VOTES IN SENATE

Recorded

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5487): table Graham amendment (costs of Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State), S10440 [28JY]

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act (S. 1306): Kennedy motion to lay on the table the motion to recommit conference report, S7670 [9JN]

———cloture motion on conference report, S7670 [9JN]

———conference report, S7687 [9JN]

Appropriations Category Reform Act (S. 2399): cloture motion, S4331 [26MR]

Appropriations (H.J. Res. 456): making further continuing, S4593 [1AP]

Bosnia-Herzegovina (S. Res. 330): Stevens amendment (sense of the Senate), S12227 [11AU]

———U.N. multinational action, S12240 [11AU]

———Warner amendment, S12035 [10AU]

Budget line-item rescission authority (H.R. 4990): conference report, S7129 [21MY]

Cable Television Consumer Protection Act (S. 12): Breaux motion to table Graham amendment (FCC study of home shopping networks), S585 [29JA]

———conference report, S14616 [22SE]

———enact, S760 [31JA]

———Helms amendment (permit cable television operators to decline indecent programming on leased access channels), S649 [30JA]

———Packwood amendment (substitute), S749 [31JA]

Commission To Review the Bankruptcy Code (S. 1985): Durenberger amendment (balancing the budget), S8353 [17JN]

———establish, S8359 [17JN]

Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act (H.R. 776): Bentsen motion to table Bradley amendment (tax treatment of petroleum drilling costs), S10760 [29JY]

———cloture motion, S10210 [23JY], S10436 [28JY]

———conference report (cloture motion), S17625 [8OC]

———enact, S10876 [30JY]

———Johnston motion to table Symms amendment (high-speed intercity rail facility bonds), S10778 [29JY]

———Specter motion to waive section 311(a) of the Budget Act (national health care), S10768 [29JY]

Constitutional amendment on congressional pay raises (S. Con. Res. 120): affirm, S6948 [20MY]

Constitutional amendment on congressional pay raises (S. Res. 298): affirm, S6948 [20MY]

Crime control and court procedures reform (H.R. 3371): cloture motion on conference report, S16226 [2OC]

———conference report (cloture motion), S3944 [19MR]

Dept. of Defense appropriations (H.R. 5504): Bumpers amendment (intelligence budget), S14304 [21SE]

———Harkin amendment (transfer funds from the strategic defense initiative to breast cancer research program), S14643 [22SE]

———Helms amendment (civil rights criteria relative to exclusion from federally supported charitable contributions to the Boy Scouts of America), S14623 [22SE]

———making, S14714 [23SE]

Dept. of the Interior appropriations (H.R. 5503): Bumpers motion to table the Reid amendment (substitute), S11574 [5AU]

———Byrd motion to table Jeffords amendment (grazing fees), S11723 [6AU]

———Craig motion to table Fowler amendment (environmental impact of federally funded timber sales), S11591 [5AU], S11660 [6AU]

———Domenici amendment (corporate responsibility), S11481 [4AU]

———table Craig amendment, S11667 [6AU]

———table Gorton amendment, S11688 [6AU]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 5488): making, S13242 [10SE]

———McCain motion to waive Budget Act, S13235 [10SE]

———Sanford motion to waive Budget Act (Social Security computation rule), S13204 [10SE]

Dept. of Transportation appropriations (H.R. 5518): Bond amendment (allocation formula for distribution of State funding for roads and highways), S11541 [5AU]

———making, S11545 [5AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5678): conference report, S16004 [1OC]

———Danforth amendment (attorney costs of Presidential nominees), S16004 [1OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations (S. 3026): Graham amendment (freeze administrative expenses), S10417 [28JY]

———Simon point of order (uphold ruling of the Chair relative to District of Columbia gun liability law), S10338 [27JY]

Depts. of Defense and Energy military activities appropriations (S. 3114): Coats amendment (reproductive health services for Armed Forces members in facilities outside the U.S., S14026 [18SE]

———Graham amendment (democratic reforms in Cuba), S14074 [18SE]

———Graham motion to table Dodd amendment (democratic reforms in Cuba), S14070 [18SE]

———Hatfield amendment (nuclear weapons testing moratorium), S13967 [18SE]

———Leahy amendment (B-2 stealth bomber development), S13948 [18SE]

———motion to table Sasser amendment (strategic defense initiative), S11897 [7AU]

———Nunn amendment (defense transition and conversion), S11869 [7AU]

———Nunn amendment (strategic defense initiative), S13851 [17SE]

———Sasser amendment (strategic defense initiative), S13843 [17SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5677): cloture motion, S13573 [16SE]

———D'Amato motion (waive Budget Act relative to breast cancer research funding), S13706 [17SE]

———Harkin motion to waive the Budget Act (transfer of defense budget funds to education programs), S13618 [16SE]

———Hatch amendment (nutrition labeling), S13977 [18SE]

———Helms amendment (substitute), S13726 [17SE]

———Lott amendment (effective date of enactment), S13727 [17SE]

———making, S13982 [18SE]

———McCain motion (waive section 306 of Budget Act), S13696 [17SE]

———Nunn motion on Specter amendment (Pell Grant Program funding), S13624 [16SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 5679): Bumpers amendment (space station Freedom funding), S13008 [9SE]

———DeConcini motion to table Chafee amendment (drinking water regulations), S13050 [9SE]

———Garn motion to table Wirth amendment, S15105 [25SE]

———making, S13072 [9SE]

Disaster assistance appropriations (H.R. 5132): Graham amendment (rescission of certain funds relative to disaster assistance legislation), S7015 [20MY]

———Lautenberg amendment (waiver of repayment for certain highway and mass transit funding), S6986 [20MY]

———Lott/Dole amendment (summer jobs program), S7119 [21MY]

———making, S7140 [21MY]

———Nickles amendment (waiver of wage scale laws relative to construction or repair projects), S7105 [21MY]

———Seymour amendment (prohibit use of funds to provide assistance to persons arrested of riot-related crimes), S7016 [20MY]

———Thurmond amendment (Federal antiriot statutes), S7119 [21MY]

District of Columbia appropriations (H.R. 5517): Adams motion to table Lott amendment (registration of unmarried cohabiting couples for benefit purposes), S10907 [30JY]

———Shelby motion to Adams amendment (District of Columbia's sentencing for murder convictions), S10898 [30JY]

El Salvador (S. Res. 248): civil war cease-fire, S599 [29JA]

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 5373): Hatfield amendment (nuclear testing moratorium), S11212 [3AU]

———Johnston motion to table Bumpers amendment (superconducting supercollider), S11211, S11215 [3AU]

Enterprise Zone Tax Incentives Act (H.R. 11): Bentsen motion (waive all provisions of the Congressional Budget Act for consideration of conference report), S17707 [8OC]

———Bentsen motion to table Craig amendment on tax treatment of adoption expenses, S15300 [26SE]

———Bentsen motion to table DeConcini amendment, S14868 [24SE]

———Bentsen motion to table Gramm amendment (repeal designation of income tax payments to Presidential election campaign fund), S15035 [25SE]

———Bentsen motion to table Simon amendment (amortization of goodwill and certain other intangibles), S14934 [24SE]

———Bumpers motion to waive the Budget Act (computation of estimated tax), S14890 [24SE]

———cloture motion on conference report, S17703 [8OC]

———conference report, S17707 [8OC]

———Dole amendment (modify enterprise zone provisions), S15046 [25SE]

———Dole amendment (nonconventional fuel production tax credit), S14754 [23SE]

———enact, S15604 [29SE]

———Ford motion to table Harkin amendment (advertising deduction for tobacco products), S14913 [24SE]

———Graham motion to table Harkin amendment (tax treatment of income from Cuba), S15082 [25SE]

———McCain motion to waive Budget Act relative to McCain amendment (three-fifths majority vote in the Senate to increase taxes), S14918 [24SE]

———Packwood amendment (pilot pension plans), S14769 [23SE]

———Packwood motion to table Riegle amendment, S15313 [26SE]

———Riegle amendment (classification of multipurpose vehicles), S15313 [26SE]

———waiver of Budget Act, S15018 [25SE]

Enterprise zones (H.R. 11): Levin motion to table Chafee/Durenberger amendment (individual retirement accounts), S12272 [11AU]

———Mack motion to waive the Budget Act relative to the Mack amendment (capital gains tax), S12438 [12AU]

———motion to waive provisions of the Congressional Budget Act relative to the Bradley amendment (urban aid initiatives), S12465 [12AU]

Family and Medical Leave Act (S. 5): consideration of conference report (H. Res. 560), H8238 [10SE]

———veto (override), S14861 [24SE]

Federal budget (H. Con. Res. 287): DeConcini amendment (WIC special supplemental food program), S5468 [10AP]

———Mitchell amendment (exempt veterans' compensation from spending caps), S5460 [10AP]

———Sasser motion to insert text of S. Con. Res. 106 in lieu, S5492 [10AP]

Federal budget (S. Con. Res. 106): Bentsen amendment (treatment of Social Security trust funds), S4921 [7AP]

———Breaux point of order on Grassley amendment (merchant marine cargo preference and operating differential subsidies), S5486 [10AP]

———Byrd amendment (constitutional amendment to require balanced budget), S5175 [9AP]

———D'Amato amendment (differences in State welfare payments), S5476 [10AP]

———Exon amendment (Dept. of Defense budget), S5143 [9AP]

———Inouye motion to table Harkin amendment (reinvestment of certain defense expenditures into the economy and domestic programs), S5186 [9AP]

———Moynihan point of order against D'Amato amendment (differences in State welfare payments), S5476 [10AP]

———Nickles amendment (constitutional amendment to require balanced budget), S9239 [30JN]

———Nickles motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act relative to Nickles amendment (constitutional amendment to require balanced budget), S5176 [9AP]

———Seymour amendment (reduce general Government funds for Legislative Branch expenditures), S5194 [9AP]

Federal Housing Enterprises Regulatory Reform Act (S. 2733): cloture motion on Nickles amendment (constitutional amendment to balance the budget), S9353 [1JY]

———enact, S9359 [1JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations (H.R. 5368): Helms amendment (provide for deficit reduction by reducing total authority of bill), S15819 [30SE]

———Kasten amendment to Kassebaum amendment (assistance to Morocco), S15810 [30SE]

———making, S15958 [1OC]

Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act (S. 2532): Byrd amendment (prevent foreign acquisition of LTV Aerospace and Defense Co.), S9645 [2JY]

———Byrd amendment (sale of nonlethal defense articles to the Baltic States), S9654 [2JY]

———DeConcini amendment (removal of Russian armed forces from the Baltic States), S9461 [1JY]

———enact, S9742 [2JY]

———Leahy amendment (credit-worthiness requirement), S9407 [1JY]

———Lugar motion to table Brown amendment (IMF assistance to Commonwealth of Independent States), S9651 [2JY]

———Pell motion to table Specter amendment (certify adherence to debt repayment schedules), S9718 [2JY]

———Pressler motion to table Pell substitute amendment, S9460 [1JY]

———table Riegle amendment (national economic objectives priority assignments), S9686 [2JY]

Government-sponsored enterprises (S. 2733): Brown amendment (assessing liability for unauthorized discharge of hazardous substances), S8770 [24JN]

———Byrd amendment (require President to submit a 5-year plan to balance the budget), S9243 [30JN]

———cloture motion on Nickles amendment, S9256 [30JN]

———Dole amendment (dissolve railroad strike), S8621 [23JN]

———Garn motion to table Dodd amendment (limited business partnership rollups), S8751 [24JN]

———Kasten amendment (three-fifths majority vote to increase taxes), S9219 [30JN]

———Riegle motion to table Ford amendment (moratorium on interstate branching by savings associations), S8762 [24JN]

———table Chafee amendment (hazardous substances cleanup), S8648 [23JN]

Higher Education Act (S. 1150): reauthorization, S1969 [21FE]

———Specter amendment (prohibit Dept. of Veterans implementation of the Rural Health Care Initiatives), S1944 [21FE]

Indoor Radon Abatement Reauthorization Act (S. 792): enact, S2994 [10MR]

Interstate Transportation of Municipal Waste Act (S. 2877): Baucus motion to table Reid amendment (out-of-State municipal waste), S10118 [22JY]

———enact, S10211 [23JY]

Labor discrimination based on participation in disputes (S. 55): cloture motion, S7964 [11JN], S8238 [16JN]

Legislative branch appropriations (H.R. 5427): making, S16004 [1OC]

———Seymour-Brown amendment (future years limitation on expenditures), S15996 [1OC]

Line-item budget rescission authority (H.R. 4990): Brown amendment (make additional rescissions), S5985 [5MY]

Line-item budget rescission authority (S. 2403): committee substitute, S6082 [6MY]

———McCain amendment (Seawolf submarine production), S5976 [5MY]

Loan guarantees for Israel (S. Res. 277): support, S4630 [1AP]

Mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (H.R. 3337): conference report, S5676 [28AP]

Montana National Forest Management Act (S. 1686): enact, S4275 [26MR]

Most-favored-nation status for the People's Republic of China (H.R. 2212): conference report, S2186 [25FE]

———veto, S3857 [18MR]

National Energy Security Act (S. 2166): Bryan amendment (industrial energy reporting), S1638 [19FE]

———enact, S1696 [19FE]

———Gore amendment (stratospheric ozone depletion), S1138 [6FE]

———Graham amendment (nuclear energy reactor licensing), S1173 [6FE]

———Johnston amendment (nature of a substitute), S1654 [19FE]

———Johnston motion to table Biden amendment (establish an independent investigation board for nuclear energy safety issues), S1670 [19FE]

———Johnston motion to table Craig amendment (Federal eminent domain granting procedures for natural gas projects), S1582 [18FE]

———Johnston motion to table Graham amendment (require balanced lease granting and environmental protection of the Continental shelf), S1663 [19FE]

———Johnston motion to table Grassley amendment (promote the development and use of domestically produced replacement and alternative fuels), S1674 [19FE]

———Johnston motion to table Jeffords amendment (establish supply requirements for replacement and alternative fuels), S978 [5FE]

———Metzenbaum/Jeffords amendment (refunds for natural gas overcharges), S1632 [19FE]

———motion to proceed (cloture motion), S860 [4FE]

National Voter Registration Act (S. 250): cloture motion on committee substitute amendment, S6472 [12MY]

———cloture on the motion to proceed, S6302 [7MY]

———enact, S6945 [20MY]

———Ford motion to table Gramm amendment (penalties for voter intimidation and fraud), S6877 [19MY]

———Ford motion to table McCain amendment (restrict voter registration agency from registering direct aid recipients), S6858 [19MY]

———Ford motion to table McConnell amendment (State voter turnout percentages), S6858 [19MY]

———Ford motion to table McConnell amendment (combat election corruption), S6858 [19MY]

———Ford motion to table Nickles amendment (postpone effective date of legislation), S6877 [19MY]

———Ford motion to table Simpson amendment (prevent voting by ineligible non-citizens), S6877 [19MY]

———Ford motion to table Specter amendment (disposition of State voter registration mail), S6878 [19MY]

———Rockefeller motion to table Kasten amendment (aviation accident liability standards), S6654 [14MY]

———Stevens substitute amendment, S6682 [14MY]

———veto (sustained), S14619 [22SE]

NIH programs (H.R. 2507): cloture motion, S4437 [31MR]

———conference report, S7568 [4JN]

———Hatch amendment (establish a physician and hospital registry and a fetal tissue bank), S4488 [31MR]

———Helms amendment (prohibit certain adult and adolescent sexual behavior surveys), S4758 [2AP]

———revise and extend, S4774 [2AP]

———Simon amendment (sexual behavior survey requirements for NIH support), S4758 [2AP]

NIH programs (S. 2899): cloture motion, S16241 [2OC]

Nomination of Edward E. Carnes to be circuit judge: cloture motion, S12970 [9SE]

———confirmation, S12971 [9SE]

———motion to proceed, S11914 [7AU]

POW/MIA (S. Res. 324): declassification of certain documents and materials, S9664 [2JY]

Pregnancy Counseling Act (S. 323): veto (override), S15957 [1OC]

Product Liability Fairness Act (S. 640): cloture motion, S13154, S13155 [10SE]

———Mitchell motion to reconsider cloture motion, S13155 [10SE]

Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act: enact (S. 474), S7302 [2JN]

Public Telecommunications Act (H.R. 2977): enact, S7472 [3JN]

Public Telecommunications Act (S. 1504): Byrd amendment (prohibit broadcasting of indecent programming), S7424 [3JN]

———cloture motion, S2645 [3MR]

———Lott amendment (freeze authorization levels for the Corp. for Public Broadcasting), S7423 [3JN]

Railroad labor-management disputes (H.J. Res. 517): settlement, S8966 [25JN]

———table Wellstone amendment (regulation of settlements), S8963 [25JN]

Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act (H.R. 429): conference report, S17684 [8OC]

Resolution Trust Corp. funding (S. 2482): waiver of Budget Act on Kerry amendment (appropriations to be regarded as direct spending), S4343 [26MR]

———authorize, S4353 [26MR]

———Gramm amendment, S4346 [26MR]

Senate: motion to request attendance of absent Senators, S7677 [9JN], S9039 [26JN]

Senate Election Ethics Act (S. 3): conference report, S5866 [30AP]

———veto (sustain), S6586 [13MY]

START Treaty: cloture motion, S15504 [29SE]

———ratify, S15955 [1OC]

———Wallop amendment (elimination of mobile ICBM's), S15706 [30SE]

———Wallop amendment (U.S. interests), S15552 [29SE]

———Wallop amendment (verify the elimination of nuclear arms), S15559 [29SE]

Strengthening Education for American Families Act (S. 2): Cochran amendment (establish new waiver authority for New American Schools), S222 [23JA]

———cloture motion, S16214 [2OC]

———Durenberger motion to table Hatch amendment (allocation and distribution of Federal education funds), S278 [23JA]

———enact, S507 [28JA]

———Hatch amendment (establish a low-income school choice demonstration project), S270 [23JA]

———Hatfield amendment (establish waiver authority for certain regulatory requirements in exchange for holding grantees accountable for achieving educational goals), S232 [23JA]

———Helms amendment (Supreme Court decisions on voluntary school prayer), S255 [23JA]

———motion to disagree to House amendments, S13443 [15SE]

———motion to proceed, S18 [21JA], S13443 [15SE]

———Nickles-Kasten amendment (encourage school attendance and promote self-sufficiency for welfare recipients), S479 [28JA]

———Wirth motion to waive Budget Act on Wirth amendment (investments in education and school-to-work initiatives), S493 [28JA]

Supplemental appropriations, transfers, and rescissions (H.R. 5620): Craig amendment (funding of Dept. of Labor regulation enforcement), S13483 [15SE]

———making, S13495 [15SE]

Tax incentives for economic growth and relief for families (H.R. 4210): Bentsen motion to table DeConcini amendment (employer tax-credit for day care), S3632 [13MR]

———Bentsen motion to table Pryor amendment (pharmaceutical prices), S3257 [11MR]

———Bentsen motion to table Reid amendment (prohibit imposition of State taxes on pensions of individuals who are not residents), S3422 [12MR]

———conference report, S4022 [20MR]

———Helms amendment, as modified (sense of Senate regarding House bank), S3396 [12MR]

———Kasten motion to waive Congressional Budget Act relative to Kasten amendment, S3640, S3643 [13MR]

———Kohl motion to table D'Amato amendment (State public welfare programs), S3617 [13MR]

———McCain motion to waive Budget Act, S3605 [13MR]

———McCain motion to waive Congressional Budget Act relative to McCain amendment (tax incentives for businesses located on Indian reservations), S3432 [12MR]

———Moynihan motion to table Bumpers amendment (authorize use of highway trust funds), S3613 [13MR]

———Packwood motion to waive section 311 of Budget Act, S3282 [11MR]

———promote, S3686 [13MR]

———Seymour motion to waive Congressional Budget Act relative to Seymour amendment, S3651 [13MR]

———table Levin amendment (apply new revenues to deficit reduction, transportation infrastructure, and job training projects), S3387 [12MR]

Television Consumer Protection Act (S. 12): veto, S16676 [5OC]

Trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 479): cloture motion, S2189 [25FE]

———McCain amendment (line-item veto), S2477 [27FE]

———stimulate, S2486 [27FE]

U.N. Conference on Environment and Development (S. Con. Res. 89): participate, S4897 [7AP]

Unemployment benefits (H.R. 4095): emergency compensation, S891 [4FE]

Unemployment benefits (H.R. 5260): conference report, S9664 [2JY]

———Graham amendment (treatment of foreign agricultural workers relative to unemployment tax), S8496 [18JN]

Unemployment benefits (S. 2173): motion to waive certain sections of Congressional Budget Act, S891 [4FE]

United States-China Act (H.R. 5318): veto (sustained), S15957 [1OC]

Voting Rights Language Assistance Act (H.R. 4312): enact, S11825 [7AU]

———Simpson amendment (modify application of bilingual voting assistance), S11823 [7AU]

———Simpson amendment (require Federal funding for compliance costs), S11824 [7AU]

Yugoslavian sanctions relative to emerging republics (S. 2743): provisions, S7099 [21MY]

Remarks in Senate

Change: Wallop, S7568 [4JN]

Personal explanation: Burdick, Jocelyn Birch, S17707 [8OC]

———Symms, S891 [4FE]

Position on missed: Bryan, S10408 [28JY]

———DeConcini, S308 [23JA]

———Kasten, S10352 [27JY]

———Leahy, S17707 [8OC]

Reports

Dept. of Defense Authorization: Strategic Defense Initiative Amendment Vote Breakdown, S13816 [17SE]