The following chart shows how members of Congress voted on key bills and amendments in the last

The following chart shows how members of Congress voted on key bills and amendments in the last week.
HOUSE VOTES
Continuing appropriations
The House, on Nov. 6, passed legislation making further continuing appropriations for fiscal 2004 as most of the 13 regular appropriations bills have not been cleared by Congress and signed into law by the president. The bill was approved by a vote of 418 yes to 5 no.
YES: Rep. Phil English R-Pa. (3rd), Rep. Melissa A. Hart R-Pa. (4th), Rep. Timothy J. Ryan D-Ohio (17th), Rep. Ted Strickland D-Ohio (6th)
Military construction
The House, on Nov. 5, agreed to the conference report on the Military Construction Appropriations bill, legislation funding military projects ranging from family housing to new runways, as well as the requirements of base realignment and closure. The bill was approved on a vote of 417 yes to 5 no.
YES: English, Ryan, Strickland
NOT VOTING: Hart
Advancing justice
The House, on Nov. 5, approved legislation to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of federal, state and local crime laboratories, to develop new training programs and to provide post-conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent. The bill was approved by a vote of 357 yes to 67 no.
YES: English, Hart, Ryan, Strickland
Tax relief
The House, on Nov. 5, agreed to Senate amendment finalizing work on legislation that would change the tax code and increase the death gratuity payable with respect to deceased members of the armed forces and to exclude such gratuity from gross income. The bill also provides tax relief for members of the armed forces and their families. The bill was approved by a vote of 420 yes with none voting nay.
YES: English, Hart, Ryan, Strickland
SENATE VOTES
Interior Department
The Senate, on Nov. 3, approved a conference report to accompany the underlying bill, H.R. 2691, making appropriations for the U.S. Department of the Interior and related agencies, for fiscal 2004. The vote was 86 yes to 2 no.
YES: Sen. Mike DeWine R-Ohio, Sen. Rick Santorum R-Pa., Sen. Arlen Specter R-Pa., Sen. George V. Voinovich R-Ohio.
Agriculture appropriations
The Senate, on Nov. 5, rejected an amendment by Rep. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calf., to improve the operation of the energy markets and impose new federal oversight requirements. Proponents said the restrictions are necessary because existing laws do not protect consumers. Opponents said that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had sufficient authority, and needed to use it, to protect consumers. The vote was 41 yes to 56 no.
NO: DeWine, Santorum, Specter, Voinovich
Amendment approved
The Senate, on Nov. 5, approved an amendment by Rep. Maria A. Cantwell, D-Wash., to strengthen federal oversight of energy markets and to prevent future manipulation. It was the second attempt by Cantwell this year to push through this legislation and the latest vote showed a number of additional Republicans backing the bill as pressure has mounted for reform in the aftermath of the fall of Enron. The vote was 57 yes to 40 no.
YES: Santorum, Specter, Voinovich
NO: DeWine
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