Monday, March 17, 2008

Pete Sessions votes against intelligence, ethics

Congress failed to reach the necessary 276 votes to override Bush's veto of H.R. 2082, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which would ban interrogation techniques like waterboarding. Pete Sessions was one of the no-voters who kept this from passing. See Roll No. 117.

Congress was more successful in a vote establishing an Office of Congressional Ethics within the House of Representatives. From Congress.Org:
H. Res. 895: The House agreed to H. Res. 1031, providing for the D269adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an Office of Congressional Ethics, by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 182 nays with 4 voting "present'', Roll No. 122, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 207 yeas to 206 nays, Roll No. 121.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Pete Sessions votes "no" to mental health

From Congress.Org:
The House passed H.R. 1424, to amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, by a yea-and-nay vote of 268 yeas to 148 nays, Roll No. 101.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Pete Sessions says "no" to renewable energy and conservation

From Congress.Org:
The House passed H.R. 5351, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation, by a yea-and-nay vote of 236 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 84.