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| Vote No. | Date 2005 |
Voting Position |
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| Objection to Counting of Ohio Electoral Votes | |||
| 1 | 1-6 | 2 | Objection to the counting of electoral votes of the State of Ohio on the ground that they were not, under all of the known circumstances, regularly given. (1-74) |
| Nomination of Condoleezza Rice to be Secretary of State | |||
| 2 | 1-26 | Y | Confirmation. (85-13) |
| Nomination of Alberto Gonzales to be Attorney General | |||
| 3 | 2-3 | N | Confirmation. (60-36) |
| Commending the People of Iraq on Their National Elections (S.Res. 38) | |||
| 4 | 2-7 | Y | Agreed to. (93-0) |
| Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (S. 5, P.L. 109-2) | |||
| 5 | 2-9 | N | Specter motion to table the Pryor, et al., amendment: Clarifies that the existing authority of state attorneys general to enforce state laws through class action lawsuits is exempt from the modified class action procedures of the underlying bill. (60-39) |
| 6 | 2-9 | N | Kennedy, et al., amendment which amends the definition of class action to exclude class actions relating to civil rights or payment of wages. (40-59) |
| 7 | 2-9 | Y | Feinstein-Bingaman amendment which states that a District Court shall not deny class certification in whole or in part, on the grounds that the law of more than one State will be applied; and requires each party to submit recommendations for subclassifications among the plaintiffs based on substantially similar State laws. (38-61) |
| 8 | 2-10 | Y | Feingold amendment which: Requires district courts to complete all action on a motion to remand with 60 days of the motion being made, or to issue an order explaining the court's reasons for not ruling on the motion within 60 days; allows the court an additional 120 days to review the motion to remand once the court has issued the order giving its reasons for not ruling; and allows all parties to agree to an extension of any length. (37-61) |
| 9 | 2-10 | Y | Passage. (72-26) |
| Nomination of Michael Chertoff to be Secretary of Homeland Security | |||
| 10 | 2-15 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Genetic Information Nondiscrimination (S. 306) | |||
| 11 | 2-17 | Y | Passage. (98-0) |
| Bankruptcy Reform (S. 256) | |||
| 12 | 3-1 | Y | Sessions amendment: Provides a presumption that U.S. Armed Forces servicemen and women are abusing the bankruptcy filing process; requires servicemen and women to satisfy all procedural requirements under the means test of the bill; and requires extensive documentation and explanations to prove the special circumstances that justify additional expenses or adjustments of current monthly income. (63-32) |
| 13 | 3-1 | Y | Durbin, et al., modified amendment: Protects servicemembers and veterans from means testing in bankruptcy; and disallows certain claims by lenders charging usurious interest rates to servicemembers, and allows servicemembers to exempt property based on the law of the State of their premilitary residence. (38-58) |
| 14 | 3-2 | Y | Feingold amendment: Provides a homestead floor for the elderly. (40-59) |
| 15 | 3-2 | Y | Akaka, et al., amendment: Requires enhanced disclosure to consumers regarding consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt. (40-59) |
| 16 | 3-2 | Y | Kennedy amendment: Exempts from the means test medically distressed debtors whose medical expenses have caused financial hardship, and forced them into bankruptcy. (39-58) |
| 17 | 3-2 | Y | Kennedy amendment: Establishes a Federal homestead protection floor of $150,000 for medically distressed debtors. (39-58) |
| 18 | 3-2 | Y | Corzine amendment: Exempts economically distressed caregivers who have experienced a reduction in employment status and have incurred substantial medical debt on behalf of dependent and non-dependent family members from the means test provisions of the bill. (37-60) |
| Canadian Beef Imports (S.J.Res. 4) | |||
| 19 | 3-3 | Y | Passage. (52-46) |
| Bankruptcy Reform (S. 256) | |||
| 20 | 3-3 | Y | Dayton amendment: Limits the amount of interest that can be charged on any extension of credit to 30 percent; and preempts all State usury laws except those where interest rate limit is lower than 30 percent. (24-74) |
| 21 | 3-3 | Y | Nelson (FL), et al., amendment: Exempts any consumer who files for bankruptcy due to identity theft from the means test; and prohibits the filing of a motion of judgment against any debtor identified as a victim of identity theft. (37-61) |
| 22 | 3-3 | Y | Durbin amendment: Discourages predatory lending practices by prohibiting a creditor from collecting on its claim in bankruptcy court if the creditor has materially failed to comply with any applicable requirement under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994. (40-58) |
| 23 | 3-3 | Y | Schumer, et al., amendment: Limits the exemption for asset protection trusts by permitting bankruptcy filers to exclude from the bankruptcy estate no more than $125,000 worth of assets held in such a trust; and clarifies, for purposes of this amendment, that a retiree pension account, as identified by the Internal Revenue Code, is not an asset protection trust. (39-56) |
| 24 | 3-3 | Y | Rockefeller, et al., amendment: Increases the amount of priority claims for employees' wages and benefits to $15,000 (from $4,925 in current law and $10,000 in bill); eliminates the 90-day accrual period in priority claim calculations; and requires companies that cancel health benefits for retirees to pay each retiree who lost health benefits an amount of cash equal to what a retiree would be expected to pay for 18 months of COBRA coverage. (40-54) |
| 25 | 3-3 | Y | Durbin-Kennedy-Dayton amendment: Strengthens the ability of bankruptcy courts to invalidate fraudulent transfers made by corporate insiders by extending the "reach-back" period from one year to four years; authorizes the courts to review and set aside "excess benefit transfers or obligations" made to top management and other corporate insiders while the company was insolvent; provides employees and retirees a priority claim in bankruptcy for the value of company stock which was held for their benefit in an employee pension plan, unless the plan beneficiary had the option to invest the assets in some other way; and requires the value of the claim to be measured by the market value of the stock at the time it was contributed to the plan. (40-54) |
| 26 * | 3-7 | Y | Kennedy, et al., amendment: Increases minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $5.85 per hour 60 days after enactment, $6.55 per hour after the first year, and $7.25 per hour after the second year. (46-49) |
| 27 * | 3-7 | N | Santorum amendment: Increases the minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $6.25 per hour; allows employers to refuse to pay workers for up to 10 hours of earned overtime pay every two weeks; ends individual coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act and raises the enterprise coverage threshold from $500,000 to $1 million; prohibits Federal agencies from assessing civil fines for most first-time reporting violations of a broad range of consumer, environmental and labor protections; and undermines the ability of States to provide stronger wage protections for employees who receive tips. (38-61) |
| 28 | 3-8 | Y | Schumer-Reid, et al., amendment: Prohibits discharge in bankruptcy of debt resulting from the debtor's unlawful interference with the provision of lawful goods or services, or damage to property used to provide lawful goods or services. (46-53) |
| 29 * | 3-8 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (69-31) |
| 30 | 3-8 | Y | Feingold-Kerry amendment: Removes provisions of the bill that would impose substantial new requirements on small businesses attempting to reorganize under Chapter 11. (41-59) |
| 31 | 3-9 | Y | Durbin amendment: Clarifies that means test does not apply to debtors below the median income. (42-58) |
| 32 | 3-9 | Y | Harkin, et al., amendment: Strikes the 180-day limitation on the accrual period for the employee wage priority in bankruptcy but does not affect the $10,000 limit to the amount that can be collected under this high preference for a bankrupt company's assets. (48-52) |
| 33 | 3-9 | Y | Boxer amendment: Permits courts to consider claims for unsecured credit against any individual who is under 21 years of age, did not have a co-signer who was a parent or spouse, had an income level below or at the poverty line, and already had six or more unsecured credit cards. (40-60) |
| 34 | 3-9 | Y | Dodd-Kennedy amendment: Modifies the means test to provide greater flexibility and reasonableness when calculating a debtor's ability to pay; and permits the exclusion for child support payments and other funds for children from becoming part of the bankruptcy estate which is divided up among creditors. (42-58) |
| 35 | 3-9 | Y | Kennedy-Kohl amendment: Limits the homestead exemption to $300,000. (47-53) |
| 36 | 3-10 | Y | Kennedy-Dodd amendment: Exempts debtors whose financial problems were caused by failure to receive alimony or child support, or both, from means testing. (41-58) |
| 37 | 3-10 | Y | Kennedy amendment which amends the definition of "current monthly income" to exclude income from any job in which the debtor is no longer employed due to a disability. (41-58) |
| 38 | 3-10 | Y | Akaka amendment: Prevents unsecured creditors, primarily credit card issuers, from attempting to collect in bankruptcy from consumers who owe them money if the creditor does not have a policy of waiving interest and fees for debtors who enter a consolidated payment plan at a credit counseling agency. (38-61) |
| 39 | 3-10 | Y | Leahy-Sarbanes amendment which modifies the "Disinterested Person" section of the bill to prohibit an investment bank that underwrote an outstanding security of a company in bankruptcy from serving as an advisor to the bankruptcy for five years. (44-55) |
| 40 | 3-10 | Y | Durbin-Inouye amendment: States that the "means test" shall not apply and the court may not dismiss or convert a case based on any form of "means testing," if the debtor is a disabled veteran, and the indebtedness occurred primarily during a period when he or she was on active duty or performing a homeland defense activity. (99-0) |
| 41 | 3-10 | Y | Schumer amendment (to the Talent amendment No. 121--vote No. 42) which removes the requirement in the underlying amendment that bankruptcy courts show that the owner of an asset protection trust had the intent of defrauding creditors and employees. (43-56) |
| 42 | 3-10 | N | Talent amendment: Allows creditors to reach self-settling trusts only if it is found that the debtor created the trust with the intent to defraud, hinder, or delay the creditors. (73-26) |
| Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act Amendment (S. 250) | |||
| 43 | 3-10 | Y | Passage. (99-0) |
| Bankruptcy Reform (S. 256) | |||
| 44 | 3-10 | N | Passage. (74-25) |
| Budget Resolution, 2006 (H.Con.Res. 95) | |||
| 45 | 3-14 | Y | Bingaman, et al., amendment: Restores $4.8 billion in funding for various education programs cut in the budget resolution; reduces the deficit by $4.8 billion; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (44-49) |
| 46 | 3-15 | Y | Graham-Santorum modified amendment: Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President, the Congress, and the American people including seniors, workers, women, minorities, and disabled persons should work together at the earliest opportunity to enact legislation to achieve a solvent and permanently sustainable Social Security system; (2) Social Security reform-- (A) must protect current and near retirees from any changes to Social Security benefits; (B) must reduce the pressure on future taxpayers and on other budgetary priorities; (C) must provide benefit levels that adequately reflect individual contributions to the Social Security system; and (D) must preserve and strengthen the safety net for vulnerable populations including the disabled and survivors; and (3) the Senate should honor section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. (100-0) |
| 47 | 3-15 | Y | Conrad-Stabenow amendment: Ensures that 75-year solvency has been restored to Social Security before Congress considers new deficit-financed legislation that would increase mandatory spending or cut taxes. (45-55) |
| 48 | 3-15 | N | DeMint amendment: Expresses the sense of the Senate that failing to address the financial condition of Social Security will result in massive debt, deep benefit cuts, and tax increases. (56-43) |
| 49 | 3-15 | Y | Nelson (FL)-Clinton amendment: Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should reject any Social Security plan that requires deep benefit cuts or a massive increase in debt, and a failure to act by 2042 would result in deep benefit cuts; therefore Congress should take action to address Social Security solvency. (50-50) |
| 50 | 3-15 | Y | Stabenow, et al., amendment: Protects the American people from terrorist attacks by providing the necessary resources to firefighters, police, EMS workers and other first responders by restoring $1,626 billion in cuts to first-responder programs. (46-54) |
| 51 | 3-16 | Y | Byrd, et al., amendment: Increases funding for AMTRAK by $1.04 billion, raising the funding level for AMTRAK to $1.4 billion; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (46-52) |
| 52 | 3-16 | Y | Cantwell, et al., amendment: Strikes the reconciliation instructions for the Energy Committee, which assumes that opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will produce mandatory savings of $2.7 billion over five years. (49-51) |
| 53 | 3-16 | Y | Feingold-Chafee, et al., amendment: Reinstates the pay-go requirements under the Budget Act; and provides for a 60-vote point of order against direct spending or revenue legislation that would increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit. (50-50) |
| 54 | 3-16 | Y | Ensign, et al., amendment: Increases function 700 (Veterans) by $410 million in FY 2006; and decreases function 150 (International Affairs) by the same amount. (96-4) |
| 55 | 3-16 | Y | Akaka, et al., amendment: Increases funding for veterans medical care by $2.8 billion in FY 2006; provides $2.8 billion in deficit reduction; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (47-53) |
| 56 | 3-16 | Y | Specter-Harkin, et al., amendment: Increases function 500 (Education) by $500 million and function 550 (Health) by $1.5 billion in 2006; and offsets by decreasing function 920 (Allowances) by $2 billion. (63-37) |
| 57 | 3-17 | N | Gregg (for Frist) amendment: Expresses the sense of the Senate regarding Medicaid reconciliation legislation consistent with recommendations from the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (49-51) |
| 58 | 3-17 | Y | Smith-Bingaman, et al., amendment: Strikes the Finance Committee spending reconciliation instruction and the associated instruction from the health function (seeking $15 billion over five years in spending cuts which are intended to come from the Medicaid program); and provides a reserve fund for the creation of a 23 member, bipartisan Commission that is charged with reviewing and making recommendations with respect to the long term goals, financial sustainability and other matters relating to the effective operation of Medicaid. (52-48) |
| 59 | 3-17 | Y | Carper amendment: Strikes reconciliation instruction for $70 billion in tax cuts. (49-51) |
| 60 | 3-17 | Y | Snowe, et al., amendment: ensures that savings that result from legislation that provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the authority to (1) participate in the negotiation of contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs to achieve the best possible prices for such drugs, (2) negotiate contracts with manufacturers of such drugs for each fallback prescription drug plan, or (3) participate in the negotiation for a contract for any such drug upon the request of a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan, is reserved for reducing expenditures under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act. (49-50) |
| 61 | 3-17 | Y | Harkin, et al., amendment: Restores the Perkins Vocational Education program and provides for deficit reduction through the elimination of the phase out of the personal exemption limitation and itemized deduction limitation for high-income taxpayers now scheduled to start in 2006. (44-56) |
| 62 | 3-17 | Y | Landrieu, et al., amendment: Establishes a deficit neutral reserve fund in the event that legislation is passed to provide a 50 percent tax credit to employers that continue to pay the salaries of Guard and Reserve employees who have been called to active duty. (100-0) |
| 63 | 3-17 | Y | Dorgan, et al., amendment which repeals the tax subsidy for certain domestic companies that move manufacturing operations and American jobs to low-tax jurisdictions offshore and sell their products in the U.S. market; and provides for the use of the resulting revenues to reduce Federal deficits and debt by $3.2 billion over five years. (40-59) |
| 64 | 3-17 | Y | Collins (for Lieberman), et al., modified amendment: Provides $855 million in additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security, including $565 million for first responders programs, $140 million for border security, and $150 million for port security; and offsets by reducing function 920 (Allowances) by $855 million. (63-37) |
| 65 | 3-17 | Y | Sarbanes, et al., amendment: Restores $1.9 billion for the Community Development Block Grant program and related programs; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (49-51) |
| 66 | 3-17 | Y | Coleman amendment: Provides $2 billion to fully fund the Community Development Block Grant Program and related programs; and offsets by reducing Function 920 (Allowances) by the same amount. (68-31) |
| 67 | 3-17 | Y | Cochran amendment: Provides that the Congress has the authority to make "emergency designations" without Presidential concurrence for Senate enforcement purposes. (73-26) |
| 68 | 3-17 | Y | Kennedy, et al., modified amendment: increases education funding by $5.4 billion in order to: (1) restore cuts in vocational education, adult education, GEAR UP, and TRIO, (2) increase the maximum Pell Grant scholarship to $4,500, and (3) increase future math and science teacher student loan forgiveness to $23,000; and offsets by closing $5.4 billion in corporate tax loopholes. (51-49) |
| 69 | 3-17 | Y | Baucus-Conrad-Stabenow amendment: Strikes the Agriculture Committee reconciliation instruction (requiring the Committee to achieve $2.8 billion in savings over five years) in order to ensure that legislation to make cuts in agriculture programs receives full consideration and debate in the Senate. (46-54) |
| 70 | 3-17 | Y | Biden, et al., amendment: Provides $1 billion for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program; reduces the deficit by $1 billion; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (45-55) |
| 71 | 3-17 | Y | Byrd-Baucus amendment: Increases funding for transportation from $284 billion to $318 billion; restores the separate budget categories for highways and mass transit to ensure that the additional spending authorized would be directed only to surface transportation programs; and offsets by raising revenues largely through financing provisions in last year's surface transportation bill. (45-54) |
| 72 | 3-17 | Y | Talent-Stabenow, et al., amendment: Provides flexibility to consider all available transportation funding options. (81-19) |
| 73 | 3-17 | Y | Conrad amendment: Expresses the sense of the Senate that the tax cuts assumed in the budget resolution should include repeal of the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits. (94-6) |
| 74 | 3-17 | N | Bunning amendment: Repeals the 1993 tax increase on Social Security; and increase the tax reconciliation instruction by $64 billion. (55-45) |
| 75 | 3-17 | Y | Reid (for Clinton), et al., modified amendment: Provides an additional $100 million in FY 2006 for public health and expresses the sense of the Senate that this funding should be used: (1) for the National Family Planning Program, (2) to enact the Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage (EPICC) bill, (3) to improve awareness and education about emergency contraception, and (4) for the new teen pregnancy prevention programs; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (47-53) |
| 76 | 3-17 | Y | Lautenberg-Schumer amendment: Strikes the reconciliation instruction that provides for an increase in the public debt limit. (45-54) |
| 77 | 3-17 | Y | Boxer amendment: Creates a point of order against any appropriations bill that allows funding for prepackaged news stories that do not have the following disclaimer: "Paid for by the United States Government." (44-54) |
| 78 | 3-17 | Y | Dorgan-Cantwell-Murray amendment: Provides an additional $1 billion for various healthcare, housing and education programs that benefit Native Americans, including Alaska Natives; reduces the deficit by $2.2 billion; and offsets by closing $3.2 billion in corporate tax loopholes. (45-55) |
| 79 | 3-17 | Y | Dayton, et al., amendment: Fully funds the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in FY 2006-2010; and offsets by repealing the income tax cut for those earning more than $1 million. (37-63) |
| 80 | 3-17 | Y | Levin, et al., modified amendment: Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Appropriations Committee should make every effort to provide funding for the Advanced Technology Program in FY 2006. (53-46) |
| 81 | 3-17 | N | Adoption. (51-49) |
| Tribute to Pope John Paul II (S.Res. 95) | |||
| 82 | 4-5 | Y | Adoption of resolution. (98-0) |
| State Department Authorization (S. 600) | |||
| 83 | 4-5 | Y | Boxer-Snowe, et al., amendment: provides that foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive U.S. funding shall not be penalized if they use their own funds when they offer health or medical services, including counseling and referral services, if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. law if provided in the United States; and provides that foreign NGOs shall not be penalized for using their own funds for advocacy and lobbying activities in their own countries. (52-46) |
| 84 | 4-6 | Y | Biden amendment (in lieu of language proposed to be stricken by Lugar amendment reducing limitation on U.S. contributions to U.N. peacekeeping to 25 percent of contributions): Extends, until 2007, current law limiting U.S. contribution for U.N. peacekeeping to 27.1 percent of total contributions. (40-57) |
| 85 | 4-6 | N | Lugar motion to table the Dorgan-Wyden amendment: Prohibits use of funds for broadcasting television to Cuba (TV Marti); and reduces the bill's funding for "International Broadcasting Operations" by $21 million. (65-35) |
| 86 | 4-6 | Y | Lugar motion to table the Schumer, et al., amendment: Imposes a 27.5 percent tariff on Chinese imports 180 days after enactment; allows the President to delay implementation of the tariff if he determines that China is making significant progress in revaluing its currency; and permits removal of the tariff if the President certifies that China has agreed to substantially revalue its currency to at, or near, fair market value. (33-67) |
| Nomination of Paul A. Crotty to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York | |||
| 87 | 4-11 | Y | Confirmation. (95-0) |
| Airbus Launch Assistance Opposition (S.Con.Res. 25) | |||
| 88 | 4-11 | Y | Adoption. (96-0) |
| Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 2005 (H.R. 1268, P.L. 109-13) | |||
| 89 * | 4-12 | Y | Murray motion to waive the FY 2005 Budget Resolution with respect to the emergency designation provisions of the Murray, et al., modified amendment: Provides $1.9 billion, to remain available until expended, for veterans medical care; and designates funding as emergency spending to be used as follows: $610 million to address needs of service members deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, $840 million for the Veterans Integrated Service Network to meet current and pending care treatment requirements, and $525 million for mental health care and treatment. (46-54) |
| 90 * | 4-12 | Y | Murray motion to waive section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to permit consideration of Murray, et al., modified amendment: Provides $1.9 billion, to remain available until expended, for veterans medical care; and specifies that the funds should be used as follows: $610 million to address needs of service members deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, $840 million for the Veterans Integrated Service Network to meet current and pending care treatment requirements, and $525 million for mental health care and treatment. (46-54) |
| 91 | 4-13 | N | Stevens motion to table the Durbin, et al., amendment which ensures that Federal employees that are called, ordered or retained on active duty in order to perform certain services as a member of the uniformed service or the National Guard will continue to receive the same amount of pay that they received as civilian Federal employees, by having the Federal agency for whom they worked make up the difference between their military pay and what they would have earned at their Federal job. (39-61) |
| 92 | 4-13 | N | Stevens motion to table the Kerry, et al., amendment: Increases military death gratuity from $12,000 to $100,000 for any deaths of members of the Armed Forces that occurred while on active duty after October 7, 2001; and provides a lump sum payment of $150,000 for those families who were unable to purchase increased coverage under the provisions in the bill affecting Servicemembers Group Life Insurance. (25-75) |
| 93 | 4-13 | Y | Byrd amendment: Reduces funding for the "Military Construction, Army" by $36.0 million; and eliminates the earmark in the bill for a new maximum security prison at Guantanamo, Cuba. (27-71) |
| 94 | 4-13 | Y | Cornyn-Feinstein amendment: Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should not delay enactment of critical appropriations necessary to ensure the well-being of the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces fighting in Iraq and elsewhere around the world by attempting to conduct a debate about immigration reform while the supplemental appropriations bill is pending on the Senate floor. (61-38) |
| 95 | 4-14 | Y | Byrd, et al., modified amendment: Prohibits the use of funds by any Federal agency to produce a prepackaged news story without including in such story a clear notification for the audience that the story was prepared or funded by a Federal agency. (98-0) |
| 96 | 4-18 | Y | Byrd amendment: Expresses the sense of the Senate on future requests for funding for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq; and requires a semiannual report to be made to Congress of cumulative costs of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and an estimate of the foreseeable costs for ongoing military operations to be incurred during the 12-month period beginning on the date of the report. (61-31) |
| 97 * | 4-19 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on Chambliss-Kyl amendment: Provides temporary legal status ("blue cards") for undocumented workers employed in agriculture, forestry and food processing, valid for nine years; does not provide temporary workers with a path to permanent residence; provides for criminal and security background checks, and makes ineligible anyone with a criminal record; and makes changes to the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program which provides fewer labor protections for U.S. and foreign workers, and a lower prevailing wage. (21-77) |
| 98 * | 4-19 | N | Frist, et al., motion to close further debate on the Frist (for Craig)-Kennedy amendment: Provides for adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers; reforms the H-2A worker program to provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce; and extends basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers. (53-45) |
| 99 | 4-19 | Y | Frist motion: Instruct Sergeant at Arms to request attendance of absent Senators. (91-7) |
| 100 | 4-19 | N | Frist motion: Recess Senate until 5:00 p.m. (56-42) |
| 101 * | 4-19 | Y | Mikulski, et al., cloture motion on Mikulski-Allen, et al., amendment: Exempts returning seasonal workers who have been a recipient of an H-2B visa in one of the past three years from the numerical cap on H-2B visas; instructs Secretary of Homeland Security to impose a fraud prevention and detection fee ($150) on an employer filing a petition for nonimmigrant workers; and provides sanctions if the Secretary of Homeland Security finds a substantial failure to meet any of the conditions of the petition to admit the H-2B temporary worker or for the willful misrepresentation of a material fact. (83-17) |
| 102 | 4-19 | Y | Mikulski-Allen, et al., amendment: Exempts returning seasonal workers who have been a recipient of an H-2B visa in one of the past three years from the numerical cap on H-2B visas; instructs Secretary of Homeland Security to impose a fraud prevention and detection fee ($150) on an employer filing a petition for nonimmigrant workers; and provides sanctions if the Secretary of Homeland Security finds a substantial failure to meet any of the conditions of the petition to admit the H-2B temporary worker or for the willful misrepresentation of a material fact. (94-6) |
| 103 * | 4-19 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (100-0) |
| 104 | 4-20 | Y | Cochran motion to table the Coburn amendment: Strikes funding for the Iraqi embassy after FY 2007, reducing appropriations for the embassy from $592 million to $106 million. (54-45) |
| 105 | 4-20 | Y | Byrd-Bingaman amendment: Provides $389.6 million for border security. (65-34) |
| 106 | 4-20 | Y | Warner, et al., amendment: Provides that USS John F. Kennedy will stay in active status until: (1) Defense Department completes its Quadrennial Defense Review and Congress has had 180 days to study the results of the review; and (2) the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that necessary agreements have been entered into with other nations to provide for permanent forward deployment of aircraft carriers in the Pacific necessary to carry out the mission within the Pacific Command area of responsibility. (58-38) |
| Nomination of John D. Negroponte to be Director of National Intelligence | |||
| 107 | 4-21 | Y | Confirmation. (98-2) |
| Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 2005 (H.R. 1268, P.L. 109-13) | |||
| 108 | 4-21 | Y | Bayh, et al., amendment: Provides an additional $213.0 million for procurement of Up-Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (UAHMMWVs); and requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress, not later than 60 days after enactment, and every 60 days thereafter until Operation Iraq Freedom is terminated, a report that details the current requirements of the Armed Forces for UAHMMWVs. (61-39) |
| 109 | 4-21 | Y | Passage. (99-0) |
| Surface Transportation Authorization (H.R. 3, P.L.109-59) | |||
| 110 * | 4-26 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (94-6) |
| Nomination of J. Michael Seabright to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Hawaii | |||
| 111 | 4-27 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Surface Transportation Authorization (H.R. 3, P.L.109-59) | |||
| 112 | 4-28 | Y | Frist motion: Recess until 2:00 p.m. (98-1) |
| 113 | 4-28 | Y | Warner motion to table Bond amendment (to Inhofe substitute amendment): Strikes section that requires States to allocate at least two percent of their Surface Transportation Program funds to stormwater mitigation projects that reduce runoff from existing highways and other transportation-related activities. (51-49) |
| Budget Resolution, 2006 (H.Con.Res. 95) | |||
| 114 | 4-28 | N | Adoption of conference report. (52-47) |
| Nomination of Stephen L. Johnson to be Administrator of EPA | |||
| 115 * | 4-29 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on nomination. (61-37) |
| Surface Transportation Authorization (H.R. 3, P.L.109-59) | |||
| 116 | 5-9 | Y | Talent-Dodd amendment (to Inhofe substitute amendment): Requires Transportation Secretary to inform those State and local governments that receive Federal funding through the highway bill of a new law which provides that contractors who have been certified as minority contractors under Federal law are automatically certified under State law as minority contractors for any contract that is funded in whole or in part by Federal funds. (89-0) |
| Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 2005 (H.R. 1268, P.L. 109-13) | |||
| 117 | 5-10 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (100-0) |
| Surface Transportation Authorization (H.R. 3, P.L.109-59) | |||
| 118 * | 5-11 | Y | Inhofe motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Inhofe substitute amendment. (76-22) |
| 119 | 5-11 | N | Inhofe motion to table Corzine-Lautenberg amendment (to the Inhofe substitute amendment): States that nothing in this section shall prohibit a State from enacting a law or issuing an order that limits the amount an individual who is a party to a contract with a State agency under this section may contribute to a political campaign; and clarifies that the enactment of a law or issuance of an order by a State that limits the amount of money that may be contributed to a political campaign by an individual doing business with a grantee shall be considered to be in accordance with Federal competitive procurement requirements. (57-40) |
| 120 | 5-11 | Y | Lautenberg-Dodd amendment (to Inhofe substitute amendment): Requires that 1.5 percent of a State's FY 2009 highway construction funds (rising to three percent after 2009) be transferred to safety programs if that State has not enacted, and is not enforcing, a universal helmet law. (28-69) |
| 121 | 5-11 | Y | Harkin-Kennedy, et al., modified amendment (to Inhofe substitute amendment): Requires each State transportation department to adopt a statement of policy ensuring that the needs and safety of all road users (including the need for pedestrian and bicycle safety) are fully integrated into the planning, design, operation and maintenance of the transportation system of the State transportation department; and requires Transportation Secretary to take the necessary actions to increase the percentage of trips made by foot or bicycle, and to report to Congress annually on progress made in this area. (44-53) |
| 122 * | 5-12 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on Inhofe substitute amendment. (92-7) |
| 123 | 5-17 | N | Allen-Ensign amendment (to the Inhofe substitute amendment): Strikes provision that specifies that seat belt grants will be based on a State's passage of a primary seat belt law; and modifies the eligibility requirements for States to receive safety belt performance grants by requiring a State to have a seat belt usage level of at least 85 percent. (14-86) |
| 124 | 5-17 | N | Sessions modified amendment (to Inhofe substitute amendment): Cuts $10.7 billion from certain programs, including $1.1 billion from surface transportation activities, $4 billion from Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, $400 million from administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration, $100 million from Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, $100 million from Transportation and Community and System Preservation Program, and $5 billion from transit formula grants and research. (16-84) |
| 125 | 5-17 | Y | Passage. (89-11) |
| Nomination of Priscilla Richman Owen to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit | |||
| 126 | 5-23 | Y | Frist motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent Senators. (90-1) |
| 127 * | 5-24 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on nomination. (81-18) |
| 128 | 5-25 | N | Confirmation. (55-43) |
| Nomination of John Robert Bolton to be Representative of the U.S. to the UN | |||