McCONNELL, MITCH (a Senator from Kentucky)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S610, S620, S666, S670 [12FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3807, S3882 [2MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5065, S5077, S5079, S5080, S5090, S5093 [5JN], S5172, S5173, S5175, S5176, S5216 [6JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10067, S10131 [8OC]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6438, S6510 [9JY], S6584 [10JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S809, S869 [14FE], S1372 [28FE], S2466, S2486, S2499 [10AP], S2598 [11AP]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S5292 [10JN], S5386 [11JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8566 [12SE], S8745, S8765, S8769 [18SE], S8937 [19SE], S9241 [25SE], S9913, S9914 [3OC], S10451 [15OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7435 [26JY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5482, S5545 [13JN], S5635, S5639 [17JN]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S240 [29JA], S360 [5FE]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), S2598 [11AP]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S809, S869 [14FE], S1372 [28FE], S2466, S2486, S2499 [10AP], S2598 [11AP]
Appointments
Committee To Escort the President, H98 [29JA]
Conferee: H.R. 3295, Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act, S3789 [1MY]
———H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, S5194 [6JN]
———H.R. 5010, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S7807 [1AU]
Articles and editorials
AFL-CIO To Boost Mandatory Donations, Hopes To Spend $35M on November Elections, Sue Kirchhoff, Boston (MA) Globe, S2125 [20MR]
Campaign Finance Lawyer Loophole, James Wooton, Washington (DC) Times, S2127 [20MR]
Campaign-Finance Smear, Rich Lowry, National Review (publication), S2119 [20MR]
Donations Don't Seem To Change Votes, John R. Lott, Jr., Detroit (MI) News, S2341
Gaggers and Gag-Making—Hypocrisy Among the Campaign-Finance Reformers, Bradley A. Smith, National Review (publication), S2119-S2121 [20MR]
It's Not Reform, It's Deception, Robert J. Samuelson, Washington (DC) Post, S2130 [20MR]
Judges and Grudges—Michigan's Democratic Senators Seek Payback, Thomas J. Bray, Wall Street Journal, S11712 [20NO]
Just a Gag? Congress Prepares To Repeal Freedom of Speech, Pete du Pont, Wall Street Journal, S2126 [20MR]
Matter of Appearances, George F. Will, Washington (DC) Post, S2126 [20MR]
Natives Slip Through Big Loophole in Campaign Finance, Katie Cobb, FOXNEWS.com (Internet site), S2127 [20MR]
Now, the Unintended Consequences, David S. Broder, Washington (DC) Post, S2341
Organized Labor Loophole, Washington (DC) Times, S2124 [20MR]
Rape of Burma, Washington (DC) Post, S7369 [25JY]
Virtue at Last! (In November), George F. Will, Newsweek (publication), S2125 [20MR]
Voter Fraud Wanders Off the Reservation, John H. Fund, Wall Street Journal, S10494 [16OC]
With Victories Like These . . . Glaring Inadequacies of Shays-Meehan, Ellen S. Miller, American Prospect (publication), S2342
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alfonse M. D'Amato U.S. Courthouse, Central Islip, NY: designate (see S. 2495), S4145 [9MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see S.J. Res. 46), S9846 [2OC]
Capital punishment: allow post-conviction DNA testing, improve performance of lawyers and judges handling State capital criminal cases, and ensure quality of defense counsel in Federal capital cases (see S. 2739), S6947 [17JY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8457 [10SE]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 2924), S8506 [11SE]
Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see S. 1712), S1209 [26FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see S. 2794), S7372 [25JY]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S7901 [1AU]
Immigration: provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 1339), S2368 [8AP]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3626 [1MY]
Johnny Michael Spann Patriot Trusts: encourage establishment (see S. 3073), S10117 [8OC]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S4064 [8MY]
———permit reviews of criminal records of applicants for private security officer employment (see S. 2238), S3303 [24AP]
Louisville, KY: tribute to Valley Sports American Little League baseball team (see S. Res. 320), S8201 [4SE]
Memorial Day: recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the Armed Forces and civilian national security agencies (see S. Res. 278), S4840 [23MY]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration, provide for repairs, and permit guide signs on Federal highways for veterans' memorials (see S. 1644), S235 [29JA]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 305), S8566 [12SE]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 215), S1421 [4MR] (see S. Res. 218), S1676 [7MR]
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: establish position as head of entire intelligence community (see S. 2645), S9847 [2OC]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
———reaffirm reference to ``one Nation under God'' (see S. 2690), S6250 [27JN]
Russia: condition any bilateral trade agreements on the protection of religious freedoms and emigration, within the context of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment (see S. Res. 234), S2485 [10AP]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1899), S2369 [8AP]
Tariff: dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride (see S. 2133), S3901 [6MY]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S286 [4FE] (see S. 2051), S3626 [1MY]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (see S.J. Res. 43), S7900 [1AU]
Flag—U.S.: protect (see S. 2894), S7900 [1AU]
Green River National Wildlife Refuge: establish (see S. 1898), S136 [25JA]
Kentucky: permit the operation of a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security (see S. 1929), S586 [11FE]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports through improved inspection of cargo containers (see S. 2895), S7900 [1AU]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see S. 2194), S2950 [18AP]
Senate Rules: clarification relative to acceptance of pro bono legal services by Senators (see S. Res. 227), S2076 [19MR]
Bills and resolutions relative to
Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony and representation in Senator Mitch McConnell, et. al. v. FEC, et al., and consolidation cases (see S. Res. 323), S8300 [5SE]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4125 [9MY], S4558 [20MY], S4668 [22MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S10875 [13NO], S11169 [15NO], S11373 [19NO]
Gibbons, Julia Smith: nomination to be circuit judge, S7322 [24JY], S7391 [26JY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5625 [17JN]
Factsheets
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (H.R. 2356): ACLU, S2131 [20MR]
Letters
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: David M. Mason and Bradley A. Smith, FEC, S2340
———David N. O'Steen, National Right to Life Committee and Charles H. Cunningham, NRA, S2128 [20MR]
———Laura W. Murphy, ACLU, S2131 [20MR]
———Laura W. Murphy, ACLU, and Hillary Shelton, NAACP, S2129 [20MR]
———several organizations, S2130 [20MR]
Health care liability reform: Michael D. Maves, AMA, S7406 [26JY]
Permit Kentucky to operate a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security: Anthony J. Cobaugh, Jefferson County, KY, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 14, S588 [11FE]
———David James, Louisville, KY, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 6, S588 [11FE]
———Michael J. (Howdy) Kurtsinger, Louisville, KY, Professional Fire Fighters Union Local 345, S588 [11FE]
———Patrick L. Doyle, Kentucky Division of Social Security, S588 [11FE]
———T. Kevin Flanery, Kentucky Sec. of Finance and Administration, S589 [11FE]
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: Paul H. O'Neill, Sec. of the Treasury, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., OMB Director, Lawrence Lindsey, National Economic Council, and R. Glenn Hubbard, Council of Economic Advisors, S5436 [12JN], S5492 [13JN]
Lists
Organizations supporting H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act, S10494 [16OC]
Press releases
ACLU Campaign Finance Position Protects Free Speech: ACLU, S2342
ACLU Double Play—New Ad Blasts Workplace Discrimination Against Gays, Shows Flaws in Campaign Finance Legislation: ACLU, S2124 [20MR]
Proposals
Technical amendments to H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, S1529 [5MR]
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, S5436-S5439 [12JN]
Remarks
Advisory Committee on Electronic Voting and the Electoral Process: establish, S2468 [10AP]
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S4029 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S610, S627, S628 [12FE]
———reduce price supports and marketing loan rates and use savings to improve Food Stamp Program, S610, S627, S628 [12FE]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5022, S5023 [5JN], S5188, S5189 [6JN]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, S7268 [24JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10328 [10OC]
Burma: human rights violations, S5530 [13JN], S7369 [25JY], S8615 [13SE]
———make humanitarian assistance contingent upon allowing free movement of representatives of democratic and humanitarian organizations, S5530 [13JN]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6442, S6443 [9JY], S6526, S6531, S6533, S6554 [10JY], S6610, S6613, S6614, S6615, S6619 [11JY]
Cambodia: anniversary of attack against the Khmer Nation Party, S2177
———GAO report on political reform, S5628 [17JN]
———U.S. policy, S8615 [13SE]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S712, S717, S728 [13FE], S802, S807, S810, S816, S818, S820, S829, S830, S833 [14FE], S989, S993, S994 [25FE], S1143, S1144, S1179, S1180, S1182, S1187 [26FE], S1224, S1225, S1228, S1229 [27FE], S1385 [1MR], S1416 [4MR], S2468, S2469, S2470, S2474, S2475, S2476 [10AP], S2516, S2542, S2543 [11AP]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2055, S2058 [19MR], S2205 [21MR], S3364 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure management flexibility, S9685 [1OC]
———establish (H.R. 5005), S9685 [1OC]
———require employee representation in planning, development, and implementation of any human resources management system, S9685, S9687 [1OC]
———rights of union employees transferring into department, S9685, S9687 [1OC]
Dept. of Justice: investigation of voting rights violations in the 2000 elections, S829 [14FE]
———study the adequacy of existing electoral fraud statutes and penalties, S2468 [10AP]
Egypt: allocation of foreign aid, S5023 [5JN]
Elections: permit use of Social Security numbers for voter registration and election administration, S810, S830 [14FE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7398, S7401, S7405, S7406, S7407 [26JY], S7521, S7524, S7528, S7532 [30JY]
Food stamps: equalize asset eligibility rule for senior citizen and disabled recipients, S610 [12FE]
Georgetown College: tribute to football team, S1419
Green River National Wildlife Refuge: establish (S. 1898), S136 [25JA]
Health: provide for health care liability reform, S7398, S7401, S7405, S7406, S7407 [26JY], S7521, S7524, S7528, S7532 [30JY]
Ibrahim, Saad Eddin: sentencing in Egypt for politically-motivated offenses, S7464
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5481, S5483, S5486 [13JN], S5646 [18JN]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), unanimous-consent agreement, S5435, S5436 [12JN]
International Crisis Group: report on instability and unrest in Mitrovica, Kosovo, S5689 [18JN]
Israel: allocation of foreign aid, S5022 [5JN], S5189 [6JN]
Kentucky: permit the operation of a separate retirement system for certain public employees under Social Security (S. 1929), S587 [11FE]
Labor unions: require submission of financial reports, S6442, S6443 [9JY], S6526-S6528, S6531, S6533 [10JY]
Lawyers and attorneys: disclosure of fee arrangements to clients, S6554 [10JY], S6610, S6613, S6614, S6615, S6619 [11JY]
Macedonia: elections, S7868 [1AU]
Middle East: condemn suicide bombings, S10347 [10OC]
Owen, Priscilla Richman: nomination to be circuit judge, S8351 [9SE]
Paducah, KY: anniversary of Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, S10439
Pakistan: independent news media development funding, S7268 [24JY]
Parliamentary inquiry, S2097 [20MR]
Pickering, Charles: nomination to be circuit judge, S1917 [14MR]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (S. 2194), S2952 [18AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S1142 [26FE], S2002 [18MR], S2095, S2096, S2097, S2102, S2104, S2118, S2121, S2125, S2126, S2127, S2128, S2129, S2132, S2156, S2160 [20MR]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 361), S2339
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), unanimous-consent agreement, S2064 [19MR]
———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), unanimous-consent request, S831 [14FE], S1527, S1529 [5MR], S2038 [19MR]
Power resources: national energy policy, S2055, S2058 [19MR], S2205 [21MR]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S2205 [21MR], S2601 [11AP], S2691 [16AP], S4118 [9MY], S8351 [9SE], S9863-S9865 [3OC], S11711 [20NO]
Rogers, John M.: confirmation as circuit judge, S11711 [20NO]
———nomination to be circuit judge, S2691 [16AP]
Senate: legislative program, S2095, S2096 [20MR]
Senate Rules: clarification relative to acceptance of pro bono legal services by Senators (S. Res. 227), S2161 [20MR]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), unanimous-consent request, S80 [24JA]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S8494 [11SE]
———establish procedures for civil actions and limit liability for punitive damages relative to acts of terrorism, S5481, S5483, S5486 [13JN]
Thailand: democracy efforts, S1729
Turkey: encourage restoration of relations with Armenia, S5188 [6JN]
Votes: correction, S3364 [25AP]
Voting: authorize administrative leave for Federal employees to perform poll worker service during Federal elections, S833 [14FE]
———eliminate mail notification requirements for provisional ballots and replace with a free access system, S2469 [10AP]
———eliminate special treatment of punch card voting systems under voting system standards, S816, S818, S820 [14FE]
———establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, S10418 [15OC], S10492, S10493, S10494, S10495, S10500 [16OC]
———establish a residual ballot performance benchmark, S2470 [10AP], S2543 [11AP]
———guarantee States a portion of grant program funds allocated for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration, S989 [25FE]
———implement significant election administration reforms, S8 [23JA]
———permit States to coordinate computerized statewide voter registration list with Federal records relative to death and identity, S2476 [10AP]
———permit the use of a signature, or personal mark, to verify the identity of voters who register by mail, S1179, S1180, S1182 [26FE], S1224, S1225, S1229 [27FE], S1385 [1MR], S1416 [4MR]
———permit the use of a signature, or personal mark, to verify the identity of voters who register by mail in States with federally-certified low levels of voter fraud, S1229 [27FE]
———protect voting rights of members of the Armed Forces, S717 [13FE]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S712, S717, S728 [13FE], S802, S807, S810, S816, S818, S820, S829, S830, S833 [14FE], S989, S993, S994 [25FE], S1143, S1144, S1179, S1180, S1182, S1187 [26FE], S1224, S1225, S1228, S1229 [27FE], S1385 [1MR], S1416 [4MR], S2468, S2469, S2470, S2474, S2475, S2476 [10AP], S2516, S2542, S2543 [11AP]
———provide funding for protection and advocacy agencies to focus on voting access for persons with disabilities, S1144 [26FE]
———require States and localities to mail voter registration form to individuals who cast provisional ballots that were not counted, S728 [13FE]
———secure Federal voting rights for certain qualified persons who have served their criminal sentences, S802, S807 [14FE]
———specify how lever voting systems may meet the multilingual materials requirement, S728 [13FE]
Yugoslavia: elections in Montenegro, S7868 [1AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Tribute, E161 [14FE]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Senate Legal Counsel: authorize testimony and representation in Senator Mitch McConnell, et. al. v. FEC, et al., and consolidation cases (S. Res. 323), S8327 [5SE]
Tribute, S11698 [20NO]
Statements
Encourage Turkey To Restore Relations With Armenia: President Bush, S5189 [6JN]
Texts of
S. 1898, Green River National Wildlife Refuge Act, S137 [25JA]
S. Res. 323, Senate Legal Counsel testimony and representation in Senator Mitch McConnell, et. al. v. FEC, et al., and consolidation cases, S8312, S8327 [5SE]
Tributes
Byrd, Senator, S992 [25FE]
Clay, Albert G., S8616
Darling, Sharon, S3013
Fister, Agnes Scully, S2005
Helms, Senator, S9786 [2OC]
Jones, Timothy A., S6645
Legg, Hilda, S998 [25FE]
Russell, Bob, S5791 [20JN]
Taylor, Robert L., S999
Thurmond, Senator, S9072 [24SE]
Todd, Lee, S2254
Todd, Stanley E., Sr., S10840
Turner, Tony, S7428
Unitas, Johnny, S8670