This post will start a new category with information taken from The Virginian Pilot and The Record.
The House voted to "repremand" Joe Wilson of S. Carolina for yelling "you lie" at President Obama during an address before a joint session. The vote was 240 in favor and 179 opposed. "The disapproval measure ...was the mildest punishment the House could give..." (and there were still 179 votes against it).
The House voted to deny funding to ACORN (345 to 75) and the Senate did also (83 to 7). The voter registration group was video taped "urging illegal activity".
The Senate voted to "...require Amtrak to allow passengers to stow handguns in checked luggage..." by a vote of 68 to 30.
The House approved $ 2.43 billion in funding thur 2014 to "...develop clean-vehicle technologies". The vote was 312 to 114.
(Source: "How they voted". The Virginian Pilot on 9/21/09)
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