105th Congress, 1st Session
2nd Session
105th Congress, 1st
Session
2nd Session
| Vote No. | Date 1997 | Voting Position |
CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX |
| Nomination of Madeleine Korbel Albright to be Secretary of State | |||
| 1 | 1-22 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Nomination of William S. Cohen to be Secretary of Defense | |||
| 2 | 1-22 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Nomination of Andrew M. Cuomo to be Secretary of HUD | |||
| 3 | 1-29 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Nomination of William M. Daley to be Secretary of Commerce | |||
| 4 | 1-30 | Y | Confirmation. (95-2) |
| Breast Cancer Screening (S.Res. 47) | |||
| 5 | 2-4 | Y | Adoption. (98-0) |
| Nomination of Rodney E. Slater to be Secretary of Transportation | |||
| 6 | 2-6 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment (S.J.Res. 1) | |||
| 7 | 2-10 | N | Craig motion to table Durbin amendment: Permits waiver in event of economic recession by joint resolution adopted by majority of whole number of each house and becomes law. (64-35) |
| 8 | 2-11 | N | Hatch motion to table Wellstone amendment: Adds section providing that in reaching balanced budget, nutrition, education, and health care of poor children shall not be disproportionately cut. (64-36) |
| Nomination of Bill Richardson to be U.S. Ambassador to the UN | |||
| 9 | 2-11 | Y | Confirmation. (100-0) |
| Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment (S.J.Res. 1) | |||
| 10 | 2-12 | N | Hatch motion to table Dodd modified amendment: Simplifies conditions for declaration of imminent and serious threat to national security and allows waiver to be adopted by simple majority. (64-36) |
| Milk Prices (S.Res. 55) | |||
| 11 | 2-13 | Y | Adoption. (83-15) |
| Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment (S.J.Res. 1) | |||
| 12 | 2-24 | Y | Hatch motion to table Byrd modified amendment: Strikes provision which allows reliance on estimates of outlays and receipts; and inserts language which requires provision to be implemented by law. (61-34) |
| International Family Planning Funds (H.J.Res. 36, P.L. 105-3) | |||
| 13 | 2-25 | Y | Passage. (53-46) |
| Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment (S.J.Res. 1) | |||
| 14 | 2-25 | N | Hatch motion to table Reid, et al., amendment: Prohibits use of receipts and outlays of Social Security Trust Funds in receipts and outlays of Federal government. (55-44) |
| 15 | 2-26 | N | Hatch motion to table Feinstein, et al., substitute amendment: Prohibits use of Social Security Trust Fund receipts and outlays beginning in FY 2003 to determine if budget is balanced; retains restrictions on lifting debt limit requiring majority roll call vote; permits Congress, upon enactment of law, to waive provisions for any fiscal year in which U.S. is engaged in military conflict that threatens national security, or is experiencing national economic emergency or major natural disaster; and specifies that passage of constitutional amendment would not prohibit Congress from developing capital budget. (67-33) |
| 16 | 2-26 | Y | Torricelli, et. al., amendment: Permits waiver when declaration of war is in effect, national security is threatened, and during economic emergencies; and allows capital budget. (37-63) |
| 17 | 2-26 | N | Hatch motion to table Dorgan, et al., amendment: Prohibits inclusion of receipts and outlays of Social Security Trust Funds in receipts or outlays of Federal government. (59-41) |
| 18 | 2-26 | N | Hatch motion to table Boxer amendment: Waives provisions in any year in which major disaster or emergency exists as designated by President and Congress. (60-40) |
| 19 | 2-27 | N | Hatch motion to table Graham-Robb amendment: Makes section 2 applicable to gross debt, rather than public debt. (59-39) |
| 20 | 2-27 | N | Hatch motion to table Kennedy amendment: Adds language to section 6 to specify that Congress has exclusive authority to enforce provisions of constitutional amendment, unless Congress enacts legislation granting enforcement authority to courts or President. (61-39) |
| 21 | 2-27 | N | Hatch motion to table Feingold amendment: Requires underlying constitutional amendment to be approved by three-fourths of State legislatures within three years. (69-31) |
| 22 | 2-27 | N | Hatch motion to table Feingold amendment: Permits use of accumulated surplus to balance budget during any fiscal year by majority vote. (60-40) |
| 23 | 2-27 | N | Hatch motion to table Bumpers-Feingold motion to refer joint resolution to Budget Committee with instructions to report back with amendment that strikes underlying article and inserts statutory language amending Budget Act to create point of order against budget resolution that fails to set path toward balanced budget by FY 2002 and, beginning in FY 2002, one in which outlays exceed receipts; prohibits use of Social Security Trust Fund receipts and outlays to determine if budget is balanced; and allows balanced budget requirement to be waived (1) by three-fifths vote of whole number of each House, (2) if declaration of war is in effect, or (3) if U.S. is engaged in military conflict that causes imminent and serious threat to national security as declared by joint resolution adopted by majority of each House. (65-34) |
| ** 24 | 3-4 | N | Passage (rejected). (66-34) |
| Trade Act Application Waiver (S.J.Res. 5, P.L. 105-5) | |||
| 25 | 3-5 | Y | McCain motion to table Hollings-Helms amendment: Requires Congressional approval before implementation of international trade agreement that has effect of amending or repealing statutory law of U.S. (84-16) |
| 26 | 3-5 | Y | Passage. (98-2) |
| Nomination of Charlene Barshefsky to be USTR | |||
| 27 | 3-5 | Y | Confirmation. (99-1) |
| Federal Election Campaigns Investigation (S.Res. 39) | |||
| 28 | 3-11 | Y | Lott-Thompson-Warner amendment: Requires investigation of improper, as well as illegal, activities in connection with 1996 Federal election campaigns. (99-0) |
| 29 | 3-11 | Y | Adoption. (99-0) |
| Nomination of Federico Pena to be Secretary of Energy | |||
| 30 | 3-12 | Y | Confirmation. (99-1) |
| Campaign Finance Constitutional Amendment (S.J.Res. 18) | |||
| ** 31 | 3-18 | Y | Passage (rejected). (38-61) |
| Independent Counsel Appointment (S.J.Res. 22) | |||
| 32 | 3-19 | N | Passage. (55-44) |
| 33 | 3-19 | N | Lott motion to table joint resolution: Expresses sense of Congress that Attorney General should exercise her best professional judgement to determine whether independent counsel process should be invoked to investigate allegations of criminal misconduct by any government official, Member of Congress, or other person in connection with 1996 Presidential or Congressional election campaign. (58-41) |
| Nomination of Merrick B. Garland to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| 34 | 3-19 | Y | Confirmation. (76-23) |
| Mexico Decertification (H.J.Res. 58) | |||
| 35 | 3-20 | Y | Coverdell-Feinstein, et al., substitute amendment: Expresses sense of Congress that there has been ineffective and insufficient progress in halting production and transit through Mexico of illegal drugs; and requires President to report to Congress on U.S./Mexican progress in combating production of, and trafficking in, illicit drugs, and U.S. progress in implementing comprehensive anti-drug education effort and international drug interdiction and enforcement strategy, and in deploying 1,000 additional INS patrol agents in FY 1997. (94-5) |
| Nuclear Waste Policy (S. 104) | |||
| 36 | 4-10 | N | Murkowski motion to table Reid-Bryan modified amendment (to Thurmond-Hollings amendment providing that Savannah River Site and Barnwell County, SC shall not be available for construction of interim facility [to Murkowski substitute amendment]): Requires express written consent of State's Governor prior to transporting high level waste or spent nuclear fuel through State to interim storage facility. (72-24) |
| 37 | 4-10 | 3 | Thompson-Frist amendment (to Murkowski substitute amendment): Prohibits designation of Oak Ridge Reservation, TN as interim storage facility site. (60-33) |
| 38 | 4-10 | 3 | Bumpers amendment (to Murkowski substitute amendment): Expresses sense of Senate that D.C. Circuit Court should consider that DOE's failure to meet January 1998 deadline to start disposing of spent nuclear fuel was caused by Congress' failure to appropriate needed funds and other government actions beyond DOE's control; and that Court should take contract's provisions on excusable delays into consideration in its ruling. (24-69) |
| 39 | 4-10 | 3 | Bingaman amendment (to Murkowski substitute amendment): Strikes all provisions creating special exemptions of potential sites for interim storage facility. (36-56) |
| 40 | 4-15 | N | Murkowski motion to table Bingaman amendment (to Murkowski substitute amendment): Strikes language that requires construction of interim storage facility at Yucca Mountain, NV even if site is found unsuitable for permanent repository, unless President designates and Congress enacts legislation approving new site within two years; and requires Energy Department, if site is found to be unsuitable for permanent repository, to cease work on interim facility and to recommend one or more alternative sites, not limited to Nevada, within two years. (59-39) |
| 41 | 4-15 | N | Lott (for Murkowski) amendment (to Domenici amendment asserting that no point of order can be waived during consideration of joint resolution on budget for nuclear waste storage program [to Murkowski substitute amendment]): Caps fee paid by utilities for nuclear waste disposal services at one mill (one-tenth of one cent) per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated and sold. (66-32) |
| 42 | 4-15 | N | Passage. (65-34) |
| Taxpayer Protection (S. 522) | |||
| 43 | 4-15 | Y | Passage. (97-0) |
| Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction (H.R. 1003, P.L. 105-12) | |||
| 44 | 4-16 | Y | Passage. (99-0) |
| Chemical and Biological Weapons (S. 495) | |||
| 45 | 4-17 | N | Passage. (53-44) |
| Chemical Weapons Convention Conditions (S.Res. 75) | |||
| 46 | 4-24 | Y | Biden amendment: Strikes condition which requires President to certify to Congress, prior to ratification, that countries having offensive chemical weapons programs have ratified or acceded to Chemical Weapons Convention. (71-29) |
| 47 | 4-24 | Y | Biden amendment: Strikes condition which requires U.S. to certify, prior to ratification, that Russia has ratified and is in compliance with Chemical Weapons Convention, and is making reasonable progress in implementing 1990 Bilateral Destruction Agreement; U.S. and Russia have resolved outstanding compliance issues under 1989 Wyoming Memorandum of Understanding; and Russia is committed to forgoing any chemical weapons capability or modernization program, production mobilization capability, or any other activity contrary to Convention. (66-34) |
| 48 | 4-24 | Y | Biden amendment: Strikes condition which requires President to certify to Congress, prior to ratification, that U.S. intelligence community has "high degree of confidence" in its ability to detect militarily significant treaty violations within one year of violation, and patterns of marginal violation. (66-34) |
| 49 | 4-24 | Y | Biden amendment: Strikes condition which requires U.S. to bar entry of inspectors and inspection assistants from countries that U.S. designates as supporters of international terrorism, or President determines have violated U.S. non-proliferation law in last five years. (56-44) |
| 50 | 4-24 | Y | Biden amendment: Strikes condition which requires U.S. to certify, prior to ratification, that (1) state parties have agreed to strike Article X regarding assistance and protection against chemical weapons, and amend Article XI to strike provision that states or implies disapproval of trade restrictions in chemical activities; and (2) no provision states or implies right or obligation of state parties to share or facilitate exchange of chemical weapons defense technology, chemicals, equipment, or scientific and technical information. (66-34) |
| ** 51 | 4-24 | Y | Adoption of resolution of ratification. (74-26) |
| Volunteer Protection (S. 543, P.L. 105-19) | |||
| * 52 | 4-29 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (53-46) |
| * 53 | 4-30 | N | Lott, et al., second cloture motion on motion to proceed. (55-44) |
| Nomination of Alexis M. Herman, of Alabama, to be Secretary of Labor | |||
| 54 | 4-30 | Y | Confirmation. (85-13) |
| Volunteer Protection (S. 543, P.L. 105-19) | |||
| 55 | 5-1 | Y | Passage. (99-1) |
| Supplemental Appropriations, 1997 (H.R. 1469, Vetoed) | |||
| 56 | 5-6 | Y | Grams-Johnson-Daschle amendment: Allows exceptions to Truth in Lending and Expedited Funds Availability Acts to alleviate hardships resulting from disasters that outweigh possible adverse affects; allows certain deposit institutions to exclude insurance proceeds from total assets in calculating compliance with leverage limits under Federal Deposit Insurance Act; provides qualifying regulatory agencies flexibility to facilitate recovery within disaster areas; and expresses sense of Congress that Depository Institutions Disaster Relief Act should be amended to give regulators authority to waive certain appraisal standards in disaster areas. (98-0) |
| * 57 | 5-7 | Y | Lott, et al., cloture motion on bill. (100-0) |
| 58 | 5-7 | Y | Stevens, et al., amendment: Strikes Social Services block grant provisions, including $125 million appropriation; extends current deadline for termination of Social Security income benefits for legal immigrants from August 22 to September 30, 1997; and offsets by rescinding unobligated balances from JOBS program, and by shifting budget authority for Title I Education for Disadvantaged program from FY 1997 to 1998. (89-11) |
| 59 | 5-7 | N | Stevens motion to table Bumpers amendment: Strikes section which prohibits use of funds by agency to promulgate or implement rules, regulations, or policy with regard to rights-of-way across public lands. (51-49) |
| 60 | 5-8 | N | Stevens motion to table Warner, et al., amendment: Provides that $793 million in additional highway funding be distributed under current law formula. (54-46) |
| 61 | 5-8 | N | Stevens motion to table Byrd amendment: Strikes provision freezing FY 1998 appropriations at 100 percent of FY 1997 level for any program, project, or activity if regular FY 1998 appropriations bill or continuing resolution appropriating funds for these programs is not enacted by October 1, 1997. (55-45) |
| 62 | 5-8 | Y | Stevens motion to table Gramm amendment: Reduces each amount of budget authority provided in domestic discretionary accounts for FY 1997 by uniform percentage necessary to offset nondefense budget authority provided in this Act; and designates, as emergency, portion of nondefense budget authority that is obligated during FY 1997. (62-38) |
| 63 | 5-8 | Y | Stevens motion to read bill third time. (78-22) |
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Reauthorization (H.R. 5, P.L. 105-17) | |||
| 64 | 5-14 | N | Jeffords motion to table Gorton amendment: Repeals all protections for disabled children; and provides that each State or local educational agency may establish and implement uniform policies with respect to discipline and order applicable to all children within its jurisdiction to ensure safety and appropriate educational atmosphere in its school. (51-48) |
| 65 | 5-14 | Y | Jeffords motion to table Smith amendment: Requires court, when it orders payment of attorneys' fees to prevailing parents in civil action, to consider impact that paying award would have on education of all children served by State or local education agency. (68-31) |
| 66 | 5-14 | Y | Passage. (98-1) |
| Conventioned Armed Forces in Europe | |||
| ** 67 | 5-14 | Y | Adoption of resolution of ratification. (100-0) |
| Family Friendly Workplace (S. 4) | |||
| * 68 | 5-15 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on modified Committee amendment. (53-47) |
| Partial-Birth Abortion Ban (H.R. 1122, Vetoed) | |||
| 69 | 5-15 | Y | Feinstein-Boxer-Moseley-Braun substitute amendment: Prohibits physician from knowingly performing abortion after fetus has become viable, unless, in attending physician's medical judgement, abortion is necessary to preserve life of mother or to avert serious adverse health consequences; permits Attorney General to commence civil action in appropriate U.S. district court for provider violations; requires physician to certify as to medical necessity for abortion; and stipulates that these provisions would not preclude State or local government from regulating post-viability abortions to extent permitted by U.S. Constitution. (28-72) |
| 70 | 5-15 | N | Daschle, et al., substitute amendment: Prohibits all post-viability abortions, unless physician certifies that continuation of pregnancy would threaten mother's life or risk grievous injury to her physical health; establishes penalties for physician violations; and requires physician to certify as to medical necessity for abortion, and describe medical indications supporting his/her judgement. (36-64) |
| 71 | 5-20 | N | Passage. (64-36) |
| First Budget Resolution, 1998 (H.Con.Res. 84) | |||
| 72 | 5-20 | N | Domenici motion to table Dodd, et al., modified amendment: Increases discretionary spending caps by $14.6 billion in outlays in FY 1999-2002; and expresses sense of Senate that funding should be increased for programs serving children, offset through changes in tax code, including elimination of billionaire's loophole and increases in cigarette taxes. (61-39) |
| 73 | 5-20 | Y | Domenici motion to table Allard-Inhofe amendment: Provides 60-vote point of order against any budget resolution for FY 1999-2002 in which defense and non-defense discretionary budget authority and outlays are not reduced to offset revenue shortfalls. (70-29) |
| 74 | 5-20 | N | Hollings amendment: Saves $130 million over five years by eliminating $85 billion in tax cuts, $31.2 billion in Presidential initiatives, and $13.8 billion in interest. (8-91) |
| 75 | 5-21 | Y | Domenici modified amendment (to Hatch-Kennedy-Kerry amendment--Vote No. 76): Restores levels for revenues, budget authority, outlays, and allowable deficit spending and public debt to reported levels; states that Bipartisan Budget Agreement, incorporated in this resolution, would spend $16 billion over five years to provide health insurance to up to five million children and that these funds could be spent on Medicaid outreach activities and/or capped mandatory grants to States to finance health insurance for uninsured children. (98-2) |
| 76 | 5-21 | Y | Domenici motion to table Hatch-Kennedy-Kerry amendment, as amended (Vote No. 75): Increases spending levels by $20 billion in FY 1998-2002 to provide affordable health coverage for low- and moderate-income children; assumes additional $10 billion for deficit reduction; and offsets through increase in tobacco tax. (55-45) |
| 77 | 5-21 | Y | Lautenberg motion to table Gramm amendment: Decreases nondefense discretionary spending by $77 billion in FY 1998-2002, with savings to be used to increase net tax cut from $85 billion to $161 billion, allowing full funding of $500 per child tax credit and capital gains tax cut. (68-31) |
| 78 | 5-21 | Y | Mack, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that appropriations for NIH should be increased by 100 percent over next five fiscal years, and by $2 billion in FY 1998. (98-0) |
| 79 | 5-22 | N | Domenici motion to table Moseley-Braun, et al., amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services) by $5.0 billion in budget authority in FY 1988 and $5.0 billion in outlays in FY 1998-2001; and reduces Labor Committee's reconciliation instruction for deficit reduction in FY 1998-2001 by $5.0 billion in budget authority and outlays. (56-43) |
| 80 | 5-22 | Y | Domenici motion to table Warner amendment: Increases Function 400 (Transportation) in FY 1999-2002 by $19.4 billion in budget authority and $12 billion in outlays. (51-49) |
| 81 | 5-22 | Y | Domenici motion to table Bumpers amendment: Strikes Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction which requires tax cuts of not more than $20.5 billion in FY 2002 and total of $85 billion for FY 1998-2002, requiring instead that Committee raise revenues by $19.5 billion in FY 2002 and total of $30 billion in FY 1998-2002; and assumes that enacted cuts in Medicare will not offset tax cuts and that tax cuts are completely offset by closure of tax loopholes. (73-26) |
| 82 | 5-22 | Y | Domenici motion to table Bumpers amendment: Strikes Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction which requires tax cuts of not more than $20.5 billion in FY 2002 and total of $85 billion for FY 1998-2002, and requires instead that Committee cut taxes by not more than $20.5 billion in FY 2002 and total of $20.5 billion in 1998-2002. (81-18) |
| * 83 | 5-22 | N | Ashcroft motion to waive Budget Act with respect to Ashcroft amendment: Creates point of order against legislation that would cause total outlays for FY 2002 and thereafter to exceed receipts for that fiscal year; requires three-fifths vote in each House to provide for specific excess of outlays over receipts or to increase public debt; requires majority vote in each House to increase revenue; and waives provisions for any fiscal year in which declaration of war is in effect, or U.S. is engaged in military conflict which causes imminent and serious threat to national security and is so declared by joint resolution, which becomes law. (41-58) |
| 84 | 5-22 | Y | Gramm-Bond-Byrd modified amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that all revenues from Federal gasoline excise taxes should be dedicated to Highway Trust Fund. (83-16) |
| 85 | 5-22 | Y | Lautenberg motion to table Inhofe amendment: Creates point of order against budget resolution or conference report for fiscal years after 2001 that cause unified budget deficit for current budget year or any of four succeeding fiscal years; requires three-fifths vote in Senate to sustain appeal of chair ruling on point of order and limits debate thereon to one hour; waives provisions if declaration of war is in effect, or if joint resolution, pursuant to low-growth provisions of Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, has been enacted; and requires that budget levels be determined on basis of Senate Budget Committee estimates. (52-47) |
| 86 | 5-23 | Y | McCain-Hollings amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that provisions of budget resolution assume that Congress shall take such steps as necessary to reconcile differences between estimates and actual revenues raised through spectrum auctions, and shall reduce spending by amount that revenue is below projection. (84-15) |
| * 87 | 5-23 | Y | Domenici-Lautenberg motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Budget Resolution. (66-33) |
| 88 | 5-23 | N | Abraham amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that provisions of budget resolution assume that future revenues which exceed resolution's revenue aggregates should be reserved for deficit reduction and/or tax cuts. (56-44) |
| 89 | 5-23 | N | Domenici (for Coverdell) amendment (to Wellstone modified amendment): Increases budget authority for Function 500 (Education,Training, Employment, and Social Services) by $2.539 billion in FY 2000. (51-49) |
| 90 | 5-23 | Y | Domenici motion to table Grams amendment: Decreases Function 920 (Allowances) budget authority by $165.9 billion and outlays by $133.3 billion in FY 1998-2002. (73-27) |
| 91 | 5-23 | N | Stevens motion to table Specter-Harkin amendment: Increases Function 550 (Health) budget authority and outlays by $1.1 billion in FY 1998, and decreases Function 920 (Allowances) by same amount for same period. (63-37) |
| 92 | 5-23 | Y | Adoption. (78-22) |
| Family Friendly Workplace (S. 4) | |||
| * 93 | 6-4 | N | Lott, et al., second cloture motion on modified Committee amendment. (51-47) |
| 94 | 6-4 | N | Lott motion to adjourn. (53-44) |
| Supplemental Appropriations, 1997 (H.R. 1469) | |||
| 95 | 6-5 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (67-31) |
| First Budget Resolution, 1998 (H.Con.Res. 84) | |||
| 96 | 6-5 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (76-22) |
| Supplemental Appropriations, 1997 | |||
| 97 | 6-5 | N | Lott motion to adjourn. (51-45) |
| 98 | 6-10 | N | Lott motion to adjourn. (55-37) |
| 99 | 6-11 | N | Lott motion to adjourn. (55-44) |
| 100 | 6-12 | Y | Passage. (78-21) |
| State Department Authorization, 1998-99 (H.R. 1757, Vetoed) | |||
| 101 | 6-17 | Y | DeWine-Graham modified amendment: Denies visa to any individual who is known or suspected of having been involved in political killings or other illegal acts in Haiti between September 1991 and October 1994, and permits individual waivers of this prohibition for medical reasons, or for individual who cooperated with investigation. (98-0) |
| 102 | 6-17 | N | Lugar amendment: Strikes provisions that provide for payment, over three years, of $819 million in U.S. arrears to U.N., and condition payment on specified U.N. reforms; and inserts language that provides that $819 million U.S. payment shall be paid over two years, and is limited to U.S. share of regular U.N. budget, peacekeeping operations, and specialized agencies. (25-73) |
| 103 | 6-17 | Y | Bennett amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that Clinton Administration should enforce provisions of Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 with respect to Iranian acquisition of C-802 model cruise missiles. (96-0) |
| 104 | 6-17 | N | Feingold-Harkin-Wyden amendment: Strikes provisions that make Broadcasting Board of Governors independent agency; and requires that Board be moved, along with USIA, into State Department. (21-74) |
| 105 | 6-17 | Y | Passage. (90-5) |
| Denial of Veterans' Benefits (S. 923) | |||
| 106 | 6-18 | Y | Passage. (98-0) |
| Intelligence Authorization, 1998 (S. 858, P.L. 105-107) | |||
| 107 | 6-19 | Y | Wellstone amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that tax legislation enacted this year should meet standard of fairness in its distributional impact on upper-, middle-, and lower-income taxpayers, and should not disproportionately benefit highest income taxpayers. (99-0) |
| 108 | 6-19 | Y | Torricelli, et al., amendment: Requires that President's annual budget submission include, in unclassified form, aggregate appropriations and budget request for all U.S. intelligence and intelligence-related activities in current fiscal year. (43-56) |
| 109 | 6-19 | Y | Passage (98-1) |
| DOD Authorization, 1998 (H.R. 1119, P.L. 105-85) | |||
| 110 | 6-19 | Y | Feinstein-Biden amendment: Makes it unlawful for any person to teach or distribute certain information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction, knowing that such information may be used in Federal criminal offense or State or local offense affecting interstate commerce; and imposes fines and/or imprisonment of not more than 20 years. (94-0) |
| Budget Reconciliation, 1997 (Spending Provisions) (H.R. 2015, P.L. 105-33) | |||
| 111 | 6-24 | N | Roth motion to table Kennedy amendment: Strikes section which imposes copayments for Medicare part B home health services. (59-41) |
| * 112 | 6-24 | Y | Roth motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of provision which raises eligibility age for Medicare from 65 years to 67 years. (62-38) |
| 113 | 6-24 | Y | Roth motion to table Division I of Kennedy-Mikulski amendment: Strikes provision which provides for means testing for Medicare part B premiums. (70-30) |
| * 114 | 6-24 | N | Kennedy motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Division II of Kennedy-Mikulski amendment: Delays implementation of means testing for Medicare part B from January 1998 to January 2000. (37-63) |
| * 115 | 6-25 | N | Reed motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Reed substitute amendment: Maintains reported Medicare savings with following changes: retains eligibility age of 65; strikes home health copayment; adds current law with regard to Medicare balance billing protections to private fee-for-service option; and eliminates means-testing and Medical Savings Accounts. (25-75) |
| * 116 | 6-25 | Y | Durbin motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Durbin-Wellstone-Boxer amendment: Amends Welfare Reform Act of 1996 to restore food stamp benefits to qualified legal immigrants under age 18. (48-52) |
| * 117 | 6-25 | Y | D'Amato motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of D'Amato, et al., amendment: Establishes "National Fund for Health Research" consisting of funds equal to amount of Federal savings derived from Medicare and Medicaid that exceed CBO estimated savings as of enactment. (46-54) |
| * 118 | 6-25 | Y | Dodd motion to waive the Budget Act to permit consideration of Dodd-Conrad amendment: Provides Medicaid eligibility for disabled children who lose SSI benefits under Welfare Reform bill. (49-51) |
| * 119 | 6-25 | Y | Levin motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Levin-Jeffords amendment: Expands, from 12 to 24 months, vocational educational training allowed to be counted as work activity under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. (55-45) |
| * 120 | 6-25 | Y | Kyl motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kyl amendment: Allows Medicare beneficiaries to enter into private contracts with physician or another health care provider who does not provide services under Medicare program. (64-35) |
| * 121 | 6-25 | Y | Specter motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Specter amendment: Extends premium protection for low-income Medicare beneficiaries under Medicaid program. (52-48) |
| * 122 | 6-25 | Y | Domenici motion to waive Budget Act with respect to balance billing provisions. (62-37) |
| 123 | 6-25 | Y | Domenici motion to table Specter amendment: Strikes provision which imposes limitation on indirect graduate medical education payments to teaching hospitals. (71-29) |
| 124 | 6-25 | N | Domenici motion to table Mikulski-Wellstone amendment: Strikes provision which repeals current law providing for daily reimbursement rate for nursing homes under Medicaid; and directs HHS Secretary to develop new prospective payment system beginning July 1, 1998. (66-34) |
| * 125 | 6-25 | Y | Wellstone motion to waive Budget Act with respect to Wellstone-Mikulski amendment: Provides for State-based determination of payment rates under hospital services plan upon State assurance that proposed rates will be actuarially sufficient to ensure access to, and quality of, services; and requires that any new rates or modifications to existing rates be developed through public rulemaking procedures. (38-61) |
| * 126 | 6-25 | Y | Dodd motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kennedy-Dodd amendment: Reduces student loan origination fees from four to two percent in both direct lending and Federal family education loan programs; and offsets by reducing insurance payments to lenders upon default from 98 to 95 percent, and amount guaranty agencies are paid for collecting defaults from 27 to 18.5 percent. (43-57) |
| * 127 | 6-25 | Y | Kennedy motion to waive Budget Act with respect to Kennedy amendment: Accelerates agreed upon transfer of portion of Medicare home health benefit from part A to part B to extend solvency of trust fund by two years. (38-62) |
| 128 | 6-25 | N | Domenici motion to table Kennedy amendment: Requires health insurance initiative for low-income children to include additional benefits to meet special needs, including rehabilitation and habilitation, mental health, personal care, and case management services, and custom medical equipment. (57-43) |
| 129 | 6-25 | Y | Lautenberg (for Kerrey) modified amendment: Strikes limitation on the coverage of abortions. (39-61) |
| 130 | 6-25 | Y | Passage. (73-27) |
| Budget Reconciliation, 1997 (Tax Cut) (H.R. 2014, P.L. 105-34) | |||
| * 131 | 6-26 | Y | Gregg motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Bumpers, et al., amendment: Repeals depletion allowance available to hardrock mining companies operating on public and former public lands. (36-63) |
| 132 | 6-26 | N | Dorgan amendment: Limits lifetime benefit of capital gains exclusion to $1 million per taxpayer. (24-75) |
| * 133 | 6-26 | Y | Dorgan motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of the Dorgan motion to refer bill to Budget Committee with instructions to create trigger mechanism to sunset certain tax cuts after FY 2002. (34-64) |
| 134 | 6-26 | Y | Daschle, et al., substitute amendment: Provides per-child credit against income taxes refundable against payroll taxes, and eligible, at parent's option, in Kid Save IRA; incentives for education and training; tax relief for family savings and business capital formation; estate tax relief for family businesses and farms; and miscellaneous tax cut provisions, including 100 percent deductibility of self-employed health insurance premiums. (38-61) |
| * 135 | 6-26 | Y | Roth motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Finance Committee amendment: Contains children's health provisions funded by Tobacco tax increase. (80-19) |
| * 136 | 6-26 | N | Byrd motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Byrd amendment: Eliminates tax deduction for alcoholic beverage advertising and promotion expenditures; and increases funding for programs that educate and prevent alcohol abuse among youth. (12-86) |
| * 137 | 6-26 | Y | Durbin motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Durbin, et al., amendment: Allows self-employed individuals to immediately deduct 100 percent of their health insurance premium costs, offset by increasing cigarette excise tax by 11 cents per pack (in addition to bill's 20 cent per pack). (41-58) |
| 138 | 6-27 | Y | Nickles, et al., modified amendment: Increases self-employed health insurance deduction from 40 to 100 percent over next ten years, offset by reducing R&D tax credit, and extending deduction for contributions of stock to private foundations to May 31, 1999, instead of December 31, 1999. (98-0) |
| 139 | 6-27 | N | Gramm amendment: Strikes requirement that $500 per child tax credit for children age 13 and up be deposited into education savings ("KidSave") account. (46-54) |
| * 140 | 6-27 | Y | Kerry motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kerry-Conrad-Johnson amendment: Provides inclusion of payroll taxes in calculation of eligibility for $500 per child tax credit, offset by phasing out eligibility at family income of $75,000 instead of $150,000. (39-60) |
| 141 | 6-27 | Y | Domenici-Lautenberg, et al., amendment, as amended: Extends separate crime control spending limits through FY 2002: extends limits on discretionary spending through FY 2002; establishes adjustments for discretionary caps for funding IMF; extends pay-as-you-go through 2002; and extends sunset date for Gramm-Rudman-Hollings to September 30, 2002. (98-2) |
| * 142 | 6-27 | N | Gramm motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Gramm amendment: Allows temporary and unspecified spending cuts to pay for permanent tax breaks, and requires across-the-board cuts if deficit targets are not reached. (37-63) |
| * 143 | 6-27 | N | Bumpers motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Bumpers amendment: Prohibits scoring of receipts associated with sale or lease of National Park, Forest Service, or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refugee Systems lands. (48-52) |
| * 144 | 6-27 | N | Craig motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Craig amendment: Creates 60-vote point of order against any legislation that would raise revenues to pay for new mandatory spending. (42-58) |
| * 145 | 6-27 | N | Brownback motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Brownback-Kohl amendment: Creates spending caps for entitlement programs (Medicare, Medicaid, and SSI) by requiring OMB in future years to compare projections of entitlement spending to current projections of spending levels, and, if future projections are higher, requires Congress to report budget resolution with reconciliation instructions to reduce entitlement spending by that amount whether or not budget targets are met. (57-43) |
| * 146 | 6-27 | N | Frist motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Frist, et al., amendment: Creates 60-vote point of order against budget resolution that projects deficit for FY 2003 or later. (59-41) |
| * 147 | 6-27 | N | Abraham motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Abraham, et al., amendment: Diverts unanticipated revenue increases over next five years to tax cuts. (53-47) |
| 148 | 6-27 | Y | Byrd amendment: Increases statutory time limit on reconciliation bills to 30 hours with first degree amendments limited to 30 minutes and second degree amendments to 20 minutes during first 15 hours and both first and second limited to 20 minutes thereafter; requires first degree amendments to be submitted within first 15 hours and second degree amendments by end of 20 hours; specifies that time may be yielded back by unanimous consent only; limits to 30 minutes debate on cloture motion; and requires vote on final passage upon expiration of 30 hours. (92-8) |
| * 149 | 6-27 | Y | Kennedy motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kennedy-Daschle amendment: Increases Child Health Insurance Program by $12 billion to provide adequate funds for all uninsured children; provides additional $4.0 billion for other children's programs, deficit reduction, and other purposes; and offsets by increasing cigarette excise tax by 23 cent per pack. (30-70) |
| 150 | 6-27 | N | Coverdell, et al., amendment: Permits tax free expenditures from education IRA account for elementary and secondary education expenses, including private schools. (59-41) |
| 151 | 6-27 | Y | Bingaman-Conrad amendment: Strikes provisions that establish back loaded "IRA PLUS" accounts for high-income taxpayers; and retains provisions that expand eligibility for existing IRA's to higher income taxpayers. (33-67) |
| * 152 | 6-27 | Y | Kohl motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kohl, et al., amendment: Provides tax credit equal to 50 percent of $150,000 of annual expenditures for company that provides child care for their employee's dependents; and offsets by authorizing data exchange program between HHS and IRS to prevent non-custodial parents from incorrectly receiving child-related tax benefits, including new child tax credit. (72-28) |
| * 153 | 6-27 | Y | Jeffords motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Jeffords, et al., amendment: Provides tax deductions for businesses that set up child care centers; modifies Dependent Care Tax Credit to increase credit for families choosing accredited care; allows business to take charitable deductions for donations of educational supplies and equipment to non-profit child care centers or public schools; expands eligibility for Dependent Care Tax credit to working poor families; and offsets through increased IRS collections from non-custodial parents and changes in tax code. (57-42) |
| * 154 | 6-27 | Y | Harkin motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Harkin, et al., amendment: Establishes "National Fund for Health Research" funded with half of Federal savings derived from capital gains provisions that exceed amount of savings estimated by CBO as of enactment, and dedicates balance of savings to deficit reduction. (51-48) |
| 155 | 6-27 | N | McCain amendment: Strikes provision relating to extension and modification of alcohol fuel subsidies. (30-69) |
| * 156 | 6-27 | Y | Landrieu motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Landrieu amendment: Allows taxpayers to take full $500 per child tax credit before Earned Income Tax Credit is calculated; and offsets by decreasing income levels at which benefit would be phased-out. (39-59) |
| * 157 | 6-27 | Y | Roth motion to waive Budget Act with respect to section regarding intercity passenger rail funding. (77-21) |
| * 158 | 6-27 | Y | Feingold motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Feingold-Bumpers amendment: Eliminates percentage depletion allowances for mining uranium, asbestos, lead, and mercury. (37-61) |
| 159 | 6-27 | N | Allard-Brownback-Abraham amendment: Allows for indexing capital gains. (41-57) |
| 160 | 6-27 | Y | Passage. (80-18) |
| DOD Authorization, 1998 (H.R. 1119, P.L. 105-85) | |||
| * 161 | 7-8 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on bill. (46-45) |
| 162 | 7-9 | N | Thurmond motion to table Wellstone-Harkin modified amendment: Authorizes Defense Secretary to transfer at least $5 million in each FY 1998-2002 to Agriculture Secretary to fund outreach and startup for school breakfast program. (65-33) |
| 163 | 7-9 | Y | Gorton-Murray-Feinstein amendment: Requires Navy Secretary to reverse decision on placement of USS Missouri and initiate new selection process. (46-53) |
| 164 | 7-9 | Y | Dodd-McCain amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that recent Mexican elections were conducted in free and impartial manner. (98-0) |
| 165 | 7-9 | Y | Dorgan, et al., substitute amendment (for McCain, et al., modified amendment providing authority to carry out base closures or realignments after 1997): Requires Defense Secretary to report to Congress on costs and savings of base closures before 1996 and need for additional closures; prohibits funding new BRAC commission until Secretary submits report, or CBO or GAO reviews report, whichever is later; and expresses sense of Senate that Secretary should develop system to quantify actual costs and savings from base closures. (66-33) |
| 166 | 7-10 | Y | Grams, et al., amendment (to Cochran-Durbin amendment requiring export license for computers with 2,000 million theoretical operations per second [MTOPS]): Requires GAO to study national security risks associated with sale of certain computers (2,000 to 7,000 MTOPS) to end users in Tier 3 countries (including India, Pakistan, Israel, Eastern Europe, China, and Vietnam); and requires GAO to analyze foreign availability of these computers and impact of such sales on U.S. exporters. (72-27) |
| 167 | 7-10 | Y | Murray, et al., amendment: Repeals statutory prohibition against use of DOD overseas facilities for privately funded abortions for women in military, and women who are military dependents. (48-51) |
| 168 | 7-10 | N | Thurmond motion to table Wellstone, et al., modified amendment: Permits $400 million in DOD funds to be transferred to Department of Veterans Affairs to provide health benefits under laws administered by Secretary. (58-41) |
| 169 | 7-10 | Y | Gramm modified substitute amendment (for Levin amendment requiring Federal agencies to use competitive procedures for procurements from Federal Prison Industries [FPI]): Requires DOD and FPI, jointly, to study existing procurement procedures, regulations, and statutes governing transactions between DOD and FPI, and submit report of their findings together with recommendations on improving efficiency and reducing costs. (62-37) |
| 170 | 7-10 | Y | Thurmond motion to table Boxer-Grassley amendment: Strikes provision limiting compensation for senior defense contractor executives to level equal to median salary of executives in publicly-held corporations with annual sales in excess of $50 million; and instead limits annual taxpayer costs for individuals who are employees of Federal contractors to annual pay of President of U.S. (currently $200,000). (83-16) |
| 171 | 7-11 | Y | Bingaman-Dorgan-Moseley-Braun modified amendment: Limits to $28.8 million (as requested by Administration) funds available for space-based laser program, and reduces program's authorization by $118 million. (43-56) |
| 172 | 7-11 | N | Feingold-Kohl amendment: Requires Defense Secretary to recommend termination of one of three new tactical fighter aircraft programs (F/A 18 E/F, F-22, or Joint Strike Fighter aircraft) and report analysis of how two remaining programs, together with current tactical aircraft assets, will provide armed forces with effective, affordable, tactical fighter force structure capable of meeting projected 21st century threats. (19-79) |
| 173 | 7-11 | Y | Passage. (94-4) |
| Nomination of Joel I. Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Justice Department | |||
| * 174 | 7-14 | Y | Lott, et al., cloture motion on nomination. (78-11) |
| DOD Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2266, P.L. 105-56) | |||
| 175 | 7-15 | N | Harkin amendment: Prohibits DOD from expending or obligating funds to pay contractor for costs associated with business mergers incurred on or after July 15, 1997. (15-83) |
| 176 | 7-15 | Y | Passage. (94-4) |
| Energy-Water Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2203, P.L. 105-62) | |||
| 177 | 7-15 | N | Campbell motion to table Feingold-Brownback-McCain amendment: Requires Interior Secretary to submit revised plan for Animas-La Plata project that reduces total Federal cost, limits water diversion to amount recommended by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and ensures project design and implementation in most cost-effective manner; and prohibits use of funds for construction until project has been authorized. (56-42) |
| Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2159, P.L. 105-118) | |||
| 178 | 7-16 | Y | Gordon Smith-Nickles amendment: Prohibits foreign assistance to Russia unless President certifies that Russian Government has not enacted any statute or promulgated any executive order that would discriminate against religious minorities in Russia in violation of accepted international agreements on human rights and religious freedoms. (95-4) |
| Energy-Water Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2203, P.L. 105-62) | |||
| 179 | 7-16 | Y | Passage. (99-0) |
| Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2159, P.L. 105-118) | |||
| 180 | 7-16 | Y | McConnell-Leahy modified amendment: Prohibits funds for Cambodia (except for humanitarian programs and other activities administered by non-governmental organizations), unless Secretary of State determines that Cambodian Government has: (1) not gained office by force, (2) discontinued all political violence and intimidation of journalists and opposition party members, (3) established independent election commission, (4) protected election rights, and (5) eliminated corruption and collaboration with narcotics smugglers. (99-0) |
| 181 | 7-16 | N | Allard amendment: Decreases funding for Overseas Private Investment Corporation administrative expenses in connection with its credit and insurance programs from $32 to $21 million. (35-64) |
| 182 | 7-16 | N | Dodd, et al., substitute amendment (for Dodd, et al., amendment): Suspends certification procedures for assistance for certain drug-producing and -transiting countries for 1998 and 1999 to allow Administration to explore international efforts to develop more effective counter narcotics strategy; and allows President to waive certification procedures in 2000 if he determines it would facilitate enhancement of U.S. international narcotics control programs. (38-60) |
| 183 | 7-17 | Y | Bingaman-Kerrey amendment: Allows persons subject to U.S. law to (1) send up to $200 per month to parents, siblings, or children residing in Cuba to purchase basic necessities, and (2) to travel to Cuba for up to 30 days to attend to medical emergency involving, or to attend funeral of parent, sibling, spouse, or child; and eliminates restrictions on U.S. participation in multilateral humanitarian relief efforts made in aftermath of natural disaster in Cuba. (38-61) |
| 184 | 7-17 | N | Hutchinson amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that MFN trade status for China should be withdrawn. (22-77) |
| 185 | 7-17 | Y | Passage. (91-8) |
| Treasury-Postal Service Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2378, P.L. 105-61) | |||
| 186 | 7-17 | Y | Feinstein, et al., amendment: Establishes new first-class postage stamp costing one cent more than normal first-class rate with proceeds to go to HHS for breast cancer research; and expresses sense of Senate that nothing in this provision should decrease HHS funding, or affect regular first-class or other postage rates. (83-17) |
| Nomination of Joel I. Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Justice Department | |||
| 187 | 7-17 | Y | Confirmation. (88-12) |
| Nomination of Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Attorney General | |||
| 188 | 7-17 | Y | Confirmation. (100-0) |
| Treasury-Postal Service Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2378, P.L. 105-61) | |||
| 189 | 7-22 | N | Stevens motion to table Bingaman amendment: Strikes prohibition on use of funds for sole source procurement of energy conservation measures. (35-64) |
| 190 | 7-22 | N | DeWine amendment: Prohibits use of funds to pay for abortion, or administrative expenses in connection with health plan under Federal employees health benefit program which provides benefits or coverage for abortions, except where life of mother would be endangered, or pregnancy is result of rape or incest. (54-45) |
| 191 | 7-22 | Y | Passage. (99-0) |
| Military Construction Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2016, P.L. 105-45) | |||
| 192 | 7-22 | Y | Passage. (98-2) |
| VA-HUD Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2158, P.L. 105-65) | |||
| 193 | 7-22 | Y | Bond motion to table Bumpers, et al., amendment: Strikes all funding for space station, except termination costs; and provides $3.8 billion for NASA's human space flight programs. (69-31) |
| 194 | 7-22 | Y | Passage. (99-1) |
| Canadian Fishermen's Blockade (S.Res. 109) | |||
| 195 | 7-23 | Y | Adoption. (81-19) |
| Agriculture Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2160, P.L. 105-86) | |||
| 196 | 7-23 | N | Cochran motion to table Durbin-Gregg-Wyden amendment: Prohibits use of funds to provide, or pay salaries of personnel who provide, crop insurance or non-insured crop disaster assistance for tobacco for 1998 or later crop years. (53-47) |
| 197 | 7-23 | Y | Harkin motion to table Helms-Faircloth amendment modified to Harkin, et al., amendment (Vote No. 198): Imposes three-cent tax on ethanol to fund trust fund for anti-smoking activities, other than enforcement of FDA's Youth Tobacco Initiative; permits use of funds for anti-smoking programs through Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration; and directs Agriculture Secretary to encourage States to coordinate their enforcement of laws that prohibit underage drinking. (76-24) |
| 198 | 7-23 | N | Stevens motion to table Harkin, et al., amendment: Increases existing tobacco crop assessment from one to 2.1 percent to raise $34 million needed to enforce I.D. check in the President's Youth Tobacco Initiative. (52-48) |
| 199 | 7-23 | Y | Cochran motion to table Bryan, et al., amendment: Reduces funding for Market Promotion Program from $90 million to $70 million, and prohibits use of funds to provide assistance to foreign companies. (59-40) |
| 200 | 7-24 | N | Cochran motion to table Wellstone modified amendment: Increases funds for supplemental nutrition program by $5 million to fund outreach and startup for school breakfast program; and offsets by reducing sales commissions of agents at the Risk Management Agency by $5 million. (54-45) |
| 201 | 7-24 | Y | Passage. (99-0) |
| Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2267, P.L. 105-119) | |||
| 202 | 7-24 | N | Brownback amendment: Prohibits Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program from providing awards to corporations with annual revenues in excess of $2.5 billion. (42-57) |
| 203 | 7-24 | N | Stevens motion to table Lugar, et al., amendment: Provides $30 million for National Endowment for Democracy; and reduces State Department Capital Investment Fund by $30 million. (27-72) |
| 204 | 7-24 | Y | Feinstein, et al., amendment: Establishes ten member bipartisan Commission on Structural Alternatives for Federal Courts of Appeals to study and report recommendations to divide Federal Courts of Appeals into several judicial circuits; and strikes provision that splits 9th circuit. (45-55) |
| U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (S.Res. 98) | |||
| 205 | 7-25 | 2 | Adoption. (95-0) |
| Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2267, P.L. 105-119) | |||
| 206 | 7-29 | Y | Passage. (99-0) |
| Dolphin Protection (H.R. 408, P.L. 105-42) | |||
| 207 | 7-30 | Y | Passage. (99-0) |
| Transportation Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2169, P.L. 105-66) | |||
| 208 | 7-30 | Y | Passage. (98-1) |
| Budget Reconciliation, 1997 (Spending Provisions) (H.R. 2015, P.L. 105-33) | |||
| 209 | 7-31 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (85-15) |
| Budget Reconciliation, 1997 (Tax Cut) (H.R. 2014, P.L. 105-34) | |||
| * 210 | 7-31 | Y | Roth motion to waive Budget Act with respect to conference report. (78-22) |
| 211 | 7-31 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (92-8) |
| Agriculture Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2160, P.L. 105-86) | |||
| 212 | 9-3 | N | Cochran motion to table Harkin, et al., amendment: Provides $34 million to fully fund President's Youth Tobacco Initiative; offsets by limiting amount of CCC funds that USDA may spend for equipment or services related to automated data processing and information technology; sunsets offset and funding provision when funds are provided for Youth Tobacco Initiative through any tobacco settlement legislation; and encourages states to coordinate their youth tobacco efforts with laws that prohibit underage drinking. (28-70) |
| Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2264, P.L. 105-78) | |||
| 213 | 9-3 | Y | Kyl amendment: Increases funding for Federal Pell Grants by $528 million; and offsets by reducing FY 1998 funding for low-income home energy assistance. (25-74) |
| 214 | 9-3 | Y | Wellstone, et al., amendment: Authorizes $100 million for FY 1998 to establish Parkinson's disease research and training program within NIH. (95-3) |
| 215 | 9-4 | N | Coats-Nickles amendment: Prohibits use of funds authorized for Udall Parkinson's Research Act for human fetal tissue research utilizing tissue obtained during or after induced abortion from living or dead embryo or fetus. (38-60) |
| 216 | 9-4 | Y | D'Amato modified amendment: Increases amount available to carry out Older Americans Act of 1965 by $40 million; and offsets by reducing salaries and expenses funded in this act. (97-0) |
| 217 | 9-4 | N | Nickles motion to table Kennedy amendment (to Nickles-Jeffords amendment prohibiting use of taxpayer funds to conduct rerun of 1996 Teamsters leadership election unless President certifies that Union has insufficient funds to conduct election and agrees to repay U.S. Treasury): Requires that consent decree in U.S. v International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which requires U.S. Government to fund 1996 Teamsters leadership election, not be altered. (56-42) |
| Nomination of Henry Harold Kennedy, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be a U.S. District Judge for D.C. | |||
| 218 | 9-4 | Y | Confirmation. (96-0) |
| Nomination of Frank M. Hull, of Georgia, to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the 11th Circuit | |||
| 219 | 9-4 | Y | Confirmation. (96-0) |
| FDA Reform (S. 830, P.L. 105-115) | |||
| * 220 | 9-5 | Y | Lott, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (89-5) |
| Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2264, P.L. 105-78) | |||
| 221 | 9-8 | Y | Reed, el al., amendment: Provides $35 million to fund State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) program; and offsets by using unobligated balances of Department of Education. (84-4) |
| Mother Teresa of Calcutta (S.Res. 120) | |||
| 222 | 9-9 | Y | Adoption. (98-0) |
| Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2264, P.L. 105-78) | |||
| * 223 | 9-9 | Y | McCain motion to waive Budget Act with respect to McCain-Gramm amendment: Repeals provision in Balanced Budget Act of 1997 which provides Medicare incentive grant payments to medical institutions to reduce number of medical residents. (45-54) |
| 224 | 9-10 | Y | Durbin motion to table Sessions-Craig-Faircloth modified amendment (to Durbin-Collins amendment--Vote No. 227): Limits attorneys' fees in any action to recover tobacco-related Medicaid expenditures or national tobacco settlement agreements to $250 an hour and total of $5 million; prohibits award of attorneys' fees under any national tobacco settlement until attorneys involved have provided detailed time accounting of work performed in relation to any legal action that is subject of settlement; requires public disclosure of these agreements; and specifies that any amounts provided in excess of fee limitation would be paid into Treasury for use by NIH for research relating to children's health. (48-49) |
| 225 | 9-10 | N | Sessions motion to table Wellstone amendment (to Durbin-Collins amendment--Vote No. 227): Prohibits interference with, or abrogation of, any agreement previously entered into between any State and any private attorney(s) with respect to litigation involving tobacco. (48-50) |
| 226 | 9-10 | Y | Durbin amendment (to Durbin-Collins amendment--Vote No. 227): Expresses sense of Senate that attorney's fees paid by States with regard to these cases should be publicly disclosed and should not displace public health spending in settlement legislation. (97-1) |
| 227 | 9-10 | Y | Durbin-Collins amendment, as amended (Vote Nos. 224-226): Repeals tobacco settlement credit provided to tobacco companies in Balanced Budget Act of 1997; expresses sense of Senate that language on fair compensation of tobacco growers should be included as part of any Federal legislation enacting national tobacco settlement; limits attorneys' fees for plaintiffs or defendants resulting from any action to recover tobacco-related Medicaid expenditures or for other causes of action involved in national tobacco settlement agreement to $250 per hour and total of $5 million; prohibits abrogation of any agreement previously entered into between any state and private attorney(s) with respect to tobacco litigation; and expresses sense of Senate that attorneys fees paid by state with regard to these cases should be publicly disclosed and should not displace public health spending in settlement legislation. (95-3) |
| 228 | 9-10 | Y | Murray-Wellstone amendment: Allows States to issue, without penalty, good cause waivers of Welfare Reform Act's time and work requirements for victims of domestic violence. (98-1) |
| * 229 | 9-10 | N | Wellstone motion to waive Budget Act with respect to Wellstone modified amendment: Increases FY 1998 funding for Head Start by $525 million; offsets by decreasing DOD funding by $525 million; and specifies that funding increases for Head Start are not subject to nondefense discretionary caps and do not count toward Committee or Subcommittee allocations. (27-72) |
| 230 | 9-10 | Y | Coverdell-Santorum amendment (as substitute for Coverdell amendment enhancing food safety for children through preventative research and medical treatment): Requires HHS Secretary to provide $5 million for specified activities related to E. coli:0157H7 related diseases. (91-8) |
| 231 | 9-10 | Y | Daschle-Kennedy-Reed modified amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that prompt action should be taken by authorizing committee to change needs analysis for Pell Grants, to authorize funds needed to cover cost of changes, and to enact legislation for $260 million child literacy initiative; and that maximum level possible for FY 1998 funding should be achieved in conference committee. (96-3) |
| 232 | 9-11 | Y | Jeffords motion to table Gorton-Domenici modified amendment: Requires Education Department to fund certain K-12 education programs through block grants under new formula based on States' relative wealth. (49-51) |
| 233 | 9-11 | Y | Nickles-Jeffords amendment: Prohibits use of taxpayer funds to conduct rerun of 1996 Teamsters leadership election, unless President certifies that Union has insufficient funds to conduct election, and Union agrees to repay U.S. Treasury. (58-42) |
| 234 | 9-11 | Y | Gregg modified amendment: Transfers exclusive authority over all policies, direction, and guidelines for establishing and implementing voluntary national tests for 4th grade English reading and 8th grade mathematics to National Assessment Governing Board; requires tests to be made available to State, local, private, or parochial educational agency or school; and stipulates that use of tests shall not be condition for receiving Federal funds. (87-13) |
| 235 | 9-11 | Y | Passage. (92-8) |
| Nomination of Joseph F. Bataillon, of Nebraska, to be a U.S. District Judge for the District of Nebraska | |||
| 236 | 9-11 | Y | Confirmation. (100-0) |
| Nomination of Christopher Droney, of Connecticut, to be a U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut | |||
| 237 | 9-11 | Y | Confirmation. (100-0) |
| Nomination of Janet C. Hall of Connecticut, to be a U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut | |||
| 238 | 9-11 | Y | Confirmation. (98-1) |
| FDA Reform (S. 830, P.L. 105-115) | |||
| * 239 | 9-16 | Y | Lott, et al., cloture motion on Jeffords substitute. (94-4) |
| Military Construction Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2016, P.L. 105-45) | |||
| 240 | 9-17 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (97-3) |
| Interior Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2107, P.L. 105-83) | |||
| 241 | 9-17 | N | Ashcroft amendment (to Committee amendment providing $100.06 million for NEA): Eliminates all funding in Committee amendment for NEA. (23-77) |
| 242 | 9-17 | Y | Bryan-Boxer-Torricelli amendment: Reduces funding for Forest Service's timber road construction program from $160.3 million to $150.3 million; eliminates funding for timber road purchaser credits for timber sales after September 30, 1997; and maintains payments to counties for roads and schools. (49-51) |
| 243 | 9-17 | Y | Lott motion to reconsider Vote No. 242 by which Senate defeated Bryan-Boxer-Torricelli amendment: Reduces funding for Forest Service's timber road construction program from $160.3 million to $150.3 million; eliminates funding for timber road purchaser credits for timber sales after September 30, 1997; and maintains payments to counties for roads and schools. (49-51) |
| 244 | 9-17 | N | Abraham amendment (to Committee amendment providing $100.06 million for NEA): Limits funds for NEA grants and administrative expenses to $56 million, for matching grants to $11 million, and for private fundraising activities to $10 million; and provides $32 million for specific National Park Service construction programs. (26-73) |
| 245 | 9-17 | N | Hutchinson, et al., amendment (to Committee amendment providing $100.06 million for NEA): Abolishes NEA; provides $100.06 million for block grants to States, with two-thirds of funds being held until last day of fiscal year to remain deficit neutral; requires Treasury Secretary to administer and make awards to Governors to support arts through projects and productions having substantial national or international artistic and cultural significance, meet professional standards of significant merit, encourage, and assist artists to work in residence at educational or cultural institution, and encourage public knowledge of arts; limits total amount of grant funds awarded to State to 50 percent of cost of project or production; and requires minimum of $500,000 to be reserved for each State. (36-63) |
| 246 | 9-18 | N | Hutchison amendment (to Committee amendment funding NEA): Distributes 75 percent of NEA funding for State block grants, 20 percent for grants to national groups or institutions, and 5 percent for administrative costs; provides State block grants on formula basis that consists of State's total FY 1997 grants, plus percentage based on State's population; allows State to use up to 25 percent of its block grant to create permanent arts endowment, provided that State matches Federal contribution; limits grants to national groups or institutions with annual budgets under $3 million to 33.5 percent of total project cost and those with annual budgets greater than $3 million to 20 percent of cost; and limits national grant administrative costs to $1.5 million in FY 1998 and State administrative costs to 15 percent of total receipts. (39-61) |
| 247 | 9-18 | Y | Dodd-D'Amato motion to table Hutchinson, et al., modified amendment: Requires President to submit nominations for American Heritage River designation to Congress, rather than pursuant to Executive Order; subjects all nominations to prioritization process established under Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and other applicable Federal laws; requires consideration of comments of all property owners holding title to land directly abutting river bank; and restricts implementation of American Heritage Rivers Initiative to Congressional-designated rivers. (57-42) |
| 248 | 9-18 | N | Kyl-Campbell-Hatch amendment: Reduces, from $5.8 million to $1 million, funds for Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; and provides $4.8 million to Bureau of Indian Affairs for special law enforcement efforts to reduce gang violence. (34-64) |
| 249 | 9-18 | N | Gorton Constitutional point of order against Bumpers-Gregg amendment (to Committee amendment regarding a Bureau of Land Management regulation): Assesses five-percent royalty on production of minerals on land subject to unpatented claims under 1872 Mining Law; assesses net-income based reclamation fee on all mining operations on patented land; and creates Abandoned Minerals Mine Reclamation fund to reclaim abandoned hardrock mines, funded by money raised from holding fee and royalty. (59-39) |
| 250 | 9-18 | Y | Murkowski amendment: Requires Interior Department to provide up to $500,000 to University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Mineral Engineering, to pay for facilities, equipment, and interests destroyed by Federal Government at Stampede Mine Site in Denali National Park. (81-14) |
| 251 | 9-18 | Y | Passage. (93-3) |
| FDA Reform (S. 830, P.L. 105-115) | |||
| 252 | 9-23 | Y | Durbin-Feingold-Johnson amendment (to Jeffords substitute): Requires that outside reviewers of medical devices be subject to conflict of interest standards consistent with current standards for FDA employees. (40-59) |
| 253 | 9-23 | Y | Durbin amendment (to Jeffords substitute): Strikes sections which allow tracking and surveillance of medical devices to be applied at discretion of HHS Secretary. (39-61) |
| 254 | 9-23 | N | Jeffords motion to table Reed, et al., amendment (to Jeffords substitute): Limits FDA safety testing of device to use specified on proposed label only if labeling is not false or misleading. (65-35) |
| 255 | 9-23 | Y | Jeffords substitute amendment. (98-2) |
| 256 | 9-24 | Y | Passage. (98-2) |
| Legislative Branch Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2209, P.L. 105-55) | |||
| 257 | 9-24 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (90-10) |
| DOD Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2266, P.L. 105-56) | |||
| 258 | 9-25 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (93-5) |
| Nomination of Katharine Sweeney Hayden, of New Jersey, to be a U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey | |||
| 259 | 9-25 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| D.C. Appropriations, 1998 (S. 1156, in P.L. 105-100) | |||
| * 260 | 9-30 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on Coats modified amendment: Authorizes establishment of private nonprofit corporation responsible and authorized to administer, publicize, and evaluate tuition and enhanced achievement scholarship program (school vouchers). (58-41) |
| Continuing Appropriations, 1998 (H.J.Res. 94, P.L. 105-46) | |||
| 261 | 9-30 | Y | Passage. (99-0) |
| Energy-Water Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2203, P.L. 105-62) | |||
| 262 | 9-30 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (99-0) |
| D.C. Appropriations, 1998 (S. 1156, in P.L. 105-100) | |||
| 263 | 9-30 | Y | Byrd amendments: Prohibits, with specified exceptions, alcoholic beverage advertisements on billboards and other forms of advertising in publicly visible locations where children in D.C. are likely to walk to school or play; increases number of Alcoholic Beverage Commission inspectors in D.C. by 12, of which six are required to focus on enforcement of laws relating to sale of alcohol to minors; and requires GAO to study how low rate of taxation affects consumption of alcohol in D.C. (69-27) |
| Treasury-Postal Service Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2378, P.L. 105-61) | |||
| 264 | 10-1 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (55-45) |
| D.C. Appropriations, 1998 (S. 1156, in P.L. 105-100) | |||
| 265 | 10-1 | N | Mack motion to table Mack-Graham-Kennedy modified substitute amendment (for Mack-Graham-Kennedy amendment): Specifies that limitations in 1996 immigration law will not apply retroactively to exclude Central American refugees from applying to remain in U.S. if their departure would pose an unusual hardship to their families. (2-97) |
| Campaign Finance Reform (S. 25) | |||
| * 266 | 10-7 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on Lott amendment: Makes it unlawful for labor organizations to collect any dues or other payments if any part of such fees will be used for political activities. (52-48) |
| * 267 | 10-7 | Y | Lott, et al., cloture motion on bill, as modified. (53-47) |
| D.C. Appropriations, 1998 (S. 1156, in P.L. 105-100) | |||
| * 268 | 10-7 | Y | Mack, et al., cloture motion on Mack-Graham-Kennedy modified substitute amendment (for Graham-Mack-Kennedy amendment): Specifies that limitations in 1996 immigration law will not apply retroactively to exclude Central American refugees from applying to remain in U.S. if their departure would pose an unusual hardship to their families. (99-1) |
| 269 | 10-7 | Y | Mack-Graham-Kennedy modified substitute amendment (for Graham-Mack-Kennedy amendment): Specifies that limitations in 1996 immigration law will not apply retroactively to exclude Central American refugees from applying to remain in U.S. if their departure would pose an unusual hardship to their families. (99-1) |
| Campaign Finance Reform (S. 25) | |||
| * 270 | 10-8 | Y | Daschle, et al., second cloture motion on bill, as modified. (52-47) |
| ISTEA Authorization (H.R. 2400, P.L. 105-178) | |||
| 271 | 10-8 | Y | Chafee motion: Sergeant at Arms to request attendance of absent Senators. (94-4) |
| 272 | 10-8 | N | Lott motion to adjourn. (54-45) |
| Campaign Finance Reform (S. 25) | |||
| * 273 | 10-9 | Y | Daschle, et al., third cloture motion on bill, as modified. (52-47) |
| * 274 | 10-9 | N | Lott, et al., second cloture motion on Lott amendment: Makes it unlawful for labor organizations to collect dues, or other payments, if any part of such fees will be used for political activities. (51-48) |
| ISTEA Authorization (H.R. 2400, P.L. 105-178) | |||
| * 275 | 10-23 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on committee amendment. (48-52) |
| Further Continuing Appropriations, 1998 (H.J.Res. 97, P.L. 105-64) | |||
| 276 | 10-23 | Y | Passage. (100-0) |
| ISTEA Authorization (H.R. 2400, P.L. 105-178) | |||
| * 277 | 10-23 | N | Lott, et al., second cloture motion on modified committee amendment. (48-50) |
| * 278 | 10-24 | N | Lott, et al., third cloture motion on modified committee amendment. (43-49) |
| Nomination of Algenon L. Marbley, of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio | |||
| 279 | 10-27 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Nomination of Wyche Fowler, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | |||
| 280 | 10-27 | Y | Confirmation. (90-0) |
| Nomination of Thomas S. Foley, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Japan | |||
| 281 | 10-27 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| ISTEA Authorization (H.R. 2400, P.L. 105-178) | |||
| * 282 | 10-28 | N | Lott, et al., fourth cloture motion on modified committee amendment. (52-48) |
| Interior Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2107, P.L. 105-83) | |||
| 283 | 10-28 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (84-14) |
| Nomination of William E. Kennard, of California, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission | |||
| 284 | 10-29 | Y | Confirmation. (99-1) |
| DOD Authorization, 1998 (H.R. 1119, P.L. 105-85) | |||
| 285 | 10-29 | N | Lott motion to table Gramm motion to postpone, until January 15, 1998, motion to proceed to conference report. (78-20) |
| Nomination of Charles J. Siragusa, of New York, to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of New York | |||
| 286 | 10-30 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Military Construction Appropriations, 1998 Line-Item Veto Disapproval (S. 1292, Vitiated) | |||
| 287 | 10-30 | Y | Passage. (69-30) |
| Education Individual Retirement Accounts (H.R. 2646, Vetoed) | |||
| * 288 | 10-31 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on bill. (56-41) |
| DOD Authorization, 1998 (H.R. 1119, P.L. 105-85) | |||
| * 289 | 10-31 | Y | Lott, et al., cloture motion on conference report. (93-2) |
| Nomination of Charles Rossotti, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service | |||
| 290 | 11-3 | Y | Confirmation. (92-0) |
| Education Individual Retirement Accounts (H.R. 2646, Vetoed) | |||
| * 291 | 11-4 | N | Lott, et al., second cloture motion on bill. (56-44) |
| Fast Track Negotiating Authority (S. 1269) | |||
| * 292 | 11-4 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (69-31) |
| Nomination of James S. Gwin, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio | |||
| 293 | 11-5 | Y | Confirmation. (100-0) |
| Fast Track Negotiating Authority (S. 1269) | |||
| 294 | 11-5 | N | Roth motion to proceed to bill. (68-31) |
| Nomination of Ronald Lee Gilman, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit | |||
| 295 | 11-6 | Y | Confirmation. (98-1) |
| DOD Authorization, 1998 (H.R. 1119, P.L. 105-85) | |||
| 296 | 11-6 | N | Adoption of conference report. (90-10) |
| Nomination of Christina A. Snyder, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California | |||
| 297 | 11-7 | Y | Confirmation. (93-6) |
| Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 2264, P.L. 105-78) | |||
| 298 | 11-8 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (91-4) |