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Supreme Court Extends Gun Rights To States ‎

The Second Amendment’s guarantee of an individual right to bear arms applies to state and local gun control laws, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, June 28, in 5-to-4 decision. The Second Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, originally restricted only the power of the federal government. The Supreme Court later ruled that most but not all of the protections of the Bill of Rights applied to the states under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment, one of the post-Civil War amendments. Obama was not one of the 55 senators (including Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Russell Feingold and eight other Democrats) who signed a brief arguing the 2nd Amendment protects an individual right and that the DC gun ban was unconstitutional.

Here’s the Chicago Tribune, October 8, 2004:

In 2001, Obama was one of just nine senators to vote against a bill that toughened penalties for violent crimes committed during gang activity. Obama said the law did not clearly define a gang member and he questioned why lawmakers were targeting Hispanics and blacks for stiffer sentences.

Two years earlier, after the Columbine High School shootings in Colorado, Obama voted “present” on a bill requiring juveniles to be prosecuted as adults for firing a firearm on or near school property.

Obama also voted against a bill permitting gun owners to claim self-defense when using a gun in their homes if the local community bans the use of handguns. Obama said municipalities should control local gun regulations, not the state.

“That law eviscerated anti-handgun ordinances in some communities,” Obama said. “The way I feel, Wilmette should not determine Mattoon’s firearms ordinances and Mattoon should not determine Wilmette’s.”

Associated Press, Sept. 11, 2004:

-Voted ‘No’ on letting people claim a self-defense protection in court for using a gun in their homes despite local weapons bans. (SB2165, 2004)

-Voted ‘Yes’ on letting retired police and military police carry concealed weapons. (SB2188, 2004)

Chicago Tribune, August 20, 2004:

Last week, Obama won the endorsement of the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police. Union officials cited Obama’s longtime support of gun-control measures and his willingness to negotiate compromises on bills backed or opposed by the FOP.

Support for gun control in America has been steadily dropping. Currently, the American public strongly opposes attempts to ban gun ownership, and is divided on attempts to limit gun ownership. A 2008 Gallup poll revealed that 28% of the population supported a total ban on handguns — the lowest level since the poll was first taken in 1959 (when support for a total ban was 60% of the population). This same poll revealed that 49% of Americans in 2008 preferred more restrictive gun laws, compared to 78% when the question was first asked in the 1990 version of the poll. About 10,000 murders are committed using firearms annually.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics – cite_note-49.

The right to keep and bear arms, often referred as the right to bear arms or the right to have arms, is the assertion that people have a personal right to “weapon(s)” for individual use, or a collective right to bear arms in a militia, or both. In this context, “arms” refers to a variety of weapons and armor and to “bear arms” meant to wage war. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution is a federal provision. Each of the fifty states also has its own state constitution. Forty-four states have chosen to explicitly embody a right to bear arms into its state constitution. Regarding the state interpretations of these state and the federal constitutional rights to bear arms, state courts have addressed the meaning of these specific rights in considerable detail. Two different models have emerged from state jurisprudence: an individual right and a collective right.

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Hugo Chavez Sings About Hillary Clinton

In the middle of a speech on Wednesday, Chavez began singing a little tune with lyrics that translate to, “I’m not loved by Hillary Clinton… and I don’t love her either.”

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Obama Jeans Make It Big In Rwanda

Who would have thought that Barack would be Rwanda’s not-so-resident fashionisto. Acompany in Rwanda launched a line of jeans under the name of none other than current United States President Barack Obama! This is no joke, they really did it and the jeans are selling well.

While the news is spreading all over the world, there is still no word on how much a pair of Obama jeans is worth. That’s what I’m really curious about. Would you buy a pair and if your answer is yes, how much would you pay for it? The Obama Jeanswear, spotted earlier by a travel writer on location in Rwanda.

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Baghdad Bombing Killing More Than 50

The blasts left mountains of rubble, burying men, women and children. The first blasts rocked the city shortly before 9 a.m. in the adjoining Shiite districts of Shula and Shukuk. Within the next two hours, a building that was home to a restaurant and children’s arcade was dynamited in the Allawi neighborhood, a car bomb exploded, and two more buildings were blown up elsewhere in western Baghdad. More than 180 people were injured. The attacks followed the Friday massacre of 25 Sunni Muslim men south of Baghdad and suicide car-bomb attacks against three foreign missions in the capital that killed 41 people Sunday. Remember, June os 2009 Obama removed U.S. troops from Iraq.

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2011 Budget Terminations, Reductions And Savings

DISCRETIONARY TERMINATIONS, REDUCTIONS, AND OTHER SAVINGS
(Budget authority in millions of dollars) 2011 Budget Plan

Terminations 2010 Enacted 2011 Request
2011 Change from 2010
Anthrax Vaccine Research, Department of Health and Human Services…… 3 …… –3
B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarship, Department of Education……. 1 ……… –1
Brownfields Economic Development Initiative, Department of Housing and Urban Development..18 .. –18
Bureau of Labor Statistics – International Labor Comparison Program, Department of Labor…. 2 ….. –2
Byrd Honors Scholarship, Department of Education……………. 42 ……… –42
C–17 Transport Aircraft Production, Department of Defense ……… 2,500 ……… –2,500
Challenge Cost Share Grants, Department of the Interior ………………. 19 ……… –19
Children and Families Services’ Job Demonstration Program, Department of Health and Human Services………… 3 ……… –3
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation…………. 1 ……… –1
Constellation Systems Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ……. 3,466 ……… –3,466
Delta Health Initiative, Department of Health and Human Services ……. 35 ……… –35
Denali Commission, Department of Health and Human Services ………. 10 ……… –10
Economic Action Program, Department of Agriculture …….. 5 ……… –5
Election Reform Grants, Election Assistance Commission ……… 75 ……… –75

Emergency Operations Center Grant Program, Department of Homeland Security ……….. 60 ……… –60
EP-X Manned Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Aircraft, Department of Defense… 12 ……… –12
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation ……………… 1 ……… –1
Health Care Facilities and Construction, Department of Health and Human Services……… 338 ……… –338
Health Care Services Grant Program, Department of Agriculture …….. 3 ……… –3
High Energy Cost Grants, Department of Agriculture… 18 ……… –18
Historic Whaling and Trading Partners, Department of Education …………. 9 ……… –9
Inter-City Bus Security Grant Program, Department of Homeland Security ………. 12 ……… –12
Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine, Department of Defense ………… 465 ……… –465
LANSCE Refurbishment, Department of Energy ………… 20 ……… –20
Legal Assistance Loan Repayment, Department of Education ……….. 5 ……… –5
Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program, Department of Education ….. 64 ……… –64
Local Government Climate Change Grants, Environmental Protection Agency ……….. 10 ……… –10
Multifamily Housing Revitalization Demonstration Program, Department of Agriculture … 27 ……… –27
Navy CG(X) Cruiser, Department of Defense ……………. 46 ……… –46
Net Enabled Command Capability (NECC), Department of Defense ……….. 9 ……… –9
Public Broadcasting Grants, Department of Agriculture ………. 5 ……… –5
Public Telecommunications Facilities Grants, Department of Commerce ……… 20 ……… –20
Rail Line Relocation Grants, Department of Transportation ………… 34 ……… –34
Rehabilitation Act Program Consolidations, Department of Education
Resource Conservation and Development Program, Department of Agriculture ………. 51 ……… –51
Rural Community Facilities, Department of Health and Human Services …………. 10 ……… –10
Save America’s Treasures and Preserve America (NPS), Department of the Interior ….. 30 ……… –30
Surface Transportation Priorities, Department of Transportation ……….. 293 ……… –293
Targeted Airshed Grants, Environmental Protection Agency ……….. 20 ……… –20
Targeted Water Infrastructure Grants, Environmental Protection Agency ……… 157 ……… –157
Tech Prep Consolidation, Department of Education
Third Generation Infrared Surveillance Program (3GIRS), Department of Defense ……… 73 ……… –73
Unconventional Fossil Technology Program, Department of Energy ……….. 20 ……… –20
Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural, Department of Education ………. 2 ……… –2
Voice of America, Broadcasting Board of Governors ………. 3 ……… –3
Water and Wastewater Treatment, Corps of Engineers …… 129 ……… –129
WATERS Network, National Science Foundation ………. 4 ……… –4
Watershed and Flood Prevention Program, Department of Agriculture ………. 30 ……… –30
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, Department of Energy ……….. 197 ……… –197
Total, Discretionary Terminations …………………. 8,357 ……… –8,357
Reductions

Reductions 2010 Enacted 2011 Request
2011 Change from 2010
Agricultural Research Service Buildings and Facilities, Department of Agriculture ……….. 71 –76 –147
Alaska Conveyance, Department of the Interior ……………… 34 21 –13
Bureau of Labor Statistics – Current Employment Statistics, Department of Labor …….. 59 57 –2
Bureau of Labor Statistics – National Compensation Survey (Includes Locality Pay Surveys Component), Department of Labor ……………. 60 52 –8
Bureau of Public Debt, Department of the Treasury ……………… 192 186 –6
Capital Improvement and Maintenance Program, Department of Agriculture ……….. 538 438 –100
Command Ship Replacement (LCC-R), Department of Defense
Commission of Fine Arts……………………. 10 5 –5
Community Facilities Grants, Department of Agriculture …………… 45 30 –15
Emergency Steel Guaranteed Loan Program, Department of Commerce …….. –43 –43
EPA Homeland Security Activities, Environmental Protection Agency …… 155 120 –35
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, Department of Defense ………………. 293 243 –50
Fair Housing Activities Program, Department of Housing and Urban Development ……. 72 61 –11
Financial Management Service, Department of the Treasury ……….. 244 235 –9
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Environmental Protection Agency ……. 475 300 –175
Hazardous Fuels Reduction, Department of the Interior ………….. 206 162 –44
HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Department of Housing and Urban Development ………. 1,825 1,650 –175
Housing for Persons with Disabilities, Department of Housing and Urban Development ……. 300 90 –210
Housing for the Elderly, Department of Housing and Urban Development ………. 825 274 –551
Information Technology Efficiencies, Department of the Interior ………… –20 –20
Light-Duty Sedans Added to the FBI’s Fleet, Department of Justice ……….. 63 59 –4
Low-Priority Corps Construction Projects, Corps of Engineers ……….. 214 ……… –214
National Heritage Areas, Department of the Interior ……….. 18 9 –9
North American Wetlands Conservation Grants, Department of the Interior ……….. 48 43 –5
Right-size Component Personnel Travel Budgets, Department of Justice …. 470 450 –20
Strategic Sourcing, Department of the Interior ………. –30 –30
Travel and Relocation Reform, Department of the Interior ……… –12 –12
Total, Discretionary Reductions …………….. 6,217 4,304 –1,913

Other Savings
Coinage Material, Department of the Treasury*…………….
Total, Discretionary Terminations, Reductions, and Other Savings…….. 14,574 4,304 –10,270

TERMINATIONS

Certified States, Department of the Interior ……….. –115 –171 –177 –176 –97 –736 –1,241
Advanced Earned Income Tax Credit, Department of the Treasurer ……. –120 –72 –70 –69 –68 –399 –760
Coal Tax Preferences, Department of Energy
Expensing of Exploration and Development Costs ………. –32 –55 –49 –45 –45 –226 –413
Percent Depletion for Hard Mineral Fossil Fuels …………. –57 –98 –102 –106 –109 –472 –1,062
Royalty Taxation …………………. –18 –25 –48 –67 –78 –236 –751
Domestic Manufacturing Deduction for Hard Mineral Fossil Fuels ………. –3 –5 –5 –5 –6 –24 –57
Commodity Storage Payments, Department of Agriculture…….. –2 ……… ……… ……… ……… –2 –2
Entitlements for Financial Intermediaries Under the Federal Family Education Loan Program,
Department of Education ……………… –8,034 –6,527 –4,458 –3,098 –2,975 –25,092 –43,294
Grants to Manufacturers of Worsted Wool, Department of Commerce…… –5 –5 –5 –5 –5 –25 –25
Oil and Gas Company Tax Preferences
Repeal Enhanced Oil Recovery Credit, Department of Energy
Repeal Credit For Oil and Gas Produced From Marginal Wells, Department of Energy
Repeal Expensing of Intangible Drilling Costs, Department of Energy ………… –1,202 –1,582 –1,089 –914 –848 –5,635 –7,839
Repeal Deduction For Tertiary Injectants, Department of Energy ……….. –5 –9 –9 –8 –7 –38 –67
Repeal Exception to Passive Loss Limitations For Working Interests In Oil and Natural Gas
Properties, Department of Energy ……………. –20 –24 –19 –18 –17 –98 –180
Repeal Percentage Depletion for Oil and Natural Gas Wells, Department of Energy ……….. –522 –895 –933 –969 –1,009 –4,328 –10,026
Repeal Domestic Manufacturing Tax Deduction for Oil and Natural Gas Companies, Department of Energy ………. –851 –1,470 –1,559 –1,650 –1,742 –7,272 –17,314
Increase Geological and Geophysical Amortization Period for Independent Producers to Seven Years, Department of Energy ……… –44 –160 –246 –231 –177 –858 –1,110
Oil and Gas Research and Development Program, Department of Energy …………. –20 –40 –50 –50 –30 –190 –200
Telecommunications Development Fund, Federal Communications Commission ….. –7 –7 –7 –6 –6 –33 –63

Total, Mandatory Terminations ………….. –11,057 –11,145 –8,826 –7,417 –7,219 –45,664 –84,404

Commodity Payments to Wealthy Farmers, Department of Agriculture …………. –1 –172 –201 –241 –245 –860 –2,263
Market Access Program, Department of Agriculture …………. –8 –38 –40 –40 –40 –166 –366
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, Department of the Treasury …….. –26 –42 –102 –134 –74 –378 –249
Uniform Criteria for Special Monthly Pension, Department of Veterans Affairs ………… –3 –6 –10 –13 –16 –48 –181
Total, Mandatory Reductions ………….. –38 –258 –353 –428 –375 –1,452 –3,059

Other Savings
Consolidated Regulation of Federally-Chartered Commercial Depository Institutions and Repeal Thrift Charter FECA Reform, Department of Labor ……………… –10 –14 –7 –10 –20 –61 –310
Total, Other Savings …………………………. –10 –14 –7 –10 –20 –61 –310
Total, Mandatory Terminations, Reductions, and Other Savings …………. –11,105 –11,417 –9,186 –7,855 –7,614 –47,177 –87,773

ADMINISTRATIVE SAVINGS (in millions of dollars)
2010 2011 2010-2014
Department of Agriculture
Save Money When Collecting Money …………….. –0.100 –0.240 –1.000

Department of Defense
Air Force – Cellular Airtime Optimization…………… 0.000 –2.000 –8.300
Army – Streamlining the Army’s Unemployment Compensation Process ……… –15.100 –15.300 –76.000
Navy – Streamlining Administrative Support on Navy Ships ………………… 0.000 * *

Department of Educatio
Common Sense Administrative Savings……………… –0.365 –0.365 –1.825

Department of Energy
Increased Use of Video Teleconferencing Technology …………. 0.000 –3.000 –10.000

Department of Housing and Urban Development
Streamline Redundant Inspection of Subsidized Housing ……………. 0.000 –0.550 –2.200

Department of Labor
“Power Off” Computers ………………. –0.020 –0.040 –0.727

Department of the Treasury
Eliminate Paper Paystubs…………… 0.000 –1.500 –6.000

Department of Veterans Affairs
Allow Veterans To Keep Their Medication When They’re Discharged ……… –0.045 –2.000 –14.545
Oracle Enterprise License Agreement ……………… –9.926 –40.243 –117.750

Personal Computer Power Savings …………….. –2.194 –6.890 –32.484

Environmental Protection Agency
Space Consolidation for Rent Savings ………….. 0.000 –0.240 –0.960

Social Security Administration
Make Social Security Appointments Online ……………….. 0.000 –0.150 –0.850

Consumer Product Safety Commission
Shipment Policy Adjustment ………………….. –0.005 –0.010 –0.045

TOTAL ……………….. –27.755 –72.528 –272.686

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ACORN Pimp James O’Keefe Arrested At Landrieu’s Office

Independent filmmaker James O’Keefe was arrested this week along with three others, including the son of a federal prosecutor, and accused of trying to interfere with the phones at Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office. O’Keefe exposed the illegal operations of the liberal group ACORN by posing as a pimp on hidden camera. O’Keefe, accompanied by a young woman posing as a prostitute, shot videos in various ACORN offices where staffers appeared to offer illegal tax advice and to support the misuse of public funds and illegal trafficking in children. O’Keefe is now accused in an attempt to tamper with phone lines at Landrieu’s office inside a federal building. It’s not clear what O’Keefe was trying to accomplish.

Landrieu secured as much as $300-million for Louisiana’s medicaid program for her vote allowing debate to begin on the national health care bill. Landrieu told her fellow senators she is “proud” of the move she made. Critics have called her actions “the new Louisiana Purchase.” Her father, Moon Landrieu, was a celebrated mayor of New Orleans and Housing and Urban Development Secretary in the Carter administration. Her brother, Mitch Landrieu, is the state’s lieutenant governor. In 2008, Landrieu, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, won some $470 million in funding for projects targeted to her state.

O’Keefe was already sitting in the waiting area and recorded Robert Flanagan and Joseph Basel showed up claiming to be telephone repairmen. A fourth man, Stan Dai, 24, was also arrested. The men wore white hard harts, tool belts and flourescent vests and said they needed to fix a problem with the phone system. According to an FBI affidavit. Click here to read the affidavit. Flanagan and Basel asked for access to the main phone at the reception desk. After handling the phone, Flanagan and Basel next requested access to the telephone closet because they needed to perform work on the main telephone system. It is not clear why O’Keefe wanted to interfere with Landrieu’s phones. One of the suspects was picked up in a car a couple of blocks away with a listening device that could pick up transmissions. Democrats are calling the plot a “Louisiana Watergate.”

O’Keefe said only “veritas,” Latin for truth, as he left jail with suspects Stan Dai and Joseph Basel. As he got into a cab outside the jail, O’Keefe said, “The truth shall set me free.” Flanagan recently criticized Landrieu for her vote on the Senate health care bill. Flanagan wrote in a Nov. 25 post on the Web site for the Pelican Institute, “Do not be fooled into believing Landrieu is helping the state of Louisiana.” His father, Bill, is the acting U.S. Attorney based in Shreveport. He was first assistant under President George W. Bush appointee Donald Washington before Washington stepped down this month. Dai, who was arrested outside the building, is a former assistant director of a program at Trinity Washington University that taught students about careers in intelligence. He was also active in the conservative newspaper and other organizations at George Washington University. O’Keefe and Basel are also active in conservative publications at their respective colleges, Rutgers University and the University of Minnesota-Morris. If convicted, each suspect faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up $250,000 and three years of supervised release following any prison term, according the Justice Department.

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US Voters Want Congress To Drop Health

Sixty-one percent (61%) of U.S. voters say Congress should drop health care reform and focus on more immediate ways to improve the economy and create jobs. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 30% of voters nationwide disagree and think Congress should press ahead with health care. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say given the country’s current economic situation, the Obama administration should wait on health care reform until the economy improves. That’s a 10-point increase from March of last year. Thirty-three percent (33%) still say the White House should move forward with health care reform. Seventy percent (70%) of voters nationwide say the health care issue was important in the special Senate election in Massachusetts. That number includes 49% who say it was very important. Only 15% think the health care issue was not very or not at all important in the Tuesday election.…But, not Obama.
This can explain why he has become the unpopular president.

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Haiti Streets Full Of Bodies (Warning: This Video Contains Graphic Footage)

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China Executes Akmal Shaikh

China executed Akmal Shaikh, a British man,  convicted of smuggling a suitcase with almost 9 pounds (4 kilograms) of heroin into China on a flight from Tajikistan. Shaikh become the first EU national to be executed in China in 50 years. Shaikh was arrested in 2007 and probably has bipolar disorder. Chinese officials had not taken Shaikh’s mental health into account. Officers said Shaikh did not appear to have mental problems, was friendly with other prisoners and had learned to speak a little Chinese while detained. Mental health concerns had no bearing on the final judgment. It is not known how Shaikh was executed. China executes more people than any other country, some are still carried out by a shot in the head. Shaikh first learned of his death sentence Monday from his visiting cousins, who made a last-minute plea for his life.

China’s judicial authorities independently handled this case in accordance with the law. Drug smuggling is a grave crime. During the entire process, the litigation rights and the relevant rights and interests of the defendant were fully respected and guaranteed. Shaikh told Chinese officials he didn’t know about the drugs and that the suitcase wasn’t his.

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Obama Reads A Christmas Tale

Obama made a holiday visit to a Washington, D.C. youth center, where he read the Christmas book, “The Polar Express” to schoolchildren.

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Hugo Chávez Calls Obama The Devil

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez spoke at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, and suggested that President Obama is the DEVIL. Chavez was the hit of the show at Copenhagen, a stunning ‘truth to power’ moment, shedding light on the true intent of the left-alarmist-Copengagen wealth confiscation crowd.

Chávez said that “the Kyoto Protocol cannot be declared dead or extinguished, which is what the US pretends to do. Which is why (President) Evo (Morales of Bolivia) tells a great truth: If Obama, Nobel War Prize, said here, by the way, it smells of sulfur here. It smells of sulfur. It keeps smelling of sulfur in this world. The Nobel War Prize has just said here that he came to act. Well, then show it, sir, don’t leave by the back door, eh? Do everything you need to do for the US to adhere to the Kyoto Protocol, and let’s respect Kyoto, and empower Kyoto, and respond to the world in a transparent fashion.” The comment recalled Chávez’s speech to the United Nations in September 2006 when he referred to President Bush as the devil, also leaving behind a scent of sulfur.

Note his jab at Obama.

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Obama Signs $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill

Obama has signed into law a $1.1 trillion bill that increases the budgets in many areas of the government by about 10 percent, including health, law enforcement and veterans’ programs. Obama signed the bill privately at the White House on Wednesday after receiving the bill from Congress on Sunday. The bill lumps together six of the 12 annual appropriations bills for the 2010 budget year that began Oct. 1. The 1,000-plus-page bill brings together six of the 12 annual spending bills that Congress had been unable to pass separately because of partisan roadblocks. The legislation includes 447 billion dollars U.S. government agencies’ operating budgets and about 650 billion dollars Medicare and Medicaid benefits. But it does not include the Pentagon’s spending, which is about 626 billion dollars.  The measure includes 2 billion dollars, 75 million more than in2009, to study global climate change, and requires periodic reports on the status of diplomatic efforts to freeze Iran’s nuclear program. The bill also approves a 2 percent pay increase for federal workers. Earmarks In The $1.1T Federal Spending Bill

The 12 annual appropriations bills for the 2010 budget:

  1. Defense H.R.3326
  2. Labor, HHS, Education H.R.3293
  3. Commerce, Justice, Science H.R.2847
  4. Energy-Water H.R.3183, S.1436
  5. Agriculture H.R.2997, S.1406
  6. Interior and Environment H.R.2996 includes CR to 12/18/09
  7. Homeland Security H.R.2892, S.1298
  8. Military Construction & Veterans H.R.3082, S.1407
  9. Transportation & HUD H.R.3288
  10. State & Foreign Operations H.R.3081, S.1434
  11. Financial Services H.R.3170, S.1432
  12. Legislative Branch H.R.2918, S.1294 includes CR to 10/31/09

The Defense (H.R.3326) appropriations bill has passed the full House and Senate and is waiting to be discussed in conference. In the House version of the bill, Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) programs receive $80.2 billion, $1.6 billion (2.0 percent) more than the President’s request ($78.6 billion) and a small increase of $216.1 million over FY 2009. The Senate version of the bill would provide less for RDT&E programs, $78.5 billion. The biggest discrepancy between the two bills is the Navy RDT&D appropriation with the House appropriating $1.0 billion more at $20.2 billion. The Navy programs of greatest contention are the VH-71A Executive Helicopter (House: $485 million; Senate: $30 million) and the Joint Strike Fighter (House: $2.0 billion; Senate: $1.7 billion) where the development an alternative engine for the aircraft has been the subject of much debate. In the Defense authorization bill (H.R.3326), which was signed into law on October 28, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter alternative propulsion system program was authorized in the amount of $430 million for RDT&E and $180 million for procurement and the President’s request for the VH-71 Presidential helicopter was agreed to, effectively canceling the program, but Congress “strongly encourage(s) the Department of Defense and the Executive Branch to consider a complete range of alternatives” for the President’s transportation requirements.

The Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (H.R.3293) appropriations bill has been conferenced. In the House version of the bill, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would recieve $31.3 billion, a 3.1 percent ($942 million) increase over FY 2009 (not counting stimulus funds) and 1.6 percent ($500 million) more than the President’s request. The bill renews prior restrictions on the use of funds for abortion and research that creates or destroys human embryos. The bill also includes an amendment by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) to de-fund three peer-reviewed NIH grants related to HIV/AIDS prevention, a move to which AAAS and other scientific and medical organizations strongly object. The bill as passed would eliminate $99 million for grants to public and private organizations to encourage teens to abstain from premarital sex, with Democrats arguing that there is little scientific evidence of such programs’ effectiveness. In terms of Education, the bill raises the maximum Pell award by $619 to $5,350. Pell grants are awarded to low- and middle-income students for higher education expenses based on financial need.

The Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies (H.R.2847) appropriations bill has been conferenced. The Senate version of the bill includes the following R&D spending figures: $11.2 billion ($611 million more than the House) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), $5.2 billion ($14 million less than the House) for the National Science Foundation, $700 million ($22 million more than the House) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and $672 million ($96 million more than the House) for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Sen. Coburn’s (R-OK) amendment (SA 2631) to the bill that would have prohibited funding of the Political Science program at the National Science Foundation failed, but garnered 36 votes in favor of prohibiting funding.

The Energy and Water (H.R.3183, S.1436) appropriations bill conference report has been signed into law by the President. The conference report provides $27.1 billion to the Department of Energy with the Office of Science representing $4.9 billion of that total, a 2.7 percent ($131 million) increase over FY 2009. The report includes a $15 million for ARPA-E from the Office of Science. Three of the proposed eight Energy Innovation Hubs are funded (Fuels from Sunlight and Energy Efficient Building Systems Design under EERE, and Modeling and Simulation under Nuclear Energy).

The Agriculture (H.R.2997, S.1406) appropriations bill conference report has been signed into law by the President. The conference report includes $1.3 billion in R&D spending for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), a 6.3% increase over FY 2009, and $808 million in R&D spending for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA; formerly CSREES), a 12.2% increase over FY 2009. The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI; formerly NRI), part of NIFA, received a large increase of $61 million (30.3%) over FY 2009 and the President’s request.

The Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (H.R.2996) appropriations bill conference report has been signed into law by the President. The conference report provides $1.1 billion for the United States Geological Survey, 6.5% ($68 million) more than FY 2009 (not including ARRA) and 1.3% ($14 million) more than the President’s request. The Science and Technology program in the Environmental Protection Agency receives $846 million not including Superfund transfers ($26.6 million), 7.1% ($56 million) more than FY 2009 and just over ($4 million) the President’s request.

The Homeland Security (H.R.2892, S.1298) appropriations bill conference report has been signed into law by the President. The conference report includes $863 in R&D spending for Science and Technology, 6.2 percent ($50 million) more than FY 2009 and 3.1 percent ($26 million) more than the President’s request.
Table. Congressional Action on the Department of Homeland Security FY 2010 Budget

The Military/Veterans (H.R.3082, S.1407) appropriations bill has been conferenced. Both versions of the appropriation include $580 million for Medical and Prosthetic Research which is typically matched by other federal grants for a total of $1.2 billion in R&D, a 13.7% ($70 million) increase over FY 2009. Additionally, a small percentage of military construction, typically around $200 million, is for R&D facilities and equipment.

The Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (H.R.3288) appropriations bill has been conferenced. The Department of Transportation, which conducts most of the R&D funded by this bill (FY2010 estimate of $939 million based on President’s request), would receive $100.1 billion, $1.3 billion less than the House version of the bill and $2.2 billion less than the President’s request. In the House bill, passenger rail would recieve the biggest funding increase through a new $4 billion grant program for high speed intercity passenger rail service. The Senate supports this initiative to a lesser degree, proposing $1.2 million for high speed intercity passenger rail service. The Senate bill also includes $50 million for the creation of a Railroad Safety Technology Program.

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House Vote 985 (H.R.3326)

House Vote 985 – H.R.3326: On Concurring in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010. Full text of the bill

Yes Votes (395)

Member Party Dist.
Neil Abercrombie D HI-1
Gary L. Ackerman D NY-5
Robert B. Aderholt R AL-4
John Adler D NJ-3
Todd Akin R MO-2
Rodney Alexander R LA-5
Jason Altmire D PA-4
Robert E. Andrews D NJ-1
Michael Arcuri D NY-24
Steve Austria R OH-7
Joe Baca D CA-43
Michele Bachmann R MN-6
Spencer Bachus R AL-6
Brian Baird D WA-3
J. Gresham Barrett R SC-3
John Barrow D GA-12
Roscoe G. Bartlett R MD-6
Joe L. Barton R TX-6
Melissa Bean D IL-8
Xavier Becerra D CA-31
Shelley Berkley D NV-1
Howard L. Berman D CA-28
Marion Berry D AR-1
Judy Biggert R IL-13
Brian P. Bilbray R CA-50
Gus Bilirakis R FL-9
Timothy H. Bishop D NY-1
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. D GA-2
Marsha Blackburn R TN-7
Earl Blumenauer D OR-3
Roy Blunt R MO-7
John Boccieri D OH-16
John A. Boehner R OH-8
Jo Bonner R AL-1
Mary Bono Mack R CA-45
John Boozman R AR-3
Dan Boren D OK-2
Leonard L. Boswell D IA-3
Rick Boucher D VA-9
Charles Boustany Jr. R LA-7
Allen Boyd D FL-2
Kevin Brady R TX-8
Robert A. Brady D PA-1
Bruce Braley D IA-1
Bobby Bright D AL-2
Paul Broun R GA-10
Corrine Brown D FL-3
Henry E. Brown Jr. R SC-1
Ginny Brown-Waite R FL-5
Vern Buchanan R FL-13
Michael C. Burgess R TX-26
Dan Burton R IN-5
G. K. Butterfield D NC-1
Steve Buyer R IN-4
Ken Calvert R CA-44
Dave Camp R MI-4
Eric Cantor R VA-7
Anh Cao R LA-2
Shelley Moore Capito R WV-2
Lois Capps D CA-23
Michael E. Capuano D MA-8
Dennis Cardoza D CA-18
Russ Carnahan D MO-3
Christopher Carney D PA-10
André Carson D IN-7
John Carter R TX-31
Bill Cassidy R LA-6
Michael N. Castle R DE-1
Kathy Castor D FL-11
Ben Chandler D KY-6
Travis Childers D MS-1
Judy Chu D CA-32
William Lacy Clay D MO-1
Emanuel Cleaver II D MO-5
James E. Clyburn D SC-6
Howard Coble R NC-6
Mike Coffman R CO-6
Steve Cohen D TN-9
Tom Cole R OK-4
K. Michael Conaway R TX-11
Gerald E. Connolly D VA-11
John Conyers Jr. D MI-14
Jim Cooper D TN-5
Jim Costa D CA-20
Joe Courtney D CT-2
Ander Crenshaw R FL-4
Joseph Crowley D NY-7
Henry Cuellar D TX-28
John Culberson R TX-7
Elijah E. Cummings D MD-7
Kathy Dahlkemper D PA-3
Artur Davis D AL-7
Danny K. Davis D IL-7
Geoff Davis R KY-4
Lincoln Davis D TN-4
Susan A. Davis D CA-53
Nathan Deal R GA-9
Peter A. DeFazio D OR-4
Diana DeGette D CO-1
Bill Delahunt D MA-10
Rosa DeLauro D CT-3
Charlie Dent R PA-15
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R FL-21
Mario Diaz-Balart R FL-25
Norman D. Dicks D WA-6
John D. Dingell D MI-15
Lloyd Doggett D TX-25
Joe Donnelly D IN-2
Mike Doyle D PA-14
David Dreier R CA-26
Steve Driehaus D OH-1
Chet Edwards D TX-17
Donna Edwards D MD-4
Brad Ellsworth D IN-8
Jo Ann Emerson R MO-8
Eliot L. Engel D NY-17
Bob Etheridge D NC-2
Mary Fallin R OK-5
Sam Farr D CA-17
Chaka Fattah D PA-2
John Fleming R LA-4
J. Randy Forbes R VA-4
Jeff Fortenberry R NE-1
Bill Foster D IL-14
Virginia Foxx R NC-5
Barney Frank D MA-4
Trent Franks R AZ-2
Rodney Frelinghuysen R NJ-11
Marcia L. Fudge D OH-11
Elton Gallegly R CA-24
John Garamendi D CA-10
Scott Garrett R NJ-5
Jim Gerlach R PA-6
Darrell Issa R CA-49
Jesse L. Jackson Jr. D IL-2
Sheila Jackson-Lee D TX-18
Lynn Jenkins R KS-2
Eddie Bernice Johnson D TX-30
Hank Johnson D GA-4
Sam Johnson R TX-3
Walter B. Jones R NC-3
Bill Posey R FL-15
David E. Price D NC-4
Tom Price R GA-6
Adam H. Putnam R FL-12
Nick J. Rahall II D WV-3
Charles B. Rangel D NY-15
Denny Rehberg R MT-1
Dave Reichert R WA-8
Silvestre Reyes D TX-16
Laura Richardson D CA-37
Ciro D. Rodriguez D TX-23
Phil Roe R TN-1
Harold Rogers R KY-5
Mike Rogers R MI-8
Mike D. Rogers R AL-3
Dana Rohrabacher R CA-46
Tom Rooney R FL-16
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R FL-18
Peter Roskam R IL-6
Mike Ross D AR-4
Steven R. Rothman D NJ-9
Lucille Roybal-Allard D CA-34
Ed Royce R CA-40
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger D MD-2
Bobby L. Rush D IL-1
Paul D. Ryan R WI-1
Tim Ryan D OH-17
John Salazar D CO-3
Linda T. Sanchez D CA-39
Loretta Sanchez D CA-47
John Sarbanes D MD-3
Steve Scalise R LA-1
Jan Schakowsky D IL-9
Mark Schauer D MI-7
Adam B. Schiff D CA-29
Jean Schmidt R OH-2
Aaron Schock R IL-18
Kurt Schrader D OR-5
Allyson Y. Schwartz D PA-13
David Scott D GA-13
Robert C. Scott D VA-3
F. James Sensenbrenner R WI-5
Pete Sessions R TX-32
Joe Sestak D PA-7
John Shadegg R AZ-3
Carol Shea-Porter D NH-1
Brad Sherman D CA-27
Heath Shuler D NC-11
Bill Shuster R PA-9
Mike Simpson R ID-2
Albio Sires D NJ-13
Ike Skelton D MO-4
Louise M. Slaughter D NY-28
Adam Smith D WA-9
Adrian Smith R NE-3
Christopher H. Smith R NJ-4
Lamar Smith R TX-21
Vic Snyder D AR-2
Zack Space D OH-18
John M. Spratt Jr. D SC-5
Cliff Stearns R FL-6
Bart Stupak D MI-1
John Sullivan R OK-1
Betty Sutton D OH-13
John Tanner D TN-8
Gene Taylor D MS-4
Harry Teague D NM-2
Lee Terry R NE-2
Bennie Thompson D MS-2
Glenn Thompson R PA-5
Mike Thompson D CA-1
William M. Thornberry R TX-13
Todd Tiahrt R KS-4
Pat Tiberi R OH-12
John F. Tierney D MA-6
Dina Titus D NV-3
Paul Tonko D NY-21
Niki Tsongas D MA-5
Michael R. Turner R OH-3
Fred Upton R MI-6
Chris Van Hollen D MD-8
Peter J. Visclosky D IN-1
Greg Walden R OR-2
Tim Walz D MN-1
Zach Wamp R TN-3
Debbie Wasserman Schultz D FL-20
Maxine Waters D CA-35
Diane Watson D CA-33
Melvin Watt D NC-12
Henry A. Waxman D CA-30
Anthony Weiner D NY-9
Lynn Westmoreland R GA-3
Robert Wexler D FL-19
Edward Whitfield R KY-1
Charlie Wilson D OH-6
Joe Wilson R SC-2
Robert J. Wittman R VA-1
Frank R. Wolf R VA-10
John Yarmuth D KY-3
C. W. Bill Young R FL-10
Don Young R AK-1
No Votes (34)

Member Party Dist.
Tammy Baldwin D WI-2
Rob Bishop R UT-1
John Campbell R CA-48
Jason Chaffetz R UT-3
Yvette Clarke D NY-11
Jerry F. Costello D IL-12
John J. Duncan Jr. R TN-2
Vernon J. Ehlers R MI-3
Keith Ellison D MN-5
Bob Filner D CA-51
Jeff Flake R AZ-6
Louie Gohmert R TX-1
Alan Grayson D FL-8
Timothy V. Johnson R IL-15
Steve Kagen D WI-8
Dennis J. Kucinich D OH-10
Barbara Lee D CA-9
John Lewis D GA-5
Zoe Lofgren D CA-16
Cynthia M. Lummis R WY-1
Jim McDermott D WA-7
Jerrold Nadler D NY-8
Ron Paul R TX-14
Donald M. Payne D NJ-10
Jared Polis D CO-2
Mike Quigley D IL-5
José E. Serrano D NY-16
John Shimkus R IL-19
Pete Stark D CA-13
Edolphus Towns D NY-10
Nydia M. Velázquez D NY-12
Peter Welch D VT-1
Lynn Woolsey D CA-6
David Wu D OR-1

Did Not Vote (5)

Member Party Dist.
Anna G. Eshoo D CA-14
Mazie K. Hirono D HI-2
Nancy Pelosi D CA-8
George P. Radanovich R CA-19
Mark Souder R IN-3
Jackie Speier D CA-12

Present (0)

Member Party Dist.

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