Today, for example, the House defeated an amendment to exempt laws intended to regulate financial institutions.

By a vote of 221 to 206, the House defeated an amendment to a $13.3 billion foreign aid bill that would have removed the restrictions.

The vote was largely symbolic because the House defeated the measure Wednesday.

The House defeated, by a vote of 229 to 196, a similar effort to exempt small businesses from the wage increase.

In a vote of 239 to 177, the House defeated a bid to reduce the support rate for sugar by 3 cents a pound.

On May 25, the House defeated a similar measure, 214 to 208.

The House defeated his amendment by just 25 votes.

Earlier, by a vote of 252 to 171, the House defeated an amendment that would have barred the airport ticket tax.

The House, on a 236-to-183 vote, defeated a Republican amendment that would have provided financing for the council.

Last week, the House defeated a bill that would place caps on medical malpractice suits.