HOUSE

HOUSE
Bike paths
The House overrode a provision in the bill inserted by the Appropriations Committee that would have ended a program that set aside 10 percent of surface transportation funding for enhancements such as bike paths and landscaping. The amendment was approved by a vote of 327-90.
YES
Ohio: Rep. Timothy J. Ryan, D-17th; Rep. Ted Strickland, D-6th; Sherrod Brown, D-13th; Rep. Robert W. Ney, R-18th.
Pa.: Philip S. English, R-21st.
NO
Pa.: Melissa A. Hart, R-4th.
Amtrak funding
The House rejected an amendment that would have reduced Amtrak funding by $280 million and transferred that allocation to the Federal-Aid Highway program. The vote was 90 yes and 322 no.
YES
Ohio: Ryan, Strickland, Brown, Ney
Pa.: English, Hart
Voting act
The House rejected an amendment that would have added $232 million in funding for the Help America Vote Act, legislation approved previously with a $1 billion ceiling on federal funding. The vote was 186 yes and 228 no.
YES
Ohio: Ryan, Strickland, Brown
NO
Ohio: Ney
Pa.: English, Hart
Identity theft
The House agreed to increase funding to provide $500,000 for the U.S. Department of Transportation to study how to make driver's licenses more secure to prevent identity theft. The vote was 213 yes to 203 no.
YES
Ohio: Ryan, Strickland, Brown, Ney
NO
Pa.: English, Hart
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