105th Congress, 2nd Session
1st Session
105th Congress, 2nd
Session
1st Session
| Vote No. | Date 1998 | Voting Position |
CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX
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| Nomination of Ann L. Aiken to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon | |||
| 1 | 1-28 | Y | Confirmation. (67-30) |
| Nomination of Carlos R. Moreno to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California | |||
| 2 | 2-3 | Y | Confirmation. (96-0) |
| Nomination of Christine O.C. Miller to U.S. Court of Federal Claims | |||
| 3 | 2-3 | Y | Confirmation. (96-0) |
| National Airport Redesignation (S. 1575, P.L. 105-154) | |||
| 4 | 2-4 | N | Robb-Daschle-Ford amendment: Strikes provisions renaming National Airport after Ronald Reagan; establishes Federal Facilities Redesignation Advisory Group to make recommendations to Congress on any proposal to change name of Federal facility to commemorate or honor individuals, groups, or events; prohibits naming any facility after living individual who is not at least 70 years of age and has not been Federal official for at least five years; and requires Advisory Group to meet within 60 days of enactment to consider proposals to rename National Airport in honor of Ronald Reagan. (35-63) |
| 5 | 2-4 | N | Coverdell motion to table Reid amendment: Redesignates J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. as "Federal Bureau of Investigation Building." (62-36) |
| 6 | 2-4 | N | Daschle-Robb amendment: Delays redesignation of Washington National Airport as "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport" until Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority approves. (35-63) |
| 7 | 2-4 | Y | Passage. (76-22) |
| Nomination of David Satcher to be Surgeon General | |||
| * 8 | 2-10 | Y | Lott, et al., cloture motion on nomination. (75-23) |
| 9 | 2-10 | Y | Confirmation. (63-35) |
| Human Cloning Prohibition (S. 1601) | |||
| * 10 | 2-11 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (42-54) |
| Nomination of Margaret M. Morrow to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California | |||
| 11 | 2-11 | Y | Confirmation. (67-28) |
| Campaign Finance Reform (S. 1663) | |||
| 12 | 2-24 | N | McConnell motion to table McCain-Feingold, et al., substitute amendment: Prohibits "soft money" contributions to national political parties; bans party expenditures on behalf of Senate candidates who spend more than $50,000 of their own money; modifies definition of "express advocacy" to distinguish between expenditures for communication used to advocate candidates and issues; and codifies Beck decision's mandate that unions notify non-members of their right to reduction in union fees if they object to their use for political purposes. (48-51) |
| Line-Item Veto Cancellation (H.R. 2631, P.L. 105-159) | |||
| ** 13 | 2-25 | Y | Reconsideration of vetoed bill. (78-20) |
| Campaign Finance Reform (S. 1663) | |||
| 14 | 2-25 | 2 | McConnell motion to table Snowe, et al., amendment (to McCain-Feingold, et al., substitute amendment--Vote No. 12): Prohibits unions and for-profit corporations from making electioneering communications using treasury funds; defines "electioneering communication" as any communication which refers to candidate for Federal office, is made within 30 days of primary, or 60 days of general, election, or is broadcast on TV or radio to candidate's electorate; requires anyone making, or contracting to make, electioneering communications aggregating $10,000/year or more to disclose to FEC within 24 hours sponsor of communication, amount of disbursement, election to which communication is directed, and names and addresses of all contributors of $500 or more to sponsor during election cycle; and prohibits 501(c)(4) advocacy groups from using corporate or union funds for electioneering communications. (47-50) |
| 15 | 2-25 | N | McConnell motion to table McCain-Feingold, et al., substitute amendment, as amended (Vote No. 14): Prohibits "soft money" contributions to national political parties; bans party expenditures on behalf of Senate candidates who spend more than $50,000 of their own money; modifies definition of "express advocacy" to clearly distinguish between expenditures for communication used to advocate candidates and those used to advocate issues; codifies Beck decision's mandate that unions notify non-members of their right to reduction in their union fees if they object to use of those fees for political purpose; and prohibits unions and for-profit corporations from directly or indirectly making electioneering communications using treasury funds. (48-50) |
| * 16 | 2-26 | Y | Feingold, et al., cloture motion on the McCain-Feingold, et al., substitute amendment, as amended (Vote No. 14). (51-48) |
| * 17 | 2-26 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on bill. (45-54) |
| Nomination of Richard L. Young to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana | |||
| 18 | 3-2 | Y | Confirmation. (81-0) |
| ISTEA Authorization (H.R. 2400, P.L. 105-178) | |||
| 19 | 3-3 | N | Chafee motion to table Wellstone amendment (to Chafee modified substitute amendment): Requires HHS Secretary to develop plan to determine number and percentage of former welfare recipients that are economically self-sufficient, and to provide biannual report to Congress that includes all available information about economic self-sufficiency of former welfare recipients. (54-43) |
| 20 | 3-4 | Y | Lautenberg, et al., amendment (to Chafee modified substitute amendment): Requires States to enact and enforce law lowering level of blood alcohol content for drunk driving to .08 percent; withholds five percent of State's highway funds in FY 2002 and 10 percent in subsequent years for noncompliance; allows funds to remain available to State for up to three years after authorization if State comes into compliance; and prohibits availability of funds if State does not come into compliance by September 30, 2003. (62-32) |
| 21 | 3-5 | Y | Dorgan, et al., amendment (to Chafee modified substitute amendment): Requires each State to prohibit possession of open alcoholic beverage container, or consumption of alcoholic beverage, in passenger area of motor vehicles on public highway or highway right-of-way; withholds five-percent of State's highway funds in FY 2002 and 10-percent in subsequent years for noncompliance; allows funds to remain available to State for up to three years after authorization if State comes into compliance; and exempts passengers of multi-passenger vehicles designed primarily for commercial transportation. (52-47) |
| 22 | 3-5 | Y | Bingaman-Byrd amendment (to Chafee modified substitute amendment): Requires States to enact and enforce law that bans sale of alcohol through drive-up or drive-through sales window; withholds five-percent of State's highway funds in FY 2001 and 10-percent in subsequent years for noncompliance; allows funds withheld before end of FY 2003 to remain available to State for up to three years after authorization, if State meets compliance during that period; and prohibits availability of withheld funds to State that does not meet compliance by September 30, 2003. (43-56) |
| 23 | 3-6 | Y | Chafee motion to table McConnell, et al., amendment (to Chafee modified substitute amendment): Eliminates Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program and replaces it with emerging business enterprise development and outreach program under which States are required to distribute information about construction project bids or proposals to emerging small business enterprises. (58-37) |
| Intelligence Disclosure (S. 1668) | |||
| 24 | 3-9 | Y | Passage. (93-1) |
| ISTEA Authorization (H.R. 2400, P.L. 105-178) | |||
| 25 | 3-10 | Y | D'Amato modified amendment (to Chafee modified substitute amendment): Authorizes $41.3 billion for Federal transit programs for FY 1998-2003; expands definition of capital projects eligible for funding; creates new clean fuels formula grant program to assist transit systems purchase low emissions vehicles and related equipment; extends current formula for division of discretionary grants between New Starts Bus and Fixed Guideway Modernization projects with certain exceptions; limits use of New Starts funding for other than final design and construction to eight percent; authorizes $250 million annually in FY 1999-2003 for new Job Access Grants and Reverse Commute Programs to assist welfare recipients and low-income individuals get to and from jobs; modifies formula for Fixed Guideway modernization, allocating an increasing share of program growth to newer rail systems; and requires Transportation Secretary to determine whether changes are needed in current urbanized area formula to reflect fact that some small urban areas carry more passengers per mile or hour than larger areas. (96-4) |
| * 26 | 3-11 | N | Mack motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Mack amendment (to Roth amendment extending for six years existing transportation taxes, tax credits, and ethanol tax exemption, repealing tax on diesel fuel used by trains, and increasing tax exemption for employer-provided transit passes): Repeals 4.3 cent transportation motor fuels excise tax; and requires discretionary spending limits to be reduced by estimated revenue loss. (18-80) |
| 27 | 3-11 | Y | Lott motion to table McCain amendment (to Roth amendment extending for six years existing transportation taxes, tax credits, and ethanol tax exemption, repealing tax on diesel fuel used by trains, and increasing tax exemption for employer-provided transit passes): Deletes ethanol tax exemption extension in underlying amendment. (71-26) |
| * 28 | 3-11 | Y | Lott, et al., cloture motion on Chafee modified substitute amendment. (96-3) |
| 29 | 3-12 | N | McCain, et al., amendment (to Chafee modified substitute amendment): Counts highway demonstration projects against State obligation limits established under bill and future highway legislation. (78-22) |
| 30 | 3-12 | Y | Chafee modified substitute amendment: Authorizes $214.3 billion in FY 1998-2003 for construction of highways, highway safety programs, and mass transit programs. (96-4) |
| China Human Rights (S.Res. 187) | |||
| 31 | 3-12 | Y | Adoption. (95-5) |
| Indictment Against Saddam Hussein (S.Con.Res. 78) | |||
| 32 | 3-13 | Y | Adoption. (93-0) |
| Nomination of Jeremy D. Fogel to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California | |||
| 33 | 3-16 | Y | Confirmation. (90-0) |
| Education Individual Retirement Accounts (H.R. 2646, Vetoed) | |||
| * 34 | 3-17 | Y | Lott, et al., third cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (74-24) |
| Nomination of Susan Graber to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit | |||
| 35 | 3-17 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| NATO Enlargement | |||
| 36 | 3-18 | N | Lott motion to proceed to executive session for consideration of Treaty. (55-44) |
| Serb Terrorist Actions in Kosovo (S.Con.Res. 85) | |||
| 37 | 3-18 | Y | Adoption. (98-0) |
| Education Individual Retirement Accounts (H.R. 2646, Vetoed) | |||
| * 38 | 3-19 | N | Lott, et al., cloture motion on bill, as amended by Roth substitute amendment. (55-44) |
| Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 1998 (H.R. 3579, P.L. 105-174) | |||
| 39 | 3-23 | N | Stevens motion to table McCain-Feingold-Grams amendment: Strikes $78 million in funding. (61-31) |
| 40 | 3-24 | Y | Stevens motion to table Gramm-Santorum amendment: Scores budget authority unobligated by October 1, 1998, against non-defense discretionary caps. (76-24) |
| 41 | 3-25 | Y | Stevens motion to table Feingold amendment: Removes emergency designation from funding provided for troop deployment in Bosnia. (92-8) |
| 42 | 3-25 | Y | Stevens motion to table Nickles amendment (to Bond-Mikulski amendment providing $1.6 billion for FEMA, to remain available until expended): Strikes emergency designation for funds provided to FEMA, thus requiring offsets. (68-31) |
| 43 | 3-25 | N | Helms, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that U.N. should reduce U.S. assessment for U.N. peacekeeping operations to 25-percent to reflect U.S. law; requests President to direct U.S. Ambassador to U.N. to introduce resolution in Security Council requiring council to publicly report to all member States on U.S. expenditures since January 1, 1990, implementing or supporting U.N. Security Council resolutions; requires Secretary of State to issue demarche to all U.N. Security Council members informing them of amount of DOD expenditures since January 1, 1990, in support of U.N. Security Council resolutions; and requires President to report all actions to carry out these requests. (90-10) |
| 44 | 3-26 | Y | McConnell, et al., modified amendment: Provides $17.9 billion for International Monetary Fund (IMF), including $3.4 billion for program to prevent global financial crises, and $14.5 billion for IMF quota increase subject to Treasury Secretary certifying that Group of Seven Nations have publicly agreed that borrowers will open their market to trade in goods and services and investment at minimum consistent with international trade obligations, and that borrowers will eliminate practice of government directed lending and subsidies to favored individuals or institutions; requires Treasury Secretary to report on IMF progress on including in its lending conditions requirement that recipient take concrete action to remove discriminatory treatment between foreign and domestic creditors in debt resolution proceedings; establishes commission of former Treasury Secretaries to review future of IMF and possible consolidation with World Trade Organization; requires Treasury Secretary to report on borrower's banking regulations; and prohibits IMF From supporting semiconductor, steel, shipbuilding, auto, textile, and apparel industries. (84-16) |
| 45 | 3-26 | N | Nickles motion to table Kennedy, et al., amendment (as substitute for Nickles amendment striking provision to provide $16 million to hire additional employees to enforce Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act): Provides $8 million for Health Care Financing Administration to enforce Health Care Portability and Accountability Act. (51-49) |
| Education Individual Retirement Accounts (H.R. 2646, Vetoed) | |||
| * 46 | 3-26 | N | Lott, et al., second cloture motion on bill, as amended by Roth substitute amendment. (58-42) |
| Mexico Drug Decertification (S.J.Res. 42) | |||
| 47 | 3-26 | Y | Passage (rejected). (45-54) |
| Nomination of Margaret McKeown to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit | |||
| 48 | 3-27 | Y | Confirmation. (80-11) |
| First Budget Resolution, 1999 (S.Con.Res. 86) | |||
| 49 | 3-31 | Y | Sessions, et. al., amendment: Expresses sense of Congress that functional totals assume that any quality child care proposal should include, as key component, financial relief for those families where there is an at home parent. (96-0) |
| * 50 | 3-31 | Y | Murray motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Murray-Daschle, et al., amendment: Establishes deficit-neutral reserve fund of $7.3 billion over five years to reduce school class size by hiring 100,000 teachers. (46-52) |
| 51 | 3-31 | Y | Gregg-Conrad-Lautenberg perfecting amendment (to Gregg amendment expressing sense of Senate that resolution assumes that no immunity from liability will be provided to any manufacturer of tobacco product): Expresses sense of Senate that funding levels assume that no immunity will be provided to any tobacco product manufacturer with respect to any health-related civil action commenced by State or local governmental entity or individual or class of individuals prior to, or after, date resolution is adopted. (79-19) |
| * 52 | 3-31 | Y | Dodd motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Dodd amendment: Establishes reserve fund to provide funding to improve affordability, availability, and quality of child care, and to support choices of families in caring for their children. (50-48) |
| 53 | 4-1 | N | Kyl amendment: Expresses sense of Congress that seniors have right to see physician or health care provider of their choice, and assumptions underlying functional totals assume enactment of legislation to ensure this right. (51-47) |
| * 54 | 4-1 | Y | Conrad motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Conrad, et al., amendment: Allows revenue and spending aggregates and allocations to be adjusted for legislation to reserve Federal share of receipts from tobacco legislation for public health efforts to reduce use of tobacco products by children, transition assistance programs for tobacco farmers, increased funding for FDA to protect children from hazards of tobacco products, increased funding for health research, and savings for Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. (46-54) |
| * 55 | 4-1 | N | McCain motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Coverdell, et al., amendment: Establishes reserve fund to allow cuts of up to $101.5 billion in non-defense discretionary spending over five years to provide middle-class tax relief; offsets in non-defense discretionary spending; and expresses sense of Senate that any unified budget surplus will be used to reform Social Security, strengthen Medicare, and protect programs dealing with elementary and secondary education, child nutrition, illegal drug use reduction, medical priorities, assistance for low-income families, and illegal immigration reduction; and Congress will limit itself to administrative reductions only when determining offsets for middle class tax relief. (38-62) |
| 56 | 4-1 | N | Roth-Breaux, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that resolution assumes that Finance Committee shall consider and report legislative proposal this year that will dedicate budget surplus to establishment of program of personal retirement accounts for working Americans to reduce unfunded liabilities of Social Security program. (51-49) |
| 57 | 4-1 | N | Domenici motion to table Moseley-Braun, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that assumptions underlying functional totals assume enactment of legislation to allow States and school districts to issue $21.8 billion worth of zero-interest school modernization bonds, and to provide Federal income tax credits to purchasers of those bonds in lieu of interest payments. (54-46) |
| * 58 | 4-1 | Y | Hollings motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Hollings, et al., amendment: Creates 60-vote point of order against any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, including legislation reported by Budget Committees, that changes Social Security budget procedures. (42-58) |
| 59 | 4-1 | Y | Faircloth, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that provisions in this resolution assume that Congress shall begin to phase out marriage penalty this year. (99-0) |
| * 60 | 4-1 | N | Craig motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Craig, et al., amendment: Creates 60-vote point-of-order against any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that offsets increases in mandatory spending with revenues. (54-45) |
| Nomination of G. Patrick Murphy to be A U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois | |||
| 61 | 4-2 | Y | Confirmation. (98-1) |
| First Budget Resolution, 1999 (S.Con.Res. 86) | |||
| 62 | 4-2 | N | Hutchinson amendment (as substitute for Dorgan modified amendment striking section expressing sense of Congress to sunset tax code with no replacement, and expressing Congressional support for continued tax deductibility of home mortgage interest and charitable contributions): Expresses sense of Congress that resolution assumes sunset of 1986 Tax Code after December 31, 2001, and enactment of new simpler/fairer Federal tax system; and that Senate shall consider and pass IRS restructuring bill that protects taxpayer, and contains IRS employee accountability and enhanced oversight. (59-40) |
| 63 | 4-2 | N | Domenici motion to table Dorgan amendment (to Dorgan amendment, as amended [Vote No. 62]): Expresses sense of Congress in support of continued tax deductibility of home mortgage interest and charitable contributions and that replacement tax system that does not preserve this deductibility would damage American dream of home ownership and could threaten viability of non-profit institutions. (1-98) |
| * 64 | 4-2 | N | Domenici motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Allard amendment: Provides for repayment of national debt over 30 years. (53-45) |
| * 65 | 4-2 | Y | Lautenberg motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Lautenberg-Daschle, et al., amendment: Allows revenue, spending aggregates, and other appropriate budgetary levels and limits to be adjusted and allocations to be revised for legislation to improve quality of nation's air, water, land, and natural resources, if enactment will not increase deficit through FY 2009. (47-52) |
| 66 | 4-2 | Y | Bond-Mikulski, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that levels in resolution assume that section 202 elderly housing program shall be funded at no less than FY 1998 level of $645 million in each FY 1999-2003. (97-2) |
| 67 | 4-2 | N | Domenici motion to table Bumpers-Gregg-Feingold amendment: Provides $692 million over ten years in direct spending for grants to States to comply with requirements of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and offsets by assuming enactment of legislation that prohibits hardrock mining companies from benefitting from percentage depletion allowance if they mine on public lands or public land bought at $2.50-$5.00 an acre. (55-44) |
| 68 | 4-2 | N | Brownback amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that functional totals in resolution assume that elimination of discretionary spending program may be used for either tax cuts or Social Security reform. (52-46) |
| * 69 | 4-2 | Y | Lautenberg motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Daschle substitute amendment: Assumes President's key initiatives for child care, school class size, medical research, and Medicare and tobacco-related initiatives; places approximately $15 billion of President's initiatives in reserve pending final action on comprehensive tobacco legislation; provides for school modernization effort that leverages approximately $22 billion in school renovation and construction over ten years; doubles number of children receiving child care assistance and those in early Head Start, increases existing child care tax credit and places up to 500,000 children in after school learning centers; increases biomedical research in 1999 by $1.1 billion, with emphasis on cancer research; provides new options for people aged 55-65 to obtain health insurance; provides up to $3.6 billion in tax cuts for energy efficient purchases and renewable energy and assumes research program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; adds $12 billion for transportation spending; reinstates Superfund tax on polluters and uses receipts for hazardous waste cleanup, clean water initiatives, and backlog of needs at national parks; assumes defense spending levels contained in Balanced Budget Agreement for 1999-2002 and projected for 2003; and expresses sense of Congress that any budget surplus should not be used for purpose other than reducing national debt while Congress and Administration work together to ensure that Social Security is sound over long term and available for future generations. (42-55) |
| 70 | 4-2 | Y | Domenici motion to table Specter modified amendment: Increases function 550 (Health) by $2 billion in budget authority and outlays in FY 1999, assuming increase in Federal biomedical research funding; and offsets by decreasing Function 920 (Allowances) in FY 1999 by same amount. (57-41) |
| 71 | 4-2 | N | Kyl, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that assumptions underlying functional totals of resolution assume fundamental tax reform accompanied by proposal to amend U.S. Constitution to require supermajority vote in each House to approve tax increases. (50-48) |
| 72 | 4-2 | Y | Nickles amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that assumptions underlying resolution assume that Senate will not pass health care legislation that will make health insurance unaffordable for working families and increase number of uninsured Americans, divert limited health care resources away from serving patients to paying lawyers and hiring new bureaucrats, or impose political considerations on clinical decisions. (98-0) |
| 73 | 4-2 | N | Nickles motion to table Kennedy amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that assumptions underlying this resolution provide for enactment of legislation to establish bill of rights for participants in health plans that should include provisions to guarantee access to covered services; ensure that special needs of women, children, individuals with disabilities, and chronically ill are met; hold health plans accountable for their decisions, and provide for appeal of decision to deny care to independent impartial reviewer; protect integrity of physician-patient relationship, including bans on "gag clauses" and improper incentive arrangements; and provide greater information about health plans to patients and improve quality of care. (51-47) |
| 74 | 4-2 | N | Domenici (for Hutchison)-Grams amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that this resolution assumes that any budget surplus should be dedicated to debt reductions or direct tax relief for hard-working families. (53-45) |
| 75 | 4-2 | Y | Rockefeller amendment (to Rockefeller amendment decreasing Function 400 [Transportation] by $10.5 billion in budget authority [BA] and outlays [O] in FY 2000-2003 and increasing Function 920 [Allowances] in FY 2000-2003 by same amount): Decreases Function 400 (Transportation) by $10.5 billion in BA and O in FY 2000-2003 and increases Function 920 (Allowances) in FY 2000-2003 by same amount, assuming elimination of $10.5 billion savings from veterans' programs to fund increases in ISTEA. (98-0) |
| 76 | 4-2 | N | Domenici-Craig-Lott amendment (to Rockefeller amendment, as amended [Vote No. 75]): Reinserts language stricken by Rockefeller amendment transferring savings from veterans' programs to transportation account to fund increases in ISTEA; expresses sense of Senate that functional totals and assumptions underlying resolution assume support of President's proposal to disallow post-service smoking related illnesses to be eligible for VA health benefits; and requires VA, OMB and GAO, jointly, to study VA General Counsel's determination and resulting actions to change compensation rules to include disability and death benefits for conditions related to use of tobacco products during service, and deliver opinion as to whether illnesses resulting from post-service smoking should be considered as compensable disability. (52-46) |
| 77 | 4-2 | N | Grams amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that assumptions underlying functional totals in resolution assume that Congress and President should use any budget surplus to reduce Social Security payroll tax and establish personal retirement accounts; and Congress and President should not use Social Security surplus to finance general government programs and other spending, begin to build real assets for Social Security trust funds, and work to reform Social Security system. (50-48) |
| 78 | 4-2 | N | Grassley motion to table Kennedy amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services) by $200 million in budget authority (BA) and $10 million in outlays (O) in FY 1999, $318 million in BA and $146 million in O in 2000, $386 million in BA and $276 million in O in 2001, $359 million in BA and $358 million in O in 2002, and $272 million in BA and $359 million in O in 2003; reduces Function 920 (Allowances) by same amounts over same period; and assumes additional education funding will be used to support innovative education reform efforts in urban and rural school districts. (54-44) |
| 79 | 4-2 | N | Kempthorne amendment (to Reid-Bryan amendment expressing sense of Senate that landowner incentive program under Endangered Species Recovery Act should be financed from dedicated source and that public lands should not be sold to fund program): States that public lands should not be sold to fund landowner incentive programs of Endangered Species Recovery Act through their proceeds alone, if subsequent legislation provides alternative or mixed dedicated source of funding. (55-43) |
| * 80 | 4-2 | N | Nickles motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Nickles-Murkowski amendment: Establishes 60-vote germaneness point of order against any amendment offered to budget resolution that contains any precatory language, including amendment which contains any reference to budget revenue or spending assumptions. (59-39) |
| 81 | 4-2 | N | Domenici motion to table Murray amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment and Social Services) by $2.1 billion in budget authority (BA) and $81 million in outlays (O) in FY 1999, $1.8 billion in BA and $1.5 billion in O in 2000, $1.4 billion in BA and $1.7 billion in O in 2001, and $593.0 million in BA and $1.3 billion in O in FY 2002; decreases Function 920 (Allowances) by same amounts over same period; and assumes additional funding for education will be used to accommodate President's education investment requests and $2.5 billion increase in IDEA funding. (55-43) |
| * 82 | 4-2 | Y | Feingold motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Feingold-Kennedy-Harkin amendment: Establishes deficit neutral reserve fund of up to $2 billion in FY 1999-2003 to finance disability programs that allow disabled persons to become employed and remain independent. (47-51) |
| * 83 | 4-2 | N | Robb motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Robb amendment: Allows tobacco farmer transition payments to be made from Tobacco Reserve Fund. (31-67) |
| 84 | 4-2 | N | Adoption. (57-41) |
| Cash Discounts-Credit Surcharge Ban Extension (S. 414, P.L. 105-258) | |||
| 85 | 4-21 | Y | Hutchison motion to table Gorton amendment (to the Hutchison-Lott-Breaux substitute amendment): Allows non-vessel owning common carriers to enter into shipping contracts. (72-25) |
| Education Individual Retirement Accounts (H.R. 2646, Vetoed) | |||
| 86 | 4-21 | N | Coverdell motion to table Kennedy amendment: Amends Higher Education Act to provide for program to assume loan obligations of full-time elementary or secondary school teachers who teach disadvantaged children, or subjects in which State determines there is shortage of qualified teachers. (56-41) |
| 87 | 4-21 | Y | Gramm motion to table Glenn amendment: Strikes provision that makes IRA accounts available for public and private elementary and secondary education; and maintains increased contribution of $2,000 for higher education. (60-38) |
| 88 | 4-21 | Y | Mack-D'Amato amendment: Provides grants to States that administer subject tests to elementary and secondary school teachers every three to five years; and bases teacher compensation systems on merit. (63-35) |
| 89 | 4-21 | Y | Hutchison amendment: Allows use of Federal education funds in Title VI of ESEA for education reform projects that provide same gender schools and classrooms. (69-29) |
| 90 | 4-21 | N | Coverdell motion to table Moseley-Braun, et al., substitute amendment: Creates and expands tax incentives to help States and school districts meet their school modernization and construction priorities by authorizing $22 billion for zero-interest bonds for school construction. (56-42) |
| 91 | 4-22 | N | Gorton, et al., amendment, as amended: Allows States to block grant many Federal K-12 education programs, providing approximately $10 billion to State or local educational agencies; allows governors and State legislatures to distribute funds to: local school districts, State's education authority, or State's current educational system; establishes Title I, bilingual education, and General Education block grant programs; requires State legislatures to select funding option within one year of enactment, or Education Secretary will allocate funds through local block grant option. (50-49) |
| 92 | 4-22 | Y | Hutchinson amendment: Expresses sense of Congress that Education Department, States, and local educational agencies should work together to ensure that not less than 95 percent of all funds appropriated for purpose of carrying out elementary and secondary education programs administered by Education Department is spent for nation's children in their classrooms. (99-0) |
| 93 | 4-22 | Y | Murray amendment: Expresses sense of Congress that Congress should support efforts to hire 100,000 new teachers to reduce class sizes in first, second, and third grades to average of 18 students per class. (49-50) |
| 94 | 4-22 | N | Ashcroft-Hagel-Nickles amendment (to Levin-Bingaman amendment replacing expansion of Education IRAs for elementary and secondary school expenses with increase in lifetime learning education credit for expenses of teachers in improving technology training): Prohibits Federal spending to develop, plan, implement, or administer any Federally-sponsored national test in reading and mathematics; and restores provisions allowing withdrawals from K-12 education IRAs that would be struck by underlying Levin-Bingaman amendment. (52-47) |
| 95 | 4-23 | N | Coats amendment: Provides 110 percent deduction for cash contributions to elementary or secondary educational organizations who use contributions to provide scholarships to needy children attending grades K-12 whose family income does not exceed 185 percent of poverty level. (46-54) |
| 96 | 4-23 | N | Kempthorne modified amendment (to Landrieu amendment--Vote No. 97): Strikes provisions that authorize creation of "Blue Ribbon Schools"; maintains provisions of underlying bill that increase Education IRA contribution from $500 to $2,000; and provides that State educational agencies may use funds to make awards to public secondary schools determined to be outstanding, pursuant to Statewide assessment. (58-42) |
| 97 | 4-23 | N | Landrieu amendment: Strikes IRA education provisions; and authorizes creation of program that will designate as "Blue Ribbon Schools" those public and private elementary and secondary schools that have established standards of excellence and demonstrated high level of quality over three-year period. (34-66) |
| * 98 | 4-23 | Y | Dodd motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Dodd, et al, amendment: Strikes education IRA provisions; and provides special education programs under provisions of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (46-53) |
| 99 | 4-23 | Y | Coverdell motion to table Levin, et al., amendment (to Levin-Bingaman amendment as amended--Vote No. 94): Increases lifetime learning credit from 20 percent to 50 percent for K-12 teachers who return to school to receive training in technology; strikes provisions allowing withdrawal from education IRAs for K-12 expenses; maintains provisions increasing education IRA contributions from $500 to $2,000 but allows withdrawals for post-secondary expenses only; offsets by striking K-12 education withdrawals; and sunsets tax credit in 2002. (61-39) |
| 100 | 4-23 | Y | Boxer, et al., amendment: Authorizes $50 million per year in FY 1998-2002 to help public schools develop after school programs for children in grades K-12. (49-51) |
| 101 | 4-23 | Y | Bingaman, et al., amendment: Authorizes new program under Title V of Elementary and Secondary Education Act to provide funds to States to lower dropout rates at middle and high schools with significant dropout problems; allocates funds to states by Title I formula. (74-26) |
| 102 | 4-23 | N | Passage. (56-43) |
| Northern Ireland Peace Agreement (S.Con.Res. 90) | |||
| 103 | 4-23 | Y | Adoption. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Scott Snyder Fleming to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education | |||
| 104 | 4-27 | Y | Confirmation. (92-0) |
| State Department Authorization, 1998-99 (H.R. 1757, Vetoed) | |||
| 105 | 4-28 | N | Adoption of conference report. (51-49) |
| NATO Enlargement | |||
| 106 | 4-28 | N | Harkin amendment: Limits future U.S. subsidies of national expenses incurred by Poland, Hungary, or Czech Republic in meeting NATO commitments to 25 percent of total funds provided by NATO members. (24-76) |
| 107 | 4-28 | Y | Kyl, et al., modified amendment: Inserts additional language into conditions section defining strategic concept of NATO; and stipulates that U.S. policy is that core concepts contained in 1991 Strategic Concept of NATO remain valid today. (90-9) |
| 108 | 4-29 | Y | Smith-Hutchison amendment: Requires President to certify to Congress that governments of Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic are fully cooperating with U.S. efforts to obtain fullest possible accounting of captured and missing U.S. personnel from past military conflicts or Cold War incidents. (97-0) |
| 109 | 4-29 | N | Hutchison amendment: Requires U.S. representative at North Atlantic Council (NAC) to introduce resolution to establish process for dispute resolution among NATO members, prior to entry of Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic into NATO. (37-62) |
| 110 | 4-30 | N | Craig-Hutchison amendment: Requires enactment of law containing specific authorization for continued deployment of U.S. armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of NATO mission in that country, prior to entry of Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic into NATO. (20-80) |
| 111 | 4-30 | N | Moynihan-Warner amendment: Stipulates that if Senate adopts resolution of ratification, President must certify to Senate, prior to deposit of U.S. instrument of ratification, that Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic have each acceded to membership in European Union (EU) and have each engaged in initial voting participation in official EU action. (17-83) |
| 112 | 4-30 | Y | Warner, et al., amendment: Requires President to certify, prior to U.S. deposit of instrument of ratification, that it is U.S. policy not to encourage, participate in, or agree to any further enlargement of NATO for period of at least three years beginning on earliest date by which Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic have all acceded to North Atlantic Treaty. (41-59) |
| 113 | 4-30 | N | Conrad-Bingaman amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that future nuclear arms control agreements with Russian Federation should address non-strategic nuclear weapons in Europe and U.S. should work with Russian Federation to increase transparency, exchange data, and increase warhead security and facilities weapon dismantlement. (16-84) |
| 114 | 4-30 | Y | Biden motion to table Ashcroft, et al., amendment: Strikes language in conditions section declaring that NATO may, on case-by-case basis, engage in missions other than collective defense of NATO members when there is consensus among its members that there is threat to NATO security and interests. (82-18) |
| 115 | 4-30 | N | Bingaman amendment: Requires President, prior to deposit of U.S. instrument of ratifica |