Other Years for Gorton (R)
Other Senators for 1996
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00001 | Nay | 26-Jan | H.R. 2880 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3119 | Rejected | MOTION TO WAIVE CBA RE: KENNEDY AMDT NO. 3119; To maintain funding for education programs. | |
| 00002 | Yea | 26-Jan | H.R. 2880 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3120 | Agreed to | motion to table moynihan amdt no. 3120; To increase the public debt limit. | |
| 00003 | Nay | 26-Jan | H.R. 2880 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3122 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA re: harkin amdt no. 3122; To provide for additional funding to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. | |
| 00004 | Yea | 26-Jan | H.R. 2880 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | Passage-H.R. 2880; Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I | |
| 00005 | Yea | 26-Jan | S. 1124 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | Conference Report - S. 1124; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 | |
| 00006 | Yea | 26-Jan | Treaty Doc. 103-1 | On the Resolution of Ratification | Agreed to | 103-1, Start II; The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the START II Treaty) signed at Moscow on January 3, 1993, including the following documents, which are integral parts thereof: the Elimination and Conversion Protocol; the Exhibitions and Inspections Protocol; and the Memorandum of Attribution | |
| 00007 | Yea | 01-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to invoke cloture - S. 1541; Agricultural Market Transition Act of 1996 | |
| 00008 | Yea | 01-Feb | S. 652 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | S.652 Conference Report; Telecommunications Act of 1996 | |
| 00009 | Yea | 06-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3184 | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture re: leahy amdt no. 3184; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00010 | Nay | X | 07-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3442 | Agreed to | kohl amdt no. 3442; To eliminate the provision granting consent to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact. |
| 00011 | Nay | 07-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3445 | Rejected | Harkin amdt. no. 3445; To strike the section relating to the Commodity Credit Corporation interest rate. | |
| 00012 | Nay | 07-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3446 | Rejected | harkin amendment No. 3446; To continue the farmer owned reserve. | |
| 00013 | Nay | X | 07-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3225 | Agreed to | motion to table santorum amendment no. 3225; To provide farm program equity by reforming the peanut program. |
| 00014 | Nay | X | 07-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3447 | Agreed to | bryan amdt no. 3447; 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 of Capper-Volstead cooperatives and to cap the market promotion program. |
| 00015 | Nay | 07-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3448 | Agreed to | harkin amendment no. 3448; To amend the eligibility criteria for the Environmental Quality Incentive Program. | |
| 00016 | Yea | X | 07-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3450 | Rejected | gregg amendment no. 3450; To strike the section relating to the sugar program. |
| 00017 | Nay | 07-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3451 | Rejected | Dorgan amdt. no. 3451; To require farmers crops to receive federal payments. | |
| 00018 | Nay | 07-Feb | S. 1541 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3452 | Rejected | DASCHLE AMENDMENT NO. 3452; To amend the commodity payment provisions and for other purposes. | |
| 00019 | Yea | 07-Feb | S. 1541 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1541, as amended; Agricultural Market Transition Act of 1996 | |
| 00020 | Yea | 27-Feb | H.R. 2546 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on conference report to accompany h.r.2546; District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
| 00021 | Yea | 29-Feb | H.R. 2546 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on conference report to accompany h.r.2546; District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
| 00022 | Yea | 05-Mar | H.R. 927 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY H.R.927; Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 | |
| 00023 | Yea | 05-Mar | H.R. 2546 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | MOTION TO INVOKE CLOTURE ON CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R.2546; District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
| 00024 | Present, Giving Live Pair | X | 07-Mar | H.R. 3021 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3465 | Rejected | moynihan amdt no. 3465; To increase the public debt limit. |
| 00025 | Yea | 12-Mar | H.R. 2546 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to Invoke Cloture on Conference Report to Accompany H.R.2546; District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
| 00026 | Yea | 12-Mar | S.Res. 227 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to Invoke Cloture on Motion to Proceed to Consider S.Res. 227; An original resolution to authorize the use of additional funds for salaries and expenses of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters, and for other purposes. | |
| 00027 | Yea | 12-Mar | n/a | On the Amendment | Agreed to | Specter amendment no. 3473 | |
| 00028 | Nay | 12-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3474 | Rejected | Hollings Amendment No. 3474; To provide funding for important technology initiatives with an offset. | |
| 00029 | Yea | 13-Mar | S.Res. 227 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to Invoke cloture on motion to proceed to consider s.res.227; An original resolution to authorize the use of additional funds for salaries and expenses of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters, and for other purposes. | |
| 00030 | Nay | 13-Mar | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Rejected | motion to table hutchison amendment no. 3479 | |
| 00031 | Yea | 13-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3483 | Agreed to | motion to table biden amendment no. 3483; To provide funding for community oriented policing services. | |
| 00032 | Nay | 13-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3490 | Agreed to | motion to table gramm amendment no. 3490; To ensure that discretionary spending does not exceed the level agreed to in the FY 1996 Budget Resolution. | |
| 00033 | Nay | 14-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3493 | Rejected | Murray amendment no. 3493, as modified; To repeal the emergency salvage timber sale program. | |
| 00034 | Yea | 14-Mar | S.Res. 227 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to consider s.res.227; An original resolution to authorize the use of additional funds for salaries and expenses of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters, and for other purposes. | |
| 00035 | Yea | 14-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3500 | Rejected | mcconnell amendment no. 3500; To delete language concerning certification of population programs. | |
| 00036 | Nay | X | 14-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 3492 | Rejected | motion to waive the CBA Re: grams amendment no. 3492; To establish a lock-box for deficit reduction and revenues generated by tax cuts. |
| 00037 | Yea | 19-Mar | n/a | On the Amendment | Agreed to | bond amendment no. 3533 | |
| 00038 | Nay | 19-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3508 | Rejected | boxer amdt no. 3508; To permit the District of Columbia to use local funds for certain activities. | |
| 00039 | Yea | 19-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3513 | Agreed to | coats amdt no. 3513; To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination in the training and licensing of health professionals on the basis of the refusal to undergo or provide training in the performance of induced abortions. | |
| 00040 | Nay | X | 19-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3519 | Rejected | gramm amdt no. 3519; To make the availablity of obligations and expenditures contingent upon the enactment of a subsequent act incorporating an agreement between the President and Congress relative to Federal expenditures. |
| 00041 | Nay | X | 19-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3520 | Agreed to | wellstone amdt no.3520; To urge the President to release already-appropriated fiscal year 1996 emergency funding for home heating and other energy assistance, and to express the sense of the Senate on advance-appropriated funding for FY 1997. |
| 00042 | Yea | 19-Mar | H.R. 3019 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3019, as amended; Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
| 00043 | Yea | 19-Mar | S. 942 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S.942, AS AMENDED; Small Business Regulatory Fairness Act of 1995 | |
| 00044 | Yea | 20-Mar | H.R. 956 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | motion to invoke cloture on conference report re: h.r.956; Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act of 1995 | |
| 00045 | Yea | 20-Mar | S.Res. 227 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to s.res.227; An original resolution to authorize the use of additional funds for salaries and expenses of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters, and for other purposes. | |
| 00046 | Yea | 21-Mar | H.R. 956 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.956 conference report; Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act of 1995 | |
| 00047 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Res. 227 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to consider s.res.227; An original resolution to authorize the use of additional funds for salaries and expenses of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters, and for other purposes. | |
| 00048 | Yea | 21-Mar | S. 1459 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3556 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amendment no. 3556 as modified; To increase the fee charged for grazing on Federal land. | |
| 00049 | Yea | 21-Mar | S. 1459 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3559 | Agreed to | motion to table bingaman amendment no. 3559; An amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Domenici substitute to S.1459, the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1995. | |
| 00050 | Yea | 21-Mar | S. 1459 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1459 as amended; Public Rangelands Management Act of 1995 | |
| 00051 | Yea | 21-Mar | H.Con.Res. 148 | On the Concurrent Resolution | Agreed to | h.con.res.148 as amended; A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding missile tests and military exercises by the People's Republic of China. | |
| 00052 | Nay | 26-Mar | H.R. 1296 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3574 | Rejected | motion to table re:kerry amdt no. 3574; To provide for an increase in the minimum wage rate. | |
| 00053 | Yea | 26-Mar | H.R. 1296 | On the Motion | Agreed to | motion to recess; A bill to provide for the Administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer. | |
| 00054 | Yea | 27-Mar | H.R. 1296 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3564 | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on amdt sp 3564 to H.R. 1296; To offer an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1296, a bill to provide for the administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, and for other purposes. | |
| 00055 | Yea | 27-Mar | S. 4 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE BYRD MOTION TO RECOMMIT CONFERENCE REPORT ON S.4; Line Item Veto Act | |
| 00056 | Yea | 27-Mar | S. 4 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report re: s. 4; Line Item Veto Act | |
| 00057 | Yea | 28-Mar | H.R. 2854 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | H.R.2854 Conference Report; Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 | |
| 00058 | Nay | 28-Mar | H.R. 1296 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3573 | Rejected | Motion to invoke cloture Re: Kennedy amendment No. 3573; To provide for an increase in the minimum wage rate. | |
| 00059 | Yea | 28-Mar | H.R. 1561 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.1561 conference report; American Overseas Interests Act of 1995 | |
| 00060 | Yea | 29-Mar | H.J.Res. 170 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | h.j.res.170; A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes. | |
| 00061 | Yea | 16-Apr | S.Res. 227 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to s.res.227; An original resolution to authorize the use of additional funds for salaries and expenses of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters, and for other purposes. | |
| 00062 | Yea | 16-Apr | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | motion to table nunn motion to recommitt; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
| 00063 | Yea | 17-Apr | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | motion to table motion to recommit s.735 to conference; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
| 00064 | Yea | 17-Apr | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | Motion to table the motion to recommit the conference report; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
| 00065 | Yea | 17-Apr | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | motion to table biden motion to recommitt conference report on S.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
| 00066 | Yea | 17-Apr | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | Motion to table Moynihan motion to recommit confererce report; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
| 00067 | Yea | 17-Apr | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | motion to table biden motion to recommit conference report on S.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
| 00068 | Yea | 17-Apr | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | motion to table biden motion to recommit conference report on s.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
| 00069 | Yea | 17-Apr | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO CONFERENCE S.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
| 00070 | Yea | 17-Apr | S. 735 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE BIDEN MOTION TO RECOMMIT CONFERENCE REPORT ON S.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
| 00071 | Yea | 17-Apr | S. 735 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | CONFERENCE REPORT ON S.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
| 00072 | Yea | X | 18-Apr | S. 1028 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3677 | Agreed to | kassebaum amendment no.3677; To strike medical savings savings accounts. |
| 00073 | Yea | 18-Apr | S. 1028 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3676 | Agreed to | dole amendment no. 3676, as amended; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve health and long-term care coverage in the group and individual markets by making health and long-term care insurance more accessible and affordable. | |
| 00074 | Yea | 18-Apr | S. 1028 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3679 | Agreed to | motion to table jeffords amendment no. 3679; To establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an aggregate lifetime limit with respect to coverage under an employee health benefit plan or a group health plan. | |
| 00075 | Yea | X | 18-Apr | S. 1028 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3681 | Rejected | motion to table domenici amendment no.3681; To ensure that parity is provided under health plans for severe mental illness services. |
| 00076 | Yea | 18-Apr | S. 1028 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3683 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amendment no. 3683; To reduce health care fraud, waste, and abuse. | |
| 00077 | Yea | X | 18-Apr | S. 1028 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3685 | Rejected | motion to table Coats amdt. no. 3685; To encourage the provision of medical services in medically underserved communities by extending Federal liability coverage to medical volunteers. |
| 00078 | Yea | 23-Apr | H.R. 3103 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3103 as amended; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 | |
| 00079 | Yea | 23-Apr | S.J.Res. 21 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Cloture motion on the committee substitute S.J.res.21; A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms. | |
| 00080 | Nay | 24-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3730 | Rejected | simpson amdt no. 3730; To repeal the ban on the search of open-fields by employees of the INS when they have probable cause to believe an illegal act has occurred. | |
| 00081 | Yea | 24-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3672 | Agreed to | simpson amdt no. 3672 as modified; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00082 | Yea | 24-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3667 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE DORGAN AMDT NO. 3667; To express the sense of the Senate that a balanced budget constitutional amendment should protect the social security system by excluding the receipts and outlays of the social security trust funds from the budget. | |
| 00083 | Nay | 25-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3739 | Rejected | simpson amendment no. 3739; To provide for temporary numerical limits on family-sponsored immigrant visas, a temporary priority-based system of allocating family-sponsored immigrant visas, and a temporary per-country limit--to apply for the five fiscal years after enactment of S. 1664. | |
| 00084 | Yea | 25-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3740 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE FEINSTEIN AMDT NO. 3740; To limit and improve the system for the admission of family-sponsored immigrants. | |
| 00085 | Yea | 25-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table the motion to recommit; Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996 | |
| 00086 | Yea | 25-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3669 | Agreed to | motion to table simpson amdt no. 3669; To prohibit foreign students on F-1 visas from obtaining free public elementary or secondary education. | |
| 00087 | Yea | 25-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3670 | Agreed to | motion to table amdt no. 3670; To establish a pilot program to collect information relating to nonimmigrant foreign students. | |
| 00088 | Yea | 25-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3671 | Agreed to | Motion to table Simpson amdt. no. 3671; To create new ground of exclusion and of deportation for falsely claiming U.S. citizenship. | |
| 00089 | Yea | 25-Apr | H.R. 3019 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report re: h.r.3019; Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1996 | |
| 00090 | Yea | 29-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3743 | Agreed to | motion to invoke cloture on amdt no. 3743; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00091 | Yea | 30-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3760 | Agreed to | Graham amendment no. 3760; To condition the repeal of the Cuban Adjustment Act on a democratically elected government in Cuba being in power. | |
| 00092 | Nay | 30-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3803 | Rejected | graham amendment no. 3803; To clarify and enumerate public assistance programs with respect to which the deeming provisions apply. | |
| 00093 | Yea | 30-Apr | S.Res. 253 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.253; A resolution urging the detention and extradition to the United States by the appropriate foreign government of Mohammed Abbas for the murder of Leon Klinghoffer. | |
| 00094 | Nay | 30-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3820 | Rejected | kennedy amendments nos. 3820 and 3823 en bloc; To provide exceptions to the sponsor deeming requirements for legal immigrants for programs for which illegal aliens are eligible, and for other purposes. | |
| 00095 | Nay | 30-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3822 | Rejected | kennedy amendment no. 3822; To exempt children, veterans, and pregnant mothers from the sponsor deeming requirements under the medicaid program. | |
| 00096 | Nay | 30-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3816 | Rejected | Kennedy amdt. no. 3816; To enable employers to determine work eligibility of prospective employees without fear of being used. | |
| 00097 | Nay | 30-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3809 | Rejected | simon amendment no. 3809; To adjust the definition of public charge. | |
| 00098 | Nay | 30-Apr | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3776 | Rejected | Feinstein amdt. no. 3776; To strike the provision relating to the language of deportation notice. | |
| 00099 | Nay | 01-May | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3790 | Rejected | bradley amdt no. 3790; To establish an Office for the Enforcement of Employer Sanctions. | |
| 00100 | Nay | 01-May | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3780 | Agreed to | leahy amdt no. 3780; To provide a minimum safeguards in expedited exclusion procedure to prevent returning bona fide refugees to their persecutors. | |
| 00101 | Yea | X | 01-May | S. 1664 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3752 | Agreed to | motion to table abraham amdt no. 3752; To strike provisions providing for the implementation of a national identification system and those provisions requiring State driver's licenses and birth certificates to conform to new Federal regulations and standards. |
| 00102 | Nay | 01-May | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3810 | Rejected | simon amdt no. 3810; To exempt from deeming requirements immigrants who are disabled after entering the United States. | |
| 00103 | Nay | 01-May | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3813 | Rejected | simon amdt no. 3813; To prevent retroactive deeming of sponsor income. | |
| 00104 | Nay | 01-May | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3764 | Rejected | graham amdt no. 3764; To limit the deeming provisions for purposes of determining eligiblity of legal aliens for Medicaid, and for other purposes. | |
| 00105 | Nay | 02-May | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3759 | Rejected | graham amdt no. 3759; To suspend the requirements imposed on State and local governments if certain conditions prevail. | |
| 00106 | Nay | 02-May | S. 1664 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3840 | Rejected | chafee amdt no. 3840; To provide that the emergency benefits available to illegal immigrants also are made available to legal immigrants as execptions to the deeming requirements. | |
| 00107 | Yea | 02-May | S. 1664 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | motion to invoke cloture on s.1664; Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996 | |
| 00108 | Yea | 02-May | H.R. 2202 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.2202 as amended; Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995 | |
| 00109 | Yea | 07-May | H.R. 2937 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture re: h.r.2937; A bill for the reimbursement of legal expenses and related fees incurred by former employees of the White House Travel Office with respect to the termination of their employment in that Office on May 19, 1993. | |
| 00110 | Yea | 08-May | H.R. 2937 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on h.r.2937; A bill for the reimbursement of legal expenses and related fees incurred by former employees of the White House Travel Office with respect to the termination of their employment in that Office on May 19, 1993. | |
| 00111 | Yea | 09-May | H.R. 2937 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3960 | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture re: Dole amdt. no. 3960; To provide for the repeal of the 4.3 cent increase in fuel tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to clarify that an employer may establish and participate in worker-management cooperative organizations to address matters of mutual interest to employers and employees, and to provide for an increase in the minimum wage rate. | |
| 00112 | Yea | 14-May | H.R. 2937 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3961 | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on dole amendment no. 3961; To provide for the repeal of the 4.3 cent increase in fuel tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. | |
| 00113 | Nay | 15-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3963 | Rejected | grassley amdt no. 3963; To reduce defense spending. | |
| 00114 | Yea | 16-May | S.J.Res. 21 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3698 | Agreed to | frist amendment no.3968; To amend the motion to recommit to change instructions to report back with limits on congressional terms of 6 years in the House of Representatives and 12 years in the Senate. | |
| 00115 | Nay | 16-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3973 | Rejected | exon amendment no.3973; To cut corporate welfare to fund Veteran benefits. | |
| 00116 | Yea | 16-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3971 | Agreed to | bond amendment no. 3971; To restore funds to the Veteran's Administration Medical Care program, offset by a reduction in welfare benefits. | |
| 00117 | Yea | 16-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3979 | Agreed to | motion to table rockefeller amdt no. 3979; To restore $50 billion in excessive Medicare cuts designed to pay for new tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, offset by the extension of expired tax provisions or corporate and business tax reforms; to protect seniors against unjustified increases in premiums and other out-of-pocket costs; to prevent the closing of rural hospitals and other excessive provider cuts that erode access to needed medical services; to prevent the implementation of policies designed to force seniors to give up their own doctors to join private health plans; and to protect Medicare against policies that will cause it to wither on the vine. | |
| 00118 | Yea | 16-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3980 | Rejected | abraham amdt no. 3980; To express the sense of the Congress regarding medicare trust fund solvency. | |
| 00119 | Nay | 16-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3965 | Rejected | exon amdt no. 3965 as amended; Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| 00120 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3982 | Agreed to | motion to table boxer amendment no. 3982; To preserve, protect, and strengthen the medicaid program by controlling costs, providing State flexibility, and restoring critical standards and protections, including coverage for all populations covered under current law. | |
| 00121 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3985 | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone amendment no.3985; To express the sense of the Senate on tax deductibility of higher education tuition and student loan interest costs. | |
| 00122 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4028 | Agreed to | abraham amendment no.4028; To increase funding for the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund programs in 2001 and 2002 with offsetting reductions and to express the sense of the Senate regarding administrative funding of the President's Public Safety and Community Policing Grants. | |
| 00123 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3986 | Agreed to | motion to table amendment no. 3986; To ensure that funds are provided for the hiring of new police under the Community Oriented Policing Service in FY 1997. | |
| 00124 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3987 | Agreed to | wellstone amendment no.3987; To prevent Congress from enacting legislation that increases the number of children who are hungry or homeless. | |
| 00125 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3990 | Agreed to | motion to table kerry amendment no. 3990; To help protect the quality of our water and air, to clean up toxic waste, to protect our national parks and other natural resources, and so forth and for other purposes. | |
| 00126 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3991 | Agreed to | motion to table kerry amendment no.3991; To increase the Function 500 totals to maintain levels of education and training funding that will keep pace with rising school enrollments and the demand for a better-trained workforce. | |
| 00127 | Nay | X | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3988 | Agreed to | wellstone amendment no.3988; To express the sense of the Senate with respect to maintaining current expenditure levels for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for FY 1997. |
| 00128 | Nay | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3995 | Agreed to | motion to table kyl amendment no. 3995; To express the sense of the Senate regarding a supermajority requirement for raising taxes. | |
| 00129 | Nay | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3996 | Rejected | kyl amendment no.3996; To adopt the President's budget for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program through fiscal year 2000 and freeze funding for the program thereafter. | |
| 00130 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3997 | Rejected | motion to table kennedy amendment no. 3997; To express the sense of the Congress that the reconciliation bill should maintain the existing prohibition against additional charges by providers under the medicare program. | |
| 00131 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3998 | Agreed to | kennedy amendment no. 3998; To express the sense of the Congress that the reconciliation bill should not include any changes in Federal nursing home quality standards or the Federal enforcement of such standards. | |
| 00132 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3999 | Agreed to | kennedy amendment no.3999; To express the sense of the Congress that provisions of current medicaid law families of nursing home residents from experiencing financial ruin as the price of needed care for their loved ones should be retained. | |
| 00133 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4030 | Agreed to | ashcroft amendment no.4030; To express the sense of the Congress that States should be allowed to require welfare recipients to stay drug-free as a condition for receiving welfare benefits from the taxpayers. | |
| 00134 | Nay | X | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4031 | Rejected | motion to table kennedy amendment no. 4031; To protect the incomes of construction workers and their families and to express the sense of the Senate that the Davis-Bacon Act should not be repealed. |
| 00135 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4032 | Agreed to | santorum amendment no. 4032; To reform the Davis-Bacon Act. | |
| 00136 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4001 | Agreed to | motion to table byrd amendment no. 4001; This amendment increases overall discretionary spending to the levels proposed by the President. This amendment is fully offset by the extenstion of expired tax provisions or corporate and business tax reforms. | |
| 00137 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4002 | Agreed to | lott amendment no. 4002 as modified; To express the sense of the Congress regarding reimbursement of the United States for the costs of Operations Southern Watch and Provide Comfort. | |
| 00138 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4003 | Agreed to | simpson amendment no. 4003; To express the sense of the Senate that all Federal spending and revenues which are indexed for inflation should be calibrated by the most accurate inflation indices which are available to the Federal government. | |
| 00139 | Nay | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4007 | Rejected | motion to waive C.B.A. Re: graham amendment no. 4007; To create a 60 vote point of order against legislation diverting savings achieved through medicare waste, fraud and abuse enforcement activities for purposes other than improving the solvency of the Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. | |
| 00140 | Nay | X | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4008 | Rejected | Ashcroft amendment no. 4008; To provide for an income tax deduction for the old age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals. |
| 00141 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4033 | Agreed to | Exon amdt. no. 4033; To express the sense of the Senate that no provisions in this resolution should worsen the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund. | |
| 00142 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4034 | Agreed to | gramm amendment no. 4034; To express the sense of the Congress that the 1993 income tax increase on social security benefits should be repealed. | |
| 00143 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4019 | Agreed to | dole amendment no. 4019; To express the the sense of the Senate relating to the Administration's practice regarding the prosecution of drug smugglers. | |
| 00144 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4011 | Agreed to | Motion to table harkin amendment no. 4011; To provide that the first reconciliation bill not include medicaid reform, focusing mainly on welfare reform by shifting medicaid changes from the first to the second reconciliation bill. | |
| 00145 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4035 | Agreed to | mccain amendment no. 4035; To express the sense of the Senate regarding corporate subsidies and to provide a rule that would prohibit the scoring of proceeds from asset sales that would lead to a financial loss by the Federal Government. | |
| 00146 | Yea | 22-May | S. 1357 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3036 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amendment no. 4036; To strike the deep water regulatory relief provision. | |
| 00147 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4014 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amdt no. 4014; To restore common sense to the budget rules by eliminating the defense firewalls. | |
| 00148 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4015 | Rejected | motion to waive C.B.A. re: murkowski amdt no. 4015; To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit sense of the Senate amendments from being offered to the budget resolution. | |
| 00149 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4016 | Agreed to | motion to table kerrey amdt no. 4016; To express the sense of the Senate on long term entitlement reforms. | |
| 00150 | Yea | X | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4018 | Rejected | chafee amdt no. 4018; In the nature of a substitute. |
| 00151 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3969 | Agreed to | motion to table feingold amdt no. 3969; To eliminate the tax cut. | |
| 00152 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Decision of the Chair | Sustained | appeal fo the ruling of the chair re: point of order; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| 00153 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4027 | Agreed to | domenici amdt no. 4027; To adjust the fiscal year 1997 non-defense discretionary allocation to the Appropriations Committee by $5 billion in budget authority and $4 billion in outlays to sustain 1996 post-OCRA policy. | |
| 00154 | Nay | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4025 | Agreed to | Roth amdt. no. 4025; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the funding of Amtrak. | |
| 00155 | Nay | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 57 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4040 | Rejected | byrd amdt no. 4040; To improve our water and sewer systems, national parks and Everglades, to be offset by closing corporate loopholes and changes in tax expenditures. | |
| 00156 | Yea | 23-May | H.Con.Res. 178 | On the Concurrent Resolution | Agreed to | h.con.res.178; A concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| 00157 | Yea | 04-Jun | S. 1635 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to consider s.1635; Defend America Act of 1996 | |
| 00158 | Yea | 06-Jun | 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. | |
| 00159 | Yea | 13-Jun | H.Con.Res. 178 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report h.con.res.178; A concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| 00160 | Nay | 19-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4048 | Rejected | Dorgan amendment no. 4048; To reduce to the level requested by the President the amount authorized to be appropriated for research, development, test, and evaluation for national missile defense. | |
| 00161 | Yea | X | 19-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4052 | Rejected | motion to table grams amendment no. 4052; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the reopening of Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| 00162 | Yea | 19-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4058 | Agreed to | motion to table bingaman amendment no.4058 as modified; To strike out provisions that predetermine the outcome of an ongoing Department of Defense study on space control and to provide a framework for space control decisions to be made. | |
| 00163 | Nay | X | 19-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4059 | Rejected | motion to table murray amendment no.4059; To repeal the restriction on use of Department of Defense facilities for abortions. |
| 00164 | Yea | 19-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4060 | Agreed to | motion to table mccain amendment no. 4060; To reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for military construction in order to eliminate authorizations of appropriations for certain military construction projects not included in the Administration request for such projects for fiscal year 1997. | |
| 00165 | Yea | 20-Jun | PN951 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | confirmation alan greenspan re:chairman, board of governors, FRS | |
| 00166 | Yea | 20-Jun | PN952 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | confirmation Laurence H. Meyer re: member, board of governors, FRS | |
| 00167 | Nay | 20-Jun | PN953 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination alice rivlin re: member, board of governors, FRS | |
| 00168 | Nay | 25-Jun | S. 1219 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | cloture motion re: S.1219 Campaign finance reform; Senate Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1995 | |
| 00169 | Yea | 25-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4156 | Agreed to | lieberman amendment no. 4156; To provide for a quadrennial defense review and an independent assessment of alternative force structures for the Armed Forces. | |
| 00170 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | second cloture re: s.1745; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 | |
| 00171 | Yea | 26-Jun | H.R. 3525 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3525; Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 | |
| 00172 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4266 | Rejected | wellstone amdt no. 4266; To limit the total amount authorized to be appropriated by the bill to the amount requested by the President and to apply the excess to budget deficit reduction. | |
| 00173 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4345 | Rejected | exon amdt no. 4345; To ensure that the total amount authorized to be appropriated by the bill does not exceed the total amount of the authorizations of appropriations reported by the Committee on Armed Services. | |
| 00174 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4346 | Agreed to | thurmond amdt no. 4346; To reduce the total funding authorized in the bill for the national defense function to the level provided in the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 1997. | |
| 00175 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4347 | Agreed to | motin to table wellstone amdt no. 4347; To restore funding for certain educational and employment assistance programs to levels requested by the President by authorizing the Secretary of Defense to transfer defense funds that are excess to the funding levels provided in the future-years defense program and to the other funding objectives of the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. | |
| 00176 | Yea | X | 26-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4049 | Agreed to | motion to table kyl amdt no. 4049; To authorize underground nuclear testing under limited conditions. |
| 00177 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4349 | Agreed to | nunn amdt no. 4349; To take measures to protect the security of the United States from proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction. | |
| 00178 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4218 | Agreed to | Motion to table Lautenberg amemdment; To eliminate taxpayer subsidies for recreational shooting programs, and to prevent the transfer of federally-owned weapons, ammunition, funds, and other property to a private Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety. | |
| 00179 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4366 | Agreed to | hatch amendment no.4366; To provide equitable relief for the generic drug industry, and for other purposes. | |
| 00180 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4369 | Agreed to | cohen amendment no.4369; To authorize additional disposals of material from the National Defense Stockpile. | |
| 00181 | Yea | 28-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | s.1745, Second cloture vote; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 | |
| 00182 | Yea | 28-Jun | S. 1745 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4367 | Agreed to | nunn amdt no. 4367; To require the President to submit a report on NATO enlargement to Congress. | |
| 00183 | Yea | 09-Jul | H.R. 3448 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4272 | Rejected | bond amdt no. 4272; To modify the payment of wages provisions. | |
| 00184 | Nay | 09-Jul | H.R. 3448 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4435 | Rejected | kennedy amdt no. 4435; To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the minimum wage rate and to exempt computer professionals from the minimum wage and maximum hour requirements, and to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 relating to the payment of wages to employees who use employer-owned vehicles. | |
| 00185 | Yea | 09-Jul | H.R. 3448 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4436 | Agreed to | roth amdt no. 4436, as modified; To provide additional amendments. | |
| 00186 | Yea | 09-Jul | H.R. 3448 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3448, as amended; Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 | |
| 00187 | Yea | 10-Jul | S. 1745 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S.1745 as amended; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 | |
| 00188 | Nay | X | 10-Jul | S. 1788 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to consider s.1788; National Right to Work Act of 1995 |
| 00189 | Nay | 10-Jul | S. 295 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4437 | Rejected | dorgan amendment no. 4437, as modified; To provide for a substitute amendment. | |
| 00190 | Yea | 10-Jul | S. 295 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4438 | Agreed to | kassebaum amendment no.4438; | |
| 00191 | Yea | 10-Jul | H.R. 743 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.743 as amended; Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995 | |
| 00192 | Yea | 11-Jul | S. 1894 | On the Motion for Attendance | Agreed to | MOTION TO INSTRUCT SGT. AT ARMS; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00193 | Yea | 16-Jul | S. 1936 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration; Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996 | |
| 00194 | Yea | 17-Jul | S. 1894 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4591 | Agreed to | motion to table simon amdt no. 4591; To ensure that work under Department of Defense contracts is performed in the United States. | |
| 00195 | Yea | 17-Jul | S. 1894 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4453 | Agreed to | nunn amdt no. 4453; To provide $150,000,000 for defending the United States against weapons of mass destruction, and to provide offsetting reductions in other appropriation amounts. | |
| 00196 | Yea | 17-Jul | S. 1894 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4463 | Agreed to | Motion to table Amdt. No. 4463; To prohibit the use of funds for support of more than 68 general officers of the Marine Corps on active duty. | |
| 00197 | Nay | 17-Jul | S. 1894 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4891 | Rejected | bumpers amdt no. 4891; To reduce procurement of F/A-18C/D fighters to six aircraft. | |
| 00198 | Yea | 18-Jul | S. 1894 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4492 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amendment no.4492; Relating to payments by the Department of Defense of restructuring costs associated with business combinations. | |
| 00199 | Yea | 18-Jul | S. 1894 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4893 | Agreed to | Motion to table levin amendment no.4893; To strike out funding for new production of F-16 aircraft in excess of six aircraft, and to transfer the funding to increase funding for anti-terrorism support. | |
| 00200 | Yea | 18-Jul | H.R. 3610 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3610 as amended; Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00201 | Nay | 18-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4897 | Rejected | Daschle amdt. no. 4897; To provide a complete substitute. | |
| 00202 | Yea | 18-Jul | S.Res. 280 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.280; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the tragic crash TWA of Flight 800. | |
| 00203 | Yea | 18-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4901 | Rejected | motion to waive c.b.r. Re: ashcroft amendment no.4901; To ensure that welfare recipients are drug-free as a condition for receiving welfare assistance from the American taxpayers. | |
| 00204 | Yea | 18-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4902 | Agreed to | dodd amendment no.4902; | |
| 00205 | Nay | 19-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4910 | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: Breaux amdt no. 4910; To ensure needy children receive non-cash assistance to provide for basic needs until the Federal 5-year time limit applies. | |
| 00206 | Nay | 19-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4911 | Rejected | feinstein amdt no. 4911; To address multi-generational welfare dependency. | |
| 00207 | Nay | 19-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4912 | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: biden amdt no. 4912; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00208 | Yea | 19-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4914 | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: frist amdt no. 4914 as modified; Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should ensure approval of State waiver requests. | |
| 00209 | Yea | 19-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4917 | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: ashcroft amdt no. 4917; To ensure that recipients or caretakers of minor recipients of means-tested benefits programs are held responsible for ensuring that their minor children are up to date on immunizations as a condition for receiving welfare benefits from the taxpayers. | |
| 00210 | Nay | 19-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4918 | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: wellstone amdt no. 4918; To revise this legislation if it increases the number of impoverished children in this Nation. | |
| 00211 | Yea | 19-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4921 | Agreed to | motion to table graham amdt no. 4921; To strike the provisions restricting welfare and public benefits for aliens. | |
| 00212 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4905 | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: faircloth amdt no. 4905; To prohibit recruitment activities in SSI outreach programs, demonstration projects, and other administrative activities. | |
| 00213 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4916 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amdt no. 4916; To strike amendments to child nutrition requirements. | |
| 00214 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4927 | Agreed to | d'amato amdt no. 4927; To require welfare recipients to participate in gainful community service. | |
| 00215 | Nay | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4929 | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: feinstein amdt no. 4929; To provide a ban on SSI apply to those entering the country on or after the enactment of this bill. | |
| 00216 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4933 | Agreed to | chafee amdt no. 4933; To maintain current eligibility standards for medicaid and provide additional State flexibility. | |
| 00217 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4932 | Rejected | roth amdt no. 4932; To maintain the eligibility for medicaid for any individual who is receiving medicaid based on their receipt of AFDC, foster care or adoption assistance, and to provide transitional medicaid for families moving from welfare to work. | |
| 00218 | Nay | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4934 | Agreed to | conrad amdt no. 4934; To strike the State food assistance block grant. | |
| 00219 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4935 | Agreed to | motion to waive cba re: santorum for gramm amdt no.4935; To deny welfare benefits to individuals convicted of illegal drug possession, use or distribution. | |
| 00220 | Yea | X | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4930 | Agreed to | motion to table helms amdt no. 4930; To strengthen food stamp work requirements. |
| 00221 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4939 | Agreed to | motion to waive cba re: shelby amdt no. 4939; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit for adoption expenses and to exclude from gross income employee and military adoption assistance benefits and withdrawals from IRAs for certain adoption expenses. | |
| 00222 | Nay | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4936 | Rejected | graham amdt no. 4936; To modify the formula for determining a State family assistance grant to include the number of children in poverty residing in a State. | |
| 00223 | Nay | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4940 | Rejected | ford amdt no. 4940; To allow States the option to provide non-cash assistance to children after the 5-year time limit, as provided in report number 104-430 (the conference report to H.R. 4 as passed during the 1st session of the 104th Congress). | |
| 00224 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider S.Amdt. 4940 | Agreed to | motion to table motion to reconsider vote no. 223; To allow States the option to provide non-cash assistance to children after the 5-year time limit, as provided in report number 104-430 (the conference report to H.R. 4 as passed during the 1st session of the 104th Congress). | |
| 00225 | Nay | X | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4942 | Rejected | ashcroft amdt no. 4942; To provide that a family may not receive TANF assistance for more than 24 consecutive months at a time unless an adult in the family is working or a State exempts an adult in the family from working for reasons of hardship. |
| 00226 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4952 | Agreed to | graham amdt no. 4952; To strike additional penalties for consecutive failure to satisfy minimum participation rates. | |
| 00227 | Nay | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4955 | Rejected | Motion to waive - Kennedy amdt. no. 4955; To permit assistance to be provided to needy or disabled legal immigrant children when sponsors cannot provide reimbursement. | |
| 00228 | Nay | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 4956 | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: kennedy amdt no. 4956; To allow a 2-year implementation period under the medicaid program for implementation of the attribution of sponsor's income, the 5-year ban, and other provisions. | |
| 00229 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: language on pg 240, ln 17 Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996 | |
| 00230 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion | Agreed to | motion to waive cba re: section 2104, pg 310, ln 21 Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996 | |
| 00231 | Yea | 23-Jul | S. 1956 | On the Motion | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: sec. 2909, pg 651, ln11 thru pg 654, ln 2; Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996 | |
| 00232 | Yea | 23-Jul | H.R. 3734 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3734, as amended; Welfare and Medicaid Reform Act of 1996 | |
| 00233 | Nay | X | 23-Jul | H.R. 3603 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4959 | Agreed to | motion to table gregg amdt no. 4959; To prohibit the use of funds to make loans to large processors of sugarcane and sugar beets unless the loans require the processors to repay the full amount of the loans, plus interest. |
| 00234 | Nay | X | 24-Jul | H.R. 3603 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4995 | Agreed to | motion to table santorum amendment no.4995; To prohibit the use of funds to provide a total amount of nonrecourse loans to producers for peanuts in excess of $125,000. |
| 00235 | Nay | X | 24-Jul | H.R. 3603 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4967 | Agreed to | motion to table santorum amendment no. 4967; To prohibit the use of funds to carry out a peanut program that is operated by a marketing association if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that a member of the Board of Directors of the association has a conflict of interest with respect to the program. |
| 00236 | Yea | 24-Jul | H.R. 3603 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4977 | Agreed to | motion to table bryan amendment no.4977; To limit funding for the market access program. | |
| 00237 | Yea | 24-Jul | H.R. 3603 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3603 as amended; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00238 | Yea | 25-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5017 | Agreed to | mccain amdt no. 5017, as modified; To require information on cooperation with United States anti-terrorism efforts in the annual country reports on terrorism. | |
| 00239 | Nay | X | 25-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5027 | Rejected | smith amdt no. 5027; To strike funds made available for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. |
| 00240 | Yea | 25-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5028 | Agreed to | helms amdt no. 5028; To prohibit United States voluntary contributions to the United Nations and its specialized agencies if the United Nations attemps to implement or impose taxation on United States persons to raise revenue for the United Nations. | |
| 00241 | Yea | 25-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5045 | Agreed to | motion to table dorgan amdt no. 5045; To provide congressional review of and clear standards for the eligibility of foreign governments to be considered for United States military assistance and arms transfers. | |
| 00242 | Yea | 25-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5047 | Agreed to | Domeniciamdt. no. 5047; To restrict the availability of funds under the Act for Mexico until drug kingpins are extradited or prosecuted. | |
| 00243 | Yea | X | 25-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5019 | Rejected | motion to table cohen amdt no. 5019; To promote the improvement of the lives of the peoples of Burma through democratization, market reforms and personal freedom. |
| 00244 | Yea | 25-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5018 | Agreed to | coverdell amdt no. 5018; To increase the amount of funds available for international narcotics control programs, offset by reductions in other appropriations. | |
| 00245 | Yea | 25-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5058 | Agreed to | BROWN AMDT NO. 5058, AS MODIFIED FURTHERE; To amend the NATO Participation Act of 1994 to expedite the transition to full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe. | |
| 00246 | Yea | X | 26-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5088 | Rejected | simpson amendment no. 5088; To strike the provision which extends reduced refugee standards for certain groups. |
| 00247 | Nay | X | 26-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5078 | Agreed to | lieberman amendment no.5078 as amended; To reallocate funds for the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization. |
| 00248 | Yea | 26-Jul | H.R. 3540 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3540 as amended; Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00249 | Yea | 30-Jul | S. 1959 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5095 | Agreed to | motion to table mccain amendment no. 5095; To prohibit the use of funds to carry out the advanced light water reactor program. | |
| 00250 | Yea | 30-Jul | S. 1959 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5096 | Agreed to | motion to table the bumpers amendment no. 5096; To reduce funding for the Weapons Activities Account to the level requested by the Administration. | |
| 00251 | Yea | 30-Jul | S. 1959 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5106 | Agreed to | motion to table feingold amendment no. 5106; To eliminate funding for the Animas-LaPlata Participating Project. | |
| 00252 | Yea | X | 30-Jul | S. 1959 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5100 | Agreed to | motion to table the grams amendment no.5100; To limit funding for Appalachian Regional Commission at House-passed level and require the Commission to be phased out in 5 years. |
| 00253 | Yea | 30-Jul | H.R. 3816 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3816 as amended; Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00254 | Yea | 30-Jul | H.R. 3754 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3754 as amended; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00255 | Yea | 30-Jul | H.R. 3675 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5132 | Agreed to | motion to table mccain amendment no. 5132; To reduce the level of funding for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. | |
| 00256 | Yea | 31-Jul | S. 1936 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5055 | Agreed to | murkowski amdt no. 5055; To provide that EPA issue standards for protection of the public from releases of radioactive materials from a permanent repository, and for other purposes. | |
| 00257 | Yea | 31-Jul | S. 1936 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5037 | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone amdt no. 5037; To protect the taxpayer by ensuring that the Secretary of Energy does not accept title to high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel unless protection of public safety or health or the environment so require. | |
| 00258 | Yea | 31-Jul | S. 1936 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5073 | Agreed to | motion to table bryan amdt no. 5073; To specify contractual obligations between DOE and waste generators. | |
| 00259 | Yea | 31-Jul | S. 1936 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1936 as amended; Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996 | |
| 00260 | Nay | X | 31-Jul | H.R. 3675 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5141 | Rejected | Motion to table amdt. no. 5141; To require the calculation of Federal-aid highway apportionments and allocations for fiscal year 1997 to be determined so that States experience no net effect from a credit to the Highway Trust Fund made in correction of an accounting error made in fiscal year 1994. |
| 00261 | Yea | 31-Jul | H.R. 3675 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3675, as amended; Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00262 | Yea | 01-Aug | H.R. 3734 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | Conference Report H.R.3734; Welfare and Medicaid Reform Act of 1996 | |
| 00263 | Yea | 02-Aug | S. 1316 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report s.1316; Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 | |
| 00264 | Yea | 02-Aug | H.R. 3103 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report H.R. 3103; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 | |
| 00265 | Yea | 02-Aug | H.R. 3448 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report H.R. 3448; Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 | |
| 00266 | Nay | 04-Sep | H.R. 3666 | On the Motion to Table | Rejected | motion to table committee amendment on page 104 lines 21-24; Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00267 | Yea | 04-Sep | H.R. 3666 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5178 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amendment no. 5178; To reduce the appropriation for the implementation of the space station program for the purpose of terminating the program. | |
| 00268 | Yea | 04-Sep | H.R. 3666 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5177 | Agreed to | MCCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 5177; To require a plan for the allocation of Department of Veterans Affairs health care resources. | |
| 00269 | Yea | 05-Sep | H.R. 3517 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r. 3517 conference report; Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00270 | Nay | X | 05-Sep | H.R. 3845 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.3845 conference report; District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1997 |
| 00271 | Yea | 05-Sep | H.R. 3666 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5191 | Agreed to | helms amdt no. 5191, as modified; To increase funding for drug elimination grants. | |
| 00272 | Yea | 05-Sep | H.R. 3666 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5193 | Agreed to | frist amdt no. 5193; To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for a mother and child following the birth of the child, and for other purposes. | |
| 00273 | Nay | X | 05-Sep | H.R. 3666 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5195 | Agreed to | MOTION TO TABLE BROWN AMDT NO. 5195; |
| 00274 | Nay | X | 05-Sep | H.R. 3666 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5194 | Agreed to | domenici amdt no. 5194 as amended; To provide health plan protections for individuals with a mental illness. |
| 00275 | Yea | 05-Sep | H.R. 3666 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5197 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amdt no. 5197; To provide that funding for Veterans medical care shall not be reduced to states. | |
| 00276 | Nay | 05-Sep | H.R. 3666 | Whether the Amendment is Germane S.Amdt. 5190 | Held Germane | germaneness of Daschle amdt no. 5190; To provide benefits for certain children of Vietnam veterans who are born with spina bifada, and to offset the cost of such benefits by requiring that there be an element of fault as a precondition for entitlement to compensation for a disability or death resulting from health care or certain other services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs. | |
| 00277 | Nay | X | 05-Sep | S.Res. 288 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | S. Res. 288; A resolution regarding the United States response to Iraqi aggression. |
| 00278 | Yea | 05-Sep | H.R. 3666 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 3666, as amended; Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00279 | Yea | 10-Sep | H.R. 3230 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report on H.R.3230; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 | |
| 00280 | Yea | 10-Sep | H.R. 3396 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3396; Defense of Marriage Act | |
| 00281 | Nay | 10-Sep | S. 2056 | On Passage of the Bill | Rejected | s.2056; Employment Nondiscrimination Act of 1996 | |
| 00282 | Yea | 11-Sep | H.R. 3756 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5223 | Agreed to | motion to table dorgan amdt no. 5223; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end deferral for United States shareholders on income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to property imported into the United States. | |
| 00283 | Nay | 11-Sep | H.R. 3756 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 5206 | Rejected | motion to waive cba re: wyden amdt no. 5206; To prohibit the restriction of certain types of medical communications between a health care provider and a patient. | |
| 00284 | Yea | 11-Sep | H.R. 3756 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table comm. amdt. on pg 80, line 20 thru pg 81, line 4; Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00285 | Yea | 11-Sep | H.R. 3756 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5224 | Agreed to | thomas amdt no 5224, as amended; To limit the use of funds to provide for Federal agencies to furnish commercially available property or services to other Federal agencies. | |
| 00286 | Nay | 12-Sep | H.R. 3756 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5256 | Rejected | reid amendment no.5256 as modified; To refer the White House Travel Office matter to the Court of Federal Claims. | |
| 00287 | Yea | 12-Sep | H.R. 3756 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5279 | Agreed to | motion to table kerry amendment no. 5279; To make funds available for a study of tagging explosive materials, and for other purposes. | |
| 00288 | Nay | 12-Sep | H.R. 3756 | On the Motion to Table | Rejected | motion to table committee amdt beginning on p.129,l.20 thru p.130,l.1; Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00289 | Yea | 12-Sep | H.R. 3756 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5241 | Agreed to | lautenberg amendment no. 5241; To prohibit persons convicted of a crime involving domestic violence from owning or possessing firearms. | |
| 00290 | Nay | 12-Sep | H.R. 3756 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5244 | Rejected | Motion to table Kohl amdt. no. 5244; To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to gun free schools, and for other purposes. | |
| 00291 | Yea | 17-Sep | H.R. 3662 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5353 | Rejected | motion to table bumpers amdt no. 5353 as modified; To increase the fee charged for grazing on Federal land. | |
| 00292 | Yea | 17-Sep | H.R. 3816 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.3816 conference report; Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00293 | Yea | 18-Sep | H.R. 3539 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.3539 as amended; Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 | |
| 00294 | Yea | 18-Sep | H.R. 3675 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.3675 conference report; Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 | |
| 00295 | Yea | 19-Sep | S. 39 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.39 as amended; Sustainable Fisheries Act Fisheries Financing Act | |
| 00296 | Yea | 20-Sep | H.R. 1350 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5391 | Agreed to | motion to table grassley amendment no. 5391; To provide for a uniform system of incentive pay for certain hazardous duties performed by merchant seamen. | |
| 00297 | Yea | 24-Sep | H.R. 1350 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5396 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amendment no. 5396; To provide for payment by the Secretary of Transportation of certain ocean freight charges for Federal food or export assistance. | |
| 00298 | Yea | X | 24-Sep | H.R. 1350 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5393 | Agreed to | motion to table grassley amendment no. 5393; To clarify the term fair and reasonable compensation and for other purposes. |
| 00299 | Yea | X | 24-Sep | H.R. 1350 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5394 | Agreed to | motion to table grassley amendment no. 5394; To prohibit the use of funds received as a payment or subsidy for lobbying or public education and to prohibit the use of certain funds received as a payment or subsidy for making political contributions for the purpose of influencing an election. |
| 00300 | Yea | 24-Sep | H.R. 1350 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.1350; Maritime Security Act of 1996 | |
| 00301 | Yea | 26-Sep | H.R. 1833 | On Overriding the Veto | Veto Sustained | shall h.r.1833 pass over the veto of the President of the U.S.?; Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995 | |
| 00302 | Yea | 30-Sep | H.R. 4278 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | passage of H.R. 4278; Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 | |
| 00303 | Yea | 30-Sep | H.R. 3539 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table the motion to postpone the motion to proceed; Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 | |
| 00304 | Yea | 03-Oct | H.R. 3539 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | motion to invoke cloture on conference report on H.R.3539; Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 | |
| 00305 | Nay | 03-Oct | H.R. 3539 | On the Decision of the Chair | Not Sustained | shall the decision of the chair stand? Re: conf. rept. to H.R. 3539; Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 | |
| 00306 | Yea | 03-Oct | H.R. 3539 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | H.R.3539, CONFERENCE REPORT; Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 |
219 Yea, 86 Nay, 0 No Vote (0.00%)
37 votes (12.09%) not with majority of R-party.