                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, February 6, 1995               TAG: 9502060035
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A3   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                         LENGTH: Medium:   90 lines

CONGRESSIONAL ROLL CALL

Here's how area House members were recorded on major roll call votes in the week ending Feb. 3. The Senate conducted no votes during the week as it debated the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

Mandates: By a vote of 360 to 74, the House passed a bill (HR 5) to discourage Washington from imposing regulations on states and municipalities unless it also hands down money to cover the cost of compliance. Under the bill, Congress can enact mandates without money only when it votes specifically to waive the funding requirement. The bill applies to future mandates that are projected to cost a state or local government at least $50 million to implement. It exempts areas such as Social Security, civil rights, national security and disaster aid. It provides virtually no financial relief to the private sector.

A yes vote was to pass the unfunded-mandates bill.

Herbert H. Bateman, R-Va. Yes

Owen B. Pickett, D-Va. Yes

Robert C. Scott, D-Va. No

Norman Sisisky, D-Va. Yes

Eva Clayton, D-N.C. No

Walter Jones Jr., R-N.C. Yes

Private sector/mandates: By a vote of 143 to 285, the House rejected an amendment seeking better treatment of the private sector under a pending unfunded-mandates bill (HR 5, above). The bill generally permits state and local governments, but not private companies, to disregard Washington edicts that are unaccompanied by federal money. This amendment sought to extend the funding guarantees to private concerns such as bus and electric companies that compete with government enterprises.

A yes vote was to protect certain private companies against unfunded federal mandates.

Bateman No

Pickett No

Scott Yes

Sisisky No

Clayton Yes

Jones No

Judiciary/line-item veto: By a vote of 119 to 309, the House rejected an amendment exempting the judicial branch from a bill (HR 2) empowering presidents to veto specific items within an overall tax or spending measure. The line-item veto bill (HR 2) remained in debate. This amendment sought to protect judicial budgets from the reach of a possibly vindictive president.

A yes vote was to exempt the judiciary from the line-item veto bill.

Bateman No

Pickett No

Scott Yes

Sisisky No

Clayton Yes

Jones No

Tax vetoes: The House rejected, 196 to 231, an attempt to make the line-item veto bill (above) tougher on tax benefits and loopholes approved by Congress. As written, the bill (HR 2) enables a president to veto only tax breaks benefiting 100 or fewer parties. The amendment rejected by this vote sought to make veto bait out of all laws conferring tax benefits, regardless of how many parties stand to benefit.

A yes vote was to include all laws conferring tax benefits in the line-item veto bill.

Bateman No

Pickett Yes

Scott Yes

Sisisky Yes

Clayton Yes

Jones No

To ``sunset'' veto: By a vote of 153 to 258, the House rejected an amendment to ``sunset'' - terminate - the presidential line-item veto (HR 2) on Jan. 1, 2000.

A yes vote was to terminate the line-item veto on Jan. 1, 2000.

Bateman No

Pickett Yes

Scott Yes

Sisisky Yes

Clayton Yes

Jones No