| Full Name: | Jerry F. Costello |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Wife: Georgia; 3 Children: Jerry II, Gina, John |
| Birth Date: | 09/25/1949 |
| Birth Place: | East Saint Louis, IL |
| Home City: | Belleville, IL |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Key Votes
Jerry F. Costello's Voting Records
Issue
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- Abortion
- Abortion and Reproductive
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals and Wildlife
- Arts, Entertainment, and History
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Business and Consumers
- Campaign Finance and Elections
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
- Conservative
- Crime
- Death Penalty
- Defense
- Drugs
- Education
- Employment and Affirmative Action
- Energy
- Environment
- Executive Branch
- Federal, State and Local Relations
- Foreign Affairs
- Gambling and Gaming
- Government Operations
- Guns
- Health and Health Care
- Housing and Property
- Immigration
- Indigenous Peoples
- Judicial Branch
- Labor Unions
- Legislative Branch
- Liberal
- Marriage, Family, and Children
- Military Personnel
- National Security
- Science
- Senior Citizens
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Social
- Stem Cell Research
- Technology and Communication
- Trade
- Transportation
- Unemployed and Low-Income
- Veterans
- Women
National Key Votes
| Date | Bill No. | Bill Title | Outcome | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1996 | H Amdt 1084 | Minimum Wage Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (266 - 162) |
Yea |
| May 23, 1996 | H Amdt 1085 | Fair Labor Standards Act Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (239 - 188) |
Nay |
| May 23, 1996 | H Amdt 1085 | Fair Labor Standards Act Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (196 - 229) |
Nay |
| May 23, 1996 | HR 1227 | Minimum Wage Increase | Bill Passed - House (281 - 144) |
Yea |
| May 22, 1996 | HR 3448 | Minimum Wage Increase bill | Bill Passed - House (414 - 10) |
Yea |
| May 22, 1996 | H Amdt 1075 | Disclosure of Intelligence Spending Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (176 - 248) |
Did Not Vote |
| May 21, 1996 | HR 3415 | Repeal Gas Tax bill | Bill Passed - House (301 - 108) |
Nay |
| May 16, 1996 | H Con Res 178 | Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Resolution | Resolution Passed - House (226 - 195) |
Nay |
| May 15, 1996 | H Amdt 1057 | Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (202 - 220) |
Nay |
| May 15, 1996 | HR 3230 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 | Bill Passed - House (272 - 153) |
Nay |
| May 15, 1996 | H Amdt 1058 | Former Soviet Union Defense Conversion Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (249 - 171) |
Yea |
| May 9, 1996 | HR 956 | Product Liability bill | Veto Override Failed - House (258 - 163) |
Nay |
| May 7, 1996 | HR 2137 | Megan's Law | Bill Passed - House (418 - 0) |
Yea |
| May 1, 1996 | S 641 | Ryan White CARE reauthorization Act of 1995 | Conference Report Adopted - House (402 - 4) |
Yea |
| April 30, 1996 | HR 1561 | Authorization bill, FY96-97, Foreign Relations | Veto Override Failed - House (234 - 188) |
Nay |
| April 25, 1996 | HR 3019 | Appropriations bill FY96, Omnibus | Conference Report Adopted - House (399 - 25) |
Yea |
| April 18, 1996 | S 735 | Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention Act | Conference Report Adopted - House (293 - 133) |
Yea |
| April 17, 1996 | HR 842 | Truth in Budgeting Act | Bill Passed - House (284 - 143) |
Yea |
| March 29, 1996 | HR 2854 | Agricultural Market Transition Act | Conference Report Adopted - House (318 - 89) |
Yea |
| March 29, 1996 | HR 956 | Product Liability bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (259 - 158) |
Nay |
| March 28, 1996 | HR 3103 | Health Insurance Portability bill | Bill Passed - House (267 - 151) |
Nay |
| March 22, 1996 | HR 125 | Gun Ban Repeal Act of 1995 | Bill Passed - House (239 - 173) |
Yea |
| March 21, 1996 | HR 2202 | Immigration Reform bill | Bill Passed - House (333 - 87) |
Yea |
| March 20, 1996 | H Amdt 968 | Immigrant Public Assistance Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (151 - 269) |
Nay |
| March 20, 1996 | H Amdt 969 | Denying Public Education to Undocumented Immigrants | Amendment Adopted - House (257 - 163) |
Yea |
| March 20, 1996 | H Amdt 974 | Immigrant English Proficiency Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (210 - 207) |
Nay |
| March 14, 1996 | HR 2703 | Antiterrorism bill | Bill Passed - House (229 - 191) |
Nay |
| March 14, 1996 | H Amdt 954 | Habeas Corpus Reform Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (135 - 283) |
Nay |
| March 12, 1996 | HR 1561 | Authorization bill, FY96-97, Foreign Relations | Conference Report Adopted - House (226 - 172) |
Nay |
| March 7, 1996 | HR 3019 | Appropriations bill FY96, Omnibus | Bill Passed - House (209 - 206) |
Nay |
| March 7, 1996 | H Amdt 947 | Lobby Disclosure Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (211 - 209) |
Nay |
| March 7, 1996 | H Amdt 946 | Medicaid Funded Abortions Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (198 - 222) |
Nay |
| March 6, 1996 | HR 927 | Cuba Sanctions Bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (336 - 86) |
Yea |
| Feb. 29, 1996 | H Amdt 936 | Agricultural Conservation Programs Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (372 - 37) |
Yea |
| Feb. 29, 1996 | H Amdt 941 | Florida Everglades Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (299 - 124) |
Nay |
| Feb. 29, 1996 | HR 2854 | Agricultural Market Transition Act | Bill Passed - House (270 - 155) |
Yea |
| Feb. 28, 1996 | H Amdt 933 | Peanut Program Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (209 - 212) |
Nay |
| Feb. 28, 1996 | H Amdt 934 | Sugar Program Amendment | Amendment Rejected - House (208 - 217) |
Nay |
| Feb. 28, 1996 | H Amdt 935 | Dairy Program Amendment | Amendment Adopted - House (258 - 164) |
Nay |
| Feb. 1, 1996 | S 652 | Telecommunications Bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (414 - 16) |
Yea |
| Jan. 24, 1996 | S 1124 | Authorization bill FY96, Defense Department | Conference Report Adopted - House (287 - 129) |
Yea |
| Jan. 4, 1996 | HR 1977 | 1996 Interior Appropriations | Veto Override Failed - House (239 - 177) |
Nay |
| Jan. 3, 1996 | HR 1530 | Authorization bill FY96, Defense Department | Veto Override Passed - House (240 - 156) |
Yea |
| Dec. 21, 1995 | HR 4 | Welfare Reform Bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (245 - 178) |
Nay |
| Dec. 20, 1995 | HR 1058 | Legal Reform bill | Veto Override Passed - House (319 - 100) |
Nay |
| Dec. 15, 1995 | HR 1530 | Authorization bill FY96, Defense Department | Conference Report Adopted - House (267 - 149) |
Yea |
| Dec. 13, 1995 | HR 2770 | Troop Deployment in Bosnia Bill | Bill Failed - House (210 - 218) |
Nay |
| Dec. 13, 1995 | HR 1977 | Interior Department FY96 Appropriations bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (244 - 181) |
Nay |
| Dec. 7, 1995 | HR 2099 | Veterans Affairs, HUD FY '96 Appropriations bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (227 - 190) |
Nay |
| Dec. 6, 1995 | HR 1058 | Legal Reform bill | Conference Report Adopted - House (320 - 102) |
Nay |
About the Selection and Descriptions of Key Votes
Project Vote Smart provides easy access to Congressional and State voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Key votes typically include the initial passage of legislation and final conference report vote versions (the compromised versions of bills passed in separate House and Senate versions). Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:
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- The vote should be clear for any person to understand
- The vote has received media attention
- The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
- Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added
Descriptions of the votes are written by Vote Smart staff and based on information included in the Congressional Record, State House Journals, or Senate Journals, with additional background information from newspapers, magazines, etc. Vote Smart provides summaries for each selected key vote. The summary does not necessarily reflect the final version of the bill.
The Key Votes Program follows Project Vote Smart's strict policies, procedures and structure that guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. In order to ensure that all Key Votes are non-partisan in their selection and language, each is approved by a group of over 160 political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.
