[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10799-10800]
[From the U.S. 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

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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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