Immigration

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Executive Office for Immigration Review relating to "Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals".

On the Motion to Proceed

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services relating to "Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents".

On the Motion to Proceed

To strike the earmark for the Community and Training Center by the New Immigrant Community Empowerment.

On the Motion to Table

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".

On the Joint Resolution

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".

On the Motion to Proceed

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Record of Decision for the Barred Owl Management Strategy; Washington, Oregon, and California".

On the Motion to Proceed

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "North Dakota Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan".

On the Motion to Proceed

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".

On the Joint Resolution

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment".

On the Motion to Proceed

Brian Nesvik, of Wyoming, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

On the Nomination

Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service

On the Nomination

Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service

On the Cloture Motion

Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security

On the Cloture Motion

Scott Kupor, of California, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years

On the Cloture Motion

Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

On the Cloture Motion

Eric Matthew Ueland, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget

On the Cloture Motion

James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget

On the Nomination

Aaron Reitz, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General vice Hampton Y. Dellinger

On the Cloture Motion

James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget

On the Cloture Motion

Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget

On the Nomination

Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget

On the Cloture Motion

Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget

On the Motion to Proceed

To include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention.

On the Amendment

A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.

On the Cloture Motion

To expand the list of criminal offenses that subject inadmissible aliens to mandatory detention.

On the Amendment

A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.

On the Motion to Proceed

A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.

On the Cloture Motion

To transfer funding to the Special Diabetes Program for Indians and the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program within the Indian Health Service from funding for federal land acquisition.

Congressional Vote

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 5280, CONGRESS BICENTENNIAL COINS, TO AUTHORIZE THE TREASURY TO MINT COINS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BICENTENNIAL OF CONGRESS. MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.

Congressional Vote

TO AMEND HR 4222, LEGALIZATION APPLICATION EXTENSION, TO GRANT AN EXTENSION ONLY FOR THOSE ALIENS WITH "GOOD CAUSE" FOR MISSING THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE.

Congressional Vote

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 285, ALIEN CREWMEMBER STATUS, TO PROHIBIT TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OF NON-IMMIGRANT ALIENS DURING LABOR DISPUTES. MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.

Congressional Vote

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADOPT H CON RES 186, BERLIN WALL, A RESOLUTION URGING GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CHIEF OF STATE ERICH HONECKER TO PERMANENTLY REPEAL THE ORDER DIRECTING EAST GERMAN BORDER GUARDS TO SHOOT TO KILL ANYONE WHO, WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, ATTEMPTS TO CROSS THE BERLIN WALL AND ISSUE AN ORDER TO TEAR DOWN THE BERLIN WALL. MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.

Congressional Vote

TO PASS HR 618, DISPLACED SALVADORANS AND NICARAGUANS, A BILL TO SUSPEND DEPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM EL SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS CONDITIONS ALLOW THEM TO RETURN TO THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY. WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES, THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR MOST FORMS OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.

Congressional Vote

TO ADOPT H RES 592, THE RULE WAIVING CERTAIN POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S 1200, AN IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL.

Congressional Vote

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 5559, A BILL TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY LAWS. (MOTION FAILED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT NOT VOTING IN FAVOR.)

Congressional Vote

TO AMEND IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H J RES 601, TO GIVE $27 MILLION IN HUMANITARIAN AID TO NICARAGUAN REFUGEES, TO PROHIBIT DIRECT AID TO THE CONTRAS UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER SEPT. 1, 1986, AND TO CREATE A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CONTADORA TO REPORT RESULTS ON PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BY SEPT. 1, 1986.

Congressional Vote

TO APPROVE THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H R 2419. THE REPORT APPROPRIATES FUNDS TO AGENCIES INVOLVED IN INTELLIGENCE; CLARIFIES CERTAIN POLICIES ON AID TO THE CONTRAS; HASTENS THE GRANT OF CITIZENSHIP TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE AGENTS; PERMITS THE CIA, OPM AND DOD TO ACCESS STATE AND LOCAL CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR SECURITY CHECKS; AND GIVES THE PERSONNEL OF THE CIA WHO WORK ABROAD AT DANGEROUS POSTS THE SAME RETIREMENT CREDITS THAT FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS HAVE.

Congressional Vote

TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H. J. RES. 247, A MEASURE PROVIDING UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO FOSTER PEACE AND NURTURE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AMERICA. THE HAMILTON SUBSTITUTE PROVIDES $10 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO NICARAGUAN REFUGEES TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE RED CROSS OR THE UNITED NATIONS, AND $4 MILLION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CONTADORA PEACE AGREEMENT. (MOTION PASSED)

TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H. J. RES. 247, A MEASURE PROVIDING UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO FOSTER PEACE AND NURTURE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AMERICA. THE HAMILTON SUBSTITUTE PROVIDES $10 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO NICARAGUAN REFUGEES TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE RED CROSS OR THE UNITED NATIONS, AND $4 MILLION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CONTADORA PEACE AGREEMENT. (MOTION PASSED)

Congressional Vote

TO AMEND THE HAMILTON SUBSTITUTE FOR H. J. RES. 247 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. H. J. RES. 247 PROVIDES UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO FOSTER PEACE AND NURTURE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AMERICA. THE HAMILTON SUBSTITUTE PROVIDES $10 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO NICARAGUAN REFUGEES TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE RED CROSS OR THE UNITED NATIONS, AND $4 MILLION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CONTADORA PEACE AGREEMENT. THE MICHEL AMENDMENT PROVIDES $14 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE CONTRAS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. (MOTION FAILED)

Congressional Vote

TO REFER H RES 97 TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION. H RES 97 PERTAINS TO THE SEATING OF RICHARD D. MCINTYRE. (MOTION PASSED)

TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H RES 2, A MEASURE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF OFFICE TO MEMBER-ELECT STALLINGS OF IDAHO. (MOTION PASSED)

Congressional Vote

TO AMEND H.R. 1510 TO ADD A NEW PROVISION CLARIFYING THE STANDARD FOR CONTINUOUS PHYSICAL PRESENCE TO BE USED IN THE SUSPENSION OF THE DEPORTATION. (MOTION PASSED)

Congressional Vote

TO AGREE TO H. RES. 519, THE RULE UNDER WHICH H.R. 1510 IS TO BE CONSIDERED. H.R. 1510 REVISES AND REFORMS THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. (MOTION PASSED)

Congressional Vote

TO AMEND H.R. 1983 WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE GONZALEZ SUBSTITUTE TO THE WYLIE AMENDMENT. H.R. 1983 AMENDS CERTAIN HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAWS SO AS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE TO HOMEOWNERS AND EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS. THE WYLIE AMENDMENT DIRECTS FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ENCOURAGE MARKET INCENTIVES TO FACILITATE FOREBEARANCE AND TO PREVENT FORECLOSURES; REMOVES LANGUAGE MANDATING A MORATORIUM ON FARMERS HOME LOANS AND RETAINS THE PRESENT LANGUAGE IN THE LAW AND ENCOURAGES THE SECRETARY TO PROVIDE A MORATORIUM ON PAYMENTS OF MORTAGE AND INTEREST FOR BORROWERS IN NEED BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL; RETAINS THE $100 MILLION EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS PROVISION; AND STRIKES $760 MILLION ADMINISTRATIVE BAILOUT TO THE MORTAGE LENDERS PROGRAM. THE GONZALEZ SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT PROVIDES FOR AN ASSETS TEST TO LIMIT ASSISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYED FAMILIES WHOSE AVERAGE AGGREGATE INCOME OVER 3 YEARS DOES NOT EXCEED $20,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR OF WHOSE ASSETS, EXCLUDING FAMILY RESIDENCE, CAR, $5,000 IN HOUSEHOLDS GOODS AND JOB-RELATED EQUIPMENT, CANNOT EXCEED $10,000; NO ASSISTANCE COULD GO TO INDIVIDUALS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT IS VOLUNTARY OR IS A RESULT OF THEIR OWN MISCONDUCT; THAT THE HOMEOWNER AND LENDER MUST ATTEMPT A WORKOUT ON THE MORTAGE DELINQUENCY BEFOR A HOMEOWNER CAN SEEK ASSISTANCE; AND THAT HUD ASSURES A REASONABLE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS AMONG AREAS OF THE COUNTRY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, HIGH DELINQUENCIES AND FORECLOSURES. THE ROEMER AMENDMENT IS A RESTATEMENT OF THE WYLIE AMENDMENT. (MOTION FAILED)