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On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 2764 as Amended; A bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Result: Passed (81-12, 7 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2704: Coburn Amdt. No. 2704; To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for "Contribution to the International Development Association" may be made available for the World Bank malaria control or prevention programs. Result:...

On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 2764 as Amended; A bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Result: Passed (81-12, 7 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2716: Coburn Amdt. No. 2716; To provide for the spending of $106,763,000 on programs that save children's lives, such as the President's Malaria Initiative, rather than lower priority programs, such as the Global Environment Facility, which produce few results and are...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2773: Coburn Amdt. No. 2773; To ensure that the United States contribution to the United Nations is not being lost to waste, fraud, abuse or corruption by maximizing the public transparency of all United Nations spending. Result: Agreed to (92-1, 7 members not voting, 1/2...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2774: Vitter Amdt. No. 2774; To prohibit the use of funds by international organizations, agencies, and entities that require the registration of, or taxes guns owned by citizens of the United States. Result: Agreed to (81-10, 9 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details:...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2704: Coburn Amdt. No. 2704; To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for "Contribution to the International Development Association" may be made available for the World Bank malaria control or prevention programs. Result:...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2716: Coburn Amdt. No. 2716; To provide for the spending of $106,763,000 on programs that save children's lives, such as the President's Malaria Initiative, rather than lower priority programs, such as the Global Environment Facility, which produce few results and are...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2773: Coburn Amdt. No. 2773; To ensure that the United States contribution to the United Nations is not being lost to waste, fraud, abuse or corruption by maximizing the public transparency of all United Nations spending. Result: Agreed to (92-1, 7 members not voting, 1/2...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2708: Brownback Amdt. No. 2708; To prevent contributions to organizations that perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning. Result: Rejected (40-54, 6 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2774: Vitter Amdt. No. 2774; To prohibit the use of funds by international organizations, agencies, and entities that require the registration of, or taxes guns owned by citizens of the United States. Result: Agreed to (81-10, 9 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details:...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2719: Boxer Amdt. No. 2719; To prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Result: Agreed to (53-41, 6...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2707: Brownback Amdt. No. 2707; To prohibit funding of organizations that support coercive abortion. Result: Agreed to (48-45, 7 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2708: Brownback Amdt. No. 2708; To prevent contributions to organizations that perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning. Result: Rejected (40-54, 6 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2700: Ensign Amdt. No. 2700; To strike the provision in section 113 that increases the limit on the United States' share for United Nations peacekeeping operations during fiscal year 2008 from 25 percent to 27.1 percent so that the United States does not pay more than its...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2719: Boxer Amdt. No. 2719; To prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Result: Agreed to (53-41, 6...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2707: Brownback Amdt. No. 2707; To prohibit funding of organizations that support coercive abortion. Result: Agreed to (48-45, 7 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2700: Ensign Amdt. No. 2700; To strike the provision in section 113 that increases the limit on the United States' share for United Nations peacekeeping operations during fiscal year 2008 from 25 percent to 27.1 percent so that the United States does not pay more than its...

On Passage of the Bill: H.R. 2642 as Amended; A bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Result: Passed (92-1, 7 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details:...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2673: Brown Amdt. No. 2673; To limit the cases in which funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to convert to contractor performance an activity or function of the Department of Veterans Affairs that is performed by more than 10 Federal...