Key votes for the week ending June 27
- June 28, 2008
Yes: Y, No: N, Not voting: X
HOUSE VOTES
DISABILITY ACT EXPANSION: Members passed, 402-17, a bill (HR 3195) to void Supreme Court rulings that have limited the types of disabilities and number of workers protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act. A yes vote was to expand protections for the physically and mentally disabled.
| Name | City | Vote |
| L. Diaz-Balart | R-Miami | Y |
| M. Diaz-Balart | R-Miami | Y |
| Hastings | D- Miramar | Y |
| Klein | D- Boca Raton | Y |
| Mahoney | D-P.B. Gardens | X |
| Meek | D-Miami | Y |
| Ros-Lehtinen | R-Miami | Y |
| Wasserman
Schultz | D-Weston | Y |
| Wexler | D-Delray
Beach | Y |
CHILD-ABUSE PROGRAMS: Members approved, 318-103, $1 billion over five years for federal efforts to prevent child abuse and deal with its impact. A yes vote was to pass a bill (HR 6358) that sets federal health and safety rules for residential facilities that oversee troubled teenagers.
| Name | City | Vote |
| L. Diaz-Balart | R-Miami | Y |
| M. Diaz-Balart | R-Miami | Y |
| Hastings | D-Miramar | Y |
| Klein | D-Boca Raton | Y |
| Mahoney | D-P.B. Gardens | X |
| Meek | D-Miami | Y |
| Ros-Lehtinen | R-Miami | Y |
| Wasserman
Schultz | D-Weston | Y |
| Wexler | D-Delray
Beach | Y |
MEDICARE'S DOCTOR PAYMENTS: Members passed, 355-59, a bill that would avert the administration's planned 10.6 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors set for July 1. A yes vote backed a bill (HR 6331) that also would equalize Medicare coverage of physical and mental-health ailments.
| Name | City | Vote |
| L. Diaz-Balart | R-Miami | Y |
| M. Diaz-Balart | R-Miami | Y |
| Hastings | D-Miramar | Y |
| Klein | D-Boca Raton | Y |
| Mahoney | D-P.B. Gardens | Y |
| Meek | D-Miami | Y |
| Ros-Lehtinen | R-Miami | Y |
| Wasserman
Schultz | D-Weston | Y |
| Wexler | D-Delray
Beach | Y |
TEMPORARY TAX RELIEF: Members passed, 233-189, a bill to exempt 22 million middle-income filers from the Alternative Minimum Tax in 2008. The bill's $61.5 billion cost would be offset, in part, by tax increases on oil and gas firms and managers of hedge funds. A yes vote was to pass HR 6275.
| Name | City | Vote |
| L. Diaz-Balart | R-Miami | N |
| M. Diaz-Balart | R-Miami | N |
| Hastings | D-Miramar | Y |
| Klein | D-Boca Raton | N |
| Mahoney | D-P.B. Gardens | X |
| Meek | D-Miami | Y |
| Ros-Lehtinen | R-Miami | Y |
| Wasserman
Schultz | D-Weston | Y |
| Wexler | D-Delray
Beach | N |
GOP TAX PLAN: Members defeated, 199-222, a GOP bid to strip HR 6275 (above) of $61.5 billion in tax hikes intended to keep the bill from adding to the national debt. A yes vote was to block the increases on the rationale it is wrong to raise taxes on one group to prevent tax hikes on another.
| Name | City | Vote |
| L. Diaz-Balart | R-Miami | Y |
| M. Diaz-Balart | R-Miami | Y |
| Hastings | D-Miramar | N |
| Klein | D-Boca Raton | N |
| Mahoney | D-P.B. Gardens | X |
| Meek | D-Miami | N |
| Ros-Lehtinen | R-Miami | N |
| Wasserman
Schultz | D-Weston | N |
| Wexler | D-Delray
Beach | N |
'USE IT OR LOSE IT': Members voted, 223-195, to place a "use it or lose it" mandate for oil companies to either drill on federal land they have leased or give up the right to do so. The bill was directed at dormant leases on 68 million acres in the West and Alaska. A yes vote was to pass HR 6251.
