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

DATE: Tuesday, February 14, 1995             TAG: 9502140313
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                         LENGTH: Long  :  153 lines

CONGRESSIONAL ROLL CALL

Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes in the week ending Feb. 10.

HOUSE

Line-item veto: By a vote of 294 for and 134 against, the House passed a bill (HR 2) giving presidents the power to veto individual spending or tax provisions within a bill without rejecting the overall legislation. Two-thirds votes of both chambers would be required to reverse the president and put the vetoed item into law. The veto power over tax breaks extends only to targeted items affecting 100 or fewer parties, meaning a president could not veto broad measures such capital gains or middle-class tax cuts.

A yes vote was to send the line-item veto bill to the Senate.

Herbert Bateman, R-Va.Yes

Lewis Payne, D-Va.Yes

Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.Yes

Thomas Bliley, R-Va.Yes

Frank Wolf, R-Va.Yes

Thomas Davis, R-Va.Yes

Owen Pickett, D-Va.No

Bobby Scott, DVa.No

Norman Sisisky, D-Va.No

James Moran, D-Va.No

Rick Boucher, D-Va.No

David Funderburk, R-N.C.Yes

Walter Jones, R-N.C.Yes

Frederick Heineman, R-N.C.Yes

Richard Burr, R-N.C.Yes

Howard Coble, R-N.C.Yes

Charles Rose, D-N.C.Yes

Sue Myrick, R-N.C.Yes

Cass Ballenger, R-N.C.Yes

Charles Taylor, R-N.C.Yes

Eva Clayton, D-N.C.No

W.G. Hefner, D-N.C.No

Melvin Watt, D-N.C.No

Highway spending: By a vote of 65 for and 360 against, the House refused to subject highway and aviation trust funds to a presidential line-item veto (HR 2, above). Those funds receive their money from gasoline and ticket taxes, and spending out of them is by ``contract authority'' rather the normal appropriations process. While they finance many essential transportation projects, they also pay for controversial pork-barrel advocated by senior lawmakers over the wishes of state highway officials. Supporters of this amendment said presidents should be able to kill dubious transportation spending, while opponents said no savings would result from a veto, because trust fund money cannot be spent elsewhere in the federal budget.

A yes vote was to subject transportation trust fund spending to a possible presidential veto.

Wolf Yes

Bateman No

Pickett No

Scott No

Sisisky No

Lewis Payne No

Goodlatte No

Bliley No

Moran No

Boucher No

Davis No

Clayton No

Funderburk No

Jones No

Heineman No

Burr No

Coble No

Rose No

Hefner No

Myrick No

Ballenger No

Charles Taylor No

Watt No

Death penalty appeals: By a vote of 289 for and 142 against, the House sent the Senate a bill (HR 729) limiting the time allowed those on death row to appeal their conviction. Under the bill, a federal habeus corpus petition must be filed within one year and a state petition within two years. Among other provisions, the bill gives federal trial and appellate judges deadlines of 60 and 90 days respectively for ruling on petitions from convicts awaiting execution.

A yes vote was to pass the bill.

Bateman Yes

Pickett Yes

Sisisky Yes

Lewis Payne Yes

Goodlatte Yes

Bliley Yes

Moran Yes

Boucher Yes

Wolf Yes

Davis Yes

Scott No

Funderburk Yes

Jones Yes

Heineman Yes

Burr Yes

Coble Yes

Myrick Yes

Ballenger Yes

Charles Taylor. Yes

Clayton No

Rose, No

Hefner No

Watt No

SEARCH AND SEIZURE: Voting 298 for and 142 against, the House passed a bill (HR 666) easing the ban on warrantless searches by law enforcement officers. The bill allows federal courts to accept evidence obtained without a warrant if the officer made a ``good faith'' effort to abide by constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure. A federal judge would decide whether to admit the evidence.

A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.

Bateman Yes

Sisisky Yes

Lewis Payne Yes

Goodlatte Yes

Bliley Yes

Moran Yes

Wolf Yes

Davis Yes

Pickett No

Scott No

Boucher No

SENATE

Balanced budget: By a vote of 56 for and 44 against, the Senate tabled (killed) a proposal that Congress detail the massive spending cuts necessary to end deficit spending. The vote occurred as the Senate debated a balanced-budget constitutional amendment (HJ Res 1) requiring red-ink to be reduced by at least $1.3 trillion by 2002. While most lawmakers acknowledge that popular programs from Medicare to education would be slashed, GOP sponsors of the amendment have rejected repeated Democratic requests that they identify cuts in advance.

A yes vote opposed requiring Congress to identify in advance how it will balance the budget by 2002.

Jesse Helms, R-N.C.Yes

Lauch Faircloth, R-N.C.Yes

Charles Robb, D-Va.No

John Warner, R-Va.Yes