[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 19, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, during the debate on the Andean Trade 
Promotion Act, H.R. 3009, I missed the vote on Senator Wellstone's 
amendment, amendment No. 129, on May 23. The vote was on a motion by 
Senator Baucus to table the amendment and the motion failed. The 
amendment inserted a new paragraph in the legislation stating that the 
principal negotiation objective regarding human rights and democracy is 
to obtain provisions in trade agreements that require parties to those 
agreements to strive to protect internationally recognized civil, 
political, and human rights. I would have voted against the motion to 
table. My vote was not necessary to defeat that motion.

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