This will be a look at some of the votes Lee Terry has cast since the last time he was elected in November of 2010.
We're not going through all of them in this one post. But we'll cover the vast majority of them over the next series of posts.
We'll go in alphabetical order of the different categories from the database we're using to get these votes. We're not supposed to mention where we're getting them for some reason. But if you're curious just google congressional voting records.
Abortion Issues
1. House Amendment 95- Prohibits federal funds from being made available to Planned Parenthood, or to any of its state and local affiliates.
Lee Terry voted to prohibit federal funds.
This Amendment was adopted February 18, 2011.
In case you were curious, here's some information about Planned Parenthood.
2. Listed as HR 3 on our database- Prohibiting Taxpayer Funding of Abortion-prohibits the use of federal funds from being used for the providing of abortions, except in the following cases: rape, incest, or the life of the woman is at risk.
Lee Terry voted to prohibit federal funds.
This bill was passed on May 4, 2011.
In case you were curious, about 10 Democrats voted to prohibit federal funds.
3. HR 358- Amends Federal Health Care Law to Prohibit Abortion Coverage- prohibits federal funds from paying for any part of a health care plan that would include abortions. Prohibits any federal, state, or local entity from subjecting any health care entity to discrimination on the basis that they will not perform abortions, undergo training for the performance of abortions, or provide referrals for the performance of abortions.
Lee Terry voted to amend the Federal Health Care Law.
This bill was passed on October 13, 2011.
In case you were curious, since Terry's first election there has been only been about 20 times that voting on abortion issues have come up. That's a little over 1 per year.
Agriculture Issues
1. HR 3082- Continuing Appropriations- Amends the Appropriations Act of 2011 to extend the expiration date. Prohibits pay adjustments for all federal non-military employees from beginning of 2011 to end of 2012. Extends deadline by which service members, veterans, and their benificiaries may apply for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay. Extends various programs relating to transportation and highways.
Lee Terry voted against continuing appropriations.
Passed through the house on December 21, 2010.
In case you were curious, this falls under Agricultural Issues for reasons we can't comprehend. Probably why we're not in Congress.
2. HR 2751 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act- Allows the secretary to stop companies from distributing food that would cause seriously adverse health consequences or death, if the companies refuse to do so. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify high-risk facilities and allocate resources to to inspect those facilities. Increases the inspection of these companies. Requires that the food be tested by independent food testing laboratories to test this food. If there is a recall, there must be a press release describing the food and the illness. This is a quick summary. It was an important bill for food safety, if you're curious, I'm sure you can find a more detailed summary of this bill online.
Lee Terry voted to pass this act.
It was passed in the house on December 21, 2010.
3. HR 2112- Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and the Food and Drug Administration- prohibits funding to nutritional programs under the Richard B. Russell National Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 that do the following: requires crediting of tomato paste or puree based on volume, establishes a whole grain requirement without defining whole grain, initiates a sodium reduction target beyond the target specified in Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. It prohibits the use of funding the projects seeking to use the power of eminent domain. The Secretary of the Treasury may obligate more than $100 million for a single natural disaster event for emergency relief projects for the following damages caused in 2011: Hurricane Irene, The Missouri River basin flooding, and excludes events involving closed hydrological basins.
Lee Terry voted against the appropriations.
It was passed on November 3, 2011.
In case you were curious, I'm not sure what the first two parts of this bill really means. Although, we find it humorous that one has to define what whole grain is. Is it possible that people were saying things were whole grain that really weren't? I'm also using Wikipedia as my source for defining eminent domain (in your face, teachers and professors who say Wikipedia is not a reliable source*). Here you go.
* Wikipedia is probably not the most reliable source. We, at Hypocrisy Now, understand this. Also, we think it's humorous that Wikipedia is now a .org website, some of the time. It's possible that's it completely .org.
We'll continue with more of the issues later.
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