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Week of September 27, 2003  

Marriage Protection Amendment (H.J.Res. 106)  

The House of Representatives on September 30, 2004, rejected the Marriage Protection Amendment, (H.J.Res. 106) [Full text of legislation.] a constitutional amendment banning homosexual marriage on a 227-186 vote which was 49 votes shy of the two-thirds required for approval of an amendment. (To view how your representative voted visit: Vote 484) 

Article: Marriage amendment effort fails  

Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (H.R. 5183)  

An eight-month extension of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (H.R. 5183) [Full text of legislation.] a temporary highway funding was approved on September 30, 2004, by 409-8 vote as frustrated lawmakers blamed the Senate and the White House for holding up a multiyear bill that would have increased financing for road and transit projects.  (To view how your representative voted visit: Vote 481 )  

Article: House Approves Extension of Highway Stop-Gap

District of Columbia Personal Protection Act (H.R. 3193)

The District of Columbia Personal Protection Act (H.R. 3193) [Full text of legislation.] was approved on Wednesday, September 29, 2004, by the House of Representatives overwhelmingly to repeal a law banning most handguns in Washington D.C. Lawmakers declared that the U.S. capital would be safer with more guns and fewer gun laws. To repeal the law, which is often called the toughest in the nation, the vote was 250 to 171, with 52 Democrats joining 198 Republicans.  (To view how your representative voted visit: Vote 477 )  

Article: House Votes to Repeal Gun Ban in Washington  

 

 

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