Key Votes
S AMDT 4563 - FEMA Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
David Vitter voted Nay (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Stages
Family
- HR 5441 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriation Act, 2007
- S AMDT 4553 - Rail and Transit Security Amendment
- S AMDT 4560 - USEMA Amendment
- S AMDT 4563 - FEMA Amendment
- S AMDT 4587 - Transit Security Amendment
- S Amdt 4615 - Firearm Confiscation Prohibition Amendment
- S Amdt 4659 - Double-Layered Fencing Amendment
- SB 201 - Relating to Small Business
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (32-66) - July 11, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: FEMA Amendment
Vote to adopt an amendment that designates FEMA as independent and separate from the Department of Homeland Security and authorizes the President to appoint the director of FEMA.
Sponsors
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka Sr. (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara Boxer (CA - D)
- James Merrill 'Jim' Jeffords (VT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick J. Leahy (VT - D)
- Barbara A. Mikulski (MD - D)
