By Tom McClintock. The House took action on legislative issues yesterday. Here is how I voted:

HR 5987 Seniors Protection Act of 2010. NO – This is a $250 check for every social security recipient because … well, just because. This adds $14 billion to the deficit, meaning an additional $180 out of the taxes of an average family of four. And since we don’t have it, we’ll be borrowing it and letting our kids pay it back.

HR 6495 Robert C Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2010. NO – This is a federal overreach that assures a lot more miners unemployed with no real increase in mine safety. It restructures the relationship between the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and employers that would make it much more difficult for mining companies to operate. For example, the bill lowers the threshold for which a company can be declared to be in a “pattern of noncompliance” and make it almost impossible for the company to be relieved of this sanction. It imposes prejudgment interest penalties on employers and provides no repayment mechanism if the employer prevails in the challenge.

HR 4501 Guarantee of a Legitimate Deal Act. NO -- Requires on-line jewelry purchasers to store jewelry indefinitely until a customer affirmatively accepts or rejects a purchase offer – regardless of the terms of the contract. These are arrangements best left between buyer and seller.

HR 5281 DREAM ACT. NO – This would legalize hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens under age 30. Merely by filing an application they will be immune from deportation even with a criminal record. They will immediately be eligible for in-state tuition benefits, student loans, federal work study programs and other forms of financial aid at taxpayer expense. They will receive amnesty and permanent residency as long as they have broken our immigration laws continuously for the past five years and attend college or enlist in the military.

HR 3082 Continuing Resolution on the budget. NO -- Continues federal spending at a recklessly unsustainable level -- $1.089 trillion of additional discretionary spending through September 30th – plus a mega-food-regulatory act estimated to cost $1.4 trillion over the next ten years and $624 million to fund the new START Treaty with Russia that severely constrains America’s ability to provide a missile defense shield.