VOTES IN SENATE

Articles and editorials

Political Calculations and Gore's Gulf War Vote, E1458 [13SE]

Recorded

Affordable Education Act (S. 1134): Abraham amendment (tax treatment of contributions of computer technology and equipment to elementary or secondary schools), S1005 [1MR]

———Boxer amendment (provide a safer educational environment in schools by implementing policies to reduce threat of gun violence), S1098, S1099 [2MR]

———Collins amendment (allow tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials), S922 [29FE]

———Coverdell amendment (provide a safer educational environment in schools by implementing policies to reduce violence and illegal drug use), S1098 [2MR]

———Coverdell motion to table Bingaman amendment (ensure accountability in programs for disadvantaged children and provide funds to assist failing schools), S1006 [1MR]

———Dodd motion to waive Budget Act relative to Dodd amendment (Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding), S919 [29FE]

———Durbin amendment (reduce firearm violence in schools), S1101 [2MR]

———enact, S1104 [2MR]

———Feinstein amendment (assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards and end social promotion), S1101 [2MR]

———Graham amendment to Roth amendment (use of surplus or tax increases to fund expansion of education individual retirement accounts), S1070 [2MR]

———Kennedy amendment (improve and strengthen the recruitment and training of teachers), S1071 [2MR]

———Kennedy motion to waive Budget Act relative to Bingaman/Kennedy amendment (Pell Grant Program funding), S1099 [2MR]

———Mack amendment (eliminate marriage tax penalty by increasing income phaseout thresholds for education savings accounts), S1048 [2MR]

———Murray amendment (reductions in school class size), S1018 [1MR]

———Roth amendment (use of surplus or tax increases to fund expansion of education individual retirement accounts), S1070 [2MR]

———Roth motion to table Robb amendment (eliminate use of education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses and expand school construction and renovation incentives), S992 [1MR]

———Wellstone amendment (assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards and end social promotion), S1100 [2MR]

———Wellstone amendment (Dept. of HHS report to Congress on extent and severity of child poverty), S1017 [1MR]

Agricultural Risk Protection Act (H.R. 2559): conference report, S4441 [25MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 4461): Cochran amendment to Jeffords amendment (importation of prescription drugs by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale), S7215 [19JY]

———Cochran motion to table Harkin amendment (reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry), S7307 [20JY]

———Cochran motion to table Wellstone amendment (Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration funding), S7329 [20JY]

———Craig motion to table McCain amendment (terminate price support programs for sugar beets and sugarcane), S7328 [20JY]

———Harkin amendment (clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of microbiological pathogens in meat and poultry), S7334 [20JY]

———Jeffords amendment (importation of prescription drugs by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale), S7215 [19JY]

———Specter amendment (restore Amtrak's authority to lease motor vehicles from the GSA), S7342 [20JY]

———Wellstone amendment (Economic Research Service study on the decline in food stamp program participation), S7337 [20JY]

———conference report, S10701 [18OC]

———germaneness of Durbin amendment (hardrock mining regulations), S7361 [20JY]

———making, S7379 [20JY]

American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (S. 2045): cloture motion, S8731 [19SE]

———cloture motion on Lott amendment (substitute), S9220 [26SE], S9440 [28SE]

———Daschle motion to waive rules to allow consideration of Kennedy amendment (eligibility of resident aliens to obtain lawful permanent residency status), S9375 [27SE]

———enact, S9651 [3OC]

———Lott amendment (substitute), S9375 [27SE]

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 1000): conference report, S1301 [8MR]

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 833): enact, S255 [2FE]

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 2415): cloture motion, S11553 [5DE]

———cloture motion on conference report, S11450 [1NO]

———conference report, S11730 [7DE]

———Lott motion to proceed to conference report, S10770 [19OC], S11205 [27OC]

Bankruptcy Reform Act (S. 625): Grassley motion to table Feingold amendment (automatic stays relative to tenant evictions after the filing of a bankruptcy petition), S248 [2FE]

———Levin amendment (ensure debts incurred by firearms manufacturers or distributors as a result of firearms lawsuits are nondischargeable), S249 [2FE]

———Schumer amendment (ensure debts incurred as a result of abortion clinic violence are nondischargeable), S247 [2FE]

———Wellstone amendment (protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices and prohibit coercive debt collection practices), S190 [1FE]

Budget 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290): conference report, S2696 [13AP]

———setting forth, S2429 [7AP]

Budget 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101): Allard motion to waive Budget Act relative to Allard amendment (protect Social Security and reduce the public debt), S2197 [5AP]

———Ashcroft motion to waive Budget Act relative to Ashcroft amendment (protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses), S2395 [7AP]

———Byrd amendment (ensure budget totals do not assume reduction or elimination of gasoline taxes to protect continued use of revenues for the Highway Trust Fund), S2274 [6AP]

———Conrad motion to waive Budget Act relative to Conrad amendment (protection of Social Security and Medicare surpluses), S2385 [7AP]

———Craig amendment to Durbin amendment (gun laws enforcement initiative funding), S2406 [7AP]

———Craig amendment (veterans health care funding through rescissions in non-defense related items), S2388 [7AP]

———Domenici amendment to Specter amendment (NIH funding), S2402 [7AP]

———Domenici motion to table Bingaman amendment (education funding), S2196 [5AP]

———Domenici motion to table Conrad amendment (increase the amount for public debt reduction), S2196 [5AP]

———Domenici motion to table Kennedy amendment (expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families), S2412 [7AP]

———Domenici motion to table Reid amendment (tax rates), S2295 [6AP]

———Domenici motion to table Robb amendment (reduce revenue cuts for school modernization projects), S2333 [6AP]

———Graham motion to waive Budget Act relative to Graham amendment (Elementary and Secondary Education Act funding), S2390 [7AP]

———Gramm amendment (elimination of internal combustion engine), S2295 [6AP]

———Hutchison amendment (eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts), S2155 [5AP]

———Inouye motion to table Bond amendment (prohibit the use of Dept. of HUD funds for the construction or operation of discount tobacco stores), S2334 [6AP]

———Jeffords motion to table Voinovich amendment to Jeffords amendment (Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding), S2400 [7AP]

———Kennedy amendment (Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program expansion to include parents of low-income families), S2414 [7AP]

———Kennedy amendment (minimum wage level), S2408 [7AP]

———Kennedy amendment (Pell Grant Program funding), S2393 [7AP]

———McCain amendment (establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance), S2295 [6AP]

———Murkowski motion to table Roth amendment (strike assumed revenue based on oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), S2277 [6AP]

———Nickles amendment to Kennedy amendment (increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses), S2407 [7AP]

———Reed amendment (submit conference report on H.R. 1501, Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act and include Senate gun safety language), S2335 [6AP], S4066 [17MY]

———Robb amendment (substitute), S2395 [7AP]

———Robb motion to waive Budget Act relative to Robb amendment (ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts), S2155 [5AP]

———Voinovich amendment (use of budget surplus to repay the debt), S2391 [7AP]

Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act (H.R. 2614): Lott motion to proceed to conference report, S11097 [26OC]

Colorado Ute Indian Tribes water rights claims (S. 2508): Campbell motion to table Feingold amendment (Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project authorization), S10985 [25OC]

———final settlement, S10985 [25OC]

Congress (H. Con. Res. 303): adjournment, S2674 [13AP]

Constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (S.J. Res. 3): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S2836 [25AP]

Constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of U.S. flag (S.J. Res. 14): cloture motion, S1839 [29MR]

———Hatch motion to table Hollings amendment (constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits), S1796 [28MR]

———McConnell amendment (protect U.S. flag), S1794 [28MR]

———propose for ratification, S1874 [29MR]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 109): making, S9439 [28SE]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 110): making, S9878 [5OC]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 111): making, S10394 [12OC]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 115): making, S10986 [25OC]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 116): making, S11098 [26OC]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 117): making, S11242 [27OC]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 118): making, S11305 [28OC]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 119): making, S11344 [29OC]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 120): making, S11378 [30OC]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 126): making, S11552 [5DE]

Continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 127): making, S11731 [7DE]

Death Tax Elimination Act (H.R. 8): Abraham motion to waive Budget Act relative to Abraham amendment (temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes), S6627 [13JY]

———Baucus motion to waive Budget Act relative to Baucus amendment (treatment of individual retirement accounts and open KidSave accounts for every child at birth), S6644 [13JY]

———Bayh amendment (allow a refundable tax credit for long-term care), S6769 [14JY]

———Bingaman motion to waive Budget Act to Bingaman amendment (education funding), S6642 [13JY]

———cloture motion on motion to proceed, S6408 [11JY]

———enact, S6781 [14JY]

———Feingold amendment (preserve budget surplus funds relative to Social Security and Medicare), S6770 [14JY]

———Graham motion to waive Budget Act relative to Graham amendment (Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs), S6643 [13JY]

———Grams amendment (treatment of Social Security benefits), S6644 [13JY]

———Harkin amendment (increase Social Security spousal survivors' benefit and allow women taking leave to care for a child or relative to exempt those years from benefit calculations), S6769 [14JY]

———Hatch amendment (extend research and development tax credit), S6616 [13JY]

———Kerry amendment (establish a National Housing Trust Fund), S6768 [14JY]

———Lott motion to commit, S6770 [14JY]

———Lott motion to waive Budget Act relative to Lott amendment (modify education individual retirement accounts), S6769 [14JY]

———Moynihan amendment (substitute), S6609 [13JY]

———Roth amendment (repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services), S6643 [13JY]

———Santorum motion to waive Budget Act relative to Santorum amendment (designate renewal communities, establish Individual Development Accounts and create new markets in low-income communities), S6768 [14JY]

———Schumer amendment (treatment of higher education deductions and interest on student loans, and incentives for advanced teacher certification), S6617 [13JY]

———Wellstone motion to waive Budget Act relative to Dodd amendment (child care deductions, adoption credit for special needs children, and incentives for employer-provided child care), S6769 [14JY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205): Warner motion to waive the Balanced Budget Act relative to conference report, S10374 [12OC]

———conference report, S10394 [12OC]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549): Allard motion to table Feingold amendment (terminate production of Trident II missiles), S6591 [13JY]

———Bennett amendment (adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers), S6498 [12JY]

———Cochran motion to table Durbin amendment (testing of national missile defense system), S6593 [13JY]

———Hatch amendment (study hate crimes and establish programs for local investigation and prosecution), S5428 [20JN]

———Hutchinson motion to table Murray amendment (performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities), S5425 [20JN]

———Kennedy amendment (enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes), S5434 [20JN]

———Mack motion to table Dodd amendment (establish National Bipartisan Commission on Cuba), S5435 [20JN]

———authorizing, S6598 [13JY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425): making, S4170 [18MY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521): Daschle amendment (Million Mom March and gun control), S4067 [17MY]

———Daschle motion to table Lott point of order on Daschle amendment (Million Mom March and gun control), S3983 [16MY]

———Levin amendment (deployment of U.S. Armed Forces in Kosovo), S4163 [18MY]

———Lott amendment (gun control), S4065 [17MY]

———ruling of the Chair on Lott point of order to Lott amendment (gun control), S4065 [17MY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations (H.R. 4576): Boxer amendment (prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children), S4993 [13JN]

———conference report, S7766 [27JY]

———Grassley amendment (matching of disbursements to particular obligations), S4916 [9JN]

———making, S5019 [13JN]

———Stevens motion to table Boxer amendment (cancel operational support aircraft leasing authority), S5007 [13JN]

———Stevens motion to table Wellstone amendment (education programs funding through reductions in defense procurement programs), S5009 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549): Johnson motion to waive Budget Act relative to Johnson amendment (health care coverage for retired members of the military), S4632 [7JN]

———McCain amendment (authorize additional rounds of military base closures and realignments), S4649 [7JN]

———McCain amendment (subsistence allowance for members of the uniformed services eligible to receive food stamp assistance), S4541 [6JN]

———Nickles motion to table Daschle amendment (protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's), S4807 [8JN]

———Warner amendment (health care coverage for retired members of the military), S4631 [7JN]

———Warner amendment (limitation on retirement or dismantlement of strategic nuclear weapons delivery systems), S4633 [7JN]

———Warner point of order on McCain amendment (require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS), S4808 [8JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4578): Bond amendment to Boxer amendment (prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children), S7090 [18JY]

———Boxer amendment (prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children and pregnant women), S7093 [18JY]

———Bryan amendment (wildland fire management funding through reductions in Timber Sales Management Program), S7087 [18JY]

———cloture motion on conference report, S9900 [5OC]

———conference report, S9917 [5OC]

———Inhofe amendment (Indian Health Service diabetes treatment, prevention, and research funding through reductions in the National Endowment for the Arts), S6537 [12JY]

———making, S7102 [18JY]

———Nickles amendment (prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress), S7087 [18JY]

———Sessions amendment (livestock grazing permits on public lands renewal process), S6536 [12JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 4871): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S7590 [26JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4475): Allard amendment (ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt), S5189 [15JN]

———conference report, S10059 [6OC]

———germaneness of Voinovich amendment (passenger rail projects eligibility for funding under the Federal highway program), S5173 [15JN]

———Harkin amendment (Iowa highway project modification), S5099 [14JN]

———making, S5197 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4577): Ashcroft amendment (budget treatment of Social Security trust funds), S6067 [29JN]

———Bingaman motion to waive Budget Act relative to Bingaman amendment (accountability in disadvantaged students programs), S5862 [27JN]

———Cochran amendment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention antimicrobial resistance monitoring and prevention programs funding), S5829 [27JN]

———Conrad amendment (budget treatment of Social Security trust funds), S6067 [29JN]

———Daschle amendment (fetal alcohol syndrome treatment and prevention programs funding), S5944 [28JN]

———Daschle amendment (prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information), S6078 [29JN]

———Dodd motion to waive Budget Act relative to Dodd amendment (21st Century Community Learning Centers Program funding), S5977 [28JN]

———Dodd motion to waive Budget Act relative to Kennedy amendment (improve and strengthen recruitment and training of teachers), S5952 [28JN]

———Dorgan amendment (protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's), S6093 [29JN]

———Enzi amendment (OSHA implementation of ergonomic regulations), S5646 [22JN]

———Frist amendment (Interagency Education Research Initiative funding), S6048 [29JN]

———Harkin motion to table Landrieu amendment (Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I grants funding), S5993 [28JN]

———Harkin motion to waive Budget Act relative to Harkin amendment (Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding, S6187 [30JN]

———Hutchison amendment (availability of certain funds relative to same-gender public schools and classrooms), S5942 [28JN]

———Jeffords amendment (prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information), S6078 [29JN]

———Kennedy motion to waive Budget Act relative to Kennedy amendment (workforce investment programs funding), S5979 [28JN]

———Kerry motion to waive Budget Act relative to Kerry amendment (Technology Literacy Challenge Fund funding), S5978 [28JN]

———McCain amendment (installation of filtering or blocking programs in schools and libraries with Internet access), S5869 [27JN]

———Murray motion to waive Budget Act relative to Murray amendment (reductions in school class size), S5863 [27JN]

———making, S6218 [30JN]

———Nickles amendment (protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's), S6092 [29JN]

———Reed motion to waive Budget Act relative to Reed amendment (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) funding), S5979 [28JN]

———Robb amendment (Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs), S5646 [22JN]

———Santorum amendment (installation of filtering or blocking programs in schools and libraries with Internet access), S5869 [27JN]

———Specter motion to table Helms amendment (postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding for schools), S6187 [30JN]

———Specter motion to table Jeffords amendment (Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding), S5993 [28JN]

———Specter motion to table Wellstone amendment (reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research), S6186 [30JN]

———Wellstone motion to waive Budget Act relative to Wellstone amendment (Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I grants funding), S5862 [27JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 4635): Bond motion to table Boxer amendment (EPA clean up of river and ocean sites contaminated with hazardous materials), S10310 [12OC]

———Bond motion to table Boxer amendment (EPA drinking water arsenic standards and air quality nonattainment areas designations), S10309 [12OC]

———conference report, S10769 [19OC]

———making, S10317 [12OC]

District of Columbia appropriations (H.R. 4942): conference report, S11241 [27OC]

Educational Opportunities Act (S. 2): Abraham amendment (allow State and local agencies to use professional development funding for teacher testing, merit-based pay, and tenure reform programs), S3495 [4MY]

———Daschle amendment (substitute), S3322 [3MY]

———Gorton amendment (assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards), S3321 [3MY]

———Kennedy amendment to Abraham amendment (implement merit schools programs to reward teachers in schools that improve student achievement), S3495 [4MY]

———Lieberman amendment (substitute), S3661 [9MY]

———Lott amendment (improve and strengthen recruitment and training of teachers and protect teachers from frivolous lawsuits), S3646 [9MY]

———Murray amendment (reductions in school class size), S3495 [4MY]

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (S. 761): conference report, S5289 [16JN]

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 4733): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S7732 [27JY]

———conference report, S9576 [2OC]

———Daschle amendment (Missouri River Corps of Engineers river management funding), S8132 [7SE]

———making, S8187 [7SE]

Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285): cloture motion, S2506 [11AP]

———cloture motion on motion to proceed, S1970 [30MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations (H.R. 4811): conference report, S10984 [25OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations (S. 2522): Biden motion to table Wellstone amendment (use of Colombian counter-drug assistance to fund domestic substance abuse and mental health services), S5509 [21JN]

———Dodd amendment (provide helicopters to Colombia to assist in drug enforcement efforts), S5529 [21JN]

———Gorton amendment (Caribbean and South American nations drug interdiction assistance funding), S5528 [21JN]

———McConnell motion to advance bill to third reading, S5628 [22JN]

Intelligence services appropriations (S. 2507): cloture motion on motion to proceed, S7629 [26JY]

Iran Nonproliferation Act (H.R. 1883): enact, S756 [24FE]

Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act (S. 2097): enact, S1967 [30MR]

———Johnson amendment (authorize loan guarantees to cooperative lending entities), S1965 [30MR]

Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (H.R. 4516): conference report, S8800 [20SE], S10333 [12OC]

Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (S. 2603): Bennett motion to advance bill to third reading, S4406 [25MY]

———Mikulski amendment (commend Capitol Police and legislative branch employees for their commitment and professionalism and ensure adequate funding), S4406 [25MY]

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act (H.R. 6): cloture motion, S2674 [13AP], S2965 [27AP]

———cloture motion on Roth amendment (substitute), S2673 [13AP]

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4810): Burns amendment (repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method), S7103 [18JY]

———conference report, S7416 [21JY]

———Durbin motion to waive Budget Act relative to Durbin amendment (allow employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses), S7049 [17JY]

———enact, S7109 [18JY]

———Feingold amendment (eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts), S7046 [17JY]

———Feingold motion to commit (ensure solvency of Social Security and Medicare), S7044 [17JY]

———Feingold motion to waive Budget Act relative to Feingold amendment (COBRA health coverage tax credits through elimination of hardrock mining percentage depletion allowance), S7046 [17JY]

———Harkin motion to waive Budget Act relative to Harkin amendment (improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex), S7047 [17JY]

———Hollings amendment (eliminate national debt prior to tax reduction), S7104 [18JY]

———Kennedy motion to waive Budget Act relative to Kennedy amendment (expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families), S7049 [17JY]

———Lott amendment (substitute), S7104 [18JY]

———Moynihan amendment (substitute), S7045 [17JY]

———Robb motion to waive Budget Act relative to Robb amendment (Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs), S7050 [17JY]

———Roth motion to waive Budget Act relative to Roth amendments (striking of sunset provisions), S7045 [17JY]

Nomination of Alan Greenspan to be FRS Board of Governors Chairman: confirmed, S308 [3FE]

Nomination of Bradley A. Smith to the FEC: confirmed, S4364 [24MY]

Nomination of Danny Lee McDonald to the FEC: confirmed, S4364 [24MY]

Nomination of E. Douglas Hamilton to be U.S. Marshal: Daschle motion to proceed, S3983 [16MY]

Nomination of George B. Daniels to be district judge: confirmed, S758 [24FE]

Nomination of Gerard E. Lynch to be district judge: confirmed, S4365 [24MY]

Nomination of James A. Teilborg to be circuit judge: confirmed, S9680 [3OC]

Nomination of James J. Brady to be district judge: confirmed, S4366 [24MY]

Nomination of Joel A. Pisano to be district judge: confirmed, S587 [10FE]

Nomination of John A. Gordon to be Under Sec. of Energy for Nuclear Security: confirmed, S5069 [14JN]

Nomination of Julio M. Fuentes to be circuit judge: confirmed, S1224 [7MR]

Nomination of Kermit Bye to be circuit judge: confirmed, S757 [24FE]

Nomination of Madelyn R. Creedon to be National Nuclear Security Administration Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs: confirmed, S6337 [10JY]

Nomination of Marsha L. Berzon to be circuit judge: cloture motion, S1301 [8MR]

———confirmed, S1368 [9MR]

Nomination of Mary A. McLaughlin to be district judge: confirmed, S4366 [24MY]

Nomination of Richard A. Paez to be circuit judge: cloture motion, S1301 [8MR]

———confirmed, S1368 [9MR]

———Sessions motion to indefinitely postpone, S1368 [9MR]

Nomination of Thomas L. Ambro to be circuit judge: confirmed, S587 [10FE]

———motion to proceed, S584 [10FE]

Nomination of Timothy B. Dyk to be circuit judge: confirmed, S4365 [24MY]

Older Americans Act (H.R. 782): Gregg amendment (require the Dept. of Labor to assess accountability of grantees), S11095 [26OC]

———reauthorize, S11096 [26OC]

People's Republic of China permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444): Byrd amendment (implement import surge safeguards to protect U.S. industries), S8449 [13SE]

———Byrd amendment (support transfer of U.S. clean energy technology as part of U.S. foreign assistance program), S8152 [7SE]

———Feingold amendment (technical changes relative to Congressional-Executive Commission report recommendations), S8492 [13SE]

———Helms amendment (certification of certain human rights conditions), S8381 [12SE]

———Helms amendment (condemn practice of forced abortions and sterilization), S8490 [13SE]

———Helms amendment (encourage U.S. businesses to adopt voluntary code of conduct for doing business in China), S8491 [13SE]

———Hollings amendment (authorize President to report on balance of trade for cereals and soybeans and eliminate deficit), S8558 [14SE]

———Hollings amendment (require annual report on normal trade relations status), S8159 [7SE]

———Hollings amendment (require corporations to disclose foreign investment information to the SEC), S8544 [14SE]

———Lott motion to proceed, S8132 [7SE]

———Roth motion to table Thompson amendment (apply measures regarding illegal transfer of goods, services, or technology), S8468 [13SE]

———Smith of New Hampshire amendment (Congressional-Executive Commission monitoring of POW/MIA cooperation), S8557 [14SE]

———Smith of New Hampshire amendment (Congressional-Executive Commission monitoring of environmental protection), S8557 [14SE]

———Smith of New Hampshire amendment (Congressional-Executive Commission monitoring of organ harvesting), S8449 [13SE]

———Wellstone amendment (certification of status and release of detained or imprisoned labor activist), S8492 [13SE]

———Wellstone amendment (compliance with memorandums of understanding relative to prison labor products), S8366 [12SE]

———Wellstone amendment (make trade relations with the U.S. contingent on freedom of religion), S8141 [7SE]

———cloture motion on motion to proceed, S7769 [27JY]

———grant, S8725 [19SE]

Reporting of information to the IRS by certain political organizations (H.R. 4762): require, S6047 [29JN]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2559): enact, S1631 [23MR]

Risk Management for the 21st Century Act (S. 2251): Wellstone amendment (tribute to Rally for Rural America and response to agricultural crisis), S1628 [23MR]

Senate: motion to request attendance of absent Senators, S3982 [16MY]

———motion to request attendance of absent senators, S5635 [22JN]

Senior Citizens' Freedom To Work Act (H.R. 5): enact, S1540 [22MR]

———Roth motion to table Kerrey amendment (age eligibility for full unreduced Social Security old-age benefits), S1494 [21MR]

Storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287): allow, S574 [10FE]

———cloture motion on Murkowski amendment (substitute), S470 [8FE]

———override veto, S3229 [2MY]

Trade and Development Act (H.R. 434): cloture motion on conference report, S3861 [11MY]

———conference report, S3874 [11MY]

———motion to proceed to conference report, S3788 [10MY]

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (H.R. 3244): conference report, S10228 [11OC], S10616 [17OC]

———Thompson appeal of ruling of the Chair relative to point of order (encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation), S10227 [11OC]

Water Resources Development Act (S. 2796): enact, S9152 [25SE]

———Warner amendment (Everglades National Park restoration plan operation and maintenance cost sharing), S8928 [21SE]

Worker Economic Opportunity Act (S. 2323): enact, S2586 [12AP]

Remarks in House

Gore, Vice President: Senate vote in Persian Gulf Conflict debate, E1458 [13SE]

Remarks in Senate

Correction: Dodd, S8141 [7SE]

———Dorgan, S8152 [7SE]

———Reed, S6536 [12JY]

———Reid, S6536 [12JY], S8141 [7SE]

———Voinovich, S11322 [29OC]

Position on missed: Baucus, S794 [24FE]

———Biden, S7216 [19JY]

———Boxer, S279 [2FE]

———Bunning, S7440 [21JY]

———Burns, S11450 [1NO]

———Conrad, S5021 [13JN], S5552 [21JN]

———Dodd, S4185 [18MY], S6627 [13JY], S6770 [14JY]

———Feinstein, S1304 [8MR]

———Gorton, S9181 [25SE]

———Helms, S11450 [1NO]

———Hutchinson, S6828 [14JY]

———Inhofe, S5547 [21JN]

———Johnson, S6105 [29JN]

———Kerry, S7387 [20JY]

———Murray, S7812 [27JY]

———Rockefeller, S7047 [17JY], S7329 [20JY]

———Wellstone, S7645 [26JY]

Senate: retaking of vote due to clerical error, S1099 [2MR]