A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that all railroad retirement benefits are exempt from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and that any such benefits sequestered under the presidential order of November 20, 1987, should be restored.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

53 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 33 Democrats

33 of 53 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Douglas Applegate (D-OH), Helen Bentley (R-MD), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Robert Borski (D-PA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), H. Callahan (R-AL), William Chappell (D-FL), William Clinger (R-PA), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Ronald Coleman (D-TX), Hal Daub (R-NE), Robert Davis (R-MI), Wayne Dowdy (D-MS), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Ben Erdreich (D-AL), Vic Fazio (D-CA), James Florio (D-NJ), Henry Gonzalez (D-TX), Kenneth Gray (D-IL), Frank Horton (R-NY), William Hughes (D-NJ), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Norman Lent (R-NY), William Lipinski (D-IL), Michael Lowry (D-WA) and 23 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 100th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Whittaker.

• H.R. 2628 (100th) Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act of 1988
• H.R. 2115 (100th) Rural Nursing Care Access Amendments of 1987
• H.R. 3294 (100th) Comprehensive Tobacco Health and Safety Act of 1987
• H.R. 1713 (100th) Railroad Safety Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1987
• H.R. 1532 (100th) Health Protection Act of 1987
• H.R. 1045 (100th) Agricultural Disaster Assistance Program Act of 1987

Sponsor’s state and district

Kansas in Congress