,258.00/year
Fracking
The federal government should not interfere with energy exploration. Regulation of various industries, such as energy, is not one of the federal government's enumerated powers under the Constitution. Allowing the United States to fully utilize its energy resources would make the country more self-sufficient and potentially create millions of jobs.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
National Science Foundation
Authorizes $77.9 billion for federal funding of science and engineering research and development. Promotes a radical climate-change agenda.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$614.00/year
Research and Development Package
Unconstitutionally authorizes $250 billion over five years for federal funding of research and development programs.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$1,894.00/year
National Monument Water Rights
Would have limited the federal government's unconstitutional authority to reserve water rights when designating a national monument.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Paycheck Protection Program Extension
Extends the Treasury Department's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) from March 31 to June 30, 2021 despite no constitutional authorization.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$114.00/year
Coronavirus Appropriations
Spends $1.9 trillion on unconstitutional programs in the name of coronavirus relief.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$14,106.00/year
Coronavirus Appropriations
Spends $1.9 trillion on unconstitutional programs in the name of coronavirus relief.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$14,106.00/year
Yemen
To advance Senate Joint Res. 54, which would remove U.S. Armed Forces from "hostilities" in Yemen that have "not been authorized by Congress."
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Gray Wolves
Decisions regarding human interaction with various animal species, if handled by government at all, should be handled at the state and local levels. The U.S. Constitution does not give the federal government the authority to declare animals endangered and thus off-limits to hunt or otherwise manage. The growing gray wolf population has been a menace to farmers and ranchers in many states, and farmers are not allowed to protect their own property owing to federal regulations. Working to overturn such regulations is a good thing.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Short-Term Health Insurance Plans
Would nullify the rule from the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and HHS that would expand the duration of short-term health insurance plans.
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Constitutional Vote: No
FAA Reauthorization and Supplemental Disaster Appropriations
Reauthorizes appropriations for the FAA and TSA, as well as $1.7 billion for Hurricane Florence disaster relief.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$13,168.00/year
Tax Cuts
Would make permanent the tax cuts for individuals in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that were set to expire at the end of 2025.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Opioid Abuse Prevention and Health Programs
Expands Medicare and Medicaid to cover medication-assisted treatment for substance abuse.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Appropriations for Defense, Labor-HHS-Education, and Continuing Appropriations
Would provide $855.1 billion in discretionary funding for fiscal 2019.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$10,403.00/year
FAA Reauthorization and Supplemental Disaster Appropriations
Reauthorizes appropriations for the FAA and TSA, as well as $1.7 billion for Hurricane Florence disaster relief.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$13,168.00/year
Appropriations for Defense, Labor-HHS-Education, and Continuing Appropriations
Would provide $855.1 billion in discretionary funding for fiscal 2019.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$10,403.00/year
Opioid Abuse Prevention and Health Programs
Medicare and Medicaid are both unconstitutional programs. The U.S. Constitution gives no authority to the federal government to pay people's medical expenses, no matter how poor or disabled they are. Such assistance should be handled by states, charity, or the free market. Any expansion of Medicare or Medicaid, which is what this bill authorizes, should be voted against.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Planned Parenthood
To prohibit federal funding of Planned Parenthood.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Appropriations for Interior-Environment, Treasury, and Transportation-HUD
Much of this spending falls outside the federal government's constitutionally delegated powers. The unconstitutional spending includes federal social-welfare programs such as food and farm subsidies and housing subsidies (under HUD). Also, lumping multiple appropriations bills together, as opposed to voting on them separately, reduces lawmakers' accountability.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Flood Insurance
The Constitution does not give the federal government authority to get into the insurance business. Having the federal government as an insurer essentially subsidizes risky behavior, such as building in flood-, fire-, and earthquake-prone areas, and forces the taxpayer to pick up the tab. Insurance policies for natural disasters should be offered by private insurers, with the market setting the rates for such coverage.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Spending Cuts
The federal government needs to start reining in climbing federal spending (and deficits) somewhere in order to avert fiscal disaster.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Medical Device Tax Repeal
This particular excise tax was put in place to help pay for an unconstitutional program - the Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare. Repealing part of the funding for such an unconstitutional federal healthcare program is a good thing and should be supported.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Carbon Tax
Declares that a carbon tax would be "detrimental to American families and businesses" and "not in the best interest of the United States."
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Emissions Standards
The Constitution does not authorize the federal government to regulate the environment in general, let alone regulate methane emissions that accompany oil and natural gas production, processing, and distribution.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
NATO
To reaffirm the U.S. commitment to NATO.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Farm and Food Programs
The Constitution does not authorize the federal government to subsidize food or agriculture. Moreover, food subsidies have done little to lift people out of poverty, and farm subsidies have caused market distortions as the government essentially picks winners and losers in the food production industry.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Waters of the United States
To repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's 2015 "Waters of the United States" rule.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Appropriations Cuts
This spending falls outside the scope of constitutionally authorized federal powers, and the federal government needs to start reining in ballooning federal spending (and debt) somewhere in order to avert fiscal disaster. The cuts in this bill comprise only a fraction of one percent of total federal spending, and according to the Congressional Budget Office, most of the unspent funding targeted by the bill would not be spent anyway. Yet modest cuts are better than none at all.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Indefinite Detention
To uphold the right to due process for U.S. citizens and permanent residents on American soil.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Appropriations Cuts
Would cut nearly $15 billion from previously approved, unspent, and wasteful spending.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$118.00/year
Law Enforcement Partnership Grants
Authorizes $50 million a year from 2019-2021 for the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Experimental Drugs
Would allow patients with life-threatening conditions to seek access to experimental drugs directly from a manufacturer without FDA approval.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Raw Milk
The U.S. Constitution does not give the federal government any authority over what foods a person chooses to consume. In other words, it is illegal for the federal government to make raw milk illegal. While the federal government does have authority to "regulate Commerce … among the several States," there is no reason for federal interference in a scenario such as this, where a product is legally sold in each of the states in question.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Waters of the United States
To repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's 2015 "Waters of the United States" rule.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Agricultural Crop Subsidies
Would have phased out agricultural crop subsidies by fiscal year 2030.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Net Neutrality
Regulation of the Internet is not a proper function of the federal government under the Constitution. The new FCC rule under Commissioner Pai was more of a hands-off approach to the Internet, allowing service providers to set their own rules. This is the correct approach, as any provider "throttling" service or overcharging customers will lose business to more competitive providers in a free market setting. Government, in scenarios such as these, will nearly always cause more problems than it claims to attempt to solve. Case in point: Regulations are not always applied equally, as under the Obama FCC rule some sites were forced to "play fair," while some of the big guys, such as Netflix and Google, could still set their own rules.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Omnibus Appropriations
Would provide $1.3 trillion in wasteful and unconstitutional government spending.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$10,189.00/year
Omnibus Appropriations
Would provide $1.3 trillion in wasteful and unconstitutional government spending.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$10,189.00/year
U.S. Military Intervention in Yemen
Would remove U.S. Armed Forces from "hostilities" in Yemen that have "not been authorized by Congress."
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Constitutional Vote: No
School Violence
Would authorize $75 million a year through 2028 for the Justice Department's Secure Our Schools grant program.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Immigration (Sanctuary Cities)
The flood of illegal immigrants into the United States has risen to the level of an invasion swamping our Republic, and political entities that provide sanctuary to illegal aliens in contravention of federal immigration laws should not expect to do so while receiving federal aid.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Warrantless Surveillance
Would reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) through 2023, allowing secret FISA Court-approved surveillance of American citizens.
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Constitutional Vote: No
World Bank
Would authorize $3.29 billion in foreign aid to the World Bank International Development Association.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Warrantless Surveillance
To end NSA collection of communications data that is neither to nor from an approved foreign target, but rather communications "about" a foreign target entirely between American citizens.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Warrantless Surveillance
Would reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) through 2023, allowing secret FISA Court-approved surveillance of American citizens.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Tax Cuts
Would cut the corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent and individual income tax rates through 2025, and effectively eliminate the tax penalty on Americans who do not purchase health insurance.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Tax Cuts
The tax cuts in this bill will keep more money in the hands of American businesses and consumers, where it can be invested into the economy, thus spurring economic growth. Unfortunately, however, the bill does not address federal spending, which needs to be reined in via other legislation.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Death Panel
The Constitution does not authorize the federal government to interfere in healthcare, let alone ration it by deciding who should and should not receive medical care.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Disaster Relief
Federal involvement in natural disaster relief is not only unconstitutional, but also wasteful, inefficient, ineffective, and often harmful. Disaster relief is much better handled by states, counties, and local communities, coupled with volunteer efforts from across the country.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Budget Cut
Would cut $43 billion in federal budget authority in fiscal 2018.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$337.00/year
More Government Healthcare
The U.S. Constitution does not authorize the federal government to get involved in healthcare, and all government meddling causes more healthcare problems, such as rising healthcare costs.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Abortion
Bans abortion when the age of the pre-born baby is 20 weeks or longer.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Home Visitations
Going into homes to check up on the physical, emotional, and economic "wellness" of families not only goes way beyond the few and defined federal powers authorized by the Constitution, but also is part of a dangerous trend of government further interjecting itself into the family.
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Constitutional Vote: No
War Authorization
To repeal, six months after the bill's enactment, the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF).
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Constitutional Vote: No
Fracking
Would effectively prohibit fracking in the Pacific outer continental shelf.
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Constitutional Vote: No
UN Human Rights Agencies
Prohibits the use of federal funds for making contributions to various UN human rights agencies.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Intelligence Authorization
Authorizes classified amounts of funding through fiscal 2018 for 16 U.S. intelligence agencies and intelligence-related activities, including the Office of the National Intelligence Director, the CIA, and the National Security Agency.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea
Would establish new sanctions and expand certain existing sanctions on Russian, Iran, and North Korea.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Repeal of ObamaCare
Would have expired the expansion of Medicaid, prohibited tax credits for healthcare plans that provide abortion coverage, banned federal funds for abortion, and repealed the ObamaCare mandates.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Ozone Standards
This bill provides temporary relief from having to immediately implement the new ozone reduction standards. Ideally, the EPA should be abolished and the Clean Air Act repealed, since both are unconstitutional infringements on state responsibilities.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
NATO
"[S]olemnly reaffirms" the U.S. commitment to NATO based on principle of "collective defense."
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Constitutional Vote: No
NATO
To "affirm" that the U.S. remains "fully committed" to NATO.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations
Would overhaul financial industry regulations and repeal many provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
National Computer Forensics Institute Authorization
Providing federal equipment and training to state and local law-enforcement officers not only is unconstitutional, but also further federalizes the police system.
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Constitutional Vote: No
ObamaCare Replacement
Would retain much of ObamaCare under the guise of "repeal and replace."
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Constitutional Vote: No
Omnibus Appropriations
Would provide $1.16 trillion in discretionary appropriations through September 30, 2017.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$9,190.00/year
Omnibus Appropriations
Would provide $1.16 trillion in wasteful and unconstitutional government spending over the span of just under five months.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$9,190.00/year
Federal Family Planning
Would nullify a HHS rule that prevents states that distribute federal family planning funding from prohibiting receipt of funds by abortion providers, such as Planned Parenthood.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Montenegro NATO Membership
The United States should stay clear of entangling alliances such as NATO. Moreover, NATO also obligates that the United States go to war if any member of NATO is attacked, which undermines the provision in the U.S. Constitution that assigns to Congress the power to declare war. Montenegro, which was part of communist Yugoslavia during the Cold War era, is now one of 28 countries the United States is obligated to defend under NATO.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Homeland Security Defense of Agriculture
This bill expands the "War on Terror" to include the fictitious and non-existent threat of "agro-terrorism" in the American homeland, thereby further interjecting the U.S. government into the agriculture sector, despite the absence of any constitutional power to manage this or any other sector of the American economy.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Predator Control
Since the power of wildlife management was not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, it is reserved to Alaska and the other 49 states according to the 10th Amendment.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Veteran Gun Purchases
Prohibits the U.S. government from preventing individuals from purchasing a gun simply by claiming the individual is "mentally incompetent."
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Predator Control
This legislation reaffirms Alaska's sovereign power to manage its wildlife. Since the power of wildlife management was not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, it is reserved to Alaska and the other 49 states according to the 10th Amendment.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Federal Family Planning
This bill limits the power of an unconstitutional federal government agency. The U.S. Constitution does not authorize the federal government to get involved in healthcare, much less establish a Department of Health and Human Services, so any attempt to limit the power of an unconstitutional federal agency is a step in the right direction.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Firearms Purchases
Would nullify a Social Security rule that outlines reporting information on individuals to the FBI's firearm background checks system (NICS).
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Stream Protection Rule
Would nullify the "Stream Protection Rule" issued in 2016 by the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Stream Protection Rule
Would nullify the "Stream Protection Rule" issued in 2016 by the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Federal Funding for Abortion
Would prohibit both federal funds and the District of Columbia's funds from being used to pay for abortions.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
The rapid projected growth in future spending for social "entitlement" programs under current law is unsustainable due to both the declining ratio between workers and Social Security recipients, and also the fact that people are living longer. Plus, there is no constitutional authorization for these programs. Those who genuinely want to help the needy should recognize that the best way to do it is to phase out government social-welfare programs in favor of private alternatives.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Balancing the Budget
Would remove $9.7 trillion worth of new debt and balance the budget by 2024.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Benefit per household: +$76,027.00/year
Major Regulations
Would require congressional approval before any "major rule" issued by an executive branch agency could go into effect.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Electronic Surveillance
Would allow electronic surveillance of communications with suspected terrorists without first obtaining approval from the secret FISA Court.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Gun Seizure
Would prohibit the confiscation of firearms in the wake of a natural disaster.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Firearm Seizure
Would prohibit any Homeland Security funds from being used to seize lawfully owned firearms during a state of emergency.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Iraq Troop Withdrawal
Would require a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by July 2007.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
National Debt Limit
Would increase the national debt limit to $8.97 trillion.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$6,828.00/year
Patriot Act Reauthorization
Would reauthorize the unconstitutional and so-called Patriot Act.
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Constitutional Vote: No
U.S. Treasury Borrowing
To "eliminate the ability of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to borrow from the Treasury."
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Abortion
To repeal the rule prohibiting U.S. foreign aid from going to organizations that provide or promote abortions.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Marriage Protection Act
Would protect marriage from judicial activism by restricting the federal courts as opposed to amending the Constitution.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Continuity of Congress
Would require special elections to be held within 45 days to fill vacant House seats in the extraordinary circumstance of more than 100 vacancies.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Fiscal 2005 Budget Resolution
Would establish broad spending and revenue targets over the next five years, for a total budget of $2.4 trillion.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$21,429.00/year
Fiscal 2005 Budget Resolution
Would establish broad spending and revenue targets over the next five years, for a total budget of $2.4 trillion.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$21,429.00/year
Assault Weapons Ban
Would provide for a 10-year reauthorization of the so-called assault weapons ban.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Prescription Drug Benefit
Would create a prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$3,543.00/year
Prescription Drug Benefit
Would create a prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$3,543.00/year
Data Mining
Would require each federal agency or department engaged in data mining to submit a public report to Congress.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
Would ban partial-birth abortions.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Ban on UN Contributions
Would prohibit funding for any U.S. contribution to the United Nations or any UN-affiliated agency.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Roe v. Wade Support
Declares that the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade secures an "important constitutional right" and "should not be overturned."
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Constitutional Vote: No
War Authorization Against Iraq
Authorizes the use of U.S. military force against Iraq, including to enforce any related UN Security Council resolutions.
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Constitutional Vote: No
War Authorization Against Iraq
Authorizes the use of U.S. military force against Iraq, including to enforce any related UN Security Council resolutions.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
Would ban one type of abortion, known as partial-birth abortion.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Debt Limit
Would increase the public debt limit by $450 billion for a new ceiling of $6.4 trillion.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$4,117.00/year
Debt Limit Increase
Would increase the public debt limit by $450 billion for a new ceiling of $6.4 trillion.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$4,117.00/year
Illegal Aliens
Would allow certain illegal immigrants to remain in this country while applying for legal residency.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Education
Would, as the "No Child Left Behind Act," overhaul education proposals to increase school accountability and reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) for six years.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$1,248.00/year
Education
Would, as the "No Child Left Behind Act," overhaul education proposals to increase school accountability and reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) for six years.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Cost per household: -$1,248.00/year
Anti-Terrorism Authority
Would create the "USA Patriot Act," giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies vast new powers to combat terrorism.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Anti-Terrorism Authority
Would create the "USA Patriot Act," giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies vast new powers to combat terrorism.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Gun Buyback Programs
To make available $15 million for "gun buyback initiatives."
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Constitutional Amendment to Allow Federal Regulation of Political Speech
Would adopt a constitutional amendment to give Congress "power to set reasonable limits" on federal campaign contributions and expenditures.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Ban on FDA Approval of Abortion Pill
Would prohibit the FDA from using funds to test or approve for use the abortion pill RU-486, also known as mifepristone.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Federalizing "Hate Crimes" Related to "Gender" and "Sexual Orientation"
To add "gender," "sexual orientation" and "disability" to the list of federally designated victim groups protected under "Hate Crimes" law.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Tax Code Abolishment
Would abolish the tax code, excepting Social Security and Medicare provisions, by December 31, 2004.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Expanding the Welfare State
Would provide $385 billion to provide five regular annual appropriations bills (District of Columbia, Labor/HHS/Education, Foreign Operations, Commerce/Justice/State/Judiciary, and Interior)
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Constitutional Vote: No
Welfare State Expansion
Would provide $385 billion to provide five regular annual appropriations bills (District of Columbia, Labor/HHS/Education, Foreign Operations, Commerce/Justice/State/Judiciary, and Interior)
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Constitutional Vote: No
Validating Roe v. Wade
Declares that "Roe v. Wade was an appropriate decision," that giving mothers the ability to kill their babies in utero "secures an important constitutional right," and that Roe "should not be overturned."
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Constitutional Vote: No
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Would ban the testing of nuclear weapons by the United States.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Gun Control, H.R. 2122
Would clamp down on gun sales at gun shows.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Freedom of Religion, Amendment to H.R. 1501
Would allow the several States to decide whether or not to display the Ten Commandments on or within publicly owned property.
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Constitutional Vote: Yes
Federal Funding of Local Police, Amendment to S. 254
Would authorize $1.5 billion a year through fiscal 2005 for community policing programs.
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Constitutional Vote: No
Increased Gun Control, Amendment to S. 254
Would provide for "gun law enforcement, enhanced penalties, and facilitation of background checks at gun shows."
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Constitutional Vote: No
Authorizing U.S. Peacekeeping in Kosovo, House Concurrent Resolution 42
Would authorize the President to "deploy United States Armed Forces personnel to Kosovo as part of a NATO peacekeeping operation implementing a Kosovo peace agreement."
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Constitutional Vote: No