The 162 proposed amendments to the House’s continuing resolution earlier this month included a number of highly conservative proposals, testing the will of some Republicans representing less conservative districts. National Journal analyzed 20 of the most ideological amendments to see which votes caused the most splintering within the GOP. The amendments are described below along with the results of the votes.
Roll No. 53: Increase funds for Community Oriented Policing Services grants by $298 million, offset by reductions to NASA funding. (An “aye” vote represents opposition to the conservative position here.) Passed, 228-203.
Roll No. 54: Cut funds for the Legal Services Corporation by $324 million. Failed, 171-259.
Roll No. 55: Cut funds to ARPA-E, the Energy Department’s creative research agency, by $50 million. Failed, 170-262.
Roll No. 60: Increase funds for Firefighter Assistance Grants by $510 million, offset by reductions to research and development for the Department of Homeland Security. Passed, 318-113.
Roll No. 61: Cut funding for land acquisition by the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service by $2.8 million and $15 million, respectively. Failed, 213-216.
Roll No. 63: Cut funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s technology division by $64.1 million. Failed, 199-230.
Roll No. 72: Cut funding for the Children and Family Services Program and the Community Services Block Grant program, each by $100 million. Failed, 115-316.
Roll No. 75: Eliminate funding for the National Labor Relations Board. Failed, 176-250.
Roll No. 87: Prohibit funding from the continuing resolution to pay salaries or expenses to White House “czars,” including the heads of the Office of Health Reform and the automobile task force. Passed, 249-179.
Roll No. 93: Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood. Passed, 240-185.
Roll No. 96: Prohibit funding for the Environmental Protection Agency to implement or enforce any regulations on greenhouse gases. Passed, 249-177.
Roll No. 97: Prohibit salary funding for any federal employee to implement the provisions of the health care reform law. Passed, 239-187.
Roll No. 103: Cut non-security, non-veteran spending by 5.5 percent across the board and cut legislative-branch spending by 11 percent. Failed, 147-281.
Roll No. 107: Prohibit funding to pay dues to the United Nations. Failed, 177-243.
Roll No. 115: Ease gun-control standards by not requiring reporting of multiple rifle or shotgun sales to the same person. Passed, 277-149.
Roll No. 129: Prohibit funding for new mining and water-quality standards laid out by EPA. Passed, 235-185.
Roll No. 132: Prohibit funding for the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Passed, 244-179.
Roll No. 136: Prohibit any use of funding by EPA that goes toward labeling greenhouse gases “hazardous.” Passed, 239-183.
Roll No. 139: Prohibit funding for the federal government to designate national monuments under the Antiquities Act, which restricts energy exploration and other uses of public lands. Failed, 209-213.
Roll No. 144: Prohibit the use of wage-rate requirements for government contractors funded by the continuing resolution. Failed, 189-233.
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