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Date: Vote: Outcome:
09/23/2009 House: Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2009
 Passed (335-85)
09/17/2009 Senate: Vitter Amdt. No. 2359.; To prohibit the use of funds for households that include convicted drug dealing or domestic violence offenders or members of violent gangs that occupy rebuilt public housing in New Orleans.
 Rejected (34-62)
09/17/2009 Senate: DeMint Amdt. No. 2410; To limit the use of funds for the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport.
 Rejected (43-53)
09/17/2009 Senate: McCain Amdt. No. 2403 As Modified; To prohibit the use of funds to carry out the Brownsfields Economic Development Initiative program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
 Rejected (37-60)
09/17/2009 Senate: H.R. 3288 as amended; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
 Passed (73-25)
09/16/2009 Senate: Coburn Amdt. No. 2371; To remove an unnecessary and burdensome mandate on the States, by allowing them to opt out of a provision that requires States to spend 10 percent of their surface transportation budgets on enhancement projects.
 Rejected (39-59)
09/16/2009 Senate: Coburn Amdt. No. 2372; To fully provide for the critical surface transportation needs of the United States by prohibiting funds from being used on lower-priority projects, such as transportation museums.
 Rejected (41-57)
09/16/2009 Senate: Wicker Amdt. No. 2366 As Modified; To permit Amtrak passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their checked baggage.
 Agreed to (68-30)
09/16/2009 Senate: Gregg Amdt. No. 2361; To prohibit the use of stimulus funds for self-congratulatory signage that allows lawmakers to promote their spending of taxpayer dollars on stimulus projects.
 Rejected (45-52)
09/14/2009 Senate: Johanns Amendment Number 2355 as modified; Prohibiting use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
 Agreed to (83-7)
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