Here is how members of Maryland's delegation on Capitol Hill were recorded on selected roll-call votes last week:
Y: YES N: NO X: NOT VOTING
HOUSE: COMMITTEE BUDGET
By a 421-6 vote, the House approved a committee budget of $156.3 million for the two-year span of the 104th Congress, about 30 percent below comparable 103rd Congress levels. The lower spending results mainly from a cut of more than 600 committee staff positions.
?3 A yes vote approved the House committee budget.
N X Member
Y * * Ehrlich, Robert, R-2nd
Y * * Hoyer, Steny H., D-5th
Y * * Bartlett, Roscoe G., R-6th
Y * * Wynn, Albert R., D-4th
Y * * Cardin, Benjamin L., D-3rd
Y * * Mfume, Kweisi, D-7th
Y * * Gilchrest, Wayne T., R-1st
Y * * Morella, Constance A., R-8th
HOUSE: FEDERAL MANDATES
By a 394-28 vote, the House sent President Clinton the conference report on a bill (S 1) discouraging Congress from imposing mandates on nonfederal governments without also providing money to cover compliance costs.
A yes vote was to send the Contract With America bill to the
White House.
Y N X Member
Y * * Ehrlich, Robert, R-2nd
Y * * Hoyer, Steny H., D-5th
Y * * Bartlett, Roscoe G., R-6th
Y * * Wynn, Albert R., D-4th
Y * * Cardin, Benjamin L., D-3rd
Y * * Mfume, Kweisi, D-7th
Y * * Gilchrest, Wayne T., R-1st
Y * * Morella, Constance A., R-8th
HOUSE: PUBLIC BROADCASTING
The House rejected, 72 for and 350 against, an amendment to HR 1158 inflicting still deeper cuts on public broadcasting.
C7 A yes vote was for deeper public broadcasting cuts.
Y N X Member
* N * Ehrlich, Robert, R-2nd
* N * Hoyer, Steny H., D-5th
Y * * Bartlett, Roscoe G., R-6th
* N * Wynn, Albert R., D-4th
* N * Cardin, Benjamin L., D-3rd
* N * Mfume, Kweisi, D-7th
* N * Gilchrest, Wayne T., R-1st
* N * Morella, Constance A., R-8th
HOUSE: CUTTING OSHA
The House voted 254-168 to enlarge Occupational Safety and Health Administration cuts in HR 1158 from $16.2 million to $19.6 million. The intent is to kill planned "ergonomics" regulation of office working conditions, including scrutiny of repetitive keyboard motions linked to wrist disorders.
4( A yes vote was for deeper OSHA cuts.
N X Member
Y * * Ehrlich, Robert, R-2nd
* N * Hoyer, Steny H., D-5th
Y * * Bartlett, Roscoe G., R-6th
* N * Wynn, Albert R., D-4th
* N * Cardin, Benjamin L., D-3rd
* N * Mfume, Kweisi, D-7th
Y * * Gilchrest, Wayne T., R-1st
* N * Morella, Constance A., R-8th
SENATE: FUNDING ISSUE
By a 91-9 vote, the Senate approved the conference report on a bill (S 1) making it more difficult for Washington to impose expensive requirements on state and local governments without providing money to cover the cost of compliance (see issue above).
4 A yes vote was to approve the conference report.
Y N X Member
Y * * Mikulski, Barbara A., D
* N * Sarbanes, Paul S., D
SENATE: STRIKER REPLACEMENT
Republicans failed to block President Clinton's newly announced ban on large government contracts with companies that
permanently replace striking workers. On a vote of 58-39, they vTC fell short of the three-fifths majority (60 votes) needed to silence a Democratic filibuster in support of the executive order.
:. A yes vote opposed the presidential order.
Y N X Member
* N * Mikulski, Barbara A., D
* N * Sarbanes, Paul S., D
SENATE: BUDGET ISSUE
By a 97-3 vote, the Senate passed a bill appropriating $1.9 billion for unanticipated Pentagon expenses, including higher-than-expected costs of U.S. participation in international peacekeeping missions such as in Haiti.
0$ A yes vote was to pass the bill.
N X Member
Y * * Mikulski, Barbara A., D
Y * * Sarbanes, Paul S., D
