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1999-H982 on Mar 4, 1999

To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for the distribution of needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of illegal drugs. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit Federal funds from being expended to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of illegal drugs.

    Participating counts on VoteMatch question 19.
  • Topic: Drugs
  • Headline: Ban federal funding for needle-exchange programs (Score: 2)
  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.



Democrats participating in 1999-H982

Ronnie Shows s1oMississippi Democrat



Republicans participating in 1999-H982

Spencer Bachus s1oAlabama Republican
Cass Ballenger s1oNorth Carolina Republican
Bob Barr s1oGeorgia Republican
Joe Linus Barton s1oTexas Republican
Roy Blunt s1oMissouri Republican (until 2010)
Ed Bryant s1oTennessee Republican
Ken Calvert s1oCalifornia Republican
Tom Coburn s1oOK Republican Jr Senator; previously US Rep
Christopher Cox s1oCalifornia Republican
Barbara Cubin s1oWyoming Republican (Retiring 2008)
Jim DeMint s1oSC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
Jay Dickey s1oArkansas Republican
John Doolittle s1oCalifornia Republican (Retiring 2008)
Phil English s1oPennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)
Terry Everett s1oAlabama Republican (Retiring 2008)
Ernie Fletcher s1oKentucky Republican
Michael Forbes s1oNew York Republican (retired)
Vito Fossella s1oNew York Rep./Cons. (Unseated 2008)
Virgil Goode s1oVirginia Republican (Unseated 2008)
Bob Goodlatte s1pVirginia Republican
Porter Goss s1oFlorida Republican (Until 2004)
Mark Green s1oWisconsin Republican
Wally Herger s1oCalifornia Republican
Van Hilleary s1oTennessee Republican
Ernest Istook s1oOklahoma Republican
Joe Knollenberg s1oMichigan Republican (Unseated 2008)
Steve Largent s1oOK00 Former Republican Challenger (2002)
Tom Latham s1oIowa Republican
Frank LoBiondo s1oNew Jersey Republican
Bill McCollum s1oFL Former Republican challenger (2004); former US Rep.
John Mica s1oFlorida Republican
Sue Myrick s1oNorth Carolina Republican
Michael Oxley s1oOhio Republican
Ron Packard s1oCalifornia Republican
Ron Paul s1oPOTUS Republican (Libertarian 1988)
John Peterson s1oPennsylvania Republican (Retiring 2008)
Charles Pickering s1oMississippi Republican (Retiring 2008)
Matt Salmon s1oArizona Republican
Pete Sessions s1oTexas Republican
John Shadegg s1oArizona Republican
Lee Terry s1oNebraska Republican
Todd Tiahrt s1oKansas Republican (until 2010)
Dave Weldon s1oFlorida Republican (Retiring 2008)
Ed Whitfield s1oKentucky Republican



Independents participating in 1999-H982

John Hostettler s1oIN 2010 Senate Challenger (lost GOP primary); formerly US Rep.
Bob Schaffer s1oCO Former GOP Senate Challenger (2008)



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 1
Republicans: 44
Independents: 2
















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