Sunday, March 4, 2012

CONGRESS VOTE.(PERSPECTIVE)

Byline: States News Service

WASHINGTON -- Here's how the senators and representatives of New York state and the Capital Region voted on key bills and amendments last week.

Senate

Yucca Mountain Resolution (S.J. Res. 34): The Senate on Tuesday voted to override procedural objections to a resolution, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., to bury nuclear waste under Nevada's Yucca Mountain starting in 2010. The vote was 60 yeas to 39 nays, and the resolution then was approved unanimously on a voice vote. NAYS: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D), and Sen. Charles Schumer (D).

Public Company Accounting Reform & Investor Protection Act (S. …

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