Other Years for Amato (R)
Other Senators for 1997
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 | Yea | 22-Jan | PN1 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Nomination of Madeleine K. Albright to be Secretary of State | |
| 00002 | Yea | 22-Jan | PN2 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Nomination of William S. Cohen to be Secretary of Defense | |
| 00003 | Yea | 29-Jan | PN80 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Nomination of Andrew M. Cuomo to be Secretary of H.U.D | |
| 00004 | Not Voting | 30-Jan | PN81 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | NOMINATION, WILLIAM M. DALEY TO BE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE | |
| 00005 | Yea | 04-Feb | S.Res. 47 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.47; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the need for accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49. | |
| 00006 | Yea | 06-Feb | PN83 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination - Rodney E. Slater to be Secretary of Transportation | |
| 00007 | Yea | 10-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2 | Agreed to | motion to table the Durbin amdt (SP 2) to s.j.res.1; To allow waiver of the article in the event of an economic recession or serious economic emergency. | |
| 00008 | Yea | 11-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Wellstone Amendment no.3; To state the policy of the United States that, in achieving a balanced budget, Federal outlays should not be reduced in a manner that disproportionately affects outlays for education, nutrition, and health programs for poor children. | |
| 00009 | Yea | 11-Feb | PN3 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Nomination of Bill Richardson To be Ambassador to the U.N. | |
| 00010 | Yea | 12-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4 | Agreed to | motion to table dodd amdt no. 4; To simplify the conditions for a declaration of an imminent and serious threat to national security. | |
| 00011 | Yea | 13-Feb | S.Res. 55 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.55; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need to address immediately the decline in milk prices. | |
| 00012 | Yea | 24-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 6 | Agreed to | motion to table byrd amdt no 6; To strike the reliance on estimates and receipts. | |
| 00013 | Nay | 25-Feb | H.J.Res. 36 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | h.j.res.36; A joint resolution approving the Presidential finding that the limitation on obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign Operations Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1997, is having a negative impact on the proper functioning of the population planning program. | |
| 00014 | Yea | 25-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 8 | Agreed to | motion to table reid amendment no. 8; To require that the outlay and receipt totals of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds not be included as a part of the budget totals. | |
| 00015 | Yea | 26-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 11 | Agreed to | motion to table feinstein amdt no 11; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00016 | Nay | 26-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 15 | Rejected | torricelli amdt no. 15; To permit limited waiver during economic emergencies and allow a capital budget. | |
| 00017 | Yea | 26-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 17 | Agreed to | motion to table dorgan amdt no 17; To propose a substitute amendment. | |
| 00018 | Yea | 26-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 16 | Agreed to | motion to table boxer amdt no 16; 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. | |
| 00019 | Yea | 27-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 7 | Agreed to | motion to table graham amendment no. 7; To strike the limitation on debt held by the public. | |
| 00020 | Yea | 27-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 10 | Agreed to | motion to table kennedy amendment no. 10; To provide that only Congress shall have authority to enforce the provisions of the balanced budget constitutional amendment, unless Congress passes legislation specifically granting enforcement authority to the President or State or Federal courts. | |
| 00021 | Yea | 27-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 13 | Agreed to | motion to table feingold amendment no. 13; To require approval of the amendment in 3 years. | |
| 00022 | Yea | 27-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 14 | Agreed to | motion to table feingold amendment no. 14; To permit the use of an accumulated surplus to balance the budget during any fiscal year. | |
| 00023 | Yea | 27-Feb | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table the bumpers motion to refer; A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced budget. | |
| 00024 | Yea | 04-Mar | S.J.Res. 1 | On the Joint Resolution | Rejected | s.j.res.1; A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced budget. | |
| 00025 | Yea | 05-Mar | S.J.Res. 5 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 19 | Agreed to | motion to table hollings amendment no. 19; To require Congressional approval before any international trade agreement that has the effect of amending or repealing statutory law of the United States law can be implemented in the United States. | |
| 00026 | Yea | 05-Mar | S.J.Res. 5 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | s.j.res.5; A joint resolution waiving certain provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to the appointment of the United States Trade Representative. | |
| 00027 | Yea | 05-Mar | PN78 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination of charlene barshefsky to be U.S. trade representative | |
| 00028 | Yea | 11-Mar | S.Res. 39 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 23 | Agreed to | lott amendment no. 23; Of a clarifying nature. | |
| 00029 | Yea | 11-Mar | S.Res. 39 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.39 as amended; An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | |
| 00030 | Yea | 12-Mar | PN169 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination of Federico pena to be secretary of energy | |
| 00031 | Nay | 18-Mar | S.J.Res. 18 | On the Joint Resolution | Rejected | s.j.res.18; A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. | |
| 00032 | Yea | 19-Mar | S.J.Res. 22 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | s.j.res.22; A joint resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning the application by the Attorney General for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of illegal fundraising in the 1996 Presidential election campaign. | |
| 00033 | Yea | 19-Mar | S.J.Res. 23 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table s.j.res.23; A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should exercise her best professional judgement, without regard to political pressures, on whether to invoke the independent counsel process to investigate alleged criminal misconduct relating to any election campaign. | |
| 00034 | Yea | 19-Mar | PN6 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | merrick b. garland for u.s. circuit judge for the district of columbi | |
| 00035 | Yea | 20-Mar | H.J.Res. 58 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 25 | Agreed to | Coverdell amdt. no. 35; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00036 | Yea | 10-Apr | n/a | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table reid amendment no. 28, as modified | |
| 00037 | Yea | 10-Apr | S. 104 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 37 | Agreed to | frist amendment no. 37; To provide that the President shall not designate the Oak Ridge Reservation in the State of Tennessee as a site for construction of an interim storage facility. | |
| 00038 | Nay | 10-Apr | S. 104 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 33 | Rejected | bumpers amendment no. 33; To clarify Congressional intent with respect to enactment of this Act in response to DOE's inability to meet the January 31, 1998 contractual deadline to start disposing of spent nuclear fuel. | |
| 00039 | Nay | 10-Apr | S. 104 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 41 | Rejected | bingaman amendment no.41; To strike all provisions relating to special consideration of potential sites for an interim storage facility. | |
| 00040 | Yea | 15-Apr | S. 104 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 31 | Agreed to | motion to table bingaman amdt no.31; To provide for the case in which the Yucca Mountain site proves to be unsuitable or cannot be licensed and to strike the automatic default to a site in Nevada. | |
| 00041 | Yea | 15-Apr | n/a | On the Amendment | Agreed to | murkowski amdt no.43 | |
| 00042 | Yea | 15-Apr | S. 104 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.104, as amended; Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997 | |
| 00043 | Yea | 15-Apr | S. 522 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.522, as amended; Taxpayer Privacy Protection Act | |
| 00044 | Yea | 16-Apr | H.R. 1003 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.1003; Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 | |
| 00045 | Yea | 17-Apr | S. 495 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.495 as modified; Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction Act of 1997 | |
| 00046 | Yea | X | 24-Apr | S.Res. 75 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 47 | Agreed to | biden amendment no. 47; To strike condition no. 30, relating to chemical weapons in other states. |
| 00047 | Yea | X | 24-Apr | S.Res. 75 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 48 | Agreed to | biden amendment no.48; To strike condition no. 29, relating to Russian elimination of chemical weapons. |
| 00048 | Yea | X | 24-Apr | S.Res. 75 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 49 | Agreed to | biden amendment no. 49; To strike condition no. 33, relating to effective verification. |
| 00049 | Yea | X | 24-Apr | S.Res. 75 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 50 | Agreed to | biden amendment no. 50; To strike condition no. 31, relating to the excercise of right to bar certain inspectors. |
| 00050 | Yea | X | 24-Apr | S.Res. 75 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 51 | Agreed to | biden amendment no. 51; To stike condition no. 32, relating to stemming the proliferation of chemical weapons. |
| 00051 | Yea | 24-Apr | S.Res. 75 | On the Resolution of Ratification | Agreed to | Resolution of ratification-chemical weapons convention; An executive resolution to advise and consent to the ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, subject to certain conditions. | |
| 00052 | Yea | 29-Apr | S. 543 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 543; Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 | |
| 00053 | Yea | 30-Apr | S. 543 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | cloture motion on the motion to proceed to s.543; Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 | |
| 00054 | Yea | 30-Apr | PN82 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination of Alexis M. Hermin to be secretary of labor | |
| 00055 | Yea | 01-May | S. 543 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s. 543 as amended; Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 | |
| 00056 | Yea | 06-May | S. 672 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 54 | Agreed to | Grams amendment no. 54; A bill to facilitate recovery from the recent flooding across North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota by providing greater flexibility for depository institutions and their regulators, and for other purposes. | |
| 00057 | Yea | 07-May | S. 672 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | motion to invoke cloture on s.672; An original bill making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| 00058 | Yea | 07-May | S. 672 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 145 | Agreed to | d'amato amdt no. 145; To rescind JOBS Funds, extend the transition period for aliens receiving SSI funds, and for other purposes. | |
| 00059 | Yea | 07-May | S. 672 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 64 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amdt no. 64; To strike section 310. | |
| 00060 | Yea | X | 08-May | S. 672 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 66 | Agreed to | motion to table warner amendment no.66; To modify the requirements for the additional obligation authority for Federal-aid highways. |
| 00061 | Yea | 08-May | S. 672 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 59 | Agreed to | motion to table byrd amendment no. 59; To strike title VII, to strike those provisions providing for continuing appropriations in the absence of regular appropriations of fiscal year 1998. | |
| 00062 | Yea | X | 08-May | S. 672 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 118 | Agreed to | motion to table gramm amendment no.118; To ensure full funding of disaster assistance without adding to the federal debt. |
| 00063 | Yea | 08-May | S. 672 | On the Motion | Agreed to | shall the bill s.672 be read a third time?; An original bill making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | |
| 00064 | Yea | X | 14-May | S. 717 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 243 | Agreed to | motion to table gorton amendment no. 243; To permit State and local educational agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies. |
| 00065 | Yea | X | 14-May | S. 717 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 245 | Agreed to | motion to table smith amendment no. 245; To require a court in making an award under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to take into consideration the impact the granting of the award would have on the education of all children of State educational agencies and local educational agencies. |
| 00066 | Yea | 14-May | H.R. 5 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | Final Passage; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 | |
| 00067 | Yea | 14-May | Treaty Doc. 105-5 | On the Resolution of Ratification | Agreed to | resolution of ratification,-Flank Document agreement to CFC treaty; The Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 1990, adopted at Vienna on May 31, 1996 ("the Flank Document"). The Flank Document is Annex A of the Final Document of the first CFE Review Conference | |
| 00068 | Nay | X | 15-May | S. 4 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on Committee amendment to s.4; Family Friendly Workplace Act |
| 00069 | Nay | 15-May | H.R. 1122 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 288 | Rejected | Feinstein amdt no. 288; To prohibit certain abortions. | |
| 00070 | Nay | 15-May | H.R. 1122 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 289 | Rejected | daschle amdt no. 289; To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the performance of an abortion where the fetus is determined to be viable. | |
| 00071 | Yea | 20-May | H.R. 1122 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.1122, as amended; Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1997 | |
| 00072 | Nay | X | 20-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 296 | Agreed to | motion to table dodd amendment no. 296 (as modified); To improve funding of critical programs to assist infants, toddlers and young children by increasing the discretionary spending caps by $15,752 billion in outlays over five years and offsetting this effort by closing corporate tax loopholes. |
| 00073 | Yea | X | 20-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 292 | Agreed to | motion to table allard amendment no. 292; To require that any shortfall in revenues projected by the resolution be offset by reductions in discretionary spending. |
| 00074 | Nay | 20-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 295 | Rejected | hollings amendment no. 295; To adjust the President's initiatives for increased spending and the tax cuts. | |
| 00075 | Yea | 21-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 307 | Agreed to | domenici amdt no. 307, as modified; To clarify the use of funds for health coverage for eligible children. | |
| 00076 | Nay | X | 21-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 297 | Agreed to | Motion to table Hatch Amdt. No. 297; To provide affordable health coverage for low- and moderate-income children and for additional deficit reduction, financed by an increase in the tobacco tax; in addition to the amounts included in the bi-partisan budget agreement for one or both of the following: (1) Medicaid, including outreach activities to identify and enroll eligible children and providing 12-month continuous eligibility; and also to restore Medicaid for current disabled children losing SSI because of the new, more strict definition of childhood eligibility; and (2) a program of capped mandatory grants to States to finance health insurance coverage for uninsured children. |
| 00077 | Yea | X | 21-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 318 | Agreed to | motion to table gramm amendment no. 318; To hold nondefense discretionary spending for fiscal years 1998 through 2002 to the levels proposed by President Clinton in his fiscal year 1997 budget request for these same years, saving $76 billion, and using these savings to increase the net tax cut from $85 billion to $161 billion, allowing full funding of the $500 per child tax credit and full funding of the capital gains tax cut. |
| 00078 | Yea | 21-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 315 | Agreed to | Mack amdt. no. 315; To express the sense of the Senate that the Federal commitment to biomedical research should be doubled over the next 5 years. | |
| 00079 | Nay | X | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 336 | Agreed to | motion to table moseley-braun amendment no. 336; To provide $5 billion for school repair, renovation, modernization, and construction priorities, offset by closing tax loopholes. |
| 00080 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 311 | Agreed to | motion to table warner amendment no.311; To ensure that transportation revenues are used solely for transportation. | |
| 00081 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 331 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amendment no. 331; To ensure that the Medicare cuts that will be enacted are not used to pay for tax cuts and that instead the tax cuts are completely paid for by the closure of tax loopholes. | |
| 00082 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 330 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amendment no. 330; To delay the effectiveness of the tax cuts assumed in the Budget Resolution until the Federal budget is balanced. | |
| 00083 | Nay | X | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 322 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA re: ashcroft amendment no. 322; To add enforcement mechanisms to reflect the stated commitment to reach a balanced budget in 2002, to maintain a balanced budget thereafter, and to achieve these goals without raising taxes. |
| 00084 | Yea | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 320 | Agreed to | gramm amendment no. 320 as modified; To ensure that the 4.3 cent federal gas tax increase enacted in 1993, which for the first time dedicated a permanent gas tax increase to general revenues, will be transferred to the Highway Trust Fund, providing about $7 billion per year more for transportation infrastructure. | |
| 00085 | Nay | 22-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 301 | Agreed to | motion to table inhofe amendment no. 301; To create a point of order against any budget resolution for fiscal years after 2001 that causes a unified budget deficit for the budget year or any of the 4 fiscal years following the budget year. | |
| 00086 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 326 | Agreed to | mccain amdt no. 326; To express the sense of the Senate regarding Truth in Budgeting and Spectrum Auctions. | |
| 00087 | Yea | X | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion | Agreed to | motion to waive CBA re: S.Con.Res. 27; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. |
| 00088 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 316 | Agreed to | abraham amdt no. 316; To express the sense of the Senate that, to the extent that future revenues exceed the revenue aggregates contained in this resolution, those additional revenues should be reserved for deficit reduction and tax cuts only. | |
| 00089 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 357 | Agreed to | coverdell amdt no. 357; To provide children who have been victims of violent crime the ability to transfer to another school by allowing states and local educational agencies to use Federal eductation funds in the jurisdiction of the Labor Committee to assist such victims in attending any other school of their choice, whether public, private, or sectarian. | |
| 00090 | Yea | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 346 | Agreed to | motion to table grams amdt no. 346; To require that the $225 billion CBO revenue receipt windfall be used for deficit reduction and tax relief, and that non-defense discretionary spending be kept at a freeze baseline level. | |
| 00091 | Nay | X | 23-May | S.Con.Res. 27 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 340 | Agreed to | motion to table specter amendment no. 340; To restore sufficient funding within the discretionary health function to maintain progress in medical research, offset by reductions in Federal agency administrative costs. |
| 00092 | Yea | 23-May | H.Con.Res. 84 | On the Concurrent Resolution | Agreed to | H.Con.Res. 84, as amended; A concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| 00093 | Nay | X | 04-Jun | S. 4 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on modified committee substitute amdt to s.4; Family Friendly Workplace Act |
| 00094 | Yea | 04-Jun | S. 4 | On the Motion to Adjourn | Agreed to | motion to adjourn; Family Friendly Workplace Act | |
| 00095 | Yea | 05-Jun | H.R. 1469 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report to accompany h.r.1469; Government Shutdown Prevention Act Cost of Higher Education Review Act of 1997 | |
| 00096 | Yea | 05-Jun | H.Con.Res. 84 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report to accompany h.con.res.84; A concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. | |
| 00097 | Yea | 05-Jun | n/a | On the Motion to Adjourn | Agreed to | motion to adjourn | |
| 00098 | Yea | 10-Jun | n/a | On the Motion to Adjourn | Agreed to | motion to adjourn | |
| 00099 | Yea | 11-Jun | n/a | On the Motion to Adjourn | Agreed to | motion to adjourn | |
| 00100 | Yea | 12-Jun | H.R. 1871 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.1871; Depository Institutions Disaster Relief Act of 1997 | |
| 00101 | Yea | 17-Jun | S. 903 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 383 | Agreed to | dewine amendment no. 383 as modified; To exclude from the United States aliens who have been involved in extrajudicial and political killings in Haiti. | |
| 00102 | Nay | 17-Jun | S. 903 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 382 | Rejected | lugar amendment no. 382; To provide a substitute for title XXII relating to United Nations arrears payments. | |
| 00103 | Yea | 17-Jun | S. 903 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 392 | Agreed to | bennett amendment no. 392; To express the sense of the Senate on enforcement of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 with respect to the acquisition by Iran of C-802 cruise missiles. | |
| 00104 | Nay | 17-Jun | S. 903 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 395 | Rejected | feingold amendment no. 395; To eliminate provisions creating a new Federal agency. | |
| 00105 | Yea | 17-Jun | H.R. 1757 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.1757 as amended; Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 | |
| 00106 | Yea | 18-Jun | S. 923 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s. 923, as amended; An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit interment or memorialization in certain cemeteries of persons committing Federal or State capital crimes. | |
| 00107 | Yea | 19-Jun | S. 858 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 415 | Agreed to | wellstone amendment no. 415; To express the sense of the Senate that any tax legislation enacted by the Congress this year should meet a standard of fairness in its distributional impact on upper, middle and lower income taxpayers, and that any such legislation should not disproportionately benefit the highest income taxpayers. | |
| 00108 | Nay | 19-Jun | S. 858 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 416 | Rejected | torricelli amendment no. 416; To require an unclassified statement of the aggregate amount of appropriations for intelligence activities. | |
| 00109 | Yea | 19-Jun | S. 858 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.858 as amended; Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 | |
| 00110 | Yea | 19-Jun | S. 936 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 419 | Agreed to | feinstein amendment no. 419; To prohibit the distribution of certain information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction. | |
| 00111 | Nay | X | 24-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 429 | Agreed to | motion to table kennedy amdt no 429; To strike the provision relating to the imposition of a copayment for part B home health services. |
| 00112 | Nay | X | 24-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion | Agreed to | motion to waive C.B.A. re: sect. 5611 of S. 947, Durbin pt of order; Balanced Budget Act of 1997 |
| 00113 | Nay | X | 24-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 440 | Agreed to | motion to table kennedy amdt no. 440 (Division I); (1)To strike income-relating of the medicare part B premiums and deductibles; (2) To delay the effective date of income-relating of the medicare part B premiums and deductibles; and (3) To means-test Senatorial health benefits in the same way as the bill means-tests medicare part B premiums and deductibles. |
| 00114 | Yea | X | 24-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 440 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA re: Kennedy amdt no. 440 (Division II); (1)To strike income-relating of the medicare part B premiums and deductibles; (2) To delay the effective date of income-relating of the medicare part B premiums and deductibles; and (3) To means-test Senatorial health benefits in the same way as the bill means-tests medicare part B premiums and deductibles. |
| 00115 | Nay | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 445 | Rejected | Motion to waive CBA; Re: Reedamdt. no. 445; To provide for a complete substitute of division 1 of title V. | |
| 00116 | Yea | X | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 450 | Rejected | Motion to waive the CBA; To provide food stamp benefits to child immigrants. |
| 00117 | Yea | X | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 451 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: d'amato amendment no. 451; To improve health care quality and reduce health care costs by establishing a National Fund for Health Research that would significantly expand the Nation's investment in medical research. |
| 00118 | Yea | X | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 479 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: dodd amendment no. 479; To provide for medicaid eligibility of disabled children who lose SSI benefits. |
| 00119 | Yea | X | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 482 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: levin amendment no. 482; To allow vocational educational training to be counted as a work activity under the temporary assistance for needy families program for 24 months. |
| 00120 | Yea | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 468 | Agreed to | motion to waive cba Re: kyl amendment no. 468; To allow medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services. | |
| 00121 | Yea | X | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 469 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: specter amendment no. 469; To extend premium protection for low-income medicare beneficiaries under the medicaid program. |
| 00122 | Yea | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion | Agreed to | motion to waive cba Re:rockefeller pt. of order re: section 5001; Balanced Budget Act of 1997 | |
| 00123 | Nay | X | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 471 | Agreed to | motion to table specter amendment no. 471; To strike the limitations on Indirect Graduate Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals. |
| 00124 | Nay | X | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 489 | Agreed to | motion to table mikulski amendment no. 489; To strike the repeal of the Boren amendment. |
| 00125 | Nay | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 488 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: wellstone amendment no. 488; To provide for actuarially sufficient reimbursement rates for providers. | |
| 00126 | Nay | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 490 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: kennedy amendment no. 490; To improve the provisions relating to the Higher Education Act of 1965. | |
| 00127 | Nay | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 504 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: kennedy amendment no. 504; To immediately transfer to part B certain home health benefits. | |
| 00128 | Yea | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 492 | Agreed to | motion to table Kennedy amendment no. 492; To ensure the provision of appropriate benefits for uninsured with special needs. | |
| 00129 | Nay | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 496 | Rejected | kerrey amendment no. 496, as modified; To strike the limitation on the coverage of abortions. | |
| 00130 | Yea | 25-Jun | S. 947 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.947; Balanced Budget Act of 1997 | |
| 00131 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 518 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA re: Bumpers amdt no. 518; To repeal the depletion allowance available to certain hardrock mining companies. | |
| 00132 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 949 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 517 | Rejected | dorgan amdt no 517; To impose a lifetime cap of $1,000,000 on capital gains reduction. | |
| 00133 | Not Voting | 26-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion | Rejected | motion to waive CBA re: Dorgan motion to refer; Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1997 | |
| 00134 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 949 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 527 | Rejected | daschle amdt no. 527; To provide tax relief for working families, to increase the rate and spread the benefits of economic growth, and for other purposes. | |
| 00135 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 520 | Agreed to | motion to waive re: roth amdt no. 520; To provide for children's health insurance initiatives. | |
| 00136 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 540 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA re: Byrd no. 540; To eliminate tax deductions for advertising and promotion expenditures relating to alcoholic beverages and to increase funding for programs that educate and prevent the abuse of alcohol among our Nation's youth. | |
| 00137 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 519 | Rejected | motion to waive CBA re: Durbin amdt no. 519; To increase the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, and to increase the excise tax on tobacco products. | |
| 00138 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 551 | Agreed to | nickles amendment no. 551, as modified; To increase the deduction for self-employed health insurance costs, and for other purposes. | |
| 00139 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 552 | Rejected | gramm amendment no. 552; To let families decide for themselves how best to use their child tax credit. | |
| 00140 | Nay | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 554 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: kerry amendment no. 554; To allow payroll taxes to be included in the calculation to tax liability for receiving the children's tax credit, and for other purposes. | |
| 00141 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 537 | Agreed to | domenici amendment no. 537 as amended; To implement the enforcement provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, enforce the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, extend the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 through fiscal year 2002, and make technical and conforming changes to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1995. | |
| 00142 | Nay | X | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 566 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: gramm amendment no. 566; To guarantee a balanced Federal budget and expand tax relief options. |
| 00143 | Nay | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 568 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: bumpers amendment no. 568; To prohibit the scoring, for budget purposes, of revenues associated with the sale of certain Federal lands. | |
| 00144 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 569 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: craig amendment no. 569; To modify the pay-as-you-go requirement of the budget process to prohibit the use of tax increases to pay for mandatory spending increases. | |
| 00145 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 570 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: brownback amendment no. 570; To establish procedures to ensure a balanced Federal budget by fiscal year 2002. | |
| 00146 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 571 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: frist amendment no. 571; To establish an enforcement mechanism in the Senate to ensure a balanced budget beginning with fiscal year 2002 and to require the President to submit balanced budgets. | |
| 00147 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 538 | Rejected | motion to waive abraham amendment no. 538; To ensure that future revenue windfalls to the Federal Treasury are reserved for tax or deficit reduction -- not additional spending. | |
| 00148 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 572 | Agreed to | byrd amendment no. 572; To extend the number of hours for debate on a reconciliation bill and make other improvements. | |
| 00149 | Nay | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 573 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: kennedy amendment no. 573; To increase the excise tax on cigarettes by 43 cents per pack and increase the tax on other tobacco products by a proportionate amount, and direct $12,000,000,000 of the resulting revenues be applied to the children's health initiative. | |
| 00150 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 574 | Agreed to | coverdell amendment no. 574; To allow tax-free expenditures from an education individual retirement account for elementary and secondary school expenses and to adjust the modifications to the minimum tax. | |
| 00151 | Nay | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 541 | Rejected | bingaman amendment no. 541; To strike provisions establishing IRA Plus Accounts. | |
| 00152 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 575 | Agreed to | motion to waive cba Re: kohl amendment no. 575; To provide a credit against tax for employers who provide child care assistance for dependents of their employees. | |
| 00153 | Yea | X | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 555 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: jeffords amendment no. 555; To encourage improvements in child care services and options for meeting employment-related child care needs. |
| 00154 | Yea | X | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 579 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: harkin amendment no. 579; To improve health care quality and reduce health care costs by establishing a National Fund for Health Research that would significantly expand the nation's investment in medical research. |
| 00155 | Nay | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 548 | Rejected | mccain amendment no. 548; To strike the provision relating to the extension and modification of subsidies for alcohol fuels. | |
| 00156 | Yea | X | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 532 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: landrieu amendment no. 532; To allow taxpayers with income tax liability to take the child tax credit before the earned income tax credit, and for other purposes. |
| 00157 | Yea | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion | Agreed to | motion to waive cba Re: Section 702 of S. 949; Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1997 | |
| 00158 | Nay | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 582 | Rejected | motion to waive cba Re: Feingold amendment no. 582; To eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for certain minerals. | |
| 00159 | Nay | X | 27-Jun | S. 949 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 577 | Rejected | allard amendment no. 577; To provide for the indexing of assets to determine capital gain. |
| 00160 | Yea | 27-Jun | H.R. 2014 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.2014; Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 | |
| 00161 | Yea | 08-Jul | S. 936 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | cloture motion re: s.936 d.o.d. authorization; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 | |
| 00162 | Yea | 09-Jul | S. 936 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 670 | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone amdt no. 670; To require the Secretary of Defense to transfer $5,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide funds for outreach and startup for the school breakfast program. | |
| 00163 | Yea | 09-Jul | S. 936 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 424 | Rejected | gorton amdt no. 424; To require the Secretary of the Navy to set aside the previous selection of a recipient for donation of the USS Missouri and to carry out a fair process for selection of a recipient for the donation. | |
| 00164 | Yea | 09-Jul | S. 936 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 765 | Agreed to | dodd amdt no.; To commend Mexico on the conduct of free and fair elections in Mexico. | |
| 00165 | Yea | 09-Jul | S. 936 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 771 | Agreed to | dorgan amdt no. 771; To require a report on the actual costs and savings attributable to previous base closure rounds and on the need, if any, for additional base closure rounds. | |
| 00166 | Yea | 10-Jul | S. 936 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 422 | Agreed to | grams amendment no. 422; To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the availability and potential risks relating to the sale of certain computers. | |
| 00167 | Nay | 10-Jul | S. 936 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 593 | Rejected | murray amendment no. 593; To repeal the restriction on use of Department of Defense facilities for abortions. | |
| 00168 | Nay | X | 10-Jul | S. 936 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 668 | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone amendment no. 668; To require the Secretary of Defense to transfer $400,000,000 to the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs to provide funds for veterans' health care and other purposes. |
| 00169 | Nay | X | 10-Jul | S. 936 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 794 | Agreed to | gramm amendment no. 794 as modified; |
| 00170 | Yea | 10-Jul | S. 936 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 636 | Agreed to | motion to table boxer amendment no. 636; To amend title 10, United States Code, to make reimbursement of contractors for costs of excessive amounts of compensation for personnel unallowable under Department of Defense contracts and other contracts. | |
| 00171 | Nay | 11-Jul | S. 936 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 799 | Rejected | bingaman amdt no 799 as modified; To reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Space-Based Laser program in excess of the amount requested by the President. | |
| 00172 | Nay | 11-Jul | S. 936 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 677 | Rejected | feingold amdt no. 677; To require the Secretary of Defense to select one of the three new tactical fighter aircraft programs to recommend for termination. | |
| 00173 | Yea | 11-Jul | S. 936 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.936, as amended; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 | |
| 00174 | Not Voting | 14-Jul | PN231 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | cloture motion re: nomination of Joel I. Klein, asst. attorney genera | |
| 00175 | Nay | 15-Jul | S. 1005 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 848 | Rejected | harkin amdt no. 848; To prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to underwrite restructuring costs associated with a business merger. | |
| 00176 | Yea | 15-Jul | S. 1005 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1005 as amended; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00177 | Yea | 15-Jul | S. 1004 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 868 | Agreed to | motion to table feingold amdt no. 868; To require a report to Congress on a revised project plan for the Animas-LaPlata project, to limit the diversion of water, to ensure the project be cost-effective, and to limit construction funds for the project. | |
| 00178 | Yea | 16-Jul | S. 955 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 889 | Agreed to | smith, of or amendment no. 889; To prohibit foreign assistance to the Government of Russia should it enact laws which would discriminate against minority religious faiths in the Russian Federation. | |
| 00179 | Yea | 16-Jul | S. 1004 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1004 as amended; Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00180 | Yea | 16-Jul | S. 955 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 886 | Agreed to | mcconnell amendment no. 886 as modified; To restrict aid to Cambodia. | |
| 00181 | Yea | X | 16-Jul | S. 955 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 891 | Rejected | allard amendment no. 891; To decrease the amount of funds available to OPIC for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance programs. |
| 00182 | Nay | 16-Jul | S. 955 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 901 | Rejected | dodd amendment no. 901; To perfect the pending amendment. | |
| 00183 | Nay | 17-Jul | S. 955 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 896 | Rejected | bingaman amdt no. 896; To provide for Cuban-American family humanitarian support and compassionate travel. | |
| 00184 | Yea | X | 17-Jul | S. 955 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 890 | Rejected | hutchinson amdt no. 890; To state the sense of the Senate that Most Favored Nations trade status for China should be revoked. |
| 00185 | Yea | 17-Jul | S. 955 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.955, as amended; Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00186 | Yea | 17-Jul | S. 1023 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 927 | Agreed to | feinstein amdt no. 927; To allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for breast-cancer research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps. | |
| 00187 | Yea | 17-Jul | PN231 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination: joel klein, to be an assistant attorney general | |
| 00188 | Yea | 17-Jul | PN281 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination: eric h. holder, jr. to be deputy attorney general1652 | |
| 00189 | Yea | X | 22-Jul | S. 1023 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 937 | Rejected | motion to table bingaman amendment no. 937; To strike restrictions on current authorities under the National Energy Conservation Policy Act. |
| 00190 | Yea | 22-Jul | S. 1023 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 936 | Agreed to | dewine amendment no. 936; To prohibit the use of funds the pay for an abortion or to pay for the administrative expenses in connection with certain health plans that provide coverage for abortions | |
| 00191 | Yea | 22-Jul | S. 1023 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1023 as amended; Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00192 | Yea | 22-Jul | H.R. 2016 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.2016 as amended; Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00193 | Yea | 22-Jul | S. 1034 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 944 | Agreed to | motion to table bumpers amendment no. 944; To reduce the appropriation for the implementation of the space station program for the purpose of terminating the program. | |
| 00194 | Yea | 22-Jul | H.R. 2158 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.2158 as amended; Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00195 | Yea | 23-Jul | S.Res. 109 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.109; A resolution condemning the Government of Canada for its failure to accept responsibility for the illegal blockade of a U.S. vessel in Canada, and calling on the President to take appropriate action. | |
| 00196 | Nay | X | 23-Jul | S. 1033 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 965 | Agreed to | motion to table durbin amdt no. 965; To prohibit the use of appropriated funds to provide or pay the salaries of personnel who provide crop insurance or uninsured crop disaster assistance for tobacco for the 1998 or later crop years. |
| 00197 | Nay | X | 23-Jul | S. 1033 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 969 | Agreed to | motion to table helms amdt no. 969 as modified; To impose an assessment on ethanol manufacturers. |
| 00198 | Nay | X | 23-Jul | S. 1033 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 968 | Agreed to | motion to table harkin amdt. no. 968; To provide funding for tobacco and nicotine enforcement activities of the Food and Drug Administration. |
| 00199 | Nay | X | 23-Jul | S. 1033 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 970 | Agreed to | motion to table bryan amdt no. 970; To limit funding for the market access program. |
| 00200 | Nay | X | 24-Jul | S. 1033 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 972 | Agreed to | motion to table wellstone amendment no. 972; To provide funds for outreach and startup for the school breakfast program, with an offset. |
| 00201 | Yea | 24-Jul | S. 1033 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1033 as amended; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00202 | Nay | X | 24-Jul | S. 1022 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 980 | Rejected | brownback amendment no. 980; To prohibit certain corporations from participating in the Advanced Technology Program. |
| 00203 | Yea | X | 24-Jul | S. 1022 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 984 | Rejected | motion to table lugar amendment no. 984; To make appropriations for grants through the National Endowment for Democracy. |
| 00204 | Nay | 24-Jul | S. 1022 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 986 | Rejected | feinstein amendment no. 986; To establish a Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals. | |
| 00205 | Yea | 25-Jul | S.Res. 98 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.98; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. | |
| 00206 | Yea | 29-Jul | S. 1022 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1022, as amended; Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00207 | Yea | 30-Jul | S. 39 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.39 as amended; International Dolphin Conservation Program Act | |
| 00208 | Yea | 30-Jul | H.R. 2169 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.2169 as amended; Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00209 | Yea | 31-Jul | H.R. 2015 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report h.r.2015; Balanced Budget Act of 1997 | |
| 00210 | Yea | 31-Jul | H.R. 2014 | On the Motion | Agreed to | motion to waive all points of order re: conference report h.r.2014; Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 | |
| 00211 | Yea | 31-Jul | H.R. 2014 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report h.r.2014; Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 | |
| 00212 | Nay | X | 03-Sep | H.R. 2160 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1057 | Rejected | motion to table harkin amdt no. 1057; To provide funding for activities of the Food and Drug Administration relating to the prevention of tobacco use by youth, with an offset. |
| 00213 | Nay | 03-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1056 | Rejected | kyl amdt no. 1056; To increase funding for Federal Pell Grants, with an offset from fiscal year 1998 funding for low-income home energy assistance. | |
| 00214 | Yea | 03-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1074 | Agreed to | wellstone amdt no. 1074 as modified; To provide for the establishment of a program for research and training with respect to Parkinson's disease. | |
| 00215 | Yea | 04-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1077 | Rejected | coats amendment no. 1077; To prohibit the use of funds for research that utilizes human fetal tissue, cells, or organs that are obtained from a living or dead embryo or fetus during or after an induced abortion. | |
| 00216 | Yea | 04-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1079 | Agreed to | d'amato amendment no. 1079 as modified; To increase the amounts made available to carry out title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965. | |
| 00217 | Yea | 04-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1082 | Agreed to | motion to table kennedy amendment no. 1082; Of a perfecting nature. | |
| 00218 | Yea | 04-Sep | PN321 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination-henry harold kennedy to be u.s. district judge for D.C. | |
| 00219 | Yea | 04-Sep | PN392 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination-frank m. hull to be u.s. cirucuit judge for the 11th cir. | |
| 00220 | Yea | 05-Sep | S. 830 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to consider s.830; Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 | |
| 00221 | Yea | 08-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1096 | Agreed to | reed amendment no. 1096; To provide funding for grants to States for State Student Incentives under subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. | |
| 00222 | Yea | 09-Sep | S.Res. 120 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | s.res.120; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the occasion of the death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. | |
| 00223 | Nay | X | 09-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1091 | Rejected | mccain motion to waive budget act re: amdt no. 1091; To eliminate medicare incentive payments under plans for voluntary reduction in the number of residents. |
| 00224 | Yea | X | 10-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1125 | Rejected | motion to table sessions amdt. no 1125 as further modified; To provide for certain limitations on attorneys' fees under any global tobacco settlement and for increased funding for children's health research. |
| 00225 | Nay | X | 10-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1126 | Rejected | motion to table wellstone amendment no. 1126; To establish that nothing in this Act may be construed to interfere with any agreement previously entered into between any State and any private attorney with respect to litigation involving tobacco. |
| 00226 | Yea | 10-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1127 | Agreed to | durbin amendment no. 1127; To express the sense of the Senate that attorneys' fees paid in connection with an action maintained by a State against one or more tobacco companies to recover tobacco-related costs affected by Federal tobacco settlement legislation should be publicly disclosed and should not displace spending in the settlement legislation intended for public health. | |
| 00227 | Yea | 10-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1078 | Agreed to | durbin amendment no.1078 as amended; To repeal the tobacco industry settlement credit contained in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 as amended. | |
| 00228 | Yea | 10-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1118 | Agreed to | murray amendment no. 1118; To clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program. | |
| 00229 | Nay | 10-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 1087 | Rejected | Motion to waive CBA, re:wellstone amdt. no. 1087; To increase funding for the Head Start Act. | |
| 00230 | Yea | 10-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1098 | Agreed to | coverdell amendment no. 1098; To enhance food safety for children through preventative research and medical treatment. | |
| 00231 | Yea | 10-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1116 | Agreed to | daschle amendment no. 1116 as modified; To express the sense of the Senate regarding Federal Pell Grants and a child literacy initiative. | |
| 00232 | Nay | 11-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1122 | Rejected | Motion to table Gorton amdt. no. 1122, as modified; To provide certain education funding directly to local educational agencies. | |
| 00233 | Yea | 11-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1081 | Agreed to | NICKLES AMDT NO. 1081, AS AMENDED; To limit the use of taxpayer funds for any future International Brotherhood of Teamsters leadership election. | |
| 00234 | Yea | 11-Sep | S. 1061 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1070 | Agreed to | GREGG AMDT NO. 1070, AS MODIFIED; To prohibit the use of funds for national testing in reading and mathematics, with certain exceptions. | |
| 00235 | Yea | 11-Sep | S. 1061 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1061, as amended; Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00236 | Yea | 11-Sep | PN14 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination of joseph bataillon to be u.s. district judge | |
| 00237 | Yea | 11-Sep | PN362 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination Christopher Droney to be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00238 | Yea | 11-Sep | PN363 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination Janet C. Hall to be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00239 | Not Voting | 16-Sep | S. 830 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | motion to invoke cloture on committee substitute to s.830; Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 | |
| 00240 | Yea | 17-Sep | H.R. 2016 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report to accompany h.r.2016; Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00241 | Nay | 17-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1188 | Rejected | ashcroft amdt no. 1188; To eliminate funding for programs and activities carried out by the National Endowment for the Arts. | |
| 00242 | Yea | X | 17-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1205 | Rejected | bryan amdt no. 1205; To reduce funding for the Forest Service road construction and eliminate the purchaser credit program. |
| 00243 | Yea | X | 17-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On the Motion to Reconsider S.Amdt. 1205 | Rejected | motion to reconsider vote by which amdt no 1205 was not agreed to; To reduce funding for the Forest Service road construction and eliminate the purchaser credit program. |
| 00244 | Nay | 17-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1206 | Rejected | ABRAHAM AMDT NO. 1206; To decrease funding for the NEA. | |
| 00245 | Nay | X | 17-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1187 | Rejected | HUTCHINSON AMDT NO. 1187; To provide financial assistance to States to support the arts. |
| 00246 | Nay | X | 18-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1186 | Rejected | hutchison amendment no. 1186; To provide for funding of the National Endowment for the Arts. |
| 00247 | Yea | X | 18-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1196 | Agreed to | motion to table hutchinson amendment no. 1196 as modified; To authorize the President to implement the recently announced American Heritage Rivers Initiative subject to designation of qualified rivers by Act of Congress. |
| 00248 | Nay | X | 18-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1223 | Rejected | kyl amendment no. 1223; To provide additional funding for law enforcement activities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to reduce gang violence. |
| 00249 | Yea | 18-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On the Point of Order S.Amdt. 1224 | Sustained | does the bumpers amdt. no. 1224 violate the constitution?; To ensure that Federal taxpayers receive a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain land and that abandoned mines are reclaimed. | |
| 00250 | Yea | 18-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1245 | Agreed to | murkowski amendment no. 1245; To establish conditions for the transfer of rights and interests in the Stampede Mine Site in Alaska to the Secretary of the Interior. | |
| 00251 | Yea | 18-Sep | H.R. 2107 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | h.r.2107 as amended; Miccosukee Settlement Act of 1997 | |
| 00252 | Nay | 23-Sep | S. 830 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1140 | Rejected | durbin amendment no. 1140; To require that entities and individuals accredited to conduct reviews of device notifications be subject to the conflict of interest standards that apply to employees of the Food and Drug Administration. | |
| 00253 | Nay | 23-Sep | S. 830 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1139 | Rejected | durbin amendment no. 1139; To eliminate provisions relating to the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to track devices or to conduct postmarket surveillance of devices. | |
| 00254 | Yea | 23-Sep | S. 830 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1177 | Agreed to | motion to table reed (ri) amdt no. 1177; To ensure that determinations of the Secretary with respect to the intended uses of a device are based on the proposed labeling only if such labeling is not false or misleading. | |
| 00255 | Yea | 23-Sep | S. 830 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1130 | Agreed to | modified committee substitute no. 1130 as modified; To provide a complete substitute. | |
| 00256 | Yea | 24-Sep | S. 830 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.830 as amended; Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 | |
| 00257 | Yea | 24-Sep | H.R. 2209 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.2209 conference report; Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00258 | Yea | 25-Sep | H.R. 2266 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.2266 conference report; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00259 | Yea | 25-Sep | PN364 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | NOMINATION KATHERINE HAYDEN: RE: U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE FOR N.J. | |
| 00260 | Yea | 30-Sep | S. 1156 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1249 | Rejected | Motion to invoke cloture - Coats Amdt. No. 1249; To provide scholarship assistance for District of Columbia elementary and secondary school students. | |
| 00261 | Yea | 30-Sep | H.J.Res. 94 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | h.j.res.94; A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes. | |
| 00262 | Yea | 30-Sep | H.R. 2203 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report on h.r.2203; Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00263 | Yea | 30-Sep | S. 1156 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1267 | Agreed to | byrd amendments no. sp1267, sp1268, sp1269 en bloc; To prohibit alcoholic beverage advertisements on billboards, signs, posters, and other forms of advertising in certain publicly visible locations in the District of Columbia where children are likely to walk to school or play. | |
| 00264 | Nay | 01-Oct | H.R. 2378 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.2378 conference report; Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1998 | |
| 00265 | Nay | 01-Oct | S. 1156 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1253 | Rejected | motion to table mack amdt no. 1253 as modified; To provide relief to certain aliens who would otherwise be subject to removal from the United States. | |
| 00266 | Yea | 07-Oct | S. 25 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1258 | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture re: lott amdt no. 1258 to s.25; To guarantee that contributions to Federal political campaigns are voluntary. | |
| 00267 | Nay | 07-Oct | S. 25 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on s.25; Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 1997 | |
| 00268 | Yea | 07-Oct | S. 1156 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1253 | Agreed to | motion to invoke cloture re: mack amdt no. 1253, as modified; To provide relief to certain aliens who would otherwise be subject to removal from the United States. | |
| 00269 | Yea | 07-Oct | S. 1156 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1253 | Agreed to | MACK AMDT NO. 1253; To provide relief to certain aliens who would otherwise be subject to removal from the United States. | |
| 00270 | Nay | 08-Oct | S. 25 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture re:s.25 as modified; Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 1997 | |
| 00271 | Nay | X | 08-Oct | S. 1173 | On the Motion for Attendance | Agreed to | motion to instruct sgt. at arms to request attendence of senators; Intermodal Transportation Act of 1997 |
| 00272 | Yea | 08-Oct | S. 1173 | On the Motion to Adjourn | Agreed to | motion to adjourn; Intermodal Transportation Act of 1997 | |
| 00273 | Nay | 09-Oct | S. 25 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | cloture motion, s.25 as modified; Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 1997 | |
| 00274 | Yea | 09-Oct | S. 25 | On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1258 | Rejected | cloture motion re: amdt no. 1258 to s.25; To guarantee that contributions to Federal political campaigns are voluntary. | |
| 00275 | Yea | 23-Oct | S. 1173 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture Re: modified committee amendment to s.1173; Intermodal Transportation Act of 1997 | |
| 00276 | Yea | 23-Oct | H.J.Res. 97 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | h.j.res.97; A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes. | |
| 00277 | Yea | 23-Oct | S. 1173 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture re:modified committee amendment to s.1173; Intermodal Transportation Act of 1997 | |
| 00278 | Yea | 24-Oct | S. 1173 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture re: modified committee amdt to S.1173; Intermodal Transportation Act of 1997 | |
| 00279 | Not Voting | 27-Oct | PN511 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination - algenon L. Marbley to be u.s. district judge | |
| 00280 | Not Voting | 27-Oct | PN216 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination - wyche fowler, jr. to be ambassador to saudi arabia | |
| 00281 | Not Voting | 27-Oct | PN561 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination - thomas s. foley to be ambassador to japan | |
| 00282 | Yea | 28-Oct | S. 1173 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on modified committee amdt to s. 1173; Intermodal Transportation Act of 1997 | |
| 00283 | Yea | 28-Oct | H.R. 2107 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report to accompany h.r.2107; Miccosukee Settlement Act of 1997 | |
| 00284 | Yea | 29-Oct | PN337 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination- william e. kennard, to be a member of the fcc | |
| 00285 | Yea | 29-Oct | H.R. 1119 | On the Motion to Table | Agreed to | motion to table gramm motion to postpone re:conf. rpt. on h.r.1119; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 | |
| 00286 | Yea | 30-Oct | PN455 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination Charles J. Siragusa, to be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00287 | Yea | 30-Oct | S. 1292 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | s.1292; A bill disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the President on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45. | |
| 00288 | Yea | 31-Oct | H.R. 2646 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on H.R.2646; Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools Education Savings and School Excellence Act of 1998 | |
| 00289 | Yea | 31-Oct | H.R. 1119 | On the Cloture Motion | Agreed to | motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to conf.rpt. on h.r.111; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 | |
| 00290 | Not Voting | 03-Nov | PN351 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination: charles rossotti, to be commissioner of internal revenue | |
| 00291 | Yea | 04-Nov | H.R. 2646 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | motion to invoke cloture on H.R.2646; Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools Education Savings and School Excellence Act of 1998 | |
| 00292 | Yea | 04-Nov | S. 1269 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Agreed to | Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed; Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1997 | |
| 00293 | Yea | 05-Nov | PN328 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination James S. Gwin re: U.S.Judge for North. District of Ohio | |
| 00294 | Yea | 05-Nov | S. 1269 | On the Motion to Proceed | Agreed to | motion to proceed to consider s. 1269; Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1997 | |
| 00295 | Yea | 06-Nov | PN459 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nominiation-ronald lee gilman to be u.s. circuit judge for 6th circui | |
| 00296 | Yea | 06-Nov | H.R. 1119 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | h.r.1119 conference report; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 | |
| 00297 | Yea | 07-Nov | PN255 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | nomination - Christina A. Snyder, USDist. judge central Dist of CA | |
| 00298 | Yea | 08-Nov | H.R. 2264 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | conference report on h.r.2264; Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1998 |
214 Yea, 76 Nay, 8 No Vote (2.68%)
58 votes (19.46%) not with majority of R-party.