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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, quali |