WELLSTONE, PAUL D. (a Senator from Minnesota)

Addresses

Hubert H. Humphrey Humanitarian Award: Hyman Bookbinder, S1206 [19JA]

Amendments offered by, to

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), S18245 [7DE]

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), S6757 [16MY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), S4289 [21MR], S4301, S4387 [22MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S2274 [7FE], S2765, S2767 [15FE], S2938, S2970 [22FE]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S4773, S4832 [29MR], S4936 [30MR], S5076 [3AP], S5101, S5156 [4AP], S5236, S5239, S5252, S5253, S5255 [5AP], S5362, S5507, S5508 [6AP]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), S10420, S10432 [20JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S15733, S15821, S15824, S15852, S15868, S15869 [26OC], S16011, S16016, S16030, S16036, S16110, S16111, S16119, S16134, S16140, S16146, S16151 [27OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S6966, S7020 [19MY], S7257 [23MY], S7290, S7344, S7362, S7391, S7393, S7398 [24MY], S7409, S7411, S7416, S7435, S7436, S7438, S7439, S7442, S7530, S7531, S7532, S7544, S7552 [25MY]

Congress: reform gift rules (S. 1061), S10796, S10838 [27JY], S10856, S10900 [28JY]

Courts: commencement dates of certain temporary Federal judgeships (S. 1328), S15541, S15581 [24OC]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), S5793, S5847 [27AP], S5890, S5914 [1MY], S6124 [3MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S11246, S11330 [3AU], S11353, S11377, S11460, S11469, S11470 [4AU], S11613 [5AU], S12528 [5SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1087), S12171, S12304 [10AU]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (S. 908), S11021 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), S12099, S12101 [9AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), S14506, S14554 [28SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), S14182, S14206 [25SE], S14286, S14290, S14319, S14320 [26SE], S14355, S14420, S14421 [27SE]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 143), S14939 [10OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), S11071, S11080, S11098, S11099, S11103, S11120, S11121, S11122 [1AU]

Executive departments: reduce Federal paperwork burden (S. 244), S3549, S3631 [7MR]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), S1107, S1122, S1123 [18JA], S1194, S1238, S1239, S1240 [19JA], S1333, S1379 [23JA], S1400, S1410, S1457, S1459 [24JA], S1543 [25JA], S1582, S1632 [26JA]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), S14057, S14088, S14089 [21SE], S14134 [22SE]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (S. 219), S4705, S4715, S4739 [28MR]

———reform regulatory process (S. 343), S9971, S10013 [14JY]

Israel: relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (S. 1322), S15580 [24OC]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (S. 2), S423 [4JA], S512 [5JA], S532, S566 [6JA], S694, S719, S741, S742 [10JA]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), S10358, S10374, S10429 [20JY]

National Highway System: designate (S. 440), S8774, S8793, S8826, S8827, S8828 [21JN]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), S6757 [16MY]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S12890, S12891, S12931, S12932, S12972, S12973, S13050, S13051 [8SE], S13210 [11SE], S13545 [13SE], S13561 [14SE], S13632 [15SE]

Senate Rules, S680 [9JA]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 534), S6432, S6465 [10MY], S6550, S6553, S6565 [11MY]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), S6931 [18MY], S8386, S8396, S8397 [14JN], S8516 [15JN]

Appointments

Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate), S683 [9JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2126, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S15369 [19OC]

Articles and editorials

Balanced Budget Amendment—A Contract With Evasion, Albert Hunt, Wall Street Journal, S1808 [31JA]

Cutting Medicare, Washington (DC) Post, S11729 [7AU]

Domestic Violence As A Health-Care Issue, S1790 [30JA]

How Lobbyists Put Meals, Gifts to Work, Timothy J. Burger, Roll Call (publication), S531 [6JA]

Inflicting Pain on Children, Bob Herbert, New York (NY) Times, S3550 [7MR]

Inside the Revolution—Moderate's Dilemma—Food Program Defender Becomes Dismantler, David Maraniss and Michael Weisskopf, Washington (DC) Post, S5101-S5103 [4AP]

Medicare and How It Grew—To Be Confused and Misjudged, Ted Marmor and Julie Berlin, Boston (MA) Globe, S10787 [27JY]

Prove It's Not for Sale, St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press, S10533 [24JY]

Uncle Sam's Buying Power, Kathleen Day, Washington (DC) Post, S18877 [19DE]

Why Resist the `Motor Voter' Law? Washington (DC) Post, S1800 [31JA]

Would-Be Reformers, Washington (DC) Post, S6197 [5MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see S. 1058), S10490 [21JY]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 116), S50 [4JA]

FDA: facilitate the approval process for medical devices (see S. 1369), S16421 [31OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 609; S. Res. 144), S4491 [23MR], S9422 [29JN]

Homeless: assistance for veterans (see S. 1257), S13728 [18SE]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see S. 524), S3744 [9MR]

Medicare: assure fairness and choice to patients (see S. 1024), S9802 [12JY]

National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see S. Res. 108), S5404 [6AP]

Nuclear energy: licensing, construction, and operations of nuclear reactors and the disposal of nuclear waste (see S. 473), S3132 [24FE]

Senate: regulation of the receipt of gifts (see S. 71), S49 [4JA]

Senate Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see S. 117), S50 [4JA]

Taxation: allocation of alcohol fuels credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives (see S. 1248), S13656 [15SE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: opening of migratory bird hunting season relative to moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see S. 458), S2965 [22FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: protection of reproductive health care clinics (see S. Res. 67), S1271 [20JA]

Agriculture: coverage of seed crops under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program (see S. 1135), S15407 [20OC]

———establish a marketing loan and environmental quality incentives program for wheat, feed grains, and oilseeds (see S. 1256), S13728 [18SE]

Byrd, Senator: tribute for casting 14,000 votes (see S. Res. 157), S10821 [27JY]

Children and youth: consolidate and expand Federal child care programs (see S. 472), S8265 [13JN]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 932), S8493 [15JN]

Commission on Concentration in the Livestock Industry: establish (see S. 1340), S15338 [19OC]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see S. 641), S4932 [30MR]

Congress: reform gift rules (see S. 1061), S10490 [21JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend and improve the Conservation Reserve Program (see S. 418), S2648 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit backfitting of Trident I ballistic missile submarines (see S. 155), S480 [5JA]

———restructuring of F-22 aircraft program (see S. 151), S480 [5JA]

———terminate C-17 Airlifter program and use nondevelopmental aircrafts to meet strategic airlift requirements (see S. 152), S480 [5JA]

Dept. of Energy: rescind funding for the Advanced Neutron Source reactor (see S. 154), S480 [5JA]

Dept. of HHS: funding for community response teams to domestic violence (see S. 282), S1618 [26JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mental illness research, education, and clinical centers (see S. 425), S2757 [15FE]

———organization and administration of the Readjustment Counseling Service (see S. 403), S2647 [14FE]

———refinancing of direct home loans to Native Americans (see S. 1342), S15338 [19OC]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 684), S5403 [6AP]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 1219), S12831 [7SE]

Employment: equalize remedies available to all victims of intentional discrimination (see S. 296), S1758 [30JA]

Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see S.J. Res. 25), S1618 [26JA]

ERISA: litigation relative to termination or reduction of retiree health benefits (see S. 588), S4365 [22MR]

Families and domestic relations: create a national child custody database and clarify jurisdiction in parental kidnapping cases (see S. 632), S4716 [28MR]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see S. Res. 68), S1271 [20JA]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see S. Res. 149), S11893 [8AU]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (see S. 101, 1060), S50 [4JA], S10490 [21JY]

Halverson, Richard C.: tribute (see S. Res. 196), S17776 [29NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1028), S9997 [14JY]

———national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (see S. 298), S1847 [31JA]

———obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 85), S15407 [20OC]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see S. 969), S13545 [13SE]

Intelligence services: limit funding (see S. 156), S480 [5JA]

Israel: condemn terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 69), S1442 [24JA]

———relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see S. 1322), S15580 [24OC]

Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.: authorize construction and assistance (see S. 931), S8493 [15JN]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see S. 955), S8945 [22JN]

Minimum wage: increase level and establish commission to study indexation (see S. 203), S789 [11JA]

———level (see S. 413), S2647 [14FE]

Motorcycles: regulation of helmet use (see S. 234), S2273 [7FE]

NASA: termination of International Space Station program (see S. 157), S480 [5JA]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 191), S16495 [1NO]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 103), S9810 [12JY]

National Family Week: designate (see S. Res. 146), S14206 [25SE]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 177), S15246 [17OC]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S. Res. 37), S1631 [26JA]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see S. 1419), S17336 [17NO]

Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see S. Res. 110), S5676 [25AP]

POW: authorize the awarding of the Purple Heart to individuals who were POW before a certain date (see S. 584), S4262 [21MR]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 31), S16699 [6NO]

Roosevelt History Month: designate (see S. Res. 75), S5913 [1MY]

Saffold, C. Abbott: express gratitude for service as Sec. for the Minority of the Senate (see S. Res. 143), S9422 [29JN]

Senate Rules: reform gift rules (see S. Res. 158), S10876 [28JY]

Small business: redesign small business programs on loan guarantees, counseling and management, and Government contracting (see S. 895), S11606 [5AU]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see S. 649), S4924 [30MR]

Taxation: eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for asbestos, lead, mercury, and uranium (see S. 1022), S9717 [11JY]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (see S. 1355), S15496 [23OC]

Veterans: authorize financial assistance for legal representation in Court of Veterans Appeals proceedings (see S. 1131), S14206 [25SE]

———conduct feasibility studies for inclusion of veterans health programs in certain State health programs (see S. 613), S4573 [24MR]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see S. 338), S6821 [17MY]

———extend the provision of services at community-based health care facilities (see S. 725), S5664 [25AP]

———payment to States for adult day health care (see S. 293), S3903 [14MR]

———provide for a hospice care pilot program (see S. 612), S15687 [25OC]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see S. 949), S14419 [27SE]

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see S. 940), S8550 [16JN]

Wilderness areas: improve the management of land and water for fish and wildlife purposes (see S. 428), S2822 [16FE]

Women: prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see S. 1030), S9997 [14JY]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 254), S10427 [20JY]

———closing of commemorations for the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II (see S. Res. 179), S14710 [29SE]

———tribute to veterans and their families (see S. Res. 115), S6276 [8MY]

Eulogies

Griffith, Jeff: by, S4359 [22MR]

Rabin, Yitzhak: by Noa Ben-Artzi Philosof, S16720 [7NO]

Letters

Campaign finance reform: Fred Wertheimer, Common Cause (organization), S363 [4JA]

LIHEAP funding: by, S14639 [29SE]

———Senator Jeffords, S18182 [7DE]

Lobbying disclosure and gift rules: President Clinton, S530 [6JA]

Medicare reform: Paul G. Rogers and Robert D. Ray, National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform, S6136 [4MY]

Opening of migratory bird hunting season relative to moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions: by, S2966 [22FE]

Production of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico: Hazel Rollins O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, S16036 [27OC]

Proposals on children relative to hunger and homelessness: Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S721 [10JA]

Small passenger vessel pilot inspection program: Gary W. Bastian, Minneapolis Dept. of Labor and Industry, S17393 [17NO]

Tribute to Ellen Shaffer: by, S14136 [22SE]

Lists

National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform members, S6137 [4MY]

Organizations supporting S. 1058, Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act, S10497 [21JY]

Statements from AmeriCorps participants in Minnesota, S14269 [26SE]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S1808 [31JA], S2617 [14FE], S2685 [15FE], S2997 [23FE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), motion to refer to Committee on the Budget (Senate), S3004 [23FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), S16981 [13NO]

Courts: commencement dates of certain temporary Federal judgeships (S. 1328), S15543 [24OC]

Petitions

Student loan programs: Inver Hills Community College and Lakewood Community College students, S15747 [26OC]

Poems

``Father Is a Veteran'', S2946 [22FE]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: coverage of abortion procedures through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, S11507 [5AU]

———protection of reproductive health care clinics, S1037 [18JA]

AFDC: funding, S13560 [14SE]

Agriculture: price support programs, S6473 [11MY]

———price supports, S15758 [26OC], S16016 [27OC]

Alaska Power Administration: sale of hydroelectric projects (S. 395), S6738, S6741 [16MY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (S. 4), S4303 [22MR]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 108), S14639 [29SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), S16873 [9NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), S17113, S17120, S17175 [16NO]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas leasing, S7341 [24MY], S15996 [27OC], S16560 [2NO], S17293 [17NO], S18608 [14DE]

BIA: funding, S11972 [9AU]

Bookbinder, Hyman: National Jewish Democratic Council Hubert H. Humphrey Humanitarian Award recipient, S1206 [19JA]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), S10685 [26JY]

———U.S. military intervention (S. Con. Res. 35), S18519 [13DE]

Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: budget reductions in office staff and travel expenditures, S17421 [18NO]

Budget: balance, S1332, S1334 [23JA], S15389 [20OC], S17175 [16NO]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S1808, S1809, S1811 [31JA], S2243, S2244 [7FE], S2559 [13FE], S2624 [14FE], S2945 [22FE], S2999, S3000, S3001, S3003, S3004, S3006, S3007, S3008, S3009 [23FE], S3235 [28FE], S3325 [2MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), motion to refer to Committee on the Budget (Senate), S2685, S2686, S2687, S2690, S2691, S2692 [15FE], S2997, S2999, S3000, S3001, S3003, S3004, S3006, S3007, S3008, S3009 [23FE]

———deficit, S1488, S1489, S1491, S1492, S1493, S1494 [25JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), S4773, S4774, S4775, S4776 [29MR], S4900 [30MR], S5098, S5101, S5103, S5106 [4AP], S5213, S5214, S5215 [5AP], S5323, S5338, S5350, S5357, S5366 [6AP]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), conference report, S7374 [24MY]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), S9494, S9495, S9496, S9497, S9499, S9502, S9504, S9505, S9506, S9507, S9509, S9510 [30JN], S9738, S9777 [12JY], S10329 [20JY], S10457, S10458, S10460, S10461 [21JY]

———modify the definition of targeted tax benefit, S4303 [22MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, S18812 [18DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), S15703 [25OC], S16370 [31OC], S16592, S16593 [2NO], S16979 [13NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, S17236, S17293 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), S15615 [25OC], S15707, S15713, S15714, S15747, S15758, S15821, S15822, S15823 [26OC], S15982, S15996, S16016, S16036, S16044 [27OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1357), motion to commit, S15624, S15635, S15636, S15639 [25OC], S15707 [26OC]

———reconciliation process, S15389 [20OC]

———reduction of defense expenditures and application of savings to deficit, S7436 [25MY]

———reduction of low-priority domestic discretionary spending and application of savings to the NIH, S7439 [25MY]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to education, S7091 [22MY]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to medicare and medicaid, S7032, S7033, S7034 [22MY]

———reduction of tax expenditures and application of savings to the deficit, S7438 [25MY]

———reduction of tax expenditures and application of savings to veterans programs, S7435 [25MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, S9381 [29JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (S. Con. Res. 13), S6881 [18MY], S7032, S7033, S7034, S7091, S7109 [22MY], S7168 [23MY], S7286, S7287, S7298, S7323, S7341, S7396 [24MY], S7435, S7436, S7438, S7439, S7453, S7457 [25MY]

———tax expenditures, S2685, S2686, S2687, S2690, S2691, S2692 [15FE]

———treatment of educational loans under a balanced budget requirement, S3004 [23FE]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, S2559 [13FE]

———treatment of veterans benefits under a balanced budget requirement, S2945 [22FE]

———use CBO economic assumptions to achieve a balanced Federal budget (H.J. Res. 132), S19029 [21DE]

CBO: analysis of legislation to determine impact of Federal mandates, S1599 [26JA]

———define term of direct savings relative to Federal mandates, S1582 [26JA]

Children and youth: consolidate and expand Federal child care programs, S13181, S13182 [11SE]

———impact of legislation on the incidence of hungry and homeless children, S4773, S4774, S4775, S4776 [29MR]

———implement program changes relative to budget decreases, S15541, S15542, S15543 [24OC]

———issuance of the Children's Defense Fund State of America's Children Report, S4675 [28MR]

———proposals relative to hunger and homelessness, S714, S715, S716, S717, S718, S720, S721, S722 [10JA]

Clark, Carolyn: privilege of the floor, S12703 [6SE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1004), S17392 [17NO]

Cohen, Maimon: privilege of the floor, S16979 [13NO]

Committee on Finance (Senate): permission to meet while the Senate is in session, S14346 [27SE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: limitations on the use of Federal funding relative to homosexuality or intravenous drug use, S10713 [26JY]

———reauthorize (S. 641), S10713 [26JY]

Congress: change the maximum total value of gifts that can be accepted from a single source in one year, S10814, S10815 [27JY], S10847 [28JY]

———clarify aggregate limit on gifts, S10855, S10856 [28JY]

———permit reimbursement for travel and lodging at charitable events, S10807, S10808, S10809 [27JY], S10846 [28JY]

———prohibit consideration of legislation reported out of committee without an analysis of the impact on children, S1194, S1195, S1197 [19JA]

———reform gift rules (S. 1061), S10585, S10586, S10589 [25JY], S10799, S10807, S10808, S10809, S10814, S10815 [27JY], S10846, S10847, S10855, S10856 [28JY]

———reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules, S529 [6JA], S693, S694 [10JA]

———use of airline frequent flyer miles accrued during official travel, S708, S713 [10JA]

Contracts: simplify labor laws applicable to Federal contracts, S8481, S8482 [15JN]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (S. 1058), S10495 [21JY]

Corp. for National Service: funding, S14269 [26SE]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, S2692 [15FE]

———funding through rescissions from the Board for International Broadcasting, S5350, S5357 [6AP]

Courts: authorize voluntary alternative dispute resolutions systems relative to health care liability action, S5889 [1MY]

———commencement dates of certain temporary Federal judgeships (S. 1328), S15541, S15542, S15543 [24OC]

———consumer access to medical malpractice information, S5795 [27AP]

———limitations on compensatory damage awards relative to health care liability action, S5876, S5877, S5878 [1MY]

———limitations on punitive damage awards, S6318 [9MY]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), S5760, S5795 [27AP], S5876, S5877, S5878, S5889 [1MY], S6198 [5MY], S6318 [9MY]

———reform habeas corpus procedures, S7817 [7JN]

———transfer Federal judgeship from eastern to middle district of Louisiana (S. 1472), S18585 [14DE]

———treatment of medical malpractice liability claims relative to obstetric services, S5760 [27AP]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S14530 [28SE]

———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence, S5323 [6AP]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), S15000 [11OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 1026), S11232 [3AU], S11395 [4AU], S12673 [6SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1087), S12168, S12170, S12171, S12172, S12173, S12175, S12185 [10AU]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions to enhance military readiness (H.R. 889), S3704, S3705, S3706, S3707, S3709, S3720 [9MR], S3910 [15MR]

———national missile defense funding, S11232 [3AU]

———procurement, S18876 [19DE]

Dept. of HUD: eliminate spending limitations on Fair Housing Act enforcement, S14359 [27SE]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (S. 908), S10953, S10954 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), S11972 [9AU]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), conference report, S18608, S18609 [14DE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), S11507 [5AU]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), S14505, S14507, S14509, S14530 [28SE], S14603, S14691, S14695 [29SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), conference report, S18170 [7DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), S14440 [28SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), S14269, S14292 [26SE], S14339, S14359 [27SE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, S18651 [14DE]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, S14530 [28SE]

Eastern European countries: civil war and ethnic violence in former Yugoslavian Republics, S9979 [14JY]

Education: State distribution of funds for adult and vocational education programs, S14854 [10OC]

———student loan programs, S7286, S7287 [24MY], S15747 [26OC]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, S6196-S6198 [5MY], S10361, S10362 [20JY]

———campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 116), S348 [4JA]

———campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 1219), S12836 [7SE]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (S. 143), S14854, S14856 [10OC], S14988 [11OC]

———summer youth jobs progam, S9507 [30JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), S11073, S11097, S11099, S11103 [1AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 1905), conference report, S16395 [31OC]

Executive departments: reduce Federal paperwork burden (S. 244), S3549, S3550, S3551, S3552, S3553, S3554 [7MR]

Families and domestic relations: create a national child custody database and clarify jurisdiction in parental kidnapping cases (S. 632), S4720 [28MR]

———programs to combat domestic violence, S14507, S14509 [28SE], S15283 [18OC]

FDA: facilitate the approval process for medical devices (S. 1369), S16422 [31OC]

Federal employees: reduction of work force, S7109 [22MY]

Federal Power Marketing Administration: privatization, S6026 [3MY]

Federal-State relations: protection of children, pregnant women, and the elderly relative to ban on unfunded Federal mandates, S1511 [25JA]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), S858, S873 [12JA], S1037 [18JA], S1194, S1195, S1197 [19JA], S1332, S1333, S1334 [23JA], S1400 [24JA], S1488, S1489, S1491, S1492, S1493, S1494, S1511 [25JA], S1582, S1599 [26JA]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), S13929 [20SE]

Foster, Henry, Jr.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S8731 [21JN]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 101), S8085 [9JN], S10475 [21JY]

———reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 1060), S10528, S10529, S10531, S10532, S10533, S10534 [24JY]

———shutdown relative to budget process, S17175 [16NO]

———status of Federal contractors that hire permanent replacements for striking employees, S3685, S3686, S3687 [8MR], S3704, S3705, S3706, S3707, S3709, S3720 [9MR], S3910 [15MR]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (S. 219), S2993 [23FE], S3720 [9MR]

———promulgation of health and safety regulations, S9870 [13JY]

———reform regulatory process (S. 343), S9777, S9778 [12JY], S9870 [13JY]

Head Start Program: funding, S5214, S5215 [5AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5873 [1MY], S6473 [11MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S9908 [13JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 609), S4509 [23MR]

———national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (S. 298), S1849 [31JA]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs, S5760 [27AP]

Homeless: assistance for veterans (S. 1257), S13742 [18SE]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), corrections in enrollment of conference report (S. Con. Res. 37), S19076 [21DE]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (S. 524), S3752 [9MR]

Israel: condemn terrorist attacks (S. Res. 69), S1408 [24JA]

———relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (S. 1322), S15520, S15521 [24OC]

Law enforcement: community policing programs, S18170 [7DE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (S. 2), S423 [4JA], S454, S463, S469 [5JA], S529, S533, S535, S536, S537 [6JA], S618 [9JA], S693, S694, S708, S713, S714, S715, S716, S717, S718, S720, S721, S722 [10JA], S761 [11JA]

———reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules, S463, S469 [5JA]

———reform lobbying disclosure and gift rules and Federal election laws (S. 10), S6196-S6198 [5MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: equal opportunity in the awarding of Federal contracts, S10415 [20JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 1854), S10361, S10362, S10415 [20JY]

LIHEAP: funding, S4900 [30MR], S9496, S9497, S9499, S9502, S9505, S9506, S9507, S9509, S9510 [30JN], S10329 [20JY], S10457, S10458, S10460 [21JY], S13573 [14SE], S14639 [29SE], S18181, S18182 [7DE], S18583, S18585 [14DE], S18695, S18696, S18697 [15DE], S18812 [18DE]

Lobbyists: limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes, S16873 [9NO]

LSC: funding, S14603 [29SE]

McEvoy, Mary: privilege of the floor, S7090 [22MY]

Medicaid: reform, S14346 [27SE], S15714 [26OC], S16011 [27OC]

Medicare: anniversary, S10785 [27JY]

———assure fairness and choice to patients (S. 1024), S9802 [12JY]

———clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (S. 955), S8948 [22JN]

———reform, S6136, S6137, S6138 [4MY], S6473 [11MY], S7033, S7034 [22MY], S10785-S10787 [27JY], S11729 [7AU], S15313, S15314 [19OC], S15615, S15624, S15635, S15636, S15639 [25OC], S17175 [16NO], S17236 [17NO]

Members of Congress: restrict political contributions by lobbyists, S533, S535, S536, S537 [6JA]

Minimum wage: increase level and establish commission to study indexation (S. 203), S801 [11JA]

———level, S10953, S10954 [31JY]

Minnesota: establish interim water levels for Rainy Lake and Namakan Lake, S11103 [1AU]

Motor vehicles: eliminate penalties on State noncompliance with Federal motorcycle helmet laws, S8753 [21JN]

National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (S. Res. 108), S5520 [6AP]

National Highway System: designate (S. 440), S8480, S8481, S8482 [15JN], S8531, S8532, S8533, S8534 [16JN], S8753 [21JN]

———designate (S. 440), conference report, S17215 [17NO]

———repeal Davis-Bacon Act relative to highway construction work, S8531, S8532, S8534 [16JN]

Native Americans: enforcement of child support agreements between the States and tribal organizations, S13565 [14SE]

NIH: funding, S7298 [24MY]

Nuclear energy: licensing, construction, and operations of nuclear reactors and the disposal of nuclear waste (S. 473), S3132 [24FE]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, S15001 [11OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: oil and gas leasing, S17293 [17NO]

Packwood, Senator: Committee on Ethics (Senate, Select) hearings on alleged misconduct, S11164 [2AU]

Parliamentary inquiry, S7096 [22MY]

Petroleum: export of Alaska North Slope crude oil (S. 395), S6738, S6741 [16MY]

———production of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico, S16036 [27OC]

Public lands: attacks on Federal land managers and law enforcement officers, S11729 [7AU]

Public welfare programs: deny assistance for out-of-wedlock births to minors, S13513 [13SE]

———exempt victims of domestic violence from certain eligibility requirements, S13525, S13526 [13SE], S13561 [14SE]

———funding for nutrition programs, S3549, S3550, S3551, S3552, S3553, S3554 [7MR], S6473 [11MY], S7323 [24MY], S7453, S7457 [25MY]

———reform, S6881 [18MY]

———reform (H.R. 4), S10334 [20JY], S11744, S11748, S11750, S11751, S11752 [7AU], S12701, S12703, S12704, S12705 [6SE], S13181, S13182 [11SE], S13513, S13525, S13526 [13SE], S13560, S13561, S13565, S13573, S13582, S13583 [14SE], S13632, S13633 [15SE], S13773 [19SE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, S19155 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), unanimous-consent agreement, S13606 [14SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, S5866, S5869 [1MY]

Rural areas: Federal farm and health policies, S15758 [26OC], S16016 [27OC]

SBA: Microloan Program funding, S14691, S14695 [29SE]

Securities: litigation reform relative to plaintiff control, fraud detection, proportionate liability, and auditing standards (S. 240), S9207 [28JN]

Senate: legislative program, S6794 [17MY]

Senate Rules: amend, S680 [9JA]

———ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (S. 117), S348 [4JA]

———reform gift rules (S. Res. 158), technical corrections (S. Res. 198), S18250 [7DE]

Senior citizens: Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Grant Program funding, S5338 [6AP]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S5873 [1MY]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 534), S6432, S6433 [10MY]

States: safety inspection of small commercial vessels, S17392 [17NO]

Taxation: allocation of alcohol fuels credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives (S. 1248), S13661 [15SE]

———eliminate certain business and corporate tax deductions, S15821, S15822, S15823 [26OC], S15982 [27OC]

———eliminate the percentage depletion allowance for asbestos, lead, mercury, and uranium (S. 1022), S9719 [11JY]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, S4975 [31MR], S5027 [3AP]

———rates, S7168 [23MY], S8533, S8534 [16JN], S15313, S15314 [19OC], S15615 [25OC], S17175 [16NO], S17236 [17NO]

Telecommunications: application of antitrust laws relative to Bell Telephone Cos.' entrance into the long distance and manufacturing markets, S8221 [13JN]

———clarify State rate-making authority, S8316 [14JN]

———reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), S6935 [18MY], S8221 [13JN], S8316 [14JN], S8456 [15JN]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), S7817 [7JN]

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: funding, S14856 [10OC]

Twin Cities Research Center: funding, S18609 [14DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: opening of migratory bird hunting season relative to moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, S2993 [23FE], S3720 [9MR]

———opening of migratory bird hunting season relative to moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (S. 458), S2966 [22FE]

Veterans: extend the provision of services at community-based health care facilities (S. 725), S5918 [1MY]

———human radiation experiments, S17510 [20NO]

———limit compensation for mentally disabled veterans, S14339 [27SE]

———management and contracting of health care services, S15703 [25OC]

———medical care funding, S14292 [26SE]

Violence Against Women Act: programs funding, S18170-S18172 [7DE]

WIC: investigate food industry lobbyists' involvement in the transfer to State controlled block grants, S5101, S5103, S5106 [4AP]

Women: prohibit female genital mutilation, S13929 [20SE]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (S. 1030), S9911 [13JY]

Reports

Tax Policy—Tax Expenditures Deserve More Scrutiny: GAO, S2687-S2688 [15FE]

Unshared Sacrifice—The House of Representatives' Shameful Assault on America's Children: Children's Defense Fund, S3550 [7MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Budget deficit: Minnesota State Legislature, S1489 [25JA]

Statements

Lobbying Disclosure and Gift Rules: Senator Dole, S693 [10JA]

Proposals on Children Relative to Hunger and Homelessness: David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform Judiasm, S720 [10JA]

———Mary A. Cooper, National Council of Churches of Christ, S720 [10JA]

———Robert J. Fersh, Food Research & Action Center, S720 [10JA]

———Women Academics Concerned About Welfare (organization), S721 [10JA]

Repeal of Corporate Welfare in the Tax Code, S15982-S15986 [27OC]

Summaries

Senate Fair Elections and Grassroots Democracy Act (S. 116), S363 [4JA]

Texts of

S. 116, Senate Fair Elections and Grassroots Democracy Act, S350-S362 [4JA]

S. 117, ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks, S364-S366 [4JA]

S. 458, opening of migratory bird hunting season relative to moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions, S2966 [22FE]

S. 473, Nuclear Energy Policy Act, S3133 [24FE]

S. 524, Victims of Abuse Access to Health Insurance Act, S3752 [9MR]

S. 609, Health Care Quality and Fairness Act, S4509, S4515 [23MR]

S. 1024, Medicare Health Care Quality Act, S9802-S9805 [12JY]

S. 1058, Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act, S10496 [21JY]

S. 1248, allocation of alcohol fuels tax credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives, S13662 [15SE]

S. 1257, assistance for homeless veterans, S13742 [18SE]

S. 1369, Medical Technology, Public Health, and Innovation Act, S16422-S16425 [31OC]

Tributes

Exon, Senator, S19029 [21DE]

Griffith, Jeff, S4358 [22MR]

Hatfield, Senator, S6879 [18MY]

Heaney, Gerald W., S17871 [30NO]

Heflin, Senator, S4783 [29MR]

McBride, Tracie J., S3679 [8MR]

Rabin, Yitzhak, S16720 [7NO]