2004: Goode amdt to prohibit funds being used by SSA to implement totalization agreement

Voted against giving Social Security to illegal aliens in 2004
Rep. ZZlastnameZZ voted, as part of the Appropriations Committee, in favor of the Goode Amendment to the Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations bill. The Goode Amendment would have prohibited Appropriations funds from being used by the Social Security Administration to implement a totalization agreement between the United States and Mexico because the proposed agreement would allow illegal aliens from Mexico to collect Social Security provided they had left the U.S. or obtained legal status. The amendment failed by a vote of 20-26, which was an impressive show of support for the amendment considering the pressure against it from sources like the White House.