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Key to House Votes |
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1. OSHA/Ergonomics This
action eliminated the ergonomics rule that organized labor fought
to implement for over 10 years. The IBEW position on the vote March
7, 2001: OPPOSE (Yes = Wrong, NO = Right). |
4. Economic Stimulus Granted
$99.5 billion in federal tax cuts, with 90 percent of the benefits
earmarked for tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy. The House
passed H.R. 3090 by a vote of 216-214. The IBEW position on the vote
October 24, 2001: OPPOSE (Yes = Wrong, No = Right). |
7. Trade/Andean Preference Adopted
a rule to initiate a conference with the Senate to extend the Andean
Trade Preference Act (Fast Track). The IBEW position on the vote June
26, 2002: OPPOSE (Yes=Wrong, No=Right). |
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2. 2001 Tax Rate Cut President
Bushs $958 billion tax bracket change plan drained needed money from
education, health care, Social Security and other priorities, giving
no tax help to lower-income families. The IBEW position on the vote
March 7, 2001: OPPOSE (Yes = Wrong, No = Right). |
5. Fast Track Trade Authority The
House passed the bill to extend fast track trade negotiating authority
to President Bush by one vote. The IBEW position on the vote December
7, 2001: OPPOSE (Yes = Wrong, No = Right). |
8. Medicare/Prescription Drugs The
so-called "benefit" would be provided through private insurance
policies beginning in 2005, and would only cover a small percentage
of seniors. This plan, which passed, was supported by the Bush Administration,
drug companies and the insurance industry. The IBEW position on the
vote June 28, 2002: OPPOSE (Yes=Wrong, No=Right). |
3. Railroad Retirement This
bill would reduce the retirement age from 62 to 60, with full benefits
after 30 years of service; expand surviving spouse benefits; reduce
the vesting from 10 years to five; and other improvements. The IBEW
position on the vote July 31, 2001: SUPPORT (Yes=Right, No=Wrong).
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6. Nuclear Waste/Yucca Mountain Approved
the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada as a repository for the nations
spent nuclear fuel. The IBEW position on the vote May 8, 2002: SUPPORT
(Yes= Right, No=Wrong). |
9. Trade/Andean PreferenceConference
Report This procedural mechanism prohibits Congress modifying
trade pacts; instead, it must vote up or down. This package, which
passed 215-212, also includes provisions affecting trade programs
for workers hurt by foreign competition. The IBEW position on the
vote July 27, 2002: OPPOSE (Yes=Wrong, No=Right).1 |
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