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
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
Lists
National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform members, S6137 [4MY]
Organizations supporting S. 1058, Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act, S10497
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
———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
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
———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
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
———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
———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
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
———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
———human radiation experiments, S17510 [20NO]
———limit compensation for mentally disabled veterans, S14339 [27SE]
———management and contracting of health care services, S15703
———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
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
S. 524, Victims of Abuse Access to Health Insurance Act, S3752 [9MR]
S. 609, Health Care Quality and Fairness Act, S4509
S. 1024, Medicare Health Care Quality Act, S9802
S. 1058, Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act, S10496
S. 1248, allocation of alcohol fuels tax credit to patrons of ethanol-producing cooperatives, S13662
S. 1257, assistance for homeless veterans, S13742
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
Heflin, Senator, S4783 [29MR]
McBride, Tracie J., S3679 [8MR]
Rabin, Yitzhak, S16720 [7NO]