Here is how members of Maryland's delegation on Capitol Hill were recorded on selected roll-call votes last week:
YES N: NO X: NOT VOTING
HOUSE: CRIME BILL
By a 238-192 vote, the House authorized $10 billion over five years in block grants to help the nation's cities and towns fight crime. Each locality may spend the grant as it sees fit.
A yes vote was to use block rather than categorical grants to distribute $2 billion annually in federal crime-fighting funds.
N X Member
Y * * Ehrlich, Robert, R-2nd
* N * Hoyer, Steny H. D-5th
Y * * Bartlett, Roscoe G., R-6th
* N * Wynn, Albert R., D-4th
* N * Cardin, Benjamin L., D-3rd
* N * Mfume, Kweisi, D-7th
Y * * Gilchrest, Wayne T., R-1st
* N * Morella, Constance A., R-8th
HOUSE: CATEGORICAL GRANTS
By a vote of 196 for and 235 against, the House rejected a Democratic amendment to set aside $7.5 billion in HR 728 (above) for the hiring of as many as 100,000 local police officers.
A yes vote was to continue categorical grants for police hiring.
Y N X Member
* N * Ehrlich, Robert, R-2nd
Y * * Hoyer, Steny H. D-5th
Y * * Bartlett, Roscoe G., R-6th
* N * Wynn, Albert R., D-4th
* N * Cardin, Benjamin L., D-3rd
* N * Mfume, Kweisi, D-7th
Y * * Gilchrest, Wayne T., R-1st
Y * * Morella, Constance A., R-8th
@HOUSE: ABORTION ISSUE
By a vote of 164 for and 266 against, the House declined to vTC specify protection of abortion clinics as a permissible use of crime-fighting grants.
A yes vote was to adopt the amendment.
N X Member
* N * Ehrlich, Robert, R-2nd
Y * * Hoyer, Steny H. D-5th
* N * Bartlett, Roscoe G., R-6th
Y * * Wynn, Albert R., D-4th
Y * * Cardin, Benjamin L., D-3rd
Y * * Mfume, Kweisi, D-7th
* N * Gilchrest, Wayne T., R-1st
Y * * Morella, Constance A., R-8th
SENATE: COMMITTEE FUNDING
By a vote of 91-2, senators approved a two-year budget of about $100 million for Senate committee expenses including staff salaries, hearings, domestic and foreign travel, equipment and general operating costs. The new measure authorizes 947 committee staff positions, down about 20 percent from the level authorized two years ago.
A yes vote was to approve the committee funding resolution.
Y N X Member
Y * * Mikulski, Barbara A., D
Y * * Sarbanes, Paul S., D
SENATE: SOCIAL SECURITY
Senators voted 57-41, to table (kill) an amendment putting language into the Constitution to protect Social Security against spending cuts.
yes vote opposed writing protection for Social Security into the Constitution.
Y N X Member
* N * Mikulski, Barbara A., D
* N * Sarbanes, Paul S., D