Other Years for Heflin (D)
Other Senators for 1995
An 'X' in the P column indicates a vote where a Senator's vote differs from the vote of the majority of their Party.
Vote Number | Vote | P | Date | Issue | Question | Result | Description |
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00001 | Yea | 05-Jan | S.Res. 14 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Harkin Amdt No. 1; To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to permit cloture to be invoked by a decreasing majority vote of Senators down to a majority of all Senators duly chosen and sworn. | |
00002 | Not Voting | 05-Jan | S. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Levin Amdt No. 3; To provide for the reform of the disclosure of lobbying activities intended to influence the Federal Government and for gift reform. | |
00003 | Not Voting | 06-Jan | S. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Wellstone Amdt. No. 5; To restrict political contributions by lobbyists. | |
00004 | Not Voting | 06-Jan | S. 2 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 6 | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: amdt no. 6, as modified; To establish Congressional enforcement of a balanced budget. | |
00005 | Not Voting | 06-Jan | S. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 7 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE SIMON AMDT NO. 7; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Bridgestone/Firestone dispute. | |
00006 | Nay | 10-Jan | S. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 8 | Agreed to | McConnell amdt. no. 8; To modify amendment number 4 to S. 2 to clarify Senate regulations on the use of frequent flyer miles. | |
00007 | Yea | X | 10-Jan | S. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 9 | Agreed to | Motion to table wellstone amdt. no. 9; To express the sense of the Senate with respect to a timetable for the Senate's prompt consideration of comprehensive gift ban legislation. |
00008 | Yea | 10-Jan | S. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 11 | Agreed to | motion to table leahy amdt. no.11; To prohibit a request of any current or prospective congressional employee to respond to their views on organizations or policy matters. | |
00009 | Nay | 10-Jan | S. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 10 | Agreed to | motion to table Kerry amdt. no. 10; To restrict the use of campaign funds for personal purposes. | |
00010 | Nay | 10-Jan | S. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 13 | Agreed to | motion to table glenn amdt. no. 13; To apply to the legislative branch the requirements regarding use of frequent flyer awards for official travel that are established in the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994. | |
00011 | Nay | 10-Jan | S. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 14 | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone amdt. no. 14; To improve legislative accountability for the impact of legislation on children. | |
00012 | Yea | 10-Jan | PN1 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination robert e. rubin secretary of the treasury | |
00013 | Nay | 11-Jan | S. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 15 | Agreed to | motion to table lautenberg amdt no. 15; To reduce the pay of Members of Congress by the same percentage as other spending is reduced in any sequester caused by the failure of Congress to meet budget limitations on spending, or the budget deficit. | |
00014 | Yea | 11-Jan | S. 2 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | final passage s.2; Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 | |
00015 | Yea | 12-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion for Attendance | Agreed to | motion to instruct sgt.-at-arms; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 | |
00016 | Yea | X | 12-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table committee amdt.; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 |
00017 | Yea | X | 12-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table committee amdt. page 12, line 6-line 9; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 |
00018 | Yea | 13-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 18 | Agreed to | DORGAN AMDT NO.18; To provide for certain studies and reports to be performed by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, and for other purposes. | |
00019 | Yea | 13-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 19 | Agreed to | kempthorne amdt no. 19; To include, in reports on Federal mandates, a description of the actions taken by the committee to avoid any adverse impact on the private sector or the competitive balance between the public sector and the private sector. | |
00020 | Yea | X | 17-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table committee amdt on pg. 15, line 6; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 |
00021 | Yea | X | 17-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table the committee amdt on pg. 15, line 23; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 |
00022 | Nay | X | 17-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Rejected | motion to table committee amdt on pg. 25, lines 11-25; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 |
00023 | Yea | 18-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 139 | Agreed to | Dole amdt. no. 139, as modified; To prevent the adoption of certain national history standards. | |
00024 | Yea | 18-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 141 | Agreed to | bradley amdt. no. 141; To express the sense of the Senate that States should not shift costs to local governments, and for other purposes. | |
00025 | Yea | 18-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 142 | Agreed to | boxer amdt. no. 142; To express the sense of the Senate that the Attorney General should act immediately to protect reproductive health care clinics. | |
00026 | Yea | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 143 | Agreed to | Levin Amdt. No. 143; To provide for the infeasibility of the Congressional Budget Office making a cost estimate for Federal intergovernmental mandates, and for other purposes. | |
00027 | Nay | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Cloture Motion Re: S. 1; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 | |
00028 | Nay | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 144 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Bumpers Amdt. No. 144; To authorize collection of certain State and local taxes with respect to the sale, delivery, and use of tangible personal property. | |
00029 | Yea | X | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 151 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Lieberman Amdt. No. 151; To exclude laws and regulations applying equally to governmental entities and the private sector. |
00030 | Yea | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 170 | Agreed to | Levin Amdt. No. 170; To include gender in the statutory rights prohibiting discrimination to which the Act shall not apply. | |
00031 | Yea | X | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 171 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Wellstone Amdt No. 171; To prohibit the consideration of legislation reported by a Congressional committee which does not contain an analysis of the probable impact of the legislation on children. |
00032 | Yea | X | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 31 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Gorton Amdt. No. 31; To prevent the adoption of certain national history standards. |
00033 | Yea | X | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion To Table Modified Comm. Amdt On Page 25, Line 11; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 |
00034 | Yea | X | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion To Table Comm. Amdt. On Page 27, Line 9; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 |
00035 | Yea | X | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion To Table Comm. Amdt. No. On Page 33, Line 11; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 |
00036 | Nay | 19-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion To Table Comm. Amdt On Page 34, Line 10; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 | |
00037 | Not Voting | 24-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 178 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 178; To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to submit a report to the Congress and to the President each time the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee takes any action changing the discount rate, the Federal funds rate, or market interest rates. | |
00038 | Not Voting | 24-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 179 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 179; To express the sense of the Senate regarding calculation of the Consumer Price Index. | |
00039 | Not Voting | 24-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 191 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Bingaman Amdt. No. 191; To provide that certain legislation shall always be in order. | |
00040 | Not Voting | 24-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 192 | Agreed to | motion to table bingaman amdt. no. 192; To establish an application to requirements relating to the treatment and disposal of radioactive waste. | |
00041 | Not Voting | 24-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 182 | Agreed to | motion to table hollings amdt. no. 182; To express the sense of the Senate concerning Congressional enforcement of a balanced budget. | |
00042 | Not Voting | 24-Jan | S.Res. 69 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.69; A resolution condemning terrorist attacks in Israel. | |
00043 | Nay | 25-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 185 | Agreed to | motion to table amdt. no. 185; To express the sense of the Congress that the Congress shall continue its progress at reducing the annual Federal deficit. | |
00044 | Nay | 25-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 202 | Agreed to | motion to table boxer amdt no 202; To ensure that the bill does not threaten the health of children, pregnant women, and the frail elderly. | |
00045 | Yea | 25-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 207 | Agreed to | grassley amdt no 207 as further modified; To express the sense of the Congress that Federal agencies should evaluate planned regulations, to provide for the consideration of the costs of regulations implementing unfunded Federal mandates, and to direct the Director to conduct a study of the 5-year estimates of the costs of existing unfunded Federal mandates. | |
00046 | Yea | 25-Jan | S.Res. 72 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.72; A resolution expressing support for the Nation and people of Japan and deepest condolences for the losses suffered as the result of the earthquake of January 17, 1995. | |
00047 | Yea | X | 26-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 201 | Agreed to | motion to table boxer amdt. no. 201; To provide for unreimbursed costs to States due to the imposition of enforceable duties on the States regarding illegal immigrants of the Federal Government's failure to fully enforce immigration laws. |
00048 | Yea | X | 26-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 199 | Agreed to | motion to table lautenberg amdt. no. 199; To exclude from the application of the Act, provisions limiting known human (Group A) carcinogens defined by the Environmental Protection Agency. |
00049 | Yea | 26-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 213 | Agreed to | byrd amdt. no. 213 (as modified); To provide a reporting and review procedure for agencies that receive insufficient funding to carry out a Federal mandate. | |
00050 | Nay | X | 26-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 196 | Rejected | motion to table kempthorne amdt. no. 196; To modify the sense-of-the-Senate provision. |
00051 | Yea | 26-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 196 | Agreed to | kempthorne amdt. no. 196; To modify the sense-of-the-Senate provision. | |
00052 | Nay | 26-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 224 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amdt. 224; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the exclusion of social security from calculations required under a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. | |
00053 | Yea | 26-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 226 | Agreed to | kassebaum amdt. no. 226; To ensure that the President fully enforces laws against child pornography, child abuse, and child labor. | |
00054 | Nay | 26-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 227 | Agreed to | motion to table amdt. no. 227; To ensure that nothing in this Act threatens child pornography, child abuse, and child labor laws. | |
00055 | Yea | X | 26-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 194 | Agreed to | motion to table Bingaman amdt. no. 194, as mod; To establish an application to provisions relating to or administrated by independent regulatory agencies. |
00056 | Nay | X | 26-Jan | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 184 | Agreed to | Graham amdt. no. 184, as mod.; To provide a budget point of order if a bill, resolution, or amendment reduces or eliminates funding for duties that are the constitutional responsibility of the Federal Government. |
00057 | Yea | X | 27-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 175 | Agreed to | motion to table levin amdt. no. 175 (as modified); To provide for Senate hearings on title I, and to sunset title I in the year 2002. |
00058 | Yea | X | 27-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 197 | Agreed to | motion to table glenn amdt. no. 197; To have the point of order lie at only two stages: (1) against the bill or joint resolution, as amended, just before final passage, and (2) against the bill or joint resolution as recommended by conference, if different from the bill or joint resolution as passed by the Senate. |
00059 | Nay | 27-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 174 | Agreed to | motion to table levin amdt. no. 174; To provide that if a committee makes certain determinations, a point of order will not lie, and for other purposes. | |
00060 | Yea | X | 27-Jan | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 218 | Agreed to | motion to table levin amdt. no. 218; To propose a substitute amendment. |
00061 | Yea | 27-Jan | S. 1 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 | |
00062 | Yea | X | 08-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 231 | Agreed to | motion to table daschle motion to commit with instructions; To require a budget plan before the amendment takes effect. |
00063 | Yea | 10-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 238 | Agreed to | dole amdt. no. 238; Of a perfecting nature. | |
00064 | Yea | 13-Feb | S.Res. 73 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.73; Omnibus Committee Funding Resolution for 1995 and 1996 | |
00065 | Nay | 14-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 236 | Agreed to | motion to table Reid amdt. 236; To protect the Social Security system by excluding the receipts and outlays of Social Security from the budget. | |
00066 | Yea | X | 14-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 240 | Agreed to | motion to table boxer amdt. no. 240; To provide Federal assistance to supplement State and local efforts to alleviate the damage, loss, hardship and suffering caused by disasters or emergencies by exempting spending that is designated emergency requirements by both the President and the Congress. |
00067 | Yea | X | 14-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table feingold motion to refer h.j.res.1; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |
00068 | Yea | X | 14-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 241 | Agreed to | motion to table hollings amdt. no. 241; Proposing an amendment to the Constitution relative to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections for Federal, State, and local office. |
00069 | Yea | X | 15-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 248 | Agreed to | motion to table bingaman amdt no. 248; To prohibit either House from requiring more than a majority of quorum to adopt revenues increases and spending cuts. |
00070 | Yea | X | 15-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone motion to refer h.j.res.1; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |
00071 | Yea | X | 15-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 272 | Agreed to | motion to table johnston amdt no. 272, as modified; To provide that no court shall have the power to order relief pursuant to any case or controversy arising under the balanced budget constitutional amendment, except as provided in implementing legislation. |
00072 | Yea | X | 15-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 278 | Agreed to | motion to table biden amdt no. 278; To provide for a capital budget. |
00073 | Yea | X | 15-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table feingold motion to refer; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |
00074 | Yea | X | 16-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on h.j.res.1; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |
00075 | Not Voting | 22-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 256 | Agreed to | motion to table Byrd no. 256; To permit waiver of the article when the United States is engaged in military conflict by majority vote. | |
00076 | Not Voting | 22-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 306 | Agreed to | motion to table rockefeller amdt no. 306; To protect the disability and death benefits of veterans. | |
00077 | Not Voting | 23-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone motion to refer to budget committee; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | |
00078 | Not Voting | 23-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone motion to refer to budget re: student aid; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | |
00079 | Not Voting | 23-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table byrd amdt. no. 301; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. | |
00080 | Nay | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 274 | Agreed to | motion to table feinstein amdt no.274; To propose a substitute. | |
00081 | Yea | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 291 | Agreed to | motion to table feingold amdt no. 291; To provide that receipts and outlays of the Tennessee Valley Authority shall not be counted as receipts or outlays for purposes of this article. | |
00082 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 259 | Agreed to | motion to table graham amdt no.259; To strike the limitation on debt held by the public. |
00083 | Nay | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 298 | Agreed to | motion to table graham amdt no.298; To clarify the application of the public debt limit with respect to redemptions from the Social Security Trust Funds. | |
00084 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 238 | Agreed to | motion to table kennedy amdt no. 238; Of a perfecting nature. |
00085 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers motion to refer; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |
00086 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 299 | Agreed to | motion to table nunn amdt no. 299; To permit waiver of the amendment during an economic emergency. |
00087 | Yea | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 300 | Agreed to | nunn amdt no. 300; To limit judicial review. | |
00088 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 273 | Agreed to | motion to table levin amdt no. 273; To require Congress to pass legislation specifying the means for implementing and enforcing a balanced budget before the balanced budget amendment is submitted to the States for ratification. |
00089 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 310 | Agreed to | motion to table levin amdt no. 310; To provide that the Vice President of the United States shall be able to cast the deciding vote in the Senate if the whole number of the Senate be equally divided. |
00090 | Yea | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 311 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE LEVIN AMDT NO.311; To provide that the Vice President of the United States shall not be able to cast the deciding vote in the Senate if the whole number of the Senate be equally divided. | |
00091 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 307 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE PRYOR NO. 307; To give the people of each State, through their State representatives, the right to tell Congress how they would cut spending in their State in order to balance the budget. |
00092 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 252 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE BYRD AMDT; To permit outlays to exceed receipts by a majority vote. |
00093 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 254 | Agreed to | motion to table byrd amdt no.254; To permit outlays on the debt limit to be increased by a majority vote. |
00094 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 255 | Agreed to | motion to table byrd amdt no.255; To permit the President to submit an alternative budget. |
00095 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 253 | Agreed to | motion to table byrd amdt no. 253; To permit a bill to increase revenue to become law by majority vote. |
00096 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 258 | Agreed to | motion to table byrd amdt no.258; To strike any reliance on estimates. |
00097 | Yea | X | 28-Feb | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | motion to table kerry motion to commit; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |
00098 | Yea | X | 02-Mar | H.J.Res. 1 | On the Joint Resolution | Rejected | h.j.res.1, as amended; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |
00099 | Nay | 07-Mar | S. 244 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 320 | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone amdt. no. 320; To express the sense of Congress that Congress should not enact or adopt any legislation that will increase the number of children who are hungry or homeless. | |
00101 | Nay | 07-Mar | H.R. 889 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 322 | Rejected | mccain amdt. no. 322; To reduce the rescission provided for Environmental Restoration, Defense, and to offset the reduction by an increase in the rescission for RDT Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 | |
00102 | Yea | 09-Mar | H.R. 889 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 331 | Rejected | motion to table kassebaum amdt. no. 331; To limit funding of an Executive order that would prohibit Federal contractors from hiring permanent replacements for striking workers. | |
00103 | Nay | 15-Mar | H.R. 889 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 331 | Rejected | cloture motion on kassebuam amdt no. 331; To limit funding of an Executive order that would prohibit Federal contractors from hiring permanent replacements for striking workers. | |
00104 | Yea | 15-Mar | S. 1 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report, s.1; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 | |
00105 | Yea | X | 16-Mar | H.R. 889 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 333 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amdt. no. 333; To rescind funds made available for the construction of wind tunnels. |
00106 | Yea | 16-Mar | H.R. 889 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 336 | Rejected | motion to table hutchison amdt. no. 336; To rescind fiscal year 1995 funding for listing of species as threatened or endangered and for designation of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. | |
00107 | Yea | 16-Mar | H.R. 889 | On the Decision of the Chair S.Amdt. 336 | Not Sustained | shall decision of chair stand re: hutchison amdt. no. 336; To rescind fiscal year 1995 funding for listing of species as threatened or endangered and for designation of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. | |
00108 | Yea | 16-Mar | H.R. 889 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.889 as amended; Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions for the Department of Defense to Preserve and Enhance Military Readiness Act of 1995 | |
00109 | Not Voting | 22-Mar | S. 4 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 403 | Agreed to | motion to table bradley amdt. no. 403; To modify the definition of targeted tax benefit. | |
00110 | Not Voting | 22-Mar | S. 4 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 362 | Agreed to | motion to table feingold amdt. no. 362; To express the sense of the Senate regarding deficit reduction and tax cuts. | |
00111 | Not Voting | 22-Mar | S. 4 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 404 | Agreed to | motion to table hollings amdt. no. 404; To provide that entitlement and tax legislation shall not worsen the deficit. | |
00112 | Yea | X | 23-Mar | S. 4 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 348 | Agreed to | motion to table daschle amdt no 348; In the nature of a substitute. |
00113 | Nay | X | 23-Mar | S. 4 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 407 | Agreed to | motion to table hatch amdt. no. 407, as modified; To exempt items of appropriation provided for the judicial branch from enrollment in separate bills for presentment to the President. |
00114 | Nay | 23-Mar | S. 4 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table byrd amdt no. 350; Line Item Veto Act | |
00115 | Yea | X | 23-Mar | S. 4 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.4, as amended; Line Item Veto Act |
00116 | Yea | 28-Mar | S. 219 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 411 | Agreed to | harkin amdt. no. 411; To condemn the conviction and sentencing of American citizens held in Iraq. | |
00117 | Yea | 29-Mar | S. 219 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.219 as amended; Regulatory Transition Act of 1995 | |
00118 | Nay | 29-Mar | H.R. 1158 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 421 | Agreed to | motion to table mikulski amdt. no. 421; To propose a substitute for title I. | |
00119 | Yea | 29-Mar | H.R. 1158 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 423 | Agreed to | byrd amdt no. 423; To reduce the discretionary spending caps to ensure that savings achieved in the bill are applied to deficit reduction. | |
00120 | Yea | 30-Mar | PN260 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination - daniel robert glickman - secretary of agriculture | |
00121 | Nay | 30-Mar | H.R. 1158 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 429 | Agreed to | motion to table murray amdt. no. 429; To require timber sales to go forward. | |
00122 | Yea | X | 30-Mar | H.R. 1158 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 435 | Rejected | motion to table kerrey amdt. no. 435; To rescind certain funds for GSA Federal buildings and courthouses. |
00123 | Yea | X | 30-Mar | H.R. 1158 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 436 | Agreed to | motion to table boxer amdt. no. 436; To delete the rescission of the funds appropriated for the Department of Education for the Technology for Education of All Students Program in the amount of $5,000,000 and for the Star Schools Program in the amount of $5,000,000; and to rescind $11,000,000 of the funds available under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1995, for acquisition of two executive aircraft. |
00124 | Yea | 30-Mar | n/a | On the Amendment | Agreed to | shelby amdt. no. 437 | |
00125 | Nay | X | 30-Mar | H.R. 1158 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 438 | Agreed to | motion to table reid amdt. no. 438; To restore $14,700,000 of the amount available for substance abuse block grants. |
00126 | Not Voting | 03-Apr | H.R. 831 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | cloture motion re: conference report on h.r. 831; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, to repeal the provision permitting nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes. | |
00127 | Nay | 06-Apr | H.R. 1158 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 420 | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture re: hatfield amdt no 420; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00128 | Yea | 06-Apr | H.R. 1158 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 448 | Agreed to | kennedy amdt no 448; To state the sense of the Senate regarding tax avoidance by certain former citizens of the United States. | |
00129 | Nay | 06-Apr | H.R. 1158 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 574 | Rejected | motion to table hollings amdt no 574; To restore funding for certain National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Department of Commerce technology programs. | |
00130 | Yea | 06-Apr | H.R. 1158 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 461 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amdt no 461; To eliminate funding for the market promotion program. | |
00131 | Yea | 06-Apr | H.R. 1158 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 579 | Rejected | harkin amdt no. 579; To restore funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Senior Community Service Program, and rescind funds for the Board for International Broadcasting. | |
00132 | Yea | 06-Apr | H.R. 1158 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.1158, as amended; A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes. | |
00133 | Yea | 25-Apr | S.Res. 110 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | S. Res. 110; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the bombing in Oklahoma City. | |
00134 | Yea | 26-Apr | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table hollings amdt. no. 598 | |
00135 | Yea | 26-Apr | H.R. 956 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 597 | Rejected | motion to table amdt no 597, as modified; To provide for equity in legal fees, and for other purposes. | |
00136 | Nay | 26-Apr | H.R. 956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 599 | Agreed to | brown amdt no. 599; To restore to rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure the restrictions on frivolous legal actions that existed prior to 1994. | |
00137 | Yea | 02-May | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Rejected | motion to table thomas amdt no. 604 | |
00138 | Yea | X | 02-May | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE WELLSTONE AMDT NO. 605 |
00139 | Nay | 02-May | n/a | On the Amendment | Agreed to | SNOWE AMDT NO. 608 | |
00140 | Yea | 02-May | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to table Kyl amdt. no. 609 | |
00141 | Yea | 02-May | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table kyl amdt. no. 611 | |
00142 | Nay | 02-May | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table Simon amdt. no. 614 | |
00143 | Yea | X | 02-May | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table kennedy amdt. no. 607 |
00144 | Nay | 02-May | H.R. 956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 603 | Agreed to | McConnell amdt. no. 603; To reform the health care liability system and improve health care quality through the establishment of quality assurance programs. | |
00145 | Nay | 03-May | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table Dorgan amdt. no. 619 | |
00146 | Nay | 03-May | H.R. 956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 617 | Agreed to | DOLE AMDT NO. 617; To provide for certain limitations on punitive damages, and for other purposes. | |
00147 | Nay | 03-May | H.R. 956 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 618 | Agreed to | motion to table thompson amdt no. 618, as modified; To limit the applicability of the uniform product liability provisions to actions brought in a Federal court under diversity jurisdiction. | |
00148 | Yea | 04-May | H.R. 956 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 600 | Agreed to | motion to table abraham amdt no. 600; To provide for proportionate liability for noneconomic damages in all civil actions whose subject matter affects commerce. | |
00149 | Yea | X | 04-May | H.R. 956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 681 | Agreed to | Kyl amdt. no. 681; To make improvements concerning alternative dispute resolution. |
00150 | Yea | X | 04-May | H.R. 956 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 682 | Agreed to | motion to table amdt. no. 682; To provide for product liability insurance reporting. |
00151 | Nay | 04-May | H.R. 956 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 596 | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on Gorton amdt. no. 596; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00152 | Nay | 04-May | H.R. 956 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 596 | Rejected | Motion to invoke cloture re: gorton amdt no. 596; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00153 | Nay | 08-May | H.R. 956 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 690 | Rejected | MOTION TO INVOKE CLOTURE RE: COVERDELL AMDT NO 690; To provide for a uniform product liability law and to provide assurance of access to certain biomaterials. | |
00154 | Yea | 08-May | S.Res. 115 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | ; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that America's World War II veterans and their families are deserving of this nation's respect and appreciation on the 50th anniversary of VE Day. | |
00155 | Yea | 09-May | PN284 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination - John M. Deutch | |
00156 | Nay | 09-May | H.R. 956 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 690 | Agreed to | cloture motion re: sp 690; To provide for a uniform product liability law and to provide assurance of access to certain biomaterials. | |
00157 | Yea | 09-May | H.Con.Res. 53 | On the Concurrent Resolution | Agreed to | h.con.res.53; A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding a private visit by President Lee Teng-hui of the Republic of China on Taiwan to the United States. | |
00158 | Yea | 09-May | S.Res. 118 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | S. Res. 118; A resolution concerning United States-Japan trade relations. | |
00159 | Yea | 10-May | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amdt no. 749 | |
00160 | Nay | 10-May | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table dorgan amdt no. 629 | |
00161 | Nay | 10-May | H.R. 956 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 956, AS AMENDED; Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act of 1995 | |
00162 | Yea | 11-May | S. 534 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 769 | Agreed to | motion to table kyl amdt no. 769; To authorize flow control for a limited period of time to ensure that States and political subdivisions are able to service debts incurred for the construction of solid waste management facilities prior to the Carbone decision. | |
00163 | Nay | X | 11-May | S. 534 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 754 | Agreed to | motion to table specter amdt no. 754, as modified; To express the sense of the Senate on taking all possible steps to combat domestic terrorism in the U.S. |
00164 | Nay | 11-May | S. 534 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 867 | Rejected | motion to table jeffords amdt no. 867, as modified; To provide flow control authority to certain solid waste districts. | |
00165 | Nay | 12-May | S. 534 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | cloture motion re: committee substitute; Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Act of 1995 | |
00166 | Yea | 12-May | S. 534 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 914 | Agreed to | motion to table dorgan amdt no. 914; To amend the definition of "municipal solid waste" to include industrial waste regardless of whether the industrial waste is physically and chemically identical to other municipal solid waste., | |
00167 | Yea | 15-May | S. 395 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table first committee amendment; Alaska Power Administration Asset Sale and Termination Act Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act | |
00168 | Yea | X | 16-May | S. 534 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1079 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE MURRAY AMDT NO. 1079; To permit a political subdivision of a State to exercise flow control authority for municipal solid waste, and for voluntarily relinquished recyclable material that is generated within its jurisdiction prior to January 1, 1990. |
00169 | Yea | 16-May | S. 534 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s. 534 as amended; Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste Act of 1995 | |
00170 | Yea | 16-May | S. 395 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S.395, AS AMENDED; Alaska Power Administration Asset Sale and Termination Act Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act | |
00171 | Yea | 17-May | S.Res. 120 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.120; A resolution establishing a special committee administered by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to conduct an investigation involving Whitewater Development Corporation, Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association, Capital Management Services, Inc., the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, and other related matters. | |
00172 | Nay | 19-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1111 | Rejected | domenici amdt no. 1111; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00173 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1112 | Rejected | rockefeller amdt no. 1112; To reduce the tax cut and apply the savings to medicare and medicaid. | |
00174 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1116 | Agreed to | cohen amdt no. 1116; To express the sense of the Senate regarding losses of trust funds due to fraud and abuse in the medicare program. | |
00175 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1117 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA; To restore funding to education by using amounts set aside for a tax cut. | |
00176 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1122 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA; To lessen tax increases on working families by using amounts set aside for a tax cut. | |
00177 | Nay | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1121 | Rejected | Roth amdt. no. 1121; To express the sense of the Senate that the number of Federal full-time equivalent positions should be further reduced, and for other purposes. | |
00178 | Nay | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1123 | Rejected | gramm amdt no. 1123; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00179 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1124 | Rejected | motion to waive c.b.a. re: exon amdt no. 1124; To restore funding for seniors, education, agriculture, working families, veterans, and other Americans, using amounts set aside for a tax cut. | |
00180 | Yea | X | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1125 | Rejected | thurmond amdt no. 1125; To restore adequate defense budget levels and to provide for offsetting reductions from non-defense discretionary spending and non-defense spending in the defense budget. |
00181 | Nay | X | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1126 | Rejected | harkin amdt no. 1126; To reduce unnecessary military spending, holding military spending to a freeze in overall spending over 7 years protecting readiness and modernization activities and shifting the savings to education and job training, restoring a portion of the reductions proposed for those programs in the resolution. |
00182 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1127 | Rejected | feingold amdt no. 1127; To strike provisions providing for a tax cut. | |
00183 | Nay | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1130 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amdt no. 1130; To strike the proposed change in the budget process rules which would permit the scoring of revenue derived from the sale of Federal assets. | |
00184 | Nay | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1131 | Agreed to | motion to table dodd amdt no. 1131; To restore $28,000,000,000 in outlays over seven years to reduce by $16,000,000,000 the discretionary cuts proposed in education and reduce the reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources (primarily affecting student loans) by $12,000,000,000 by closing corporate tax loopholes. | |
00185 | Nay | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1128 | Rejected | snowe amdt no. 1128; To increase funding for mandatory spending in function 500. | |
00186 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1133 | Agreed to | hatfield amdt no. 1133; To restore funds cut from the National Institutes of Health. | |
00187 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1134 | Rejected | motion to waive; To strengthen the sense of the Congress that 90 percent of the benefits of any tax cuts must go to the middle class. | |
00188 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1148 | Agreed to | Mcconnell amdt. no. 1148; To continue funding for economic development in Appalachian Region. | |
00189 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1149 | Rejected | SARBANES AMDT NO. 1149; To restore the cuts to Federal Retirement Programs by providing that the Federal Retirement programs will continue to calculate retirement benefits from the average of an employee's high 3 years of service. | |
00190 | Yea | X | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1150 | Agreed to | motion to table roth amdt no. 1150; To prohibit including revenues in the budget resolution based on oil and gas leasing within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. |
00191 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1151 | Rejected | motion to waive c.b.a. re: exon amdt no. 1151; To restore funding for agriculture and nutrition programs. | |
00192 | Nay | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1152 | Agreed to | coverdell amdt no. 1152; To expres the sense of the Senate regarding reimbursement to the States for the costs of implementing the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 under budget function 800. | |
00193 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1154 | Agreed to | mcconnell amdt no 1154; To express the sense of the Senate on the use of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund in regard to sexual harassment.fund | |
00194 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1153 | Agreed to | kerry amdt no. 1153, as amended; To maintain public funding for Presidential campaigns. | |
00195 | Yea | X | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1157 | Agreed to | motion to table glenn amdt no. 1157; To strike provisions providing for a repeal of the IRS allowance. |
00196 | Nay | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1158 | Rejected | motion to table boxer amdt no. 1158; To express the sense of the Congress that no Member of Congress may use campaign funds to defend against sexual harassment lawsuits. | |
00197 | Nay | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1159 | Agreed to | dole amdt no. 1159; To express the sense of the Congress that no Member of Congress or the Executive Branch may use campaign funds or privately donated funds to defend against sexual harassment lwasuits. | |
00198 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1160 | Rejected | motion to waive exon amdt no. 1160; To limit increases in the public debt. | |
00199 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1161 | Rejected | motion to waive c.b.a. re: moynihan amdt no. 1161; To restore funding to the AFDC and JOBS programs by using amounts set aside for a tax cut. | |
00200 | Nay | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1162 | Agreed to | motion to table Bingaman amdt.; To express the sense of the Senate on the importance of research, technology, and trade promotion and trade law enforcement programs. | |
00201 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1163 | Rejected | motion to waive c.b.a. re: murray amdt no. 1163; To protect children receiving health care insurance under medicaid. | |
00202 | Yea | 24-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1167 | Agreed to | mccain amdt no. 1167; To repeal the "Ex-Patriots" tax loophole and use the money to eliminate the earnings penalty . | |
00203 | Nay | 25-May | H.R. 1158 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | Conference Report H.R. 1158; A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes. | |
00204 | Nay | X | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1168 | Rejected | lautenberg amdt no. 1168; To allow the shift of up to $1,000,000,000 from wasteful bureaucratic overhead and wasteful procurement in the military budget for use in strengthening enforcement of immigration laws. |
00205 | Nay | X | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1169 | Rejected | lautenberg amdt no. 1169; To allow the shift of up to $2,000,000,000 from wasteful bureaucratic overhead and wasteful procurement in the military budget for use in addressing the problem of domestic violence. |
00206 | Yea | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1170 | Agreed to | leahy amdt no. 1170; Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the nutritional health of children. | |
00207 | Nay | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1172 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amdt no. 1172; To provide for additional medicare payment safeguards. | |
00208 | Yea | X | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1174 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amdt no. 1174; To express the sense of the Senate regarding losses to medicare and medicaid and other health programs due to disease and disability caused by tobacco products. |
00209 | Yea | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1175 | Rejected | motion to waive c.b.a. re: johnston amdt no. 1175; To restore funding to medicare. | |
00210 | Yea | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1176 | Rejected | motion to waive c.b.a. re: reid amdt no. 1176; To restore funding for our national parks by using amounts set aside for a tax cut. | |
00211 | Nay | X | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1177 | Rejected | motion to waive; To restore funding for water infrastructure grants. |
00212 | Nay | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1178 | Rejected | motion to table Baucus amdt.; To express the sense of the Senate regarding mandatory assumptions under Function 270: Energy | |
00213 | Nay | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1181 | Agreed to | motion to table baucus amdt no. 1181; To express the sense of the Senate regarding funding for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. | |
00214 | Nay | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1182 | Agreed to | grams amdt no. 1182; To establish procedures to provide family tax relief and incentives to stimulate savings, investment, job creation, and economic growth. | |
00215 | Yea | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1183 | Rejected | conrad amdt no. 1183; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00216 | Nay | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1184 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE SIMON AMDT NO. 1184; To eliminate Section 207 of the Budget Resolution. | |
00217 | Yea | X | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1187 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE SIMON AMDT NO. 1187; To eliminate the firewall between defense and nondefense discretionary accounts. |
00218 | Nay | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1188 | Agreed to | motion to table SP 1188; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the inclusion of reductions in medicare spending in the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996. | |
00219 | Nay | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1189 | Agreed to | motion to table Kennedy amdt. no. 1189; To restore $28,000,000,000 in outlays over seven years to reduce by $22,000,000,000 the discretionary cuts proposed in elementary and secondary education programs and reduce the reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources (primarily affecting student loans) by $6,000,000,000 by closing corporate tax loopholes. | |
00220 | Nay | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1190 | Agreed to | motion to table kennedy amdt no. 1190; To add $8,871,091,316 in budget authority and $6,770,659,752 in outlays to Function 500 over seven years to restore funding to the Pell Grant Program by closing tax loopholes. | |
00221 | Yea | X | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1185 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amdt no. 1185; To reduce military spending by $100 to reduce the deficit. |
00222 | Nay | X | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1192 | Rejected | moton to waive c.b.a. re: bradley amdt no. 1192; To establish a process to identify and control tax expenditures by setting a target for cuts. |
00223 | Yea | X | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1193 | Agreed to | motion to table bradley amdt no. 1193; To restore cuts in medicare and NIH by raising the tobacco tax by $1.00 a pack. |
00224 | Yea | X | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1194 | Agreed to | motion to table bradley amdt no. 1194; To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should remove tax loopholes and use the savings from closing special interest tax loopholes to reduce tax rates broadly for all classes of taxpayers. |
00225 | Yea | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Recommit | Rejected | motion to recommit to budget; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
00226 | Yea | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1195 | Rejected | wellstone amdt no. 1195; To restore $74 million in FY 1996 spending for veterans programs by reducing spending for tax expenditures, | |
00227 | Nay | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1138 | Rejected | wellstone amdt no. 1138; To reduce fiscal year 1996 defense spending by $10 billion and apply the savings to deficit reduction. | |
00228 | Yea | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1136 | Agreed to | Motion to table wellstone amdt. no.1136; To direct the Committee on Finance to reduce the deficit by limiting or eliminating excessive and unnecessary tax expenditures. | |
00229 | Yea | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1141 | Agreed to | motion to table the wellstone amdt. no. 1141; To express the sense of the Senate regarding low-priority domestic discretionary funding to be reduced in order to pay for partial restoration of funding for the National Institutes of Health. | |
00230 | Yea | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1196 | Agreed to | motion to table Bradley amdt. no. 1196; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00231 | Yea | 25-May | S.Con.Res. 13 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1197 | Agreed to | snowe amdt no. 1197; To reduce the reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources (primarily affecting student loans) from $13,795,000,000 in outlays over seven years, to $4,395,000,000 by closing tax loopholes. | |
00232 | Nay | 25-May | H.Con.Res. 67 | On the Concurrent Resolution | Agreed to | h.con.res.67, as amended; A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
00233 | Yea | X | 26-May | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1200 | Agreed to | motion to table amdt. no.1200; To amend the bill with respect to emergency wiretap authority. |
00234 | Yea | 05-Jun | S. 735 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1202 | Agreed to | Feinstein amdt. no. 1202; To amend the bill to authorize requirements for tagging of explosive materials, and other purposes. | |
00235 | Yea | 06-Jun | S. 735 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1250 | Agreed to | specter amdt no. 1250; To ensure due process in deportation proceedings. | |
00236 | Yea | 06-Jun | S. 735 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1215 | Agreed to | Lieberman amdt. no. 1215; To amend the bill with respect to revisions of existing authority for multipoint wiretaps. | |
00237 | Yea | X | 07-Jun | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1217 | Agreed to | motion to table biden amdt no. 1217; To amend the bill with respect to deleting habeas corpus for State prisoners. |
00238 | Nay | 07-Jun | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1253 | Agreed to | ; Relating to requiring counsel for federal habeas proceedings. | |
00239 | Nay | 07-Jun | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1245 | Agreed to | Motion to table Levin amdt. no. 1245; To retain an avenue for appeal in the case of prisoners who can demonstrate actual innocence. | |
00240 | Nay | 07-Jun | S. 735 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1211 | Rejected | Kyl amdt. no. 1211; To stop the abuse of Federal collateral remedies. | |
00241 | Nay | 07-Jun | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1224 | Agreed to | Motion to table Biden amdt. no. 1224; To amend the bill with respect to deleting the rule of deference for habeas corpus. | |
00242 | Yea | 07-Jun | S. 735 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s. 735, as amended; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
00243 | Nay | X | 08-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1261 | Agreed to | Motion to table Mccain amdt. no. 1261; To prevent excessive Federal Communications Commission regulatory activities. |
00244 | Nay | X | 08-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1262 | Agreed to | Motion to table Mccain amst. no. 1262; To strike the community users provisions in the Act. |
00245 | Nay | 08-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1263 | Rejected | Cohen amdt. no. 1263; To provide for the competitive availability of addressable converter boxes. | |
00246 | Yea | 09-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion for Attendance | Agreed to | motion to instruct sgt-at-arms; Telecommunications Act of 1996 | |
00247 | Yea | 09-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1267 | Agreed to | Santorum amdt. no. 1267; To permit the Bell operating companies to provide interLATA commercial mobile services. | |
00248 | Yea | 09-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1255 | Agreed to | dole amdt no. 1255, as modified; To provide additional deregulation of telecommunications services. | |
00249 | Yea | 12-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1269 | Agreed to | feinstein amendment No. 1269; To provide for the full scrambling on multichannel video services of sexually explicit adult programming. | |
00250 | Yea | X | 13-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1265 | Agreed to | Motion to table thurmond amendment No. 1265, as modified; To provide for the review by the Attorney General of the United States of the entry of the Bell operating companies into interexchange telecommunications and manufacturing markets. |
00251 | Nay | 13-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1276 | Rejected | McCain Amendment No. 1276; To require a voucher system to provide for payment of universal service. | |
00252 | Yea | X | 13-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1348 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bumpers Amendment No. 1348; To protect consumers of electric utility holding companies engaged in the provision of telecommunications services, and for other purposes. |
00253 | Yea | 13-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1278 | Agreed to | Dorgan Amendment No.1278 as Modified; To provide for Federal Communications Commission review of television broadcast ownership restrictions. | |
00254 | Yea | 13-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider S.Amdt. 1278 | Rejected | motion to table motion to reconsider vote no. 253; To provide for Federal Communications Commission review of television broadcast ownership restrictions. | |
00255 | Yea | 13-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1278 | Rejected | Dorgan amdt. no. 1278 upon reconsideration; To provide for Federal Communications Commission review of television broadcast ownership restrictions. | |
00256 | Nay | 13-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1275 | Rejected | Motion to Table Conrad Amendment No. 1275; To provide means of limiting the exposure of children to violent programming on television, and for other purposes. | |
00257 | Yea | 13-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1349 | Agreed to | Simon Amendment No.1349; To express the Sense of the Senate regarding limiting the amount of broadcasting of violent and aggressive programming. | |
00258 | Nay | X | 14-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1270 | Rejected | feinstein amdt no 1270; To strike the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to preempt State or local regulations that establish barriers to entry for interstate or intrastate telecommunications services. |
00259 | Yea | 14-Jun | S. 652 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | cloture motion re: s. 652; Telecommunications Act of 1996 | |
00260 | Nay | 14-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1344 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Kerrey Amendment No.1344; To provide for the representation of consumers on the Federal-State Board on universal service. | |
00261 | Yea | 14-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1307 | Agreed to | motion to table kerrey amdt no. 1307; To require more than "an" interconnection agreement prior to long distance entry by a Bell Operating Company. | |
00262 | Yea | X | 14-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1340 | Agreed to | motion to table boxer amdt no 1340, as modified; To preserve the basic tier of cable services. |
00263 | Yea | 14-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1362 | Agreed to | exon amdt no. 1362; To provide protections against harassment, obscenity and indecency to minors by means of telecommunications devices. | |
00264 | Yea | 15-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1285 | Agreed to | mccain amdt no. 1285; To means test the eligiblity of the community users in the Act. | |
00265 | Yea | X | 15-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1283 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Simon Amendment No. 1283 as modified; To revise the authority relating to Federal Communications Commission rules on radio ownership. |
00266 | Yea | X | 15-Jun | S. 652 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1298 | Agreed to | Motion to table Lieberman amendment No. 1298; To improve the provisions relating to cable rate reform. |
00267 | Yea | X | 15-Jun | S. 652 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1341 | Agreed to | Dole amendment No. 1341; To strike the volume discounts provisions. |
00268 | Yea | 15-Jun | S. 652 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | passage s. 652, as amended; Telecommunications Act of 1996 | |
00269 | Yea | 20-Jun | S. 440 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1427 | Agreed to | reid amdt no. 1427; To provide that the national maximum speed limit shall apply only to commercial motor vehicles. | |
00270 | Nay | 20-Jun | S. 440 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1429 | Agreed to | motion to table lautenberg amdt no. 1428; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the Federal-State funding relationship for transportation. | |
00271 | Nay | 20-Jun | S. 440 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1437 | Rejected | Smith Amendment No. 1437; To provide for the elimination of penalties for noncompliance with motorcycle helmet and automoblie safety belt requirements. | |
00272 | Nay | X | 20-Jun | S. 440 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1438 | Agreed to | mccain amdt no. 1438; To prohibit the funding of new highway demonstration projects. |
00273 | Yea | 21-Jun | PN245 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | cloture motion re: dr. henry w. foster to be surgeon general | |
00274 | Yea | 21-Jun | S. 440 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1442 | Rejected | Motion to table Snowe amendment No. 1442; To eliminate the penalties for noncompliance by States with a program requiring the use of motorcycle helmets. | |
00275 | Nay | 21-Jun | S. 440 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1443 | Agreed to | motion to table chafee amdt no. 1443; To limit the repeal to apply only to States that assume the Federal cost of providing medical care to treat an injury attributable to a person's failure to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle. | |
00276 | Nay | 21-Jun | S. 440 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1444 | Rejected | motion to table Roth amdt. no. 1444; To permit States to use Federal highway funds for capital improvements to, and operating support for, intercity passenger rail service. | |
00277 | Yea | 21-Jun | S. 440 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1446 | Agreed to | Byrd amdt. no. 1446; To require the witholding of Federal highway funds if a State fails to provide that any minor in the State who operates a motor vehicle and has a blood alcohol concentration above a specified level shall be considered to be driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence of alcohol. | |
00278 | Yea | 21-Jun | S. 440 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1445 | Rejected | dorgan amdt no. 1445; To require the transfer of certain Federal highway funds to a State highway safety program if a State fails to prohibit open containers of alcoholic beverages and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the passenger area of motor vehicles. | |
00279 | Nay | 21-Jun | S. 440 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider S.Amdt. 1445 | Agreed to | motion to table motion to reconsider vote no. 278; To require the transfer of certain Federal highway funds to a State highway safety program if a State fails to prohibit open containers of alcoholic beverages and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the passenger area of motor vehicles. | |
00280 | Yea | 22-Jun | PN245 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to invoke cloture Re: Henry W. Foster, Jr. nomination | |
00281 | Nay | X | 22-Jun | S. 240 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider | Agreed to | Motion to table motion to commit to Judiciary; Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 |
00282 | Yea | 23-Jun | S. 240 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1468 | Rejected | Shelby amendment No. 1468; To amend the proportionate liability provisions of the bill. | |
00283 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 240 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1469 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE BRYAN AMDT NO. 1469; To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide for a limitations period for implied private rights of action. | |
00284 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 240 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1472 | Rejected | SARBANES AMDT NO. 1472; To amend the proportionate liability provisions of the bill. | |
00285 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 240 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1473 | Agreed to | Boxer Amendment No. 1473; To instruct the Securities and Exchange Commission to report to the Congress on whether senior citizens and retirement plans need enhanced protection from securities fraud. | |
00286 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 240 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1474 | Rejected | bryan amdt no. 1474; To amend provisions relating liability for aiding or abetting violations. | |
00287 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 240 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1475 | Rejected | boxer amdt no. 1475; To establish procedures governing the appointment of lead plaintiffs in private securities class actions. | |
00288 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 240 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1477 | Rejected | sarbanes amdt no 1477; To amend the safe harbor provisions of the bill. | |
00289 | Nay | 27-Jun | S. 240 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1478 | Agreed to | motion to table sarbanes amdt no. 1478; To amend the safe harbor provisions of the bill. | |
00290 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 240 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1479 | Rejected | Graham amdt. no. 1479; To provide for an early evaluation procedure in securities class actions. | |
00291 | Nay | 28-Jun | S. 240 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1483 | Agreed to | motion to table specter amdt no. 1483; To provide for sanctions for abusive litigation. | |
00292 | Nay | 28-Jun | S. 240 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1484 | Agreed to | motion to table specter amdt no. 1484; To provide for a stay of discovery in certain circumstances, and for other purposes. | |
00293 | Yea | 28-Jun | S. 240 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1485 | Agreed to | Specter amdt. no. 1485; To clarify the standard plaintiffs must meet in specifying the defendant's state of mind in private securities litigation. | |
00294 | Nay | 28-Jun | S. 240 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1480 | Agreed to | motion to table boxer amdt no. 1480; To make an amendment relating to the consequences of insider trading. | |
00295 | Nay | 28-Jun | H.R. 1058 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.1058, as amended; Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 | |
00296 | Nay | 29-Jun | H.Con.Res. 67 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | H.CON.RES.67 CONFERENCE REPORT; A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
00297 | Yea | 10-Jul | S. 343 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1490 | Agreed to | Abraham Amendment No. 1490; To ensure that rules impacting small businesses are periodically reviewed by the agencies that promulgated them. | |
00298 | Yea | X | 10-Jul | S. 343 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1491 | Agreed to | Nunn Amendment No. 1491 as Modified; To provide small businesses improved regulatory relief by requiring that a proposed regulation determined to be subject to chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code will be deemed to be a major rule for the purposes of being subject to agency cost-benefit analysis and periodic review, and for other purposes. |
00299 | Yea | 11-Jul | n/a | On the Amendment | Agreed to | dole amdt no. 1493 | |
00300 | Yea | 11-Jul | S. 343 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1497 | Agreed to | Johnston Amendment No. 1497; To revise the threshold for a definition of a "major rule" to $100 million, to be adjusted periodically for inflation. | |
00301 | Yea | X | 12-Jul | S. 343 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1504 | Agreed to | Johnston Amendment No. 1504; To provide that risk assessments conducted to support proposed rules may be used to support final rules that are not substantially different with respect to the risk being addressed. |
00302 | Nay | X | 12-Jul | S. 343 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1505 | Rejected | Daschle Amendment No. 1505; To protect public health by ensuring timely completion of the United States Department of Agriculture's rulemaking on "Pathogen Reduction: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems" (proposed rule, 60 Fed. Reg. 6774, et al., February 3, 1995). |
00303 | Nay | 12-Jul | S. 343 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1506 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Kohl Amendment No. 1506; To protect the public from the dangers of Cryptosporidium and other drinking water hazards by ensuring timely completion of rulemaking to protect the safety of drinking water from microbial and other risks. | |
00304 | Yea | 13-Jul | S. 343 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1531 | Agreed to | hatch amdt no 1531; To express the sense of the Senate that nothing in the bill is intended to delay the timely promulgation of any regulations that would meet a human health or safety threat. | |
00305 | Yea | 13-Jul | S. 343 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1532 | Agreed to | Boxer amdt. no. 1532; To protect public health by ensuring the continued implementation of mammography quality rules. | |
00306 | Yea | X | 13-Jul | S. 343 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1535 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Lautenberg Amendment No. 1535; To strike the provisions relating to the toxic release inventory review. |
00307 | Yea | X | 14-Jul | S. 343 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1543 | Agreed to | motion to table kennedy amdt no. 1543; To provide that certain cost-benefit analysis and risk assessment requirements shall not apply to occupational safety and health and mine safety and health regulations, and for other purposes. |
00308 | Yea | 14-Jul | S. 343 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1539 | Agreed to | HUTCHISON AMDT NO. 1539 AS MODIFIED; To protect against the unfair imposition of civil or criminal penalties for the alleged violation of rules. | |
00309 | Not Voting | 17-Jul | S. 343 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Dole Amendment No. 1487; Comprehensive Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 | |
00310 | Nay | X | 18-Jul | S. 343 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1581 | Rejected | glenn amdt no. 1581; To reform regulatory procedures, and for other purposes. |
00311 | Yea | X | 18-Jul | S. 343 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1487 | Rejected | second cloture motion re: dole amdt no. 1487; In the nature of a substitute. |
00312 | Yea | 20-Jul | H.R. 1854 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1802 | Agreed to | byrd amdt no. 1802; To express the sense of the Senate that the Senate should consider a resolution requiring each accredited member of the Senate Press Gallery to file an annual public report with the Secretary of the Senate disclosing the member's primary employer and any additional sources and amounts of earned outside income. | |
00313 | Nay | 20-Jul | H.R. 1854 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1803 | Rejected | motion to table feingold amdt no. 1803; Expressing the sense of the Senate that the 104th Congress should consider comprehensive campaign finance reform legislation. | |
00314 | Yea | 20-Jul | H.R. 1854 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1807 | Agreed to | Dole amdt. no. 1807; Of a perfecting nature. | |
00315 | Yea | X | 20-Jul | S. 343 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Third Cloture Motion RE: Dole Amendment No. 1487; Comprehensive Regulatory Reform Act of 1995 |
00316 | Nay | 20-Jul | H.R. 1854 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1808 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Hollings Amendment No. 1808; To restore funding to the Office of Technology Assessment. | |
00317 | Nay | 20-Jul | H.R. 1854 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1825 | Rejected | Gramm amdt. no. 1825; To ensure equal opportunity and merit selection in the award of Federal contracts. | |
00318 | Yea | 20-Jul | H.R. 1854 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1826 | Agreed to | Murray amdt. no. 1826, as modified; To provide that none of the funds in this Act may be used to award Federal contracts to unqualified persons, in reverse discrimination, or in quotas, or is inconsistent with the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC., v. PENA on June 12, 1995. | |
00319 | Yea | X | 21-Jul | H.R. 1944 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1833 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE DIVISION I OF THE WELLSTONE AMDT NO. 1833; To strike certain recissions, and to provide an offset. |
00320 | Yea | X | 21-Jul | H.R. 1944 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1833 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE DIVISION II OF THE WELLSTONE AMDT NO. 1833; To strike certain recissions, and to provide an offset. |
00321 | Yea | 21-Jul | H.R. 1944 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 1944; Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Additional Disaster Assistance, for Anti-terrorism Initiatives, for Assistance in the Recovery from the Tragedy that Occurred at Oklahoma City, and Rescissions Act, 1995 | |
00322 | Yea | 21-Jul | H.R. 1817 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1834 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE BINGAMAN AMDT NO. 1834; To reduce by $300,000,000 the amount appropriated by the bill. | |
00323 | Yea | 21-Jul | H.R. 1817 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R.1817, AS AMENDED; Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
00324 | Yea | 24-Jul | S. 1060 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1843 | Agreed to | levin amdt no. 1843; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00325 | Nay | 24-Jul | S. 1060 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1842 | Agreed to | craig amdt no. 1842 as further amended; To prohibit certain exempt organizations from receiving Federal grants. | |
00326 | Nay | 24-Jul | S. 1060 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1839 | Agreed to | simpson amdt no. 1839, as amended; To prohibit certain exempt organizations from receiving Federal grants. | |
00327 | Yea | 25-Jul | S. 1060 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1846 | Agreed to | Lautenberg Amendment No. 1846; To express the sense of the Senate that lobbying expenses should not be tax deductible. | |
00328 | Yea | 25-Jul | S. 1060 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S.1060 as amended; Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 | |
00329 | Nay | 26-Jul | n/a | On the Amendment | Agreed to | Cohen Amendment No. 1851 | |
00330 | Nay | X | 26-Jul | S. 21 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1848 | Agreed to | Nunn Amendment No. 1848 as amended; To reiterate statement of the Contract Group that lifting the embargo is unavoidable if Serbs persist on current course and urges the President to introduce a United Nations resolution to lift Bosnian arms embargo multilaterally. |
00331 | Nay | 26-Jul | S. 21 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.21, as amended; Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense Act of 1995 | |
00332 | Yea | 26-Jul | S. 641 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1853 | Agreed to | Helms Amendment No. 1853; To require spousal notification in cases in which an individual is diagnosed with infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. | |
00333 | Yea | X | 27-Jul | S. 641 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1854 | Agreed to | helms amdt no 1854; To prohibit the use of amounts made available under this Act for the promotion or encouragement of homosexuality or intravenous drug use. |
00334 | Nay | 27-Jul | S. 641 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1855 | Rejected | helms amdt no. 1855; To limit amounts of appropriated under title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to the level of such appropriations in fiscal year 1995. | |
00335 | Yea | 27-Jul | S. 641 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1856 | Agreed to | Helms Amendment No. 1856; To ensure that Federal employees will not be required to attend or participate in AIDS training programs. | |
00336 | Nay | 27-Jul | S. 641 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1857 | Rejected | Helms amdt. no. 1857; To limit amounts appropriated for AIDS or HIV activities from exceeding amounts appropriated for cancer. | |
00337 | Nay | X | 27-Jul | S. 641 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1858 | Agreed to | Kassebaum Amendment No. 1858; To prohibit the use of funds for certain activities. |
00338 | Yea | 27-Jul | S. 641 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s. 641, as amended; Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996 | |
00339 | Yea | X | 28-Jul | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1874 | Rejected | Murkowski Amendment No. 1874; To permit reimbursement for travel and lodging at charitable political events. |
00340 | Yea | X | 28-Jul | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1875 | Agreed to | Lott amdt. no. 1875; To change the maximum total value of gifts that can be accepted from a single source in one year from $50 to $100. |
00341 | Nay | X | 28-Jul | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1878 | Agreed to | Byrd Amendment No. 1878; To express the sense of the Senate with respect to the regulation of the acceptance of gifts by the judicial branch. |
00342 | Yea | 28-Jul | S.Res. 158 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | S.res.158; A resolution to provide for Senate gift reform. | |
00343 | Yea | 31-Jul | S. 908 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2026 | Agreed to | Helms Amendment No. 2026 as Modified; To cut $10,000,000 in funds for the United Nations if the U.N. Secretary General does not help resolve the overdue debts owned U.S. citizens by diplomats and missions accredited to the United Nations. | |
00344 | Nay | 31-Jul | S. 908 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1977 | Agreed to | motion to table kennedy amdt no. 1977, as modified; To express the sense of the Senate that the Senate should debate and vote on whether to raise the minimum wage before the end of the first session. | |
00345 | Nay | 01-Aug | S. 908 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.908; Foreign Relations Revitalization Act of 1995 | |
00346 | Nay | 01-Aug | S. 908 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Second motion to invoke cloture on S. 908; Foreign Relations Revitalization Act of 1995 | |
00347 | Nay | X | 01-Aug | H.R. 1905 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2055 | Agreed to | bumpers amdt no. 2055; To terminate the Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor program. |
00348 | Yea | 01-Aug | H.R. 1905 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2057 | Agreed to | DORGAN AMDT NO. 2057; To express the sense of the Senate on the conference on S. 4, the Line Item Veto Act. | |
00349 | Yea | 01-Aug | H.R. 1905 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2058 | Agreed to | motion to table grams amdt no. 2058; To reduce the level of funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission to that enacted by the House of Representatives. | |
00350 | Yea | 02-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2078 | Agreed to | Nunn Amendment No. 2078 as Modified; To express a further sense of the Senate that front-line troops of the United States Armed Forces should be protected from missile attacks. | |
00351 | Yea | 02-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2077 | Agreed to | Kyl Amendment No. 2077 as amended; To state the sense of the Senate on protecting the United States from ballistic missile attack. | |
00352 | Yea | 02-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2079 | Rejected | Boxer amdt. no. 2079; To require hearings in the investigation stage of ethics cases. | |
00353 | Yea | X | 02-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2080 | Agreed to | McConnell Amendment No. 2080; To express the sense of the Senate that the Select Committee on Ethics should follow whatever procedures it deems necessary and appropriate to provide a full and complete record of the relevant evidence in the case of Senator Packwood. |
00354 | Yea | X | 03-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2087 | Agreed to | motion to table dorgan amdt no 2087; To reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated under Title II for national missile defense. |
00355 | Nay | 03-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2088 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Levin Amendment No. 2088; To strike Section 233(2), 237(a)(2), and Section 238. | |
00356 | Nay | 03-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2090 | Rejected | mccain amdt. no. 2090; To delete funding for procurement of a third Seawolf submarine, and to prohibit expenditures of fiscal year 1996 funds and prior fiscal year funds for procurement of such submarine. | |
00357 | Nay | X | 03-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2094 | Rejected | Bumpers Amendment No. 2094; To strike the bill's provision concerning Defense Export Loan Guarantees. |
00358 | Yea | X | 03-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2089 | Agreed to | Cohen Amendment No. 2089; To express the sense of Congress on missile defense of the United States. |
00359 | Yea | X | 04-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2112 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Exon Amendment No. 2112; To strike section 3135 of S.1026 authorizing a program for hydronuclear experiments. |
00360 | Yea | X | 04-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2113 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE REID AMDT NO. 2113; To strike the provision designating the location of the new tritium production facility of the Department of Energy. |
00361 | Nay | X | 04-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2115 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. Re: Bumpers Amendment No. 2115; To restore a common sense approach to the appropriations process by repealing the defense firewalls established in the FY96 Budget Resolution. |
00362 | Yea | 04-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2116 | Agreed to | Motion to Table McCain Amendment No. 2116; To mandate the money made available to the Department of Defense and used for civilian sporting events be re-imbursed to the Department of Defense. | |
00363 | Yea | 04-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2117 | Agreed to | BOXER AMDT NO. 2117; To provide a substitute for section 526, which amends a provision of the Uniform Code of Military Justice relating to forfeiture of pay and allowances and reduction in grade. | |
00364 | Yea | X | 04-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2119 | Agreed to | Morion to Table Kohl Amendment No. 2119; To limit to $257,700,000,000 the total amount authorized to be appropriated. |
00365 | Yea | 04-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2121 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Harkin Amendment No. 2121; To provide for reduction of United States military forces in Europe in relationship to any deficiency in allied defense burdensharing. | |
00366 | Yea | X | 04-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2122 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Levin Amendment No. 2122; To authorize funds for procurement of equipment for the reserve components according to their highest modernization priorities. |
00367 | Yea | X | 04-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2123 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Glenn Amendment No. 2123; To strike out the reduction in the period of obligated active duty service of graduates of the service academies. |
00368 | Nay | X | 04-Aug | S. 1026 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2124 | Agreed to | Leahy Amendment No. 2124; To support proposals to implement the United States goal of eventually eliminating antipersonnel landmines; to impose a moratorium on use of antipersonnel landmines except in limited circumstances; and to urge imposition of certain in sanctions against foreign governments that export antipersonnel landmines. |
00369 | Nay | X | 05-Aug | H.R. 2020 | On the Amendment | Agreed to | Committee Amendment, Page 76,Lines 10 through 17, to H.R.2020; Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00370 | Yea | X | 05-Aug | H.R. 2020 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2153 | Agreed to | Nickles Amendment No. 2153 to Committee Amendment on P.2,L14; To prohibit taxpayer funding for abortions covered by the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program. |
00371 | Nay | X | 05-Aug | H.R. 2020 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2227 | Rejected | mikulski amdt no. 2227; To allow coverage of abortion under the Federal employees' health insurance policies in cases where it is medically necessary. |
00372 | Nay | X | 08-Aug | H.R. 1977 | On the Motion to Table | Rejected | Motion to Table the Committee Amdt. on Page 128, Lines 16-21; Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00373 | Nay | X | 08-Aug | H.R. 1977 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2294 | Rejected | motion to tableCraig amdt. no. 2294; In the nature of a substitute. |
00374 | Yea | X | 09-Aug | H.R. 1977 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2296 | Rejected | domenici amdt no. 2296; To restore funding for programs within the Bureau of Indian Affairs. |
00375 | Nay | 09-Aug | H.R. 1977 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2306 | Agreed to | motion to table Simon amdt. no. 2306; To authorize the establishment of the National African American Museum within the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes. | |
00376 | Yea | 09-Aug | H.R. 1977 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2309 | Agreed to | motion to table helms amdt no. 2309 as modified; To save the American taxpayers $968,000. | |
00377 | Nay | X | 09-Aug | H.R. 1977 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2310 | Agreed to | motion to table bingaman amdt o. 2310; To restore funding for Indian education. |
00378 | Nay | X | 09-Aug | H.R. 1977 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.1977 as amended; Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00379 | Yea | 09-Aug | H.R. 2002 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2328 | Agreed to | motion to table specter amdt no. 2328; To transfer additional funds for mass transit operating assistance. | |
00380 | Yea | X | 09-Aug | H.R. 2002 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2329 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Harkin Amendment No. 2329; To amend the Railway Labor Act regarding overseas domiciles regarding airline flight crews. |
00381 | Nay | 10-Aug | H.R. 2002 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2340 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Roth Amendment No. 2340; To strike out sections 350 and 351, relating to waivers of the applicability of certain Federal personnel laws and procurement laws to the Federal Aviation Administration. | |
00382 | Yea | 10-Aug | H.R. 2002 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2345 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Pressler Amendment No.2345 as Modified; To provide funding for rail freight infrastructure improvements. | |
00383 | Nay | X | 10-Aug | H.R. 2002 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R.2002 As Amended; National Capital Area Interest Arbitration Standards Act of 1995 |
00384 | Nay | X | 10-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2377 | Rejected | Dorgan Amendment No. 2377; To reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for national missile defense. |
00385 | Yea | X | 10-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2390 | Agreed to | motion to table Bingaman amdt. no. 2390; To meet the highest priority of the Secretary of Defense for additional funding, namely, funding for ongoing operations in Iraq, Cuba, and Bosnia, and to save $111,900,000 for the taxpayers by postponing procurement of the LHD-7. |
00386 | Yea | X | 10-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2392 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bingaman Amendment No.2392; To strike out sections 8082 relating to progress payments. |
00387 | Yea | X | 10-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2394 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bingaman Amendment No.2394; To strike out section 8083 relating to payment of invoices. |
00388 | Yea | X | 10-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2395 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amdt no. 2395 as modified; To reduce the amount of total contingent liability of the United States for defense export loan guarantees. |
00389 | Yea | X | 10-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2404 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Wellstone Amendment No. 2404; To reduce by $3,200,000,000 the total amount to be appropriated. |
00390 | Yea | X | 10-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2403 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bingaman Amendment No. 2403; To reduce funding for the TOW 2B (by $20,000,000), Hellfire II (by $40,000,000), and CBU-87 (by $30,000,000), which are munitions that have been determined by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense as being excess to the requirements of the Armed Forces. |
00391 | Yea | X | 10-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2401 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amdt no. 2401; To strike $70,000,000 appropriated for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, for support technologies/follow-on technologies advanced development, specifically provided for the Space-Based Laser Program. |
00392 | Yea | X | 10-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2402 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Harkin Amendment No.2402; To strike $30,000,000 appropriated for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, for the ASAT Anti-Satellite Weapon program. |
00393 | Yea | X | 11-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2398 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bumpers Amendment No.2398; To reduce the amount of money provided for the Trident II missile program. |
00394 | Yea | X | 11-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2400 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Harkin Amendment No.2400; To strike $125,000,000 appropriated for Aircraft Procurement, Army, for upgrade of Kiowa Warrior light scout helicopters. |
00395 | Yea | X | 11-Aug | S. 1087 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to Table Kerry Motion to Recommit; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00396 | Yea | 11-Aug | PN482 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Nomination-Lawrence H. Summers Deputy Secretary of Treasury | |
00397 | Yea | X | 05-Sep | S. 1087 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S. 1087, as amended; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00398 | Yea | 06-Sep | S. 1026 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2425 | Agreed to | Nunn amdt. no. 2425; To amend subtitle C of title II of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1996. | |
00399 | Yea | X | 06-Sep | H.R. 1530 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 1530, as amended; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 |
00400 | Yea | 07-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2282 | Rejected | Daschle Amendment No. 2282, As Modified; To provide a substitute. | |
00401 | Yea | 08-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2465 | Agreed to | Brown amdt. no. 2465; To provide that funds are expended in accordance with State laws and procedures relating to the expenditure of State revenues. | |
00402 | Yea | 08-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2477 | Agreed to | Santorum amdt. no. 2477; To eliminate certain welfare benefits with respect to fugitive felons and probation and parole violators, and to facilitate sharing of information with law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. | |
00403 | Yea | 08-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2466 | Rejected | Moynihan Amendment No. 2466; To provide a substitute amendment. | |
00404 | Yea | 08-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2508 | Agreed to | Brown Amendment No. 2508; To impose a cap on the amount of funds that can be used for administrative purposes. | |
00405 | Yea | 08-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2482 | Agreed to | Boxer Amendment No. 2482 as Modified; To provide that noncustodial parents who are delinquent in paying child support are ineligible for means-tested Federal benefits. | |
00406 | Nay | 11-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2560 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Dodd Amendment No. 2560; To provide for the establishment of a supplemental child care grant program. | |
00407 | Yea | 11-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2522 | Agreed to | Kassebaum Amendment No. 2522; To modify provisions relating to funds for other child care programs. | |
00408 | Nay | 11-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2523 | Rejected | Helms Amendment No. 2523; To require single, able-bodied individuals receiving food stamps to work at least 40 hours every 4 weeks. | |
00409 | Yea | 12-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2529 | Rejected | Conrad Amendment No. 2529; To provide States with the maximum flexibilty by allowing States to elect to participate in the TAP and WAGE programs. | |
00410 | Nay | X | 12-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2469 | Rejected | Feinstein Amendment No. 2469; To provide additional funding to States to accommodate any growth in the number of people in poverty. |
00411 | Nay | 12-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2488 | Agreed to | motion to table breaux amdt no. 2488; To maintain the welfare partnership between the States and the Federal Government. | |
00412 | Nay | 12-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2562 | Rejected | ashcroft amdt no 2562; To convert the food stamp program into a block grant program. | |
00413 | Yea | 13-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2471 | Rejected | Moseley-Braun amdt. no. 2471; To require States to establish a voucher program for providing assistance to minor children in families that are eligible for but do not receive assistance. | |
00414 | Yea | 13-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2472 | Rejected | moseley-braun amdt. no. 2472; To prohibit a State from imposing a time limit for assistance if the State has failed to provide work activity-related services to an adult individual in a familiy receiving assistance under the State program. | |
00415 | Yea | 13-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2565 | Rejected | graham amdt no. 2565; To provide a formula for allocating funds that more accurately reflects the needs of States with children below the poverty line, and for other purposes. | |
00416 | Yea | 13-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2575 | Agreed to | domenici amdt no. 2575 as modified; To allow States maximum flexibility in designing their Temporary Assistance programs. | |
00417 | Nay | X | 13-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2671 | Rejected | Daschle amdt. no. 2671; To provide a 3 percent set aside for the funding of family assistance grants for Indians. |
00418 | Yea | 13-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2668 | Agreed to | Mikulski Amendment No. 2668; To eliminate a repeal of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965. | |
00419 | Nay | 13-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2603 | Rejected | FAIRCLOTH AMDT NO. 2603; To deny assistance for out-of-wedlock births to minors. | |
00420 | Yea | 13-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2592 | Agreed to | BOXER AMDT NO. 2592; To provide that State authority to restrict benefits to noncitizens does not apply to foster care or adoption assistance programs. | |
00421 | Yea | 13-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2586 | Agreed to | COHEN AMDT NO. 2586 DIVISION II; To modify the religious provider provision. | |
00422 | Nay | 14-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2609 | Rejected | Faircloth Amendment No. 2609; To prohibit teenage parents from living in the home of an adult relative or guardian who has a history of receiving assistance. | |
00423 | Nay | X | 14-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2581 | Rejected | Jeffords Amendment No. 2581; To strike the increase to the grant to reward States that reduce out-of-wedlock births. |
00424 | Yea | 14-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2525 | Agreed to | Exon Amendment No. 2525 as Modified; To prohibit the payment of certain Federal benefits to any person not lawfully present within the United States, and for other purposes. | |
00425 | Yea | 14-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2526 | Agreed to | Shelby Amendment No. 2526; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit for adoption expenses and to exclude for gross income employee and military adoption assistance benefits and withdrawals from IRAs for certain adoption expenses. | |
00426 | Yea | 14-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2669 | Rejected | Mikulski Amendment No. 2669; To encourage 2-parent families. | |
00427 | Nay | X | 14-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2478 | Rejected | Feinstein Amendment No. 2478; To provide equal treatment for naturalized and native-born citizens. |
00428 | Nay | 14-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2513 | Rejected | Feinstein Amendment No. 2513; To limit deeming of income to cash and cash-like programs, and to retain SSI eligibility and exempt deeming of income requirements for victims of domesitc violence. | |
00429 | Yea | 15-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2484 | Rejected | bingaman amdt no. 2484 as modified; To provide funding for State programs for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism. | |
00430 | Yea | 15-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2468 | Rejected | simon amdt no 2468 as modified; To provide grants for the establishment of community works progress programs. | |
00431 | Yea | 15-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2505 | Rejected | wellstone amdt no. 2505; To express the sense of the Senate regarding continuing medicaid coverage for individuals who lose eligibility for welfare benefits because of more earnings or hours of employment. | |
00432 | Yea | 15-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2550 | Rejected | kohl amdt no 2550; To exempt the elderly, disabled, and children from an optional State food assistance block grant. | |
00433 | Nay | X | 15-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2509 | Rejected | Simon Amendment No. 2509; To eliminate retroactive deeming requirements for those legal immigrants already in the United States. |
00434 | Yea | X | 15-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2568 | Rejected | Graham Amendment No. 2568; To set national work participation rate goals and to provide that the Secretary shall adjust the goals for individual States based on the amount of Federal funding the State receives for minor children in families in the State that have incomes below the poverty line, and for other purposes. |
00435 | Yea | 15-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2617 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Gramm Amendment No. 2617 As Modified; To prohibit the use of Federal funds for legal challenges to welfare reform. | |
00436 | Nay | X | 15-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2515 | Rejected | Motion to Table Gramm Amendment No. 2615; To establish a national clearinghouse on teenage pregnancy, set national goals for the reduction of out-of-wedlock and teenage pregnancies, require States to establish a set-aside for teenage pregnancy prevention activities, and for other purposes. |
00437 | Yea | X | 15-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2496 | Agreed to | Motion to Strike Bradley Amendment No. 2496; To modify the provisions regarding the State plan requirements. |
00438 | Yea | 15-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2682 | Rejected | Daschle Amendment No. 2682; To permit States to provide non-cash assistance to children ineligible for aid because of the 5-year time limitation. | |
00439 | Yea | X | 18-Sep | H.R. 1976 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2686 | Rejected | MOTION TO TABLE KERREY AMDT NO. 2686; To eliminate provisions providing cotton crop loss disaster payments, and to increase funding for the Rural Community Advancement Program, the Rural Development Loan Fund, and for Rural Technology and Cooperative Development Grants. |
00440 | Yea | 19-Sep | H.R. 1976 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2691 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bryan Amendment No. 2691; To eliminate funding for the Market Promotion Program. | |
00441 | Nay | 19-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2615 | Agreed to | GRAMM AMDT NO. 2615; To reduce the Federal welfare bureaucracy. | |
00442 | Yea | 19-Sep | H.R. 4 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2683 | Agreed to | dole amdt no 2683 as modified; To make modifications to Amendment No. 2280. | |
00443 | Yea | 19-Sep | H.R. 4 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 4 As Amended; Personal Responsibility Act of 1995 | |
00444 | Nay | X | 19-Sep | H.R. 1976 | On the Motion to Table | Rejected | Motion to Table Committee Amendment on page 83, line 4; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00445 | Nay | 19-Sep | H.R. 1976 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2695 | Rejected | motion to table kerry amdt no. 2695; To prohibit the use of appropriated funds for providing assistance to the United States Mink Export Development Council or a mink industry trade association. | |
00446 | Yea | 19-Sep | H.R. 1976 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2696 | Rejected | MOTION TO TABLE STEVENS AMDT NO 2696; To eliminate funding for the salary of the Under Secretary of Natural Resources and the Environment. | |
00447 | Yea | 20-Sep | H.R. 1976 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2697 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Feingold Amendment No. 2697; To prohibit the use of appropriated funds for the special research grants program that are not subject to a competitive approval process. | |
00448 | Yea | 20-Sep | H.R. 1976 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2698 | Rejected | Conrad Amendment No. 2698 As Modified; To provide that producers of a 1995 crop are not required to repay advance deficiency payments made for the crop if the producers have suffered a loss due to weather or related condition. | |
00449 | Yea | X | 20-Sep | H.R. 1976 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2699 | Rejected | Motion to Table Bumpers Amendment No. 2699; To provide that funds made available for the market promotion program under this Act may be used to provide cost-share assistance only to small businesses or Capper-Volstead cooperatives and to cap the market promotion program. |
00450 | Yea | 20-Sep | H.R. 1976 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 1976 As Amended; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
00451 | Yea | 20-Sep | H.R. 1868 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2709 | Agreed to | Motion to Table D'amato Amendment No. 2709; To limit Economic Support Fund assistance to Turkey, and for other purposes. | |
00452 | Nay | X | 20-Sep | H.R. 1868 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2708 | Rejected | Motion to Table Brown Amendment No. 2708; To clarify restrictions on assistance to Pakistan and other purposes. |
00453 | Nay | 20-Sep | H.R. 1868 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2723 | Rejected | Smith Amendment No. 2723; To prohibit financial assistance to Vietnam unless certain conditions relating to Americans unaccounted for from the Vietnam War are met. | |
00454 | Yea | X | 21-Sep | H.R. 1868 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2708 | Agreed to | brown amdt no. 2708; To clarify restrictions on assistance to Pakistan and other purposes. |
00455 | Yea | X | 21-Sep | H.R. 1868 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2725 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Harkin Amendment No. 2725; To express the sense of the Senate on the conference on S. 4, the Line Item Veto Act. |
00456 | Yea | X | 21-Sep | H.R. 1868 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2730 | Rejected | Helms Amendment No. 2730; To restrict the availability of funds for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). |
00457 | Yea | 21-Sep | H.R. 1868 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2707 | Rejected | Motion to Table Helms Amendment No. 2707; To provide for the streamlining and consolidation of the foreign affairs agencies of the United States, including the abolition of at least two of the following agencies: the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agency, and the Agency for International Development. | |
00458 | Yea | 21-Sep | H.R. 1868 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 1868 as Amended; Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 | |
00459 | Yea | 22-Sep | H.R. 1817 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.1817, conference report; Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
00460 | Nay | 22-Sep | S. 1244 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2770 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Dorgan Amendment No. 2770; To express the sense of the Senate on tax cuts and medicare. | |
00461 | Nay | X | 22-Sep | H.R. 1854 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | H.R. 1854 Conference Report; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00462 | Nay | X | 22-Sep | S. 1244 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2768 | Agreed to | Byrd amdt. no. 2768, as amended; To improve order and discipline in District of Columbia Public Schools. |
00463 | Nay | X | 26-Sep | H.R. 2099 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2776 | Rejected | bumpers amdt no. 2776; To reduce the appropriation for the implementation of the space station program for the purpose of terminating the program. |
00464 | Yea | 26-Sep | H.R. 2099 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2781 | Rejected | mikulski amdt. 2781; To restore funding for national and community service programs. | |
00465 | Yea | 27-Sep | H.R. 2099 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2784 | Rejected | Motion to waive the CBA; To strike section 107 which limits compensation for mentally disabled veterans and offset the loss of revenues by ensuring that any tax cut benefits only those families with incomes less than $100,000. | |
00466 | Yea | 27-Sep | H.R. 2099 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2785 | Rejected | Motion to waive the CBA re: amdt. no. 2785; To increase funding for veterans' medical care and offset the increase funds by ensuring that any tax cut benefits only those families with incomes less than $100,000. | |
00467 | Nay | X | 27-Sep | H.R. 2099 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2786 | Rejected | baucus amdt. no. 2786; To provide that any provision that limits implementation or enforcement of any environmental law shall not apply if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that application of the prohibition or limitation would diminsh the protection of human health or the environment otherwise provided by law. |
00468 | Nay | 27-Sep | H.R. 2099 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2782 | Agreed to | motion to table sarbanes amdt no. 2782; To restore homeless assistance funding to fiscal year 1995 levels using excess public housing agency project reserves, and for other purposes. | |
00469 | Yea | 27-Sep | H.R. 2099 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2788 | Rejected | motion to waive the budget act re: lautenberg amdt no. 2788; To increase the funding for Superfund, the Office of Environmental Quality, and State revolving funds and offset the increase in funds by ensuring that any tax cut benefits only those families with income less than $150,000. | |
00470 | Nay | 27-Sep | H.R. 2099 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.2099,as amended; Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
00471 | Nay | 28-Sep | H.R. 2127 | On the Motion to Proceed | Rejected | motion to proceed to consider h.r.2127 per 9-27-95 uc requiring 60; Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
00472 | Nay | 28-Sep | H.R. 2127 | On the Motion to Proceed | Rejected | motion to proceed to consider h.r.2127 per 9-27-95 uc requiring 60; Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
00473 | Nay | 28-Sep | PN182 | On the Motion to Recommit | Rejected | motion to recommit nomination of James L. Dennis to Judiciary Comm | |
00474 | Yea | 29-Sep | H.R. 2076 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2815 | Agreed to | biden amdt no. 2815; To restore funding for grants to combat violence against women. | |
00475 | Yea | 29-Sep | H.R. 2076 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2816 | Agreed to | mccain amdt no 2816, as modified; To ensure competitive bidding for DBS spectrum. | |
00476 | Nay | 29-Sep | H.R. 2076 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2819 | Rejected | motion to table domenici amdt no. 2819; To improve provisions relating to appropriations for legal assistance. | |
00477 | Nay | 29-Sep | H.R. 2076 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2817 | Rejected | Motion to Table Kerrey Amendment No. 2817 As Modified; To decrease the amount of funding for Federal Bureau of Investigation construction and increase the amount of funding for the National Information Infrastructure. | |
00478 | Yea | X | 29-Sep | H.R. 2076 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2841 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Specter Amendment No. 2841; To protect the reproductive rights of Federal women prisoners. |
00479 | Yea | 29-Sep | H.R. 2076 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2842 | Agreed to | Gregg Amendment No. 2842; To express the sense of the Senate regarding prior approval to Congress for deployment of United States ground forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
00480 | Yea | 29-Sep | H.R. 2076 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2843 | Agreed to | Kohl Amendment N. 2843; To provide for the evaluation of crime prevention programs, and for other purposes. | |
00481 | Yea | 10-Oct | S. 143 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2886 | Rejected | Jeffords Amendment No. 2886; To provide for the State distribution of funds for secondary school vocational education, postsecondary and adult vocational education, and adult education. | |
00482 | Yea | 10-Oct | S. 143 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2887 | Agreed to | Moynihan amdt. no. 2887; To strike the provisions repealing training and employment services for trade adjustment assistance, and for other purposes. | |
00483 | Yea | 10-Oct | S. 143 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2888 | Agreed to | GRAMS AMDT NO. 2888; To enable States to develop integrated plans. | |
00484 | Nay | X | 10-Oct | S. 143 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2889 | Rejected | Glenn Amendment No. 2889; To ensure that training for displaced homemakers is included among workforce employment activites and workforce education activities for which funds may be used under this Act. |
00485 | Yea | 11-Oct | S. 143 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2894 | Agreed to | Specter Amendment No. 2894; To maintain a national Job Corps program, carried out in partnership with States and communities. | |
00486 | Yea | X | 11-Oct | S. 143 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2893 | Agreed to | Ashcroft Amendment No. 2893; To establish a requirement that individuals submit to drug tests, to ensure that applicants and participants make full use of benefits extended through workforce employment activities. |
00487 | Yea | 11-Oct | H.R. 1617 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R.1617 As Amended; CAREERS Act Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment, and Rehabilitation Systems Act | |
00488 | Nay | 12-Oct | H.R. 927 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 2898 | Rejected | Motion to Invoke Cloture on Substitute Amendment(SP 2898) on H.R. 927; To strengthen international sanctions against the Castro government in Cuba, to develop a plan to support a transition government leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba, and for other purposes. | |
00489 | Yea | X | 17-Oct | H.R. 927 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amendment No. 2898 to H.R. 927; Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 |
00490 | Yea | 17-Oct | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to Table Ashcroft Amendment No. 2916as Modified | |
00491 | Yea | 18-Oct | H.R. 927 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | Third Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amendment No. 2898 to H.R.927; Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 | |
00492 | Yea | X | 19-Oct | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to Table Simon Amendment No. 2934 |
00493 | Nay | 19-Oct | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to Table Dodd Amendments No. 2906 and 2908 | |
00494 | Yea | 19-Oct | H.R. 927 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R.927 as Amended; Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 | |
00495 | Nay | 23-Oct | S. 1322 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2940 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Dorgan Amendment No. 2940; To express the sense of the Senate on tax cuts and medicare. | |
00496 | Yea | 24-Oct | S. 1322 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S.1322 As Amended; Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 | |
00497 | Nay | 24-Oct | S. 1328 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2944 | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone amdt no. 2944; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00498 | Nay | 24-Oct | S. 1328 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2945 | Rejected | Hatch Amendment No. 2945; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the President's revised Federal budget proposal. | |
00499 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion | Rejected | rockefeller motion to commit to Finance; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00500 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2950 | Agreed to | ABRAHAM AMDT NO. 2950; To provide for beneficiary incentive programs. | |
00501 | Nay | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to table Bradley ,otion to commit to Finance; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00502 | Nay | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to Table Graham Motion to Commit to Finance; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00503 | Nay | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2959 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Kennedy Amendment No. 2959; To strike those portions of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources reconciliation title that impose higher student loan costs on students and families, by striking the 85 percent fee imposed on colleges and universities based on their student loan volume, restoring Federal interest payments on subsidized student loans during the 6-month grace period in which graduates look for jobs, eliminating interest rate increases on parent (PLUS) loans, and eliminating the 20 percent cap on direct lending, and to provide an offset by striking the provisions that dilute the alternative minimum tax. | |
00504 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2962 | Agreed to | Kassebaum Amendment No. 2962; To strike the provisions relating to loan payments from institutions, the elimination of the grace period interest subsidy, and the PLUS loan interest rate and rebate. | |
00505 | Nay | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bumpers Motion to Commit to Finance; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00506 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Baucus Motion to Commit to Finance; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00507 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2964 | Agreed to | McCain Amendment No. 2964; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the need to raise the social security earnings limit. | |
00508 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2965 | Agreed to | Helms Amendment NO. 2965; To allow senior citizens to continue to choose their doctors. | |
00509 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2969 | Agreed to | Brown Amendment No. 2969; To provide that the $1,000,000 limit on deductiblity of compensation paid to an employee is extended to employees of all businesses, and to use the resulting revenues to reduce the social security earnings penalty. | |
00510 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2970 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Harkin Amendment No. 2970; To strengthen efforts to combat medicare waste, fraud and abuse. | |
00511 | Nay | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2971 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: McCain Amendment No. 2971; To eliminate corporate welfare in Federal programs. | |
00512 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2972 | Rejected | Byrd Amendment no. 2972; To strike the reductions in highway demonstration projects and to provide an offsetting revenue increase. | |
00513 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2973 | Agreed to | Chafee Amendment Nol 2973; To guarantee coverage under the medicaid program for low-income aged, blind, and disabled individuals eligible for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act. | |
00514 | Nay | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2963 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Breaux Amendment No. 2963; To provide for a partially refundable child tax credit. | |
00515 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2975 | Agreed to | Bond Amendment No. 2975; To increase the health insurance deduction for self-employed individuals and to strike the long-term care insurance provisions. | |
00516 | Yea | X | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to Table Biden Motion to Commit to Finance; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 |
00517 | Yea | 26-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2977 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA re: dorgan amdt no. 2977; To end deferral for United States shareholders on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to property imported into the United States. | |
00518 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2978 | Rejected | gramm amdt no. 2978; To provide States additional flexibility in providing for medicaid beneficiaries. | |
00519 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2979 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA re: kerry amdt no. 2979; To increase the Federal minimum wage. | |
00520 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2981 | Agreed to | kennedy amdt no. 2981; To strike the provision allowing the transfer of excess pension assets. | |
00521 | Nay | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2982 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA re: wellstone amdt no. 2982; To scale back corporate welfare in the tax code by eliminating the deduction for intangible drilling and development costs for oil, gas, and geo-thermal wells, by eliminating the corporate minimum tax provisions, by eliminating the foreign earned income exclusion, and by eliminating the section 936 possession tax credit, and use the savings for deficit reduction. |
00522 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2983 | Agreed to | pryor amdt no. 2983; To provide for the continuation of requirements for nursing facilities in the medicaid program. | |
00523 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2984 | Rejected | simon amdt no. 2984; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00524 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2985 | Rejected | specter amdt no. 2985; To restore funding for medicare disproportionate share hospital payments. | |
00525 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2988 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Baucus Amendment No. 2988; To strike the provision authorizing oil and gas development in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge while preserving a balanced budget by 2002. |
00526 | Nay | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2991 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Baucus Amendment No. 2991; To make various modifications to the tax provisions and transfer the resulting revenues to the medicare trust funds. |
00527 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2996 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Kennedy Amendment No. 2996; To prohibit balance billing by providers participating in medicare choice plans. | |
00528 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3004 | Agreed to | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Cochran Amendment NO. 3004; To require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a special marketing order to equalize returns on all milk used to produce Class IV final products, to consent to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact, and to require the Secretary to carry out an agricultural competitiveness initiative. | |
00529 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3007 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Lautenberg Amendment No. 3007; To limit any individual income tax break to those with incomes under $1 million. |
00530 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3009 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Moynihan Amendment No. 3009; To strike the reduction of indirect medical education payments to teaching hospitals. | |
00531 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion | Rejected | Motion to Waive the CBA Re: Lieberman Motion to Commit to Finance; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00532 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to Table Dodd Motion to Commit to Finance; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00533 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3019 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Rockefellers Amendment No. 3019; To retain 1-year medicaid coverage for recipients of assistance under State plans funded under part A of title IV who lose medicaid eligiblity because of income when the recipient enters the workforce. | |
00534 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2999 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Feingold Amendment No. 2999; To strike the provision relating to the milk manufacturing marketing adjustment which provides special treatment to California cheese processors at a budget cost of $20 million. |
00535 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3020 | Rejected | Motion to Waive the CBA Re: Harkin Amendment No.3020; To support the President's promise in 1993 to not require significant additional cuts in programs that affect rural America, to preserve the safety net for family farmers which represent the backbone of American agriculture, to maintain the competitiveness of American agriculture, and to ensure a future supply of American agricultural products. | |
00536 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2986 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Specter Amendment No. 2986 As Modified; To express the sense of the Senate concerning a flat tax and reform of the current Tax Code. | |
00537 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3021 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Wellstone Amendment No. 3021; To target commodity-program benefits to small and moderate-sized farm operations, and to ensure that large farm operations contribute to deficit reduction, by requiring that agricultural payment limitations be directly attributed to individuals and set at a maximum of $40,000 per person for payments, with resulting savings applied to the purpose of reducing the number of unpaid flex acres for farm-program participants within the payment limitations, and for reducing the size of the budget reduction in the Conservation Reserve Program. |
00538 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3023 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bradley Amendment No. 3023; To strike Sections 5400 and 5401 of the Reconciliation bill, sections which provide for the discounted prepayment of construction costs currently owed by farmers to the Federal Government for irrigation water provided under the Reclamation program, thereby relieving them of the 960 acre on delivery of federally subsidized water contained in the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982. |
00539 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Section 7191 (a) of S.1357; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 |
00540 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3025 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bumpers Amendment No. 3025; To strike the sale of 25 millions of barrels of Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil in order to protect our national energy security and to fully offset the revenue loss by imposing a 2.5% net smelter return royaly on certain hardrock mines. |
00541 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion | Rejected | Mikulski Motion to Instruct Conferees; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00542 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion | Agreed to | Smith Motion to Instruct Conferees; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 |
00543 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3028 | Rejected | Motion to Waive Re: Bumpers Amendment No. 3028; To restore fiscal sanity to the budget process by prohibiting the scoring of asset sales to ensure that taxpayers are adequately protected. | |
00544 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 2942 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Byrd Amendment No. 2942; To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to extend the hours of debate permitted on a reconciliation bill. | |
00545 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3030 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bumpers Amendment No. 3030; To clarify the Senate's intent that hardrock mining companies pay fair market value for the purchase of Federal lands and minerals pursuant to the 1872 Mining Law and to strike the "sham" hardrock mining industry sponsored royalty provision from the bill. |
00546 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3031 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Bradley Amendment No. 3031; To modify the estate tax reform proposals by striking the provisions excluding up to $3.25 million in business assets from the the estate tax and by inserting a package of reforms specifically designed to ease the burden of estate taxes for true small businesses and family farms. |
00547 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3032 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Bradley Amendment No. 3032; To provide additional funds to the medicaid program by using the revenues resulting from the disallowance of deductions for advertising and promotional expenses for tobacco products. | |
00548 | Yea | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3033 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Dorgan Amendment No. 3033; To limit the capital gains deduction to gain on assets held for more than 10 years and to impose a $250,000 lifetime exclusion limit. |
00549 | Nay | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3034 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Feingold Amendment No. 3034; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for mercury, uranium, lead, and asbestos. |
00550 | Yea | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Lautenberg Motion to Commit to Finance; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00551 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3035 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Simon Amendment no. 3035; To delay for 2 years the repeal of the 50-percent interest exclusion for employee stock ownership plans. | |
00552 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2974 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE BYRD AMDT NO. 2974; To strike the provisions in title XII reducing revenues. | |
00553 | Nay | X | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3036 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Wellstone Amendment No. 3036; To strike the deep water regulatory relief provision. |
00554 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3038 | Agreed to | Roth Amendment No. 3038; To make various changes in the spending control provisions in the matter under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Finance. | |
00555 | Nay | 27-Oct | S. 1357 | On the Motion | Rejected | DOMENICI Motion to Waive CBA; Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00556 | Nay | 27-Oct | H.R. 2491 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R.2491 As Amended; Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00557 | Nay | X | 31-Oct | H.R. 2002 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | Conference ReportH.R.2002; National Capital Area Interest Arbitration Standards Act of 1995 |
00558 | Yea | 31-Oct | H.R. 1905 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | Conference Report on H.R. 1905; Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
00559 | Yea | 01-Nov | H.R. 1868 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report h.r. 1868; Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 | |
00560 | Yea | 01-Nov | H.R. 1868 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3042 | Agreed to | motion to table mccain amdt no. 3042; To permit the continued provision of assistance to Burma only if certain conditions are satisfied. | |
00561 | Nay | X | 01-Nov | H.R. 1868 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3041 | Agreed to | LEAHY MOTION TO CONCUR IN HOUSE AMDT WITH AMDT NO. 3041; To strike the prohibition on funds to foreign non-government organizations which employ abortion as a means of family planning. |
00562 | Yea | X | 02-Nov | S. 1372 | On the Motion | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: S. 1372; Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act |
00563 | Yea | 08-Nov | H.R. 1833 | On the Motion | Agreed to | Specter Motion to commit to the Committee on the Judiciary; Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995 | |
00564 | Nay | 09-Nov | n/a | On the Amendment | Rejected | Craig Amendment No. 3049 As Modified | |
00565 | Nay | 09-Nov | n/a | On the Amendment | Agreed to | Upon Reconsideration Craig Amendment No. 3049, As Modified | |
00566 | Nay | 09-Nov | H.J.Res. 115 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3050 | Agreed to | Motion to table Daschle amdt. no. 3050; To strike the provision for the determination of the medicare part B premium for 1996. | |
00567 | Nay | 09-Nov | H.J.Res. 115 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | h.j.res.115, as amended; A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
00568 | Nay | 09-Nov | H.R. 2586 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3053 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE MOYNIHAN AMDT NO 3053; To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit. | |
00569 | Nay | 09-Nov | H.R. 2586 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R.2586 AS AMENDED; A bill to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. | |
00570 | Yea | 13-Nov | H.R. 2491 | On the Motion | Agreed to | H.R. 2491 Pryor Motion to Instruct Conferees; Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00571 | Nay | 13-Nov | H.R. 2491 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | Motion to Table Rockefeller Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: H.R. 2491; Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00572 | Yea | 13-Nov | H.R. 2491 | On the Motion | Agreed to | H.R.2491 Graham Motion to Instruct Conferees; Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00573 | Nay | 13-Nov | H.R. 2491 | On the Motion to Table | Rejected | Motion to Table Kennedy Motion to Instruct Conferees Re:H.R. 2491; Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00574 | Yea | X | 14-Nov | S. 395 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | Conference Report to accompany S. 395; Alaska Power Administration Asset Sale and Termination Act Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act |
00575 | Nay | X | 15-Nov | H.R. 1868 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table senate amdt no. 115 to h.r.1868; Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 |
00576 | Yea | X | 15-Nov | H.R. 2020 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report H.R. 2020; Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00577 | Nay | 16-Nov | H.J.Res. 122 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3055 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Daschle Amendment No. 3055; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00578 | Nay | 16-Nov | H.J.Res. 122 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3056 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Hollings Amendment No. SP 3056; To reaffirm the commitment of the Congress not to use the surpluses in the Social Security Trust Fund to mask the true size of the deficit in any plan for a balanced budget. | |
00579 | Yea | X | 16-Nov | H.R. 2126 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | Conference Report on H.R. 2126 D.O.D. Appropriations; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00580 | Nay | 16-Nov | H.J.Res. 122 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3057 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Daschle Amendment No. 3057; In the nature of a substitute. | |
00581 | Nay | 16-Nov | H.J.Res. 122 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | H.J. Res 122 Passage; A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
00582 | Yea | 17-Nov | S. 440 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | s.440, conference report; National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 | |
00583 | Nay | 17-Nov | H.R. 2491 | On the Motion | Rejected | MOTION TO WAIVE CBA RE: CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R.2491; Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00584 | Nay | 17-Nov | H.R. 2491 | On the Motion | Agreed to | Motion to recede and concur with further amdt.; Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995 | |
00585 | Nay | 28-Nov | S. 1396 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3064 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Dorgan Amendment No. 3064; To establish certain competition standards with respect to mergers by railroad carriers. | |
00586 | Yea | 28-Nov | S. 1396 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3066 | Agreed to | Byrd Amendment No. 3066; To provide for a minimum penalty of 20 years of imprisonment and a maximum penalty of life imprisonment for the destruction of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle facility if a motor vehicle carrying high level nuclear waste or spent nuclear fuel is involved, or for wrecking or sabotaging a train that carries high level nuclear waste or spent nuclear fuel. | |
00587 | Nay | 29-Nov | S. 1316 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3078 | Agreed to | motion to table boxer amdt no. 3078; To require certain communities water systems to issue a consumer confidence report on the level of contaminants in the drinking water. | |
00588 | Yea | 29-Nov | S. 1316 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1316, as amended; Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 | |
00589 | Nay | 05-Dec | H.R. 1058 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | H.R. 1058 Conference Report; Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 | |
00590 | Yea | 06-Dec | H.R. 660 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R.660 AS AMENDED; Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 | |
00591 | Nay | 07-Dec | H.R. 2076 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.2076 conference report; Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
00592 | Yea | 07-Dec | H.R. 1833 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3081 | Agreed to | Dole amdt. no. 3081; In the nature of a perfecting amendment. | |
00593 | Nay | X | 07-Dec | H.R. 1833 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3083 | Rejected | boxer amdt no. 3083; To clarify the application of certain provisions with respect to abortions where necessary to preserve the life or health of the woman. |
00594 | Yea | 07-Dec | H.R. 1833 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3088 | Rejected | motion to table dewine amdt no. 3088; To express the sense of the Senate that the Senate should, through the Committee on the Judiciary, conduct hearings to investigate the effect of the new patent provisions of title 35, United States Code, (as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act) on the approval of generic drugs. | |
00595 | Nay | X | 07-Dec | H.R. 1833 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3092 | Rejected | feinstein amdt no 3092; In the nature of a substitute. |
00596 | Yea | X | 07-Dec | H.R. 1833 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 1833 Passage; Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995 |
00597 | Nay | 12-Dec | S.J.Res. 31 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3093 | Rejected | Biden Amendment No. 3093; Proposing an amendment to the Constitution authorizing Congress to protect the physical integrity of the flag of the United States. | |
00598 | Nay | X | 12-Dec | S.J.Res. 31 | On the Decision of the Chair S.Amdt. 3095 | Sustained | Shall the Decision of the chair stand Re: Hollings Amend. No. 3095; To propose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. |
00599 | Nay | X | 12-Dec | S.J.Res. 31 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3097 | Rejected | mcconnell Amendment No. 3097; To provide for a substitute. |
00600 | Yea | X | 12-Dec | S.J.Res. 31 | On the Joint Resolution | Rejected | s.j.res.31 as Amended; A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant Congress and the States the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. |
00601 | Nay | 13-Dec | H.R. 2606 | On Passage of the Bill | Rejected | h.r.2606; A bill to prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense from being used for the deployment on the ground of United States Armed Forces in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of any peacekeeping operation, or as part of any implementation force, unless funds for such deployment are specifically appropriated by law. | |
00602 | Nay | 13-Dec | S.Con.Res. 35 | On the Concurrent Resolution | Rejected | S. Con. Res. 35; A concurrent resolution expressing the opposition of the Congress to President Clinton's planned deployment of United States ground forces to Bosnia. | |
00603 | Yea | 13-Dec | S.J.Res. 44 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | s.j.res.44; A joint resolution concerning the deployment of U.S. Armed Forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina. | |
00604 | Yea | X | 14-Dec | H.R. 1977 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.1977 Conference Report; Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00605 | Yea | 14-Dec | H.R. 1561 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.1561 as amended; American Overseas Interests Act of 1995 | |
00606 | Yea | X | 14-Dec | H.R. 2099 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.2099 conference report; Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 |
00607 | Yea | X | 15-Dec | H.R. 1530 | On the Motion to Proceed | Agreed to | MOTION TO PROCEED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT, H.R.1530; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 |
00608 | Yea | X | 19-Dec | H.R. 1530 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.1530 Conference Report; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 |
00609 | Yea | 20-Dec | S.Res. 199 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3104 | Rejected | Sarbanes Amendment No.3104; To direct the Special Committee to exhaust all available avenues of negotiation, cooperation, or other joint activity in order to obtain the notes of former White House Associate Counsel William H. Kennedy, III. | |
00610 | Nay | 20-Dec | S.Res. 199 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | S.Res.199 As Amended; An original resolution directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil action to enforce a subpoena of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters to William H. Kennedy, III. | |
00611 | Yea | 21-Dec | H.J.Res. 132 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | H.J.Res. 132; A joint resolution affirming that budget negotiations shall be based on the most recent technical and economic assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office and shall achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2002 based on those assumptions. | |
00612 | Nay | 22-Dec | H.R. 1058 | On Overriding the Veto | Veto Overridden | H.R.1058 passage over veto; Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 | |
00613 | Nay | 22-Dec | H.R. 4 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | Conference Report to accompany H.R. 4; Personal Responsibility Act of 1995 |
373 Yea, 219 Nay, 20 No Vote (3.27%)
192 votes (31.37%) not with majority of D-party.