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| Vote No. | Date 2006 |
Voting Position |
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| Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court | |||
| 1 * | 1-30 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on nomination. (72-25) |
| 2 | 1-31 | N | Confirmation. (58-42) |
| Tax Reconciliation (H.R. 4297, Public Law 109-222) | |||
| 3 * | 2-2 | Y | Conrad motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Conrad-Bingaman amendment (to Frist [for Grassley]-Baucus substitute amendment): Strikes language in underlying amendment; inserts language to extend same expiring tax provisions included in underlying amendment, and fully pays for it through same offsets as those in underlying amendment; closes loopholes on foreign oil income, tax havens and withholding on government contractors; and reinstates Superfund tax. (44-52) |
| 4 | 2-2 | N | Grassley amendment (to Frist [for Grassley]-Baucus substitute amendment): Expresses sense of Senate regarding implementation of Medicare part D prescription drug program. (42-54) |
| 5 * | 2-2 | Y | Nelson motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Nelson (FL), et al., amendment (to Frist [for Grassley]-Baucus substitute amendment): Provides for necessary beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to coverage under the Medicare part D prescription drug program. (52-45) |
| 6 * | 2-2 | Y | Clinton motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Clinton, et al., amendment (to Frist [for Grassley]-Baucus substitute amendment): Establishes Congressional commission to examine Federal, State, and local response to devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in U.S. Gulf Region, especially in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath; and makes immediate corrective measures to improve future responses. (44-53) |
| 7 * | 2-2 | Y | Dodd motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Dodd, et al., amendment (to Frist [for Grassley]-Baucus substitute amendment No. 2707): establishes $1 billion trust fund to provide improvements to health facilities that treat military personnel and veterans; sunsets dividends and capital gains tax breaks on December 31, 2006, for those with incomes greater than $1 million included in House bill; and applies some of the revenue to deficit reduction. (44-53) |
| 8 * | 2-2 | Y | Reed motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Reed, et al., amendment (to Frist [for Grassley]-Baucus substitute amendment No. 2707): repeals extension of tax rates for capital gains and dividends included in the House bill; and applies savings to: (1) repairing, rehabilitating and replacing, or "resetting" (as termed by military) equipment Army and Marine Corps are using in Afghanistan and Iraq, and (2) deficit reduction. (44-53) |
| 9 | 2-2 | Y | Menendez, et al., amendment (to Frist [for Grassley]-Baucus substitute amendment): Expresses sense of Senate that protecting middle-class families from alternative minimum tax should be a higher priority for Congress in 2006 than extending a tax cut that does not expire until end of 2008. (73-24) |
| 10 | 2-2 | Y | Passage. (66-31) |
| USA PATRIOT ACT Extension (H.R. 4659) | |||
| 11 | 2-2 | Y | Passage. (95-1) |
| Asbestos Claims (S. 852) | |||
| 12 * | 2-7 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (98-1) |
| 13 | 2-9 | Y | Specter motion to table Cornyn, et al., amendment (to Frist [for Specter]-Leahy substitute amendment): Strikes bill; and establishes, in place of a trust fund, a Federal standard for States to meet in court regarding specific medical criteria, elements of proof, and legal procedures for asbestos and silica related claims. (70-27) |
| Tax Reconciliation (H.R. 4297, Public Law 109-222) | |||
| 14 | 2-13 | Y | Grassley motion to instruct conferees to insist that the conference report include funding (1) to support health needs of America's veterans and military personnel, and (2) to strengthen America's military, as contained in Senate-passed amendment. (92-0) |
| 15 | 2-13 | Y | Dodd motion to instruct conferees to insist that final conference report include funding to support health needs of America's veterans and military personnel contained in Senate-passed amendment, instead of any extension of tax breaks for capital gains and dividends for individuals with annual incomes greater than $1 million. (40-53) |
| 16 | 2-14 | N | Grassley motion to instruct conferees to insist that conference report include "hold harmless" relief from the individual alternative minimum tax in 2006, as included in Senate-passed amendment; and extension of lower tax rates on capital gains and dividends to protect tax cuts for middle-class families, as included in House-passed bill. (53-47) |
| 17 | 2-14 | Y | Kennedy motion to instruct conferees to reject extension of capital gains and dividends rate reduction contained in House-passed bill. (47-53) |
| 18 | 2-14 | Y | Reed motion to instruct conferees to insist that conference report include funding to strengthen America's military, as contained in Senate-passed amendment, instead of any extension of tax cuts for capital gains and dividends (which do not expire until 2009), as contained in House-passed bill. (45-55) |
| 19 | 2-14 | Y | Grassley (for Hutchison) motion to instruct conferees to insist that conference report include a permanent extension of election to deduct State and local general sales taxes, as included in Senate-passed amendment. (75-25) |
| 20 | 2-14 | Y | Lautenberg motion to instruct conferees to insist that final conference report does not increase U.S. national debt. (46-54) |
| Asbestos Claims (S. 852) | |||
| 21 * | 2-14 | Y | Specter motion to waive FY 2006 Budget Resolution with respect to bill and Frist (for Specter)-Leahy substitute amendment. (58-41) |
| USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Amendments (S. 2271, Public Law 109-178) | |||
| 22 * | 2-16 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (96-3) |
| 23 * | 2-28 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (69-30) |
| 24 | 3-1 | Y | Frist amendment: Makes bill effective one day after enactment. (81-18) |
| 25 | 3-1 | Y | Passage. (95-4) |
| USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization (H.R. 3199, Public Law 109-177) | |||
| 26 | 3-1 | Y | Frist motion to proceed to motion to reconsider vote No. 358 (109-1) by which cloture was not invoked on conference report. (86-13) |
| 27 | 3-1 | Y | Frist motion to reconsider vote No. 358 (109-1) by which cloture was not invoked on conference report. (85-14) |
| 28 * | 3-1 | Y | Hagel, et el., cloture motion, upon reconsideration (of vote No. 358 [109-1]), on the conference report. (84-15) |
| 29 | 3-2 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (89-10) |
| LIHEAP Funding (S. 2320, Public Law 109-204) | |||
| 30 * | 3-2 | N | Snowe motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of bill. (66-31) |
| Nomination of Timothy C. Batten, Sr., to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 31 | 3-6 | Y | Confirmation. (88-0) |
| Nomination of Thomas E. Johnston to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 32 | 3-6 | Y | Confirmation. (89-0) |
| LIHEAP Funding (S. 2320, Public Law 109-204) | |||
| 33 * | 3-7 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (75-25) |
| 34 | 3-7 | Y | Frist (for Snowe)-Smith amendment (to Kyl-Ensign amendment): Improves distribution of funds to States under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. (68-31) |
| Legislative Transparency/Earmarks (S. 2349) | |||
| 35 | 3-8 | Y | Reid-Kerry-Kohl amendment which increases transperency in the legislative process. (44-55) |
| 36 ** | 3-9 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill (2/3rds majority required). (51-47) |
| Nomination of Leo Maury Gordon to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade | |||
| 37 | 3-13 | Y | Confirmation. (82-0) |
| Budget Resolution, 2007 (S.Con.Res. 83) | |||
| 38 | 3-14 | Y | Conrad, et al., amendment: Fully reinstates the pay-as-you-go requirement through 2011. (50-50) |
| 39 | 3-14 | Y | Kennedy-Collins, et al., amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services) by $6.3 billion; assumes increase will be used to restore cuts and increase funding for student aid, vocational education, TRIO, GEAR UP, Perkins Loans, job training programs, and to increase maximum Pell Grant to $4,500; and offsets by closing $6.3 billion in corporate tax loopholes. (50-50) |
| 40 | 3-14 | Y | Burns, et al., amendment: Increases Function 700 (Veterans Benefits and Services) by $822.5 million; and offsets by making an across-the-board cut in Function 920 (Allowances). (100-0) |
| 41 | 3-14 | Y | Akaka, et al., amendment: Increases Function 700 (Veterans Benefits and Services) by $1.5 billion in FY 2007; assumes increase will be directed to mental health care, readjustment counseling, rehabilitative care, treatment of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom veterans, and lowering increased fees and premiums for certain veterans; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (46-54) |
| 42 | 3-14 | Y | Bingaman, et al., amendment: Increases Function 270 (Energy) by $3.5 billion in FY 2007 to fully fund energy authorization in Energy Policy Act of 2005; adds $500 million in FY 2007 to Function 600 (Income Security) for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; extends, for four years, Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit and Clean Renewable Energy Bonds program (currently scheduled to sunset on December 31, 2007); and offsets by assuming reauthorization of Superfund taxes. (46-54) |
| 43 | 3-15 | Y | Murray, et al., amendment: Increases Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $1.3 billion; assumes increase will be used to restore Community Development Block Grant program funding to FY 2004 level; and offsets by closing various tax loopholes. (45-53) |
| 44 | 3-15 | N | Santorum, et al., amendment: Increases Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $1.3 billion in FY 2007; assumes increase will be used for the Community Development Block Grant program; and offsets through across-the-board cut in Function 920 (Allowances). (60-38) |
| 45 | 3-15 | Y | Stabenow-Levin-Durbin amendment: Provides additional $5 billion for emergency responders for reliable interoperable communications equipment to respond to natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and public safety needs; and offsets by closing tax loopholes. (43-55) |
| 46 | 3-15 | Y | McConnell, et al., amendment: Increases Function 400 (Transportation) by $978 million; assumes increase will be used for: (1) maritime security, including the Container Security Initiative, (2) improved data collection for targeted cargo searches, and (3) full background checks and security threat assessments of personnel at the nation's seaports; and offsets by making an across-the-board cut in Function 920 (Allowances). (90-8) |
| 47 | 3-15 | Y | Menendez, et al., amendment: Provides $965 million for port security and assumes that $100 million will be used for 400 additional inspectors, $600 million for the Port Security Grants program, $100 million for research and development, $105 million for dual technologies, $50 million for new technologies in developing countries, and $10 million for new technologies integration; provides $965 million for debt reduction; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (43-53) |
| 48 | 3-15 | Y | Grassley amendment: Establishes reserve fund to allow for deficit-neutral legislation to extend the Medicare Part D enrollment period. (76-22) |
| 49 | 3-15 | Y | Nelson (FL), et al., amendment: Establishes deficit-neutral reserve fund to: extend annual open enrollment period under the Medicare prescription drug program through 2006 without imposing a late enrollment penalty; and allow a one-time change of plan enrollment during 2006. (49-49) |
| 50 | 3-15 | Y | Snowe-Wyden amendment: Creates a reserve fund to capture savings from allowing the Secretary to negotiate for best possible prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries, if Senate passes legislation to permit this; and specifies that Secretary cannot use that authority to set prices or a uniform formulary. (54-44) |
| 51 | 3-15 | Y | Byrd, et al., amendment: Increases budget authority and outlays in FY 2007 by $550 million to preserve a national intercity passenger rail system (AMTRAK); lifts discretionary spending limits in FY 2007 to accommodate increased spending; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (44-53) |
| 52 | 3-15 | N | Santorum-Specter amendment: Increases Function 400 (Transportation) by $550 million in FY 2007; assumes increase will be directed to AMTRAK; and offsets through an across-the-board cut in Function 920 (Allowances). (39-59) |
| Debt Limit Increase (H.J.Res. 47) | |||
| 53 | 3-16 | Y | Baucus amendment: Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a study to examine the economic and political effects of foreign governments, institutions and individuals holding U.S. public debt; and requires the Secretary to transmit the study to the Congress within 180 days of enactment. (44-55) |
| 54 | 3-16 | N | Passage. (52-48) |
| Budget Resolution, 2007 (S.Con.Res. 83) | |||
| 55 | 3-16 | Y | Conrad, et al., amendment: Increases Function 550 (Health) by $5 billion in budget authority in FY 2007; assumes increase will be used to combat avian flu, increase local preparedness, and create a Manhattan project-style effort to develop a vaccine to inoculate the U.S. population against a pandemic; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (44-55) |
| 56 | 3-16 | Y | Burr amendment: Creates budget neutral reserve fund to allow HELP Committee to report legislation providing funding for activities to combat an avian flu pandemic. (99-1) |
| 57 | 3-16 | Y | Reed, et al., amendment: Increases Function 600 (Income Security) by $3.3 billion in budget authority in FY 2007; assumes increase will be used to fully fund Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program at authorized level; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (51-49) |
| 58 | 3-16 | Y | Specter-Harkin, et al., amendment: Increases advance appropriations allowance in FY 2008 by $7 billion; and assumes increase will be used to fund health, education and training, and low-income programs at FY 2005 level. TESTING 4:14 (73-27) |
| 59 | 3-16 | Y | Lieberman, et al., amendment: Increases Homeland Security funding by $8 billion in FY 2007; and assumes increase will be used to restore cuts to vital first responder programs in the Department of Homeland Security and Justice. (43-53) |
| 60 | 3-16 | Y | Sarbanes, et al., amendment: Increases Function 300 (Natural Resources and Environment) by $2.9 billion in budget authority in FY 2007; assumes increase will be used for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' civil works programs, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, National Park Service, NOAA, USDA Forest Service and conservation programs, and other natural resource needs; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (48-49) |
| 61 | 3-16 | Y | Dorgan, et al., amendment: Increases Function 300 (Natural Resources and Environment) by $1 billion; assumes increase will be used for health, education, law enforcement and sanitation programs for Native Americans; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (42-56) |
| 62 | 3-16 | N | Cornyn-Graham amendment: Adds reconciliation instruction to Finance Committee to report a reconciliation bill by May 16 reducing mandatory spending by $5 billion over five years. (43-57) |
| 63 | 3-16 | Y | Stabenow-Mikulski-Johnson amendment: Provides for mandatory stream of funding of $6.9 billion in FY 2007 and $104 billion over five years for veterans' health care; and offsets by restoring the pre-2001 top rate for incomes over $1 million and closing various corporate tax loopholes. (46-54) |
| 64 | 3-16 | Y | Akaka, et al., amendment: Provides $3 billion for Title I grants; $3 billion for deficit reduction; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (49-51) |
| 65 | 3-16 | N | Inhofe amendment: Creates point of order against any non-defense, non-trust fund discretionary funding that exceeds the previous year's level; and allows the point of order to be waived by a two-thirds vote. (35-62) |
| 66 | 3-16 | Y | Lincoln, et al., amendment: Restores $2 billion in discretionary funding for Department of Agriculture for conservation, rural development, research and extension, nutrition, and forestry programs; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (48-52) |
| 67 | 3-16 | Y | Kerry, et al., modified amendment: Increases Function 050 (Defense) by $11 billion; assumes increase will be used to eliminate increased fees and co-payments for TRICARE contained in budget resolution; and offsets by closing corporate tax loopholes. (46-53) |
| 68 | 3-16 | N | DeMint-Crapo-Sununu modified amendment: Creates reserve fund for Social Security private accounts. (46-53) |
| 69 | 3-16 | Y | Boxer amendment: Increases funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers by $750 million; and offsets by rolling back portion of tax cut for those with incomes over $1 million. (43-57) |
| 70 | 3-16 | Y | Bingaman-Smith amendment: Strikes section creating a new 60-vote point of order against all direct spending, including Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SCHIP, and food stamps, if the Budget Committee Chairman determines that, over the next seven years, general revenues will account for at least 45 percent of Medicare's financing for two consecutive years. (50-50) |
| 71 | 3-16 | Y | Stabenow amendment: Creates Medicare Part D reserve fund to provide seniors with a prescription drug benefit option that is affordable, user-friendly, and administered directly by Medicare. (39-60) |
| 72 | 3-16 | N | Domenici amendment: Permits using of a portion of the funds obtained from drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to implement the Energy Policy Act, assuming that legislation is enacted allowing drilling in ANWR. (51-49) |
| 73 | 3-16 | N | Ensign amendment: Reduces Function 750 (Administration of Justice) by $4 million in FY 2007 in order to deny the UN Human Rights Council any funds in FY 2007; and redirects the funding to border security. (50-50) |
| 74 | 3-16 | N | Adoption. (51-49) |
| Nomination of Jack Zouhary to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio | |||
| 75 | 3-16 | Y | Confirmation. (96-0) |
| Nomination of Dennis R. Spurgeon to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy | |||
| 76 | 3-27 | Y | Confirmation. (88-0) |
| Legislative Transparency/Earmarks (S. 2349) | |||
| 77 | 3-28 | N | Collins, et al., amendment (to the Wyden, et al., amendment--vote No. 78): Establishes an independent "Senate Office of Public Integrity" to investigate Congressional ethics cases. (30-67) |
| 78 | 3-28 | Y | Wyden-Grassley, et al., amendment: Establishes as a standing order of the Senate the requirement that Senators publicly disclose in writing to the Senate leadership their intent to object to proceeding to a bill or nomination. (84-13) |
| 79 ** | 3-28 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill, upon reconsideration (of Vote No. 36). (2/3rds vote required) (81-16) |
| 80 | 3-29 | N | Lott motion to table the Feingold-Obama amendment: Expands gift ban in the bill by expanding the definition of "registered lobbyist" to include any employee of an organization that hires a registered lobbyist. (68-30) |
| 81 | 3-29 | Y | Cochran motion to table the Lott (for Ensign)-McCain-Feingold amendment: Expands definition of "earmark" to include provisions that specifically designate funding for a Federal entity as well as a non-Federal entity in the section of the bill that requires Senators to publicly disclose information about earmarks. (57-41) |
| 82 | 3-29 | Y | Passage. (90-8) |
| Immigration Reform (S. 2454) | |||
| 83 | 3-30 | Y | First-Reid amendment (to Specter-Leahy-Hagel substitute amendment): Requires Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Commissioner to collect statistics and prepare reports describing the statistics relating to deaths occurring at the border between the U.S. and Mexico. (94-0) |
| 84 | 4-3 | Y | Bingaman, et al., modified amendment (to Specter-Leahy-Hagel substitute amendment No. 3192): Authorizes $50 million in each of FY 2007 to 2011 for a grant program within Department of Homeland Security to assist eligible local law enforcement agencies in their efforts to address criminal activity that occurs in their jurisdiction by virtue of its proximity to the U.S. border with Canada or Mexico. (84-6) |
| 85 | 4-3 | Y | Alexander, et al., modified amendment (to Specter-Leahy-Hagel substitute amendment): Revises citizenship oath required to be naturalized as a U.S. citizen; and encourages and supports efforts of prospective citizens to become citizens. (91-1) |
| Nomination of Michael A. Chagares to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit | |||
| 86 | 4-4 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Immigration Reform (S. 2454) | |||
| 87 | 4-4 | N | Specter motion to table the Kyl-Cornyn-Allen amendment (to Specter-Leahy-Hagel substitute amendment): Makes certain aliens ineligible for conditional non-immigrant work authorization if: (1) alien is subject to a final order of removal; (2) alien has failed to depart under a voluntary departure order; (3) Department of Homeland Security determines that alien has been convicted of a serious crime or there are reasonable grounds for regarding alien as danger to U.S. security; or (4) alien has been convicted of a felony or three or more misdemeanors. (0-99) |
| 88 * | 4-6 | Y | Leahy, et al., cloture motion on Specter-Leahy-Hagel substitute amendment: Amends Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and conditional nonimmigrant authorization for employment to undocumented aliens. (39-60) |
| 89 * | 4-7 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on Frist motion to commit bill to Judiciary Committee and to report bill back with Frist substitute amendment No. 3424 providing for comprehensive immigration reform. (38-60) |
| 90 * | 4-7 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (36-62) |
| Nomination of Dorrance Smith to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense | |||
| 91 | 4-7 | N | Confirmation. (59-34) |
| Nomination of Peter Cyril Wyche Flory to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense | |||
| 92 * | 4-7 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on nomination. (52-41) |
| Nomination of Gray Hampton Miller to be a U.S. District Judge | |||
| 93 | 4-25 | Y | Confirmation. (93-0) |
| Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 2006 (H.R. 4939, Public Law 109-234) | |||
| 94 | 4-26 | Y | Gregg, et al., modified amendment: Adds $1.89 billion for border security; and offsets by cutting funds from military accounts in the bill, including, but not limited to, the Joint Improvised Explosive Defeat fund, the Death gratuity for members of the Armed Forces, the Defense health program, procurement of Army weapons and tracked combat vehicles, procurement of ammunition for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, the Afghanistan Security Forces fund, and the Iraq Security Forces fund. (59-39) |
| 95 | 4-26 | Y | Reid amendment: Adds $1.89 billion for border security; and designates funding as emergency spending. (44-54) |
| 96 | 4-26 | Y | Cochran motion to table Thomas-Ensign amendment (as substitute for bill): Returns bill's funding to level requested by President, with addition of funds in Gregg, et al., amendment providing for border security (vote No. 94), and funds to prepare for, and respond to, an influenza pandemic. (72-26) |
| 97 | 4-26 | Y | Cochran motion to table the Ensign motion to recommit bill to Appropriations Committee with instructions to report back with total net spending not exceeding $94.5 billion. (68-28) |
| 98 | 4-26 | Y | Akaka, et al., amendment, as amended: Provides additional $430 million for Department of Veterans Affairs for medical services and stipulates that these amounts shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for entire amount, including an emergency designation, is submitted to Congress by President. (84-13) |
| 99 | 4-26 | Y | Cochran motion to table Division I of the Coburn amendment: Prohibits use of funds for "Capital Grants for Rail Line Relocation Projects" under the Rail Line Relocation Capital Grant Program; and reduces funds available for that program by $700 million. (50-47) |
| 100 | 4-27 | N | Cochran motion to table Division II of Coburn amendment: Prohibits availability of certain funds for National Marine Fisheries Service to implement seafood promotion strategies. (44-51) |
| 101 | 4-27 | Y | Byrd-Carper-Lautenberg amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that President should, beginning with FY 2008 budget, include full cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in budget, along with a detailed justification. (94-0) |
| Nomination of Michael Ryan Barrett to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 102 | 5-1 | Y | Confirmation. (90-0) |
| Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 2006 (H.R. 4939, Public Law 109-234) | |||
| 103 * | 5-2 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (92-4) |
| 104 | 5-2 | N | McCain-Ensign amendment: Strikes provision requiring Agriculture Secretary to provide $6 million in emergency assistance to sugarcane growers in Hawaii who are eligible to receive marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments. (40-59) |
| 105 | 5-2 | N | Division IV of Coburn amendment: Strikes language authorizing Navy to pay costs of any business disruption caused by Hurricane Katrina incurred by a ship contractor in Hurricane Disaster Area. (48-51) |
| 106 | 5-2 | Y | Obama, et al., amendment: Prohibits no-bid contracts over $500,000 for relief and recovery efforts related to Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes that occurred in 2005. (98-0) |
| 107 | 5-3 | Y | Murray (for Kennedy)-Biden-Dodd modified amendment: Provides additional $289 million to Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to compensate individuals harmed by pandemic influenza vaccines; and designates funds as emergency spending. (53-46) |
| 108 | 5-3 | N | McCain-Ensign amendment: Strikes provision providing $74.5 million to Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants to States based on their production of certain types of crops, livestock, and dairy products. (37-61) |
| 109 | 5-3 | Y | Inouye amendment: Provides additional $900,000, designated as emergency spending, for assistance with assessments of critical reservoirs and dams in Hawaii, including monitoring of dam structures. (43-53) |
| 110 | 5-3 | Y | Inouye amendment: Provides additional $1 million, designated as emergency spending, for "Environmental Programs and Management" for assistance relating to assessments and monitoring of waters in Hawaii. (51-45) |
| 111 | 5-4 | N | Thune-Inhofe amendment: Provides additional $20 million, designated as emergency spending, for Veterans Health Administration for Medical Facilities; and offsets by reducing funding for National Community Service Programs, Operating Expenses. (39-59) |
| 112 | 5-4 | Y | Passage. (77-21) |
| Nomination of Brian M. Cogan to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York | |||
| 113 | 5-4 | Y | Confirmation. (95-0) |
| Nomination of Thomas M. Golden to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |||
| 114 | 5-4 | Y | Confirmation. (96-0) |
| Medical Care Access (S. 22) | |||
| 115 * | 5-8 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (48-42) |
| Medical Care Access for Mothers and Babies (S. 23) | |||
| 116 * | 5-8 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (49-44) |
| Small Business Health Plans (S. 1955) | |||
| 117 * | 5-9 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (96-2) |
| Tax Reconciliation (H.R. 4297, Public Law 109-222) | |||
| 118 | 5-11 | N | Adoption of conference report. (54-44) |
| Small Business Health Plans (S. 1955) | |||
| 119 * | 5-11 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on modified committee substitute amendment. (55-43) |
| Nomination of Milan D. Smith, Jr. to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit | |||
| 120 | 5-16 | Y | Confirmation. (93-0) |
| Immigration Reform (S. 2611) | |||
| 121 | 5-16 | N | Cornyn (for Isakson), et al., amendment: Prohibits granting legal status, or adjustment of current status, to any individual who has entered the U.S. in violation of Federal law, unless border security measures authorized under Title I and section 233 are fully completed and fully operational. (40-55) |
| 122 | 5-16 | Y | Salazar-Martinez amendment: Prohibits implementation of bill's provisions that address the status of undocumented immigrants until the President makes a determination that implementation of those provisions will strengthen U.S. national security. (79-16) |
| 123 | 5-16 | N | Specter motion to table Dorgan amendment: Prohibits aliens currently outside U.S. from participating in H-2C guestworker visa program. (69-28) |
| 124 | 5-16 | N | Specter motion to table Bingaman-Feinstein-Alexander amendment: Caps number of H-2C non-immigrant visas at 200,000 and removes the automatic increase clause from bill. (18-79) |
| 125 | 5-17 | Y | Kyl, et al., amendment: Makes aliens ineligible for legal status under bill's provisions if they have committed one or more felonies, or three or more misdemeanors; provides that aliens who have final orders for deportation are also ineligible for legal status, with certain exceptions; and states that a waiver is available only to those who were ordered removed because they: (1) entered the country without inspection, (2) failed to maintain status, or (3) were ordered removed for use of false documents prior to April 7, 2006. (99-0) |
| 126 | 5-17 | Y | Sessions, et al., amendment: Requires construction of not less than 370 miles of triple-layered fencing in the San Diego, Tucson and Yuma sectors, and 500 miles of vehicle barriers in other areas along the southwest border that the Secretary determines are most often used by smugglers and illegal aliens attempting to gain illegal U.S. entry; and maintains provisions requiring replacement of all aged, deteriorating or damaged primary fencing in the Tucson and Yuma sectors. (83-16) |
| 127 | 5-17 | N | Vitter, et al., amendment: Strikes all provisions providing access to legalization for undocumented individuals, and relating to agricultural guestworker program. (33-66) |
| 128 | 5-17 | N | Cornyn-Kyl modified amendment: Adds following requirements for applications of temporary work visas: (1) an employer attests that the employer will employ the alien in the offered job position, and (2) the Secretary of Labor determines and certifies that there are not sufficient U.S. workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available to fill the position. (50-48) |
| 129 | 5-18 | Y | Kennedy-McCain-Graham amendment: Adds following requirements for applications of temporary work visas: (1) Labor Secretary determines and certifies that there are not sufficient U.S. workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available to fill the position in which alien is, or will be, employed; and (2) alien submits at least two of the following documents to establish current employment: Social Security Administration records, employer records, IRS tax records, or records maintained by any other government agency. (56-43) |
| 130 | 5-18 | Y | Specter motion to table the Ensign, et al., amendment: Changes current law to prevent an individual who becomes a legal resident from receiving Social Security credit for work performed prior to becoming legal resident. (50-49) |
| 131 | 5-18 | N | Inhofe-Byrd, et al., modified amendment: Declares English the national language of the U.S.; and sets requirements to promote the integration of prospective U.S. citizens. (62-35) |
| 132 | 5-18 | Y | Salazar, et al., modified amendment: Declares English "the common and unifying language of the United States" that helps provide unity for the American people; and directs the U.S. government to preserve and enhance the role of English as the common and unifying language of America. (58-39) |
| 133 | 5-18 | Y | Clinton, et al., amendment: Establishes grant program to provide financial assistance to States and localities to offset cost of providing health care and educational services to noncitizens; and funds program through fees imposed in the bill. (43-52) |
| 134 | 5-18 | Y | Cornyn amendment: Requires aliens to pay, when filing an application for adjusted status or for deferred mandatory departure status, a State impact assistance fee equal to $750 for the principal alien, and $100 for the spouse and each child; and uses these fees to provide financial assistance to States for health care and educational services for noncitizens. (64-32) |
| 135 | 5-18 | Y | McCain motion to table the Cornyn (for Kyl)-Cornyn amendment: Strikes provisions that permit: (1) guestworkers to apply for permanent resident status, and (2) immigrants who have been in the U.S. for two to five years to earn legal status. (58-35) |
| 136 | 5-22 | Y | Craig motion to table the Chambliss, et al., amendment: Modifies wage requirements for employers seeking to hire agricultural workers by eliminating "Adverse Effect Wage" rate (average hourly wage for field and livestock workers); and defines "prevailing wage" as wage rate including the 51st percentile of employees with similar experience and qualifications in agricultural occupation in area of intended employment. (50-43) |
| 137 | 5-22 | Y | Ensign, et al., modified amendment: Authorizes Governor of a State to use National Guard of that State to secure U.S. southern border. (83-10) |
| 138 | 5-23 | Y | Feinstein, et al., modified amendment: Creates three step program to establish conditions under which aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. can be granted legal status. (37-61) |
| 139 | 5-23 | Y | Specter motion to table Leahy-Coleman, et al., amendment: Gives Secretary of State, in consultation with Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security, discretion to admit alien members of groups such as Burmese Karen and the Montagnards, who have been victims of coercion and threats, provided they pose no threat to security of U.S. nationals or U.S. (79-19) |
| 140 | 5-23 | Y | Grassley, et al., amendment: Provides substitute for Title III regarding workplace enforcement. (59-39) |
| 141 | 5-23 | N | Isakson motion to table the Kennedy-Lieberman amendment which enhances the enforcement of labor protections for U.S. workers and guestworkers. (57-40) |
| 142 | 5-23 | N | Cornyn motion to table Durbin amendment: Authorizes Attorney General or Secretary of Homeland Security to grant a humanitarian waiver to an immigrant if deporting that immigrant would create extreme hardship for his or her spouse, child or parent who is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. (63-34) |
| 143 | 5-24 | Y | Dodd motion to table the McConnell amendment: Implements recommendation of Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform; amends Real ID Act to require citizenship designation to appear on face of Real ID; and amends Help America Vote Act to require all voters to obtain and present a new photo identification, consistent with Real ID, in order to vote in a Federal election after May 11, 2008. (48-49) |
| 144 * | 5-24 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (73-25) |
| 145 * | 5-24 | Y | Specter motion to waive H. Con. Res. 95, the FY 2006 Budget Resolution, to permit consideration of bill. (67-31) |
| 146 | 5-24 | Y | Byrd-Gregg-Thomas amendment: Imposes $500 supplemental fee under Title VI to be used to fund improvements in border and interior security. (73-25) |
| 147 | 5-24 | N | Gregg-Cantwell, et al., amendment: Reduces number of diversity visas available to moderately skilled workers by two-thirds; and reallocates them to aliens with advanced degrees in science, mathematics, technology, or engineering. (56-42) |
| 148 | 5-24 | N | Hutchison-Bond amendment: Authorizes Secretary of State to begin a pilot guestworker program to award up to 200,000 Secure Authorized Foreign Employee (SAFE) visas to aliens who are nationals of a NAFTA or CAFTA-DR country who meet the requirements for admission. (31-67) |
| 149 | 5-24 | Y | Craig motion to table Chambliss amendment: Modifies eligibility requirements for blue card status; and increases fines to be paid by aliens granted such status or legal permanent resident status. (62-35) |
| 150 | 5-24 | Y | Dorgan amendment: Creates five-year sunset on H-2C nonimmigrant visa program; and maintains authority in bill that allows for a one time three year extension for an H-2C nonimmigrant, if that person falls within five year period. (48-49) |
| 151 | 5-25 | N | Cornyn amendment: Eliminates requirement that certain information submitted by an alien be kept confidential. (49-49) |
| 152 | 5-25 | Y | Bingaman amendment: Limits total number of aliens, including spouses and children, who are granted employment-based legal permanent resident status to 650,000 during any fiscal year. (51-47) |
| 153 | 5-25 | Y | Feingold-Brownback amendment: Strikes provision prohibiting a court from staying the removal of an alien in certain circumstances. (52-45) |
| 154 | 5-25 | N | Sessions amendment: Prevents immigrants who are working in country legally, under bill's terms, from receiving the Earned Income Tax Credit. (37-60) |
| 155 | 5-25 | N | Ensign amendment: Specifies that immigrant paying his or her back income tax is not eligible to collect any tax refund for any taxable year prior to 2006, or to file any claim for the Earned Income Tax Credit, or any other tax credit otherwise allowable under the tax code, prior to such taxable year. (50-47) |
| 156 | 5-25 | Y | Specter-Kennedy amendment: Makes certain revisions to bill. (56-41) |
| 157 | 5-25 | Y | Passage. (62-36) |
| Nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| 158 * | 5-25 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on nomination. (67-30) |
| 159 | 5-26 | N | Confirmation. (57-36) |
| Nomination of Michael V. Hayden to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |||
| 160 | 5-26 | Y | Confirmation. (78-15) |
| Nomination of Dirk Kempthorne to be Secretary of the Interior | |||
| 161 | 5-26 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on nomination. (85-8) |
| Nomination of Renee Marie Bumb to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 162 | 6-6 | Y | Confirmation. (89-0) |
| Marriage Protection Amendment (S.J.Res. 1) | |||
| 163 * | 6-7 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (49-48) |
| Estate Tax bill (H.R. 8) | |||
| 164 * | 6-8 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (57-41) |
| Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 (S. 147) | |||
| 165 * | 6-8 | Y | Akaka, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (56-41) |
| Nomination of Noel Lawrence Hillman to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey | |||
| 166 | 6-8 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Nomination of Peter G. Sheridan to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey | |||
| 167 | 6-8 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| DOD Authorization, 2007 (H.R. 5122) | |||
| 168 | 6-13 | Y | Frist-Reid, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Congress commending U.S. Armed Forces, intelligence community, and other agencies, as well as coalition partners, and Iraqi Security Forces for their actions that resulted in the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of the al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist organization. (97-0) |
| 169 | 6-14 | N | Warner motion to table Dorgan, et al., amendment: Improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse, improving competition in contracting and procurement, and enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel. (55-43) |
| 170 | 6-14 | Y | McCain, et al., amendment: Requires President to submit in his budget request for each fiscal year after FY 2007: (1) a request for funds for ongoing military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq during that fiscal year; (2) an estimate of all funds expected to be required in that fiscal year for such operations; and (3) a detailed justification for the requested funds. (98-0) |
| Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 2006 (H.R. 4939, Public Law 109-234) | |||
| 171 | 6-15 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (98-1) |
| DOD Authorization, 2007 (H.R. 5122) | |||
| 172 | 6-15 | N | Santorum-Cornyn-Kyl amendment: Undermines President Bush's diplomatic initiative to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons by: (1) codifying existing presidentially-imposed sanctions, (2) imposing a 180 day deadline on President to make sanctions determinations against foreign companies doing business in Iran, (3) lowering threshold for sanctions against an entity for contributing to Iran's weapons of mass destruction program, and (4) making the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (currently renewed every five years) permanent. (46-53) |
| 173 | 6-15 | Y | Biden-Hagel, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Congress with respect to U.S. policy on Iran's nuclear programs. (99-0) |
| 174 | 6-15 | Y | Reid motion to table McConnell amendment (to Nelson [FL]-Menendez-Mikulski amendment--vote No. 178): Requires withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq and urges convening of an Iraq summit. (93-6) |
| Nomination of Sandra Segal Ikuta to be U.S. Circuit Judge | |||
| 175 | 6-19 | Y | Confirmation. (81-0) |
| DOD Authorization, 2007 (H.R. 5122) | |||
| 176 | 6-20 | Y | Dorgan, et al., amendment: Establishes seven-member Special Committee of the Senate on War and Reconstruction Contracting to investigate awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, and in connection with the war on terrorism. (44-52) |
| 177 | 6-20 | N | Warner-McConnell modified amendment: Affirms Iraqi Government position of no amnesty for terrorists who have attacked U.S. forces. (64-34) |
| 178 | 6-20 | Y | Nelson (FL)-Menendez-Mikulski amendment: Expresses sense of Congress that Iraqi government should not grant amnesty to persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of the U.S. Armed Forces; and the President should immediately notify the Iraqi government that the U.S. strongly opposes granting amnesty to such persons. (79-19) |
| 179 * | 6-21 | Y | Kennedy, et al., amendment: Raises minimum wage to $7.25 per hour in three steps; and makes Federal minumum wage applicable in the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands, raising it $.50 per hour every six months until Federal standard is reached. (52-46) |
| 180 * | 6-21 | N | Enzi amendment: Raises minimum wage to $6.25 an hour in two steps; removes protections for minimum wage, overtime pay, and equal pay rights by ending Individual Fair Labor Standards coverage; allows employers to refuse to pay workers for up to 10 hours of earned overtime pay every two weeks; raises enterprise 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 ability of States to provide stronger wage protections for employees who receive tips. (45-53) |
| 181 | 6-22 | N | Kerry amendment et al., amendment: Requires redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq in order to further a political solution in Iraq, encourage the people of Iraq to provide for their own security, and achieve victory in the war on terror. (13-86) |
| 182 | 6-22 | Y | Levin, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of the Congress on U.S. policy in Iraq and calls for redeployemnt of U.S forces to begin by the end of 2006. (39-60) |
| 183 * | 6-22 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (98-1) |
| 184 | 6-22 | Y | Chambliss, et al., amendment: Authorizes multiyear procurement of F-22A fighter aircraft and F-119 engines. (70-28) |
| 185 | 6-22 | Y | Sessions, et al., modified amendment: Increases funding for ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) system by $45 million to accelerate research, development, test and evaluation of system. (98-0) |
| 186 | 6-22 | Y | Passage. (96-0) |
| Nomination of Andrew J. Guilford to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California | |||
| 187 | 6-22 | Y | Confirmation. (93-0) |
| Flag Anti-Desecration (S.J.Res. 12) | |||
| 188 | 6-27 | N | Durbin, et al., substitute amendment: Inserts statutory language imposing fine of up to $100,000 and/or up to one year in prison for destroying or damaging flag with primary purpose of inciting or producing imminent violence or breach of the peace, and in circumstances where the person knows the action is reasonably likely to produce this outcome; imposes fine of up to $250,000 and/or up to two years in prison for stealing flag belonging to U.S. and intentionally destroying or damaging that flag, or destroying or damaging a stolen flag while on Federal property; and expands the Respect for America's Fallen Hero's Act and makes it applicable to funerals of all deceased members of the Armed Forces at all cemeteries, funeral homes and houses of worship. (36-64) |
| 189 ** | 6-27 | Y | Passage (rejected). (66-34) |
| U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (S. 3569) | |||
| 190 | 6-29 | N | Passage. (60-34) |
| Homeland Security Appropriations, 2007 (H.R. 5441) | |||
| 191 | 7-11 | Y | Vitter-Nelson (FL), et al., modified amendment: Prohibits U.S. Customs and Border Protection from preventing an individual not in the business of importing prescription drugs from importing an FDA-approved prescription drug from Canada. (68-32) |
| 192 | 7-11 | Y | Collins-Lieberman, et al., amendment: Creates the U.S. Emergency Management Authority within the Department of Homeland Security with the mission of leading the nation's efforts to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the risks of natural and man-made disasters. (87-11) |
| 193 | 7-11 | Y | Clinton, et al., amendment: Establishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as an independent agency within the Executive Branch with a Director reporting directly to the President. (32-66) |
| 194 * | 7-12 | Y | Biden motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Biden amendment: Increases funding for rail and transit security programs. (50-50) |
| 195 * | 7-12 | Y | Clinton motion to waive FY 2006 Budget Resolution with respect to emergency designation in Clinton, et al., amendment: Restores funding to States and local governments for terrorism prevention activities in Homeland Security Grant Program to FY 2005 levels. (47-53) |
| 196 * | 7-12 | Y | Schumer motion to waive FY 2006 Congressional Budget Resolution with respect to emergency designation in Schumer, et al., amendment: Increases funding for transit security by $300 million. (50-50) |
| 197 * | 7-13 | Y | Dodd motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Dodd-Stabenow-Lieberman amendment: Increases funding by $16 billion for firefighters, law enforcement personnel, and emergency medical personnel by reducing tax breaks for individuals with annual incomes in excess of $1 million. (38-62) |
| 198 | 7-13 | Y | Menendez, et al., modified amendment: Specifies that funds provided under this Act for Homeland Security and law enforcement terrorism prevention grants must be allocated according to a formula based on threat assessment, vulnerability, and consequences to the maximum extent practicable, with no State receiving less than 0.25 percent of the funds available for such grant programs. (36-64) |
| 199 * | 7-13 | Y | Schumer motion to waive FY 2006 Congressional Budget Resolution with respect to emergency designation in Schumer-Clinton-Lieberman amendment: Provides additional $301 million for disaster relief fund operated by FEMA. (46-54) |
| 200 | 7-13 | N | Sessions-Ensign modified amendment: Increases funding by $1.83 billion for construction of 370 miles of double-layered fencing and not less than 461 miles of vehicle barriers along U.S.-Mexican border; and offsets by reducing all other discretionary amounts in bill by 5.7 percent. (29-71) |
| 201 | 7-13 | N | Sessions-Ensign modified amendment: Increases funding by $85.7 million to enable Secretary of Homeland Security to hire 800 additional full time active duty investigators to investigate immigration laws violations; and offsets by reducing discretionary funding in bill. (34-66) |
| 202 | 7-13 | N | Vitter, et al., modified amendment: Prohibits use of funds in bill for seizure of a firearm based on the existence of a declaration or state of emergency. (84-16) |
| 203 | 7-13 | Y | Passage. (100-0) |
| Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 (S. 3504, Public Law 109-242) | |||
| 204 | 7-18 | Y | Passage. (100-0) |
| Stem Cell Research (S. 2754) | |||
| 205 | 7-18 | Y | Passage. (100-0) |
| 206 | 7-18 | Y | Passage. (63-37) |
| Water Resources Development (S. 728) | |||
| 207 | 7-18 | Y | Specter-Carper amendment: Strikes section of bill that retires McFarland hopper dredge. (63-36) |
| 208 | 7-19 | Y | Feingold-McCain, et al., modified amendment: Requires Secretary of the Army to appoint a Director of Independent Peer Review; requires Director to review each water resource project of $40 million or more; and requires independent review of flood control construction projects where public safety would be at risk should project fail. (54-46) |
| 209 | 7-19 | N | Inhofe, et al., amendment: Requires Chief of Engineers to publish and implement guidelines for use of peer review boards for water resource projects. (49-51) |
| 210 | 7-19 | N | McCain-Feingold-Lieberman amendment: Requires Water Resources Planning Coordinating Committee to publish a water resources construction project prioritization report every January beginning in 2007; and sets out prioritization requirements. (19-80) |
| 211 | 7-19 | N | Inhofe-Bond amendment: Modifies bill's transparency requirements to require inclusion of a national priority system ranking; and specifies rankings as follows: (1) reducing risk of loss of human life, (2) benefiting national economy, (3) protecting and enhancing environment, and (4) promoting national defense. (43-56) |
| Voting Rights Reauthorization (H.R. 9, Public Law 109-246) | |||
| 212 | 7-20 | Y | Passage. (98-0) |
| Nomination of Jerome A. Holmes to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit | |||
| 213 | 7-25 | 2 | Confirmation. (67-30) |
| Child Custody Protection/Abortion (S. 403) | |||
| 214 | 7-25 | 2 | Lautenberg, et al., amendment: Creates a new teen pregnancy prevention grant program for States, local educational agencies, State and local public health agencies, and non-profits to provide information that is age-appropriate, factually and medically accurate, and scientifically-based; authorizes $204 million for abstinence-only programs in FY 2007, and an increase in for various "after-school programs." (48-51) |
| 215 | 7-25 | 2 | Boxer-Ensign amendment: Excludes parents who have committed incest from being able to sue an adult who takes a minor across State lines to obtain an abortion; and makes it a criminal offense for a person who has committed incest with a minor to transport that minor across State lines with the intent that the minor obtain an abortion. (98-0) |
| 216 | 7-25 | 2 | Passage. (65-34) |
| Gulf of Mexico Energy Security (S. 3711) | |||
| 217 * | 7-26 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (86-12) |
| 218 * | 7-31 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (72-23) |
| 219 | 8-1 | N | Passage. (71-25) |
| DOD Appropriations, 2007 (H.R. 5631, Public Law 109-289) | |||
| 220 | 8-2 | Y | Sessions-Kyl-Talent modified amendment: Increases amount for Army National Guard Operation and Maintenance by $1.83 billion for construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing and 461 miles of vehicle barriers along southwest border. (94-3) |
| 221 | 8-2 | Y | Dodd, et al., amendment: Allows $6.7 billion to be reallocated for equipment reset requirements resulting from continuing combat operations. (97-0) |
| 222 | 8-2 | N | Stevens motion to table Durbin-Obama-Lautenberg modified amendment: Provides additional $2 million for Army Research, Development, Test and Evaluation for improvement of imaging for traumatic brain injuries, and adoption of current technologies to treat brain injuries suffered in combat; and offsets by reducing "Other Procurement, Air Force" by $1 million and "Defense Health Programs" by $1 million. (54-43) |
| 223 | 8-3 | N | Stevens motion to table the Coburn amendment: limits amount Department of Defense can spend on conferences in FY 2007 to $70 million. (36-60) |
| 224 | 8-3 | Y | Coburn modified amendment: requires Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress within 90 days of enactment a report describing risk assessments performed by dod on travel payments, including estimate of improper payments made for travel expenses. (96-0) |
| 225 | 8-3 | Y | Boxer-Graham amendment: Prohibits use of funds by U.S. to enter into an agreement with the Government of Iraq that would subject members of the Armed Forces to the jurisdiction of Iraq criminal courts or punishment under Iraq law. (97-0) |
| 226 | 8-3 | Y | Coburn amendment: Requires Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress that describes each earmark made available to the Department of Defense by this act; and requires report to be posted on the Internet. (96-1) |
| 227 | 8-3 | N | Sessions, et al., amendment: Makes up to $77 million available for Advanced Conventional Strike Capability for the Conventional Trident Modification Program. (31-67) |
| 228 | 8-3 | Y | Menendez amendment: Makes $3 million available from the Navy Operations and Maintenance fund for improvements to physical security at Navy recruiting stations and to improve data security. (96-0) |
| Estate Tax/Minimum Wage (H.R. 5970) | |||
| 229 * | 8-3 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (56-42) |
| Pension Protection (H.R. 4, Public Law 109-280) | |||
| 230 | 8-3 | Y | Passage. (93-5) |
| Nomination of Kimberly Ann Moore to be U.S. Circuit Judge | |||
| 231 | 9-5 | Y | Confirmation. (92-0) |
| DOD Appropriations, 2007 (H.R. 5631, Public Law 109-289) | |||
| 232 | 9-6 | Y | Feinstein-Leahy amendment: Prohibits obligation or expenditure of funds to acquire, utilize, sell, or transfer any cluster munition unless rules of engagement applicable to such munition ensure that it will not be used in or near any concentrated population of civilians, whether permanent or temporary, including inhabited parts of cities or villages, camps, columns of refugees or evacuees, or groups of nomads. (30-70) |
| 233 | 9-6 | N | Stevens motion to table Kennedy-Reid-Boxer amendment: Requires Defense Secretary to produce, in consultation with Secretary of State, a quarterly report assessing whether Iraq is in a civil war; and specifies that, in the event of a civil war, Defense Secretary is required to provide a plan to protect U.S. troops. (54-44) |
| 234 | 9-6 | N | Stevens motion to table Mikulski-Sarbanes-Dayton amendment: Prohibits use of funds to enter into or carry out a contract for the performance of any base operation support service at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital pursuant to a private-public competition conducted under OMB Circular A-76. (50-48) |
| 235 | 9-7 | Y | Conrad, et al., amendment: Provides $200 million, designated as emergency spending, for a unit dedicated to bringing to justice Osama bin Laden and other key leaders of al Qaeda. (96-0) |
| 236 | 9-7 | N | Stevens motion to table Menendez amendment: Prohibits obligation or expenditure of funds for a public relations program designed to monitor news media in U.S. and Middle East and create a database of news stories to promote positive coverage of war in Iraq; and does not apply to DOD programs and activities directed at collecting or analyzing information in the news media. (51-44) |
| 237 | 9-7 | N | Stevens motion to table the Schumer-Feinstein amendment: Makes available up to an additional $700 million, designated as emergency spending, for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities to combat growth of poppies in Afghanistan, eliminate production and trade of opium and heroin, and prevent terrorists from using proceeds for terrorist activities in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. (45-51) |
| 238 | 9-7 | Y | Reed-Bayh-Dorgan amendment: Provides additional $65.4 million, designated as emergency spending, for procurement of Predator unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for Special Operations forces. (98-0) |
| 239 | 9-7 | Y | Passage. (98-0) |
| Port Security Bill (H.R. 4954) | |||
| 240 | 9-12 | Y | Stevens (for DeMint)-Burns-Vitter amendment (as amended by DeMint-Stevens-Inouye perfecting amendment): Creates national alert system to provide public communications system capable of alerting public on a national, regional, or local level of any emergencies that require public to respond. (95-0) |
| 241 | 9-12 | Y | Lautenberg, et al., amendment: Lifts cap on number of Transportation Security Administration employees that can be hired in order to provide appropriate levels of aviation security, and reduce average aviation security-related delay to less than 10 minutes. (85-12) |
| 242 | 9-12 | Y | Hutchison-Kyl-DeWine amendment: Authorizes hiring additional 275 Customs and Border Protection Officers, and an additional $502.7 million to U.S. Customs and Border protection to remain available until expended. (97-0) |
| 243 * | 9-13 | Y | Murray motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Reid amendment: Provides resources and tools needed to develop policies to "Real Security" for Americans; appropriates $4.1 billion to implement 9/11 Commission recommendations to provide adequate resources for first responders, improve intelligence oversight, strengthen Congressional oversight of homeland security, and strengthen public diplomacy and improve tracking of nuclear weapons material; improves efforts to fight terrorism by working with U.S. allies, reigning in spread of nuclear weapons material, and improving communication with Islamic world; provides resources to improve rail security by providing new technology upgrades, creating new grant programs and improving the tracking of hazardous materials; and requires revisions in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as needed, to ensure intelligence agencies have the tools necessary to defeat terrorists. (41-57) |
| 244 | 9-13 | N | Stevens motion to table the Biden amendment: Establishes "Homeland Security and Neighborhood Safety Trust Fund" within U.S. Treasury; and authorizes funds from the trust fund for: law enforcement, information technology, screening technology, critical infrastructure protection, interoperable communications enhancement, and prevention of growth of radical Islamic fundamentalism. (57-41) |
| 245 | 9-13 | Y | Coleman-Collins-Stevens amendment: Requires Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that 100 percent of cargo containers entering U.S. through a seaport undergo screening to identify high-risk containers and that 100 percent of those identified as high-risk are scanned before leaving seaport; requires Secretary, in coordination with Energy Secretary and foreign partners, to deploy integrated scanning systems to scan all containers entering U.S.; and requires Secretary to submit report to appropriate Congressional committees describing status of full-scale deployment and cost of deploying system at each foreign port. (95-3) |
| 246 | 9-13 | Y | Menendez, et al., amendment: Requires Secretary of Homeland Security, within 180 days of enactment, to develop initial plan to scan 100 percent of cargo containers destined for U.S. before arriving in U.S. (43-55) |
| 247 * | 9-14 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (98-0) |
| 248 | 9-14 | N | Collins motion to table Schumer, et al., modified amendment: Establishes specific deadlines by which all cargo containers entering U.S. must be checked using an "integrated scanning system;" and prohibits shipment of any container from a foreign seaport designated under the Container Security Initiative to a port in the U.S. unless it has passed through an integrated scanning system. (61-37) |
| 249 | 9-14 | Y | Passage. (98-0) |
| U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (H.R. 5684, Public Law 109-283) | |||
| 250 | 9-19 | N | Passage. (62-32) |
| Nomination of Alice S. Fisher to be an Assistant Attorney General | |||
| 251 | 9-19 | N | Confirmation. (61-35) |
| Secure Fence Act of 2006 (H.R. 6061) | |||
| 252 * | 9-20 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed. (94-0) |
| Nomination of Francisco Augusto Besosa to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico | |||
| 253 | 9-25 | Y | Confirmation. (87-0) |
| Military Commissions (S. 3930, Public Law 109-366) | |||
| 254 | 9-27 | Y | Levin-Dayton-Reed substitute amendment: Contains text of bill as reported by Armed Services Committee (S. 3901). (43-54) |
| 255 | 9-28 | Y | Specter-Leahy, et al., amendment: Strikes provision that provides that no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien, including a lawful permanent alien, detained by the U.S., under suspicion of being an "enemy combatant;" and makes provision effective upon enactment and retroactively applicable to pending cases. (48-51) |
| 256 | 9-28 | Y | Rockefeller, et al., amendment: Requires CIA Director to submit quarterly reports to Congressional intelligence committees on CIA detention and interrogation program regarding: (1) detention facilities being used, (2) who is being detained, (3) interrogation techniques that are authorized and used, and (4) program's effectiveness. (46-53) |
| 257 | 9-28 | Y | Byrd, et al., amendment: Prohibits establishment of new military commissions after December 31, 2011. (47-52) |
| 258 | 9-28 | Y | Kennedy-Feinstein-Clinton amendment: Provides for protection of American personnel abroad by clarifying practices considered Geneva Convention violations when used against U.S. personnel by other countries; and includes waterboarding, mock executions, and other abusive techniques among the banned practices. (46-53) |
| 259 | 9-28 | N | Passage. (65-34) |
| Secure Fence Act of 2006 (H.R. 6061) | |||
| 260 * | 9-28 | Y | Frist, et al., cloture motion on bill. (71-28) |
| DOD Appropriations, 2007 (H.R. 5631, Public Law 109-289) | |||
| 261 | 9-29 | Y | Adoption of the conference report. (100-0) |
| Secure Fence Act of 2006 (H.R. 6061) | |||
| 262 | 9-29 | Y | Passage. (80-19) |
| Child Custody Protection/Abortion (S. 403) | |||
| 263 * | 9-29 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to concur in House amendment to bill. (57-42) |
| Military Construction Appropriations, 2007 (H.R. 5385) | |||
| 264 | 11-14 | Y | Frist motion to instruct Sergeant at Arms to request attendance of absent Senators. (95-1) |
| U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion (H.R. 5682) | |||
| 265 | 11-16 | Y | Bingaman-Kennedy amendment: Requires President to determine (1) that U.S. and India are taking specific steps to conclude a fissile material cutoff treaty before nuclear equipment or sensitive nuclear technology may be exported to India, and (2) that India has stopped producing fissile materials for weapons before nuclear material may be exported to India. (26-73) |
| 266 | 11-16 | N | Dorgan modified amendment: Declares that it is U.S. policy to continue to support implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1172 stating that proliferation of weapons of mass destruction constitutes a threat to international peace and security; condemns India's and Pakistan's nuclear tests; calls on both countries to stop their nuclear weapon and development programs; and urges them to become parties, without day or conditions, to (1) Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and (2) Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. (27-71) |
| 267 | 11-16 | N | Ensign amendment: Requires inspections conducted by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) personnel be carried out using equipment, materials, and resources that are purchased, owned, inspected, and controlled by U.S. (27-71) |
| 268 | 11-16 | Y | Feingold amendment: Establishes two additional determinations as preconditions to U.S.-India peaceful atomic energy cooperation. (25-71) |
| 269 | 11-16 | Y | Boxer amendment: Prevents President from providing civil nuclear assistance to India until certifying that India has agreed to suspend military-to-military cooperation with Iran, including training exercises, until Iran is no longer designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. (38-59) |
| 270 | 11-16 | Y | Passage. (85-12) |
| Agriculture Appropriations, 2007 (H.R. 5384) | |||
| 271 * | 12-5 | Y | Conrad motion to waive the fiscal 2007 budget resolution with respect to the emergency designation in the Conrad amendment which adds $4.8 billion in emergency funding for drought, flood, and fire relief for farmers and ranchers. (57-37) |
| Nomination of Robert M. Gates to be the Secretary of Defense. | |||
| 272 | 12-6 | Y | Confirmation. (95-2) |
| Nomination of Andrew von Eschenbach to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, HHS | |||
| 273 * | 12-7 | Y | Cloture motion on nomination. (89-6) |
| 274 | 12-7 | Y | Andrew von Eschenbach, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services (80-11) |
| Kent A. Jordan to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit | |||
| 275 * | 12-8 | Y | Cloture motion on confirmation of the nomination. (93-0) |
| 276 | 12-8 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Tax Bill (H.R. 6111) | |||
| 277 * | 12-9 | Y | Grassley motion to waive the Budget Act to permit consideration of the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill. (67-21) |
| 278 * | 12-9 | Y | Cloture. (78-10) |
| 279 | 12-9 | Y | Motion to concur in the Houe amendment to the bill. (79-9) |
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