1. Rostenkowskl(D-IL) gag rule, which would have allowed debate on numerous tax increases, including a "cap" on the third year of the 1981 tax cuts, was defeated 204-214 on 11/17/83. ACU opposed the gag rule.

2. Addabbo (D-NY) amendment to strike all funds - some $2 billion - for MX procurement was defeated 208-217 on 11/1/83. ACU opposed the amendment.

3. On 11/3/83, the House approved the auto domestic bill, an extreme protectionist measure requiring used of fixed percentage of (high cost) American labor and parts in cars sold in the U.S. by a 219-199 margin. ACU opposed the bill.

4. An amendment by Majority Leader Jim Wright adding $300 million for federal job training and education programs including job corps, Pell grants and bilingual education was approved 302-111 on 9/22/83. ACU opposed the amendment.

5. On 9/2l/83 the House approved 246-178, a $3.5-billion Democratic jobs bill for fiscal 1984. ACU opposed the bill.

6. By a 266-152 margin, the House approved S 675, a bill that contained monies for critically needed weapons systems like the B-1 and the MX on 9/15/83. ACU supported the bill.

7. On 8/3//83, the House approved 252-174, a measure creating, in effect, a brand new entitlement program, health insurance for the unemployed. ACU opposed this measure.

8. On 3/8/83, the House approved, 242-185, an amendment instructing the U.S. representatives to the IMP to oppose loans to Communist Dictatorships. ACU favored the amendment.

9. An amendment allowing continued U.S. support to the Contras as long as Nicaragua's Sandinista regime continues sending arms to the Salvadoran guerrillas was defeated 203-223 on 7/28/83. ACU supported the amendment.

10. On 8/2/83, the House approved 338-90, a measure creating a paid federal holiday for controversial civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. ACU opposed the measure.

11. The House approved on 6/8/83, an amendment to bar the use or federal employee health insurance benefits to pay for abortions unless the life of the mother is endangered. ACU supported the amendment

12. On 6/23/83, the House by a 239-191 vote approved HR 1183 - a measure to place a $720 "cap" on the third year of the Reagan tax cut. ACU opposed the bill.

13. The House approved 239-186 on 6/23/83, the 1984 budget resolution which increased taxes and domestic spending while cutting the defense hikes proposed by the President. ACU opposed the bill.

14. On 5/11/83, the House approved 216-196, legislation providing $760 million in federal loans to homeowners facing foreclosure. ACU opposed the bill.

15. On 5/4/83, the House approved 278-149, a so called "mutual and verifiable nuclear freeze," ACU opposed the measure. Counted Double

16. The House adopted 221-195, an amendment which permits the U.S. to withdraw from its responsibilities under the 1979 NATO decision to deploy new missiles if the U.S. and Soviets reach a "freeze" agreement, and thus undermines confidence in American deterrence. ACU opposed the amendment which passed on 4/21/83.

17. On 3/22/83, the House by a 329-86 vote, gave final approval to the "pork barrel" $15.6 billion jobs and unemployment compensation bill. ACU opposed the bill.

18. On 10/22/83, the House adopted 227-194, an amendment prohibiting covert U.S. aid to anti-resistance forces in Nicaragua, authorizing instead a relatively useless $50 million fund for friendly Central American countries to interdict arms shipments to Communist guerrillas. ACU opposed the amendment.

19. A $25-billion bailout bill containing an $8.4 billion increase in U.S. aid to the IMF and spending increases in various federal housing programs was approved 226-186 on 11/18/83. ACU opposed the bill.

20. On 11/15/83, the House rejected, 278-147, the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution (a two-thirds approval was necessary for passage). ACU opposed the amendment. Counted Double

21. House rejected an amendment that would allow the President to control high-tech exports to our allies, whose weak controls have allowed the Soviet bloc to loot U.S. technology by a 188-223 margin on 10/27/83. ACU supported the amendment.