[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 25146]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          EXPLANATION OF VOTES

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent due to a family 
medical emergency during Senate action on rollcall votes No. 317 
through 322.
  Had I been present for the votes, I would have voted as follows. On 
rollcall vote No. 317, the motion to table Senate amendment 1861, an 
amendment to ensure accountability in programs for disadvantaged 
students, I would have voted not to table. On rollcall vote No. 318, 
Senate amendment 1842, an amendment to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the importance of determining the economic status of former 
recipients of temporary assistance to needy families, I would have 
voted for the amendment. On rollcall vote No. 319, the motion to table 
Senate amendment 1825, an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for 
the promulgation or issuing of any standard relating to ergonomic 
protection, I would have voted against tabling the amendment. On 
rollcall vote No. 320, the motion to table Senate amendment 1844, an 
amendment to limit the applicability of the Davis-Bacon Act in areas 
designated as disaster areas, I would have voted to table the 
amendment. On rollcall vote 321, final passage of S. 1650, an original 
bill making appropriations for the Department of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, I would have voted 
for passage of the bill, albeit with reservations about specific 
provisions of the bill. Finally, on rollcall vote 322, the motion to 
invoke cloture on the conference report on H.R. 1906, the Agriculture 
Appropriations Act, I would have voted against cloture.

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