VOTES IN SENATE

Recorded

Afghanistan (S. Con. Res. 74): relative to struggle to gain freedom, 28984 [3OC]

Agricultural Programs Adjustment Act (H.R. 4072): Baker motion to table Bumpers amendment (disaster loan determinations), 6391 [22MR]

———Baker motion to table Melcher amendment (wheat target price), 6396 [22MR]

———Baker motion to table Pryor amendment (grain elevator bankruptcies), 6388 [22MR]

———enact, 6416 [22MR]

———Baker motion to reconsider vote by which gun control amendment was not tabled, 27940 [1OC]

———Baker motion to reconsider vote by which school busing amendment was tabled, 27938 [1OC]

———Baker motion to table appeal of ruling of the Chair (amendment germaneness), 27826, 27834 [29SE]

———Baker motion to table Pressler amendment (military assistance for Turkey), 29101 [3OC]

———Baker motion to table Specter amendment (Interstate Highway System apportionment formula), 29815 [4OC]

———Bumpers amendment (noncompetitive oil and gas leasing system), 28327 [2OC]

———conference report, 31811 [11OC]

———Cranston amendment (release of OPM report on wage discrimination in Federal employment), 29050 [3OC]

———Dodd amendment (terrorist activities in Nicaragua), 29000 [3OC]

———germaneness of Bradley amendment (Superfund), 28306 [2OC]

———germaneness of Civil Rights Act amendment, 27487 [27SE]

———germaneness of DeConcini amendment (territorial licenses for malt beverage products), 28296 [2OC]

———Hatfield motion to table Weicker amendment (abortion funding), 29064 [3OC]

———Inouye amendment (intelligence activities in Nicaragua), 28923 [3OC]

———Kasten motion to table Melcher amendment (health care in developing countries), 28383 [2OC]

———Kasten motion to table Zorinsky amendment (Inter-American Investment Corp.), 28869 [3OC]

———motion to table Hatch amendment (school busing), 27939 [1OC]

———Moynihan amendment (ban on armor-piercing bullets), 29033 [3OC]

———Packwood motion to table Chiles amendment (exemptions to airport noise abatement regulations), 29095 [3OC]

———Packwood motion to table Kennedy amendment (civil rights), 28290 [2OC]

———Pryor amendment (military assistance program), 28877 [3OC]

———request attendance, 27669 [28SE], 28275 [2OC]

———Rudman amendment (antitrust immunity for local government), 29087 [3OC]

———Rudman motion to table Biden amendment (Dept. of State security enhancement), 29077 [3OC]

———Thurmond motion to table motion on division of committee amendment, 29139 [3OC]

Appropriations (H.J. Res. 654): Baker motion to table Kennedy amendment, 30516 [5OC]

———Baker motion to table Tsongas amendment, 30533 [5OC]

Armed Career Criminal Act (S. 52): enact, 3100 [23FE]

———Kennedy amendment, 3098 [23FE]

Bail Reform Act (S. 215): enact, 1823 [3FE]

———Mitchell amendment (speedy trial), 1821 [3FE]

Bankruptcy Court and Federal Judgeship Act (S. 1013; H.R. 5174): Exon amendment, 13073 [21MY]

———Mathias motion to table Helms amendment (use of compulsory union dues), 13184 [22MY]

Bankruptcy Reform Act (S. 2507): extension of transition period, 7186 [30MR]

Bonner, Elena (H. Con. Res. 332): Soviet exile, 20571 [24JY]

Bruce D. Beaudin judiciary nomination: confirmation, 26000 [19SE]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act (H.R. 1904): enact, 21163 [26JY]

Child Support Enforcement Amendments (H.R. 4325): conference report, 21783 [1AU]

———enact, 9853 [25AP]

Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission (H.R. 1492): establish, 1303 [1FE]

Comprehensive Crime Control Act (S. 1762): enact, 1587 [2FE]

———Metzenbaum amendment (electronic surveillance), 1578 [2FE]

———Thurmond motion, 871 [30JA]

Congressional salaries (S. 2211): repeal increase, 565 [26JA]

Credit card surcharge ban (S. 2335): enact, 3655 [28FE]

Credit cards sales transactions (S. 2336): D'Amato amendment, 3653 [28FE]

Criminal judgments collateral review procedures reform (S. 1763): Baker motion, 1869 [6FE]

———enact, 1871 [6FE]

Death penalty imposition procedures (S. 1765): cloture motion, 2472 [9FE]

———enact, 2895 [22FE]

Deficit Reduction Tax Act (H.R. 2163): Boschwitz amendment (depreciation allowances), 9204 [12AP]

———Bumpers amendment (capital gains), 8689 [11AP]

———Chafee motion to table D'Amato amendment (social security benefits), 9097 [12AP]

———Dole amendment (enact), 9239 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Bradley amendment (earned income adjustment), 9165 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Bradley amendment (gasoline additives), 9146 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Chafee amendment (tax indexing), 8575 [10AP]

———Dole motion to table Cranston amendment (industrial development bonds), 9194 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Levin amendment (marriage penalty), 9211 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Melcher amendment (construction workers), 9216 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Metzenbaum amendment (minimum corporate tax), 9140 [12AP]

———Ford amendment (distilled spirits excise tax), 9114 [12AP]

———Helms amendment (10 percent budget reduction), 9830 [25AP]

———Metzenbaum amendment (employee awards), 8404 [9AP]

———Metzenbaum amendment (insurance provisions), 8559 [10AP]

———Packwood motion to table Cohen amendment (energy tax credits), 9125 [12AP]

———Pressler amendment (highway user fees), 8681 [11AP]

———Wallop motion to table Bradley amendment (synthetic fuel credits), 8695 [11AP]

———Wilson motion to table Ford amendment (distilled spirits excise tax), 9119 [12AP]

Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5743), budget waiver, 22721 [8AU]

———cloture motion on budget waiver, 22510 [6AU], 22721 [8AU]

———Cochran motion to table Bumper amendment (family farms preservation), 23701 [10AU]

———Cochran motion to table Exon amendment (grain target prices), 23309 [9AU]

———Kennedy amendment (WIC program funding), 23689 [10AU]

———making appropriations, 23715 [10AU]

———Melcher amendment (conservation of erodible lands), 23299 [9AU]

Dept. of Agriculture urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492): Baker motion to table Kennedy amendment (Central America military assistance), 7013 [29MR]

———Baker motion to table Leahy amendment (combat troops), 7684 [4AP]

———Cochran amendment (African assistance), 7180 [30MR]

———Kasten motion to table Kennedy amendment (El Salvador assistance), 7462, 7479 [3AP]

———Kasten motion to table Specter amendment (El Salvador assistance), 7476 [3AP]

———Kennedy amendment (Central America military assistance), 7034 [29MR]

———Kennedy amendment (El Salvador assistance), 7365 [2AP]

———Kennedy amendment (Nicaragua), 7715 [4AP]

———Melcher amendment (Philippine assistance), 7181 [30MR]

———Melcher amendment (emergency aid levels), 7366 [2AP]

———Rudman motion to table Baker amendment (oil company mergers), 6833 [28MR]

———Rudman motion to table Dodd amendment (terrorism), 7723 [4AP]

———Senate amendment No. 14 (Nicaraguan military assistance), 18591 [25JN]

———Stevens motion to table Levin amendment (Central America assistance), 8023 [5AP]

———Stevens motion to table Sasser amendment (Presidential emergency authority), 8044 [5AP]

———conference report, 18570 [25JN]

———making, 8068 [5AP]

Dept. of Defense Authorization Act (S. 2723; H.R. 5167): Armstrong motion to waive portions of the Budget Act, 16104 [13JN]

———Baker motion to require attendance during closed session, 15811 [12JN]

———Baker motion to table Dixon motion to recommit, 16486 [14JN]

———Bradley amendment (permanent site for Olympic games), 16913 [18JN]

———Bumpers amendment (arms limitation treaties compliance), 17135 [19JN]

———Byrd amendment (Stealth missiles), 15337 [7JN]

———Byrd amendment (competition advocate), 15592 [8JN]

———Byrd amendment (humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan), 17084 [19JN]

———Cohen amendment (NATO troop levels and conventional capabilities), 17498 [20JN]

———Cohen amendment (sea-launched cruise missiles), 17112 [19JN]

———Exon amendment (MIA accounting), 16137 [13JN]

———Glenn amendment (educational assistance), 16107 [13JN]

———Goldwater amendment (Blackhawk helicopter), 16150 [13JN]

———Goldwater motion to table Warner amendment, 15841 [12JN]

———Hatfield motion to table Murkowski amendment (crude oil export study), 16923 [18JN]

———Hollings amendment (military cost-of-living adjustment cap), 15317 [7JN]

———Kennedy amendment (ratification of certain test ban treaties), 17432 [20JN]

———Nunn amendment (nuclear war risk reduction centers), 16698 [15JN]

———Pressler amendment (NATO contributions), 15331 [7JN]

———Proxmire amendment (NATO contributions), 15326 [7JN]

———substitute language of S. 2723, 17570 [20JN]

———Symms amendment (U.S. policy on Cuba), 16914 [18JN]

———Symms amendment (ratification of certain test ban treaties), 17431 [20JN]

———Tower amendment to Glenn amendment (educational assistance), 16060 [13JN]

———Tower motion to table Armstrong amendment (educational assistance), 16095, 16106 [13JN]

———Tower motion to table Cohen amendment, 16545 [14JN]

———Tower motion to table Kennedy amendment (limit use of U.S. Armed Forces in El Salvador and Nicaragua), 16951 [18JN]

———Tower motion to table Kennedy amendment (ratification of certain test ban treaties), 17420 [20JN]

———Tower motion to table Kennedy amendment (support of Contras in Nicaragua), 16970 [18JN]

———Tower motion to table Leahy amendment, 16520 [14JN]

———Tower motion to table Moynihan amendment, 16537 [14JN]

———Tower motion to table Nunn amendment (NATO troop levels), 17497 [20JN]

———Tower motion to table Percy amendment (strategic defense initiative funding), 16129 [13JN]

———Tower motion to table Proxmire amendment, 16550 [14JN]

———Tower motion to table Roth amendment (high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles), 17555 [20JN]

———Trible motion to table Jepsen amendment (benefits for former military spouses), 17148 [19JN]

———Wallop amendment (ASAT weapons verification), 15841 [12JN]

———Warner amendment (Presidential determination of weapons verification), 15842 [12JN]

———Warner amendment (establish Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense), 16682 [15JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 5798): Abdnor motion to table Kennedy amendment (appointment of Anne M. Burford), 20578 [24JY]

———Kennedy amendment (appointment of Anne M. Burford), 20584 [24JY]

———making, 20800 [25JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary appropriations (H.R. 5712): Chafee motion to table Helms amendment (economic sanction against Bulgaria), 19609 [28JN]

———Hollings amendment (FTC antitrust enforcement actions), 19557 [28JN]

———Hollings amendment (National Endowment for Democracy funding), 19598 [28JN]

———Nickels amendment (Louis Farrakhan statements repudiation), 19617 [28JN]

———Rudman amendment (U.S. contributions to international organizations), 19594 [28JN]

———Rudman appeal to overrule ruling of the Chair (legislative amendment on an appropriations bill), 19528 [28JN]

———Rudman motion to table Nickles amendment (discretionary funding), 19611 [28JN]

———Weicker amendment (National Endowment for Democracy), 19586 [28JN]

———committee amendment relative to LSC, 19533 [28JN]

———making, 19629 [28JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies (H.R. 6028): making appropriations, 26693 [25SE]

Education for Economic Security Act (S. 1285): Baker amendment (desegregation assistance), 15036 [6JN]

———Baker motion to table Riegle amendment (extended-day facilities), 19315 [27JN]

———Hatfield-Denton amendment (religious activities in schools), 19252 [27JN]

Export Administration Act amendments (S. 979): Baker motion, 4082 [1MR]

———Boren amendment (wheat program), 4133 [1MR]

———Heinz amendment (agricultural embargoes), 3781 [29FE]

———Heinz motion to table Dodd amendment (export trade contracts), 4131 [1MR]

———Heinz motion to table Johnston amendment (mineral rights), 3797 [29FE]

———Heinz motion to table Metzenbaum amendment (oil company mergers), 3787 [29FE]

———Heinz motion to table Murkowski amendment (Alaskan oil), 4078, 4102 [1MR]

———Heinz motion to table Pryor amendment (Federal Reserve Board of Governors), 4112 [1MR]

———McClure amendment, 3641 [28FE]

———Proxmire amendment, 3732 [29FE]

Federal Aid Highway Act (S. 2527): cloture on motion to proceed to consideration, 26600 [24SE]

———request attendance, 26600 [24SE]

Federal Boat Safety Act (H.R. 2163): Baker amendment (deficit reduction), 12709 [17MY]

———Baker amendment (synthetic fuels funding), 12418 [16MY]

———Baker motion to table Chafee amendment (budget reduction), 11737 [10MY]

———Baucus amendment (medicare provisions), 12658 [17MY]

———Boschwitz amendment (depreciation allowances), 9204 [12AP]

———Boschwitz amendment (fair-play budget formula), 12151 [15MY]

———Bumpers amendment (capital gains), 8689 [11AP]

———Chafee motion to table D'Amato amendment (social security benefits), 9097 [12AP]

———Chiles amendment (cost-of-living adjustments in tax tables), 11232 [8MY]

———Dole amendment (Deficit Reduction Tax Act), 9239 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Bradley amendment (earned income adjustment), 9165 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Bradley amendment (gasoline additives), 9146 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Chafee amendment (tax indexing), 8575 [10AP]

———Dole motion to table Cranston amendment (industrial development bonds), 9194 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Kennedy amendment (medicare benefits), 11526, 11529 [9MY]

———Dole motion to table Levin amendment (marriage penalty), 9211 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Melcher amendment (construction workers), 9216 [12AP]

———Dole motion to table Metzenbaum amendment (minimum corporate tax), 9140 [12AP]

———Domenici motion to table Bradley amendment (medicare), 11237 [8MY]

———Ford amendment (distilled spirits excise tax), 9114 [12AP]

———Gorton amendment (budget deficit reduction), 11533 [9MY]

———Grassley amendment (spending freeze), 10679 [2MY]

———Hatfield motion to table DeConcini amendment (Federal spending), 10086 [26AP]

———Heinz amendment (health care for unemployed), 8673 [11AP]

———Helms amendment (10 percent budget reduction), 9830 [25AP]

———Hollings amendment (spending freeze), 10454 [1MY]

———Kasten amendment (Grace Commission recommendations), 12145 [15MY]

———Kennedy amendment (mining of Nicaraguan harbors), 8543 [10AP]

———Mattingly motion to table point of order (line-item veto), 10859 [3MY]

———Metzenbaum amendment (employee awards), 8404 [9AP]

———Metzenbaum amendment (insurance provisions), 8559 [10AP]

———Mitchell amendment (Federal judges), 10432 [1MY]

———Omnibus Deficit Reduction Act (H.R. 4170) passed in lieu, 12713 [17MY]

———Packwood motion to table Cohen amendment (energy tax credits), 9125 [12AP]

———point of order on Mattingly amendment (line-item veto), 10870 [3MY]

———Pressler amendment (highway user fees), 8681 [11AP]

———Specter amendment (prison overcrowding), 12676 [17MY]

———Symms amendment (Federal spending), 10077 [26AP], 10331 [30AP]

———Wallop motion to table Bradley amendment (synthetic fuel credits), 8695 [11AP]

———Weicker motion to table Kennedy amendment (domestic spending programs), 12662 [17MY]

———Wilson motion to table Ford amendment (distilled spirits excise tax), 9119 [12AP]

Federal Debt Recovery Act (S. 1668): enact, 20784 [25JY]

———Metzenbaum amendments, 20784 [25JY]

Federal Timber Contract Payment Modification Act (H.R. 2838): enact, 26993 [26SE]

Financial Services Competitive Equity Act (S. 2851): cloture, 25284 [13SE]

———cloture on motion to proceed to consideration, 24716 [10SE]

———enact, 25339 [13SE]

———Gorton amendment (insurance activities), 25326 [13SE]

———motion to proceed to consideration, 24744 [11SE]

———Proxmire amendment (Federal Reserve interest payment requirement), 25000 [12SE]

First concurrent budget resolution (H. Con. Res. 280): reconciliation, 12914 [18MY]

First concurrent budget resolution (S. 2062; H.R. 4169): reconciliation, 8077 [5AP]

Genocide Convention (S. Res. 478): supporting ratification, 31812 [11OC]

Hoover Power Plant Act (S. 268): Baker motion to request attendance of Members, 21137 [26JY]

———Cranston motion to table Metzenbaum amendment (Hoover Dam contract extension), 21139 [26JY]

———House amendments, cloture motion, 21523 [30JY]

———motion to concur in House amendments, 21587 [31JY]

———Stevens motion to request attendance of Members, 21529 [30JY]

———Stevens motion to table Metzenbaum amendment (Hoover Dam electricity prices), 21529 [30JY]

International agreements: en bloc treaties, 23246 [9AU]

J. Harvie Wilkinson III judiciary confirmation: confirmation, 23284 [9AU]

———cloture motion, 21600 [31JY], 23284 [9AU]

———Kennedy motion to recommit, 14070 [24MY]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 5753), committee amendment, 17848 [21JN]

National Productivity and Innovation Act (S. 1841): enact, 21614 [31JY]

Omnibus Deficit Reduction Act (H.R. 4170): conference report, 19305 [27JN]

———D'Amato motion to table conference report, 19283 [27JN]

———passed in lieu of H.R. 2163, 12713 [17MY]

Omnibus Deficit Reduction Act (H.R. 4170), technical amendments (H. Con. Res. 328): Dole motion to table Melcher amendment (imputed interest rates), 20077 [29JN]

Public debt limit (H.J. Res. 654): Baker motion, 30834 [9OC]

———increase, 32147 [11OC], 32480 [12OC]

———Symms amendment (imputed interest rates), 31862 [11OC]

Recess: Metzenbaum motion, 21529 [30JY]

Redfield, Nell J. (H.R. 1428): relief, 21165 [26JY]

Sakharov, Andrei (H. Con. Res. 332): Soviet exile, 20571 [24JY]

School prayer (S.J. Res. 73): Baker motion to table Dixon amendment, 5733 [15MR]

———committee amendment (composition of prayers), 5421 [14MR]

———providing for, 5919 [20MR]

Sentencing Reform Act (S. 668): enact, 1649 [2FE]

Shipping Act amendments (S. 47): conference report, 3136 [23FE]

Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act (H.R. 4209): enact, 22615 [7AU]

Social security disability benefits eligibility reform (H.R. 3755): conference report, 26000 [19SE]

Social security disability benefits eligibility reform (S. 476; H.R. 3755): enact, 13247 [22MY]

Social security (H.R. 1428): cost-of-living adjustment, 21165 [26JY]

Solid Waste Disposal Act (H.R. 2867): amend, 20866 [25JY]

Supplemental appropriations (H.R. 6040): Dixon amendment (emergency shelter program), 22757 [8AU]

———Dodd amendment (foreign assistance levels), 22736 [8AU]

———Goldwater point of order on germaneness of Pell amendment (U.S.-People's Republic of China relations), 22766 [8AU]

———Hatfield motion to table Baucus amendment (Martha R. Seger nomination), 22782 [8AU]

———Inouye amendment (military assistance to El Salvador), 22741 [8AU]

———making, 22820 [8AU]

———Packwood motion to table Helms amendment (commending President on abortion stance), 22749 [8AU]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act (H.R. 4616): Humphrey amendment (State incentive grants), 18669 [26JN]

———Lautenberg amendment (national minimum drinking age), 18680 [26JN]

Tariff schedules (H.R. 3398): amend, 26254 [20SE]

———Danforth amendment (antidumping), 26013 [19SE]

———Wilson amendment (canned tuna), 25753 [18SE]

Television and radio coverage of Senate floor proceedings (S. Res. 66): Baker motion to proceed to consideration, 25972 [19SE]

———cloture on motion to proceed to consideration, 25771 [18SE], 26453 [21SE]

Trial evidence exclusionary rule application (S. 1764): enact, 2108 [7FE]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act (S. 1660): consideration, motion to table, 553 [26JA]

Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act (S. 1651; H.R. 1961): Simpson-Cranston amendment, 13177 [22MY]

Water Resources Research Act (S. 684): veto override, 6134 [21MR]

Wilson, William A.: nomination to be Ambassador to Vatican City, 4746 [7MR]

Remarks in Senate

Position on missed: Mattingly, 21393 [27JY]

———Randolph, 21380 [27JY]

———Warner, 16973 [18JN]

Signal system: malfunction, 17071 [19JN]

Rollcalls

Quorum, 12901 [18MY], 13057 [21MY], 14852 [4JN], 15811 [12JN], 17492 [20JN], 21523 [30JY], 21581 [31JY], 25284 [13SE], 26452 [21SE], 26604 [24SE], 26668 [25SE], 27669 [28SE], 27825 [29SE], 28274 [2OC], 32480 [12OC]

Voting record

Wilson, 20404-20406 [29JN]