Senate votes to remove congress part 1

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 108th Congress - 2nd Session (2004) Vote Date Issue Question Result Description 00216 08-Dec S. 2845 On the Conference Report Agreed to S. 2845 Conference Report; A bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes. 00215 20-Nov H.R. 4818 On the Conference Report Agreed to H. R. 4818 Conference Report; A bill making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 00214 19-Nov H.R. 1047 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1047; A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws, and for other purposes. 00213 17-Nov S. 2986 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 2986; A bill to amend title 31 of the United States Code to increase the public debt limit. 00212 16-Nov PN1970 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Francis J. Harvey, Of California, To Be Secretary Of The Army 00211 11-Oct H.R. 4520 On the Conference Report Agreed to H.R. 4520 Conference Report; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove impediments in such Code and make our manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses and workers more competitive and productive both at home and abroad. 00210 10-Oct H.R. 4520 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Conference Report To Accompany H. R. 4520; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove impediments in such Code and make our manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses and workers more competitive and productive both at home and abroad. 00209 09-Oct S.Res. 454 On the Resolution Agreed to S. Res. 454; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the 108th Congress should provide the necessary funds to make disaster assistance available for all customarily eligible agricultural producers as emergency spending and not funded by cuts to the farm bill. 00208 09-Oct S.Res. 445 On the Resolution Agreed to S. Res. 445 As Amended.; A resolution to eliminate certain restrictions on service of a Senator on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. 00207 09-Oct S.Res. 445 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4015 Agreed to Hutchison Amdt. No. 4015 As Amended; To implement responsible subcommittee reorganization in the Committee on Appropriations. 00206 09-Oct S.Res. 445 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4041 Agreed to Nickles Amdt. No. 4041; To vest sole jurisdiction over the Federal budget process in the Committee on the Budget, and to give the Committee on the Budget joint jurisdiction with the Governmental Affairs Committee over the process of reviewing, holding hearings, and voting on persons nominated by the President to fill the positions of Director and Deputy Director for Budget within the Office of Management and Budget. 00205 08-Oct S.Res. 445 On the Motion for Attendance Agreed to Motion To Instruct SGT At Arms; A resolution to eliminate certain restrictions on service of a Senator on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. 00204 08-Oct S.Res. 445 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3981 Agreed to Motion To Invoke Cloture On The McConnell Amdt. No. 3981; To implement the congressional oversight recommendations of the 9-11 Commission. 00203 07-Oct S.Res. 445 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4021 Rejected Biden Amdt. No. 4021; To provide that the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations (if not already a member of the select Committee) shall be ex officio members of the select Committee but shall have no vote in the Committee and shall not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum. 00202 07-Oct S.Res. 445 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4037 Agreed to Hatch Amdt. No. 4037; To retain jurisdiction over the Secret Service in the Committee on the Judiciary. 00201 07-Oct S.Res. 445 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4000 Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 4000; To ensure that the Committee has jurisdiction over the Transportation Security Administration. 00200 07-Oct S.Res. 445 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3999 Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 3999; To strike section 402 and vest intelligence appropriations jurisdiction in the Select Committee on Intelligence. 00199 06-Oct S. 2845 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 2845, As Amended; A bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes. 00198 06-Oct S. 2845 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3742 Agreed to Roberts Amdt. No. 3742 As Modified; To clarify the continuing applicability of section 504 of the National Security act of 1947 to the obligation and expenditure of funds appropriated for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States. 00197 05-Oct S. 2845 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion To Invoke Cloture On S. 2845; A bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes. 00196 04-Oct S. 2845 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3903 Agreed to Motion to Table Stevens Amdt. No. 3903, As Modified; To modify the provisions relating to the availability to the public of intelligence funding information. 00195 04-Oct S. 2845 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3845 Agreed to Motion To Table Byrd Amdt. No. 3845; To enhance the role of Congress in the oversight of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government. 00194 30-Sep S. 2845 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3802 Agreed to Motion To Table Lautenberg Amdt. No. 3802; To stop corporations from financing terrorism. 00193 30-Sep S. 2845 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3795 Agreed to Motion To Table Hollings Amdt. No. 3795; In the nature of a substitute. 00192 29-Sep S. 2845 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3706 Agreed to Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 3706; To provide the National Intelligence Director with the authority to supervise, direct, and control all elements of the intelligence community performing national intelligence missions. 00191 29-Sep S. 2845 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3761 Agreed to Motion to Table Specter Amdt. No. 3761; To specify a term of service for the National Intelligence Director. 00190 28-Sep S. 2845 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3711 Agreed to Hutchison Amdt. No. 3711; To provide for air cargo safety, and for other purposes. 00189 28-Sep S. 2845 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3702 Agreed to McCain Amdt. No. 3702; To add title VII of S. 2774, related to transportation security. 00188 23-Sep H.R. 1308 On the Conference Report Agreed to H. R. 1308 Conference Report; An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for working families, and for other purposes. 00187 22-Sep PN1855 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Porter J. Goss, of Florida, To Be Director of Central Intelligence 00186 21-Sep H.R. 4755 On Passage of the Bill Passed H. R. 4755; A bill Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 00185 20-Sep H.R. 4837 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 4837, as amended; A bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 00184 14-Sep H.R. 4567 On Passage of the Bill Passed H. R. 4567 As Amended; A bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 00183 14-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3631 Agreed to Motion To Table Clinton Amdt. No. 3631; To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to allocate formula-based grants to State and local governments based on an assessment of threats and vulnerabilities and other factors that the Secretary considers appropriate, in accordance with the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission. 00182 14-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3655 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA Schumer Amdt. No. 3655; To appropriate an additional $350,000,000 to improve the security at points of entry into the United States. 00181 14-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3656 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA Schumer Amdt. No. 3656; To increase funding for rail and transit security grants. 00180 14-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3626 Agreed to Motion To Table Kennedy Amdt. NO. 3626; To require the President to provide to Congress a copy of the Scowcroft Commission report on improving the capabilities of the United States intelligence community. 00179 14-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3649 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA Byrd Amdt. No. 3649; To provide funds for the Transportation Security Administration, United States Coast Guard, and the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness. 00178 14-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3632 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA Clinton Amdt. No. 3632; To appropriate an additional $625,000,000 for discretionary grants for high-threat, high-density urban areas. 00177 14-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3629 Agreed to Motion To Table Dayton Amdt. No. 3629; To ensure the continuation of benefits for certain individuals providing security services for Federal buildings. 00176 14-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3619 Agreed to Motion To Table Corzine Amdt. No. 3619, As Modified; To appropriate an additional $70,000,000 to enhance the security of chemical plants and to provide an offset. 00175 14-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3624 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA Mikulski Amdt. No. 3624; To increase the amount appropriated for firefighter assistance grants. 00174 13-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3617 Rejected Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Lautenberg Amdt. No. 3617; To ensure that the Coast Guard has sufficient resources for its traditional core. 00173 13-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3615 Agreed to Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 3615, as further modified; To appropriate $70,000,000 to support efforts for identification and tracking for shipments of hazardous materials and continue and expand upon the background check system for commercial driver licenses with a HAZMAT endorsement, and to offset this appropriation with a corresponding reduction from the Human Resources Account of the Office of the Under Secretary of Management. 00172 09-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3609 Agreed to Motion to Table Boxer Amdt. No. 3609; To appropriate $70,000,000 for grants to States, local governments, and first responders to purchase or improve communication systems to allow for real-time interoperable communication between State and local first responders and to offset this appropriation with a corresponding reduction from the Human Resources Account of the Office of the Under Secretary of Management. 00171 09-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3596 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: Murray Amdt. No. 3596; To increase the amount available for port security grants by $300,000,000. 00170 09-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3604 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: Dodd Amdt. No. 3604; To increase the among provided for first responder programs, and to provide offsets. 00169 09-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3597 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: Byrd Amdt. No. 3597; To make available funds for certain border and transportation security programs. 00168 08-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3584 Agreed to Leahy Amdt. No. 3584; To prohibit funds from being used to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for services provided as of June 1, 2004, by certain employees of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security. 00167 08-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3582 Agreed to Thomas Amdt. No. 3582; To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress, at least 60 days prior to award, a report on the results of an Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 competition, to include estimated savings, performance improvements, and the impact on jobs and Federal Government employees. 00166 08-Sep H.R. 4567 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3580 Rejected Motion to Waive the CBA Re: Schumer Amdt. No. 3580; To appropriate an additional $150,000,000 for port security research and development grants. 00165 07-Sep PN1628 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Michael H. Schneider, Sr., of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge 00164 07-Sep PN1539 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge 00163 22-Jul H.R. 4613 On the Conference Report Agreed to H. R. 4613 Conference Report; A bill Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 00162 22-Jul PN9 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of David W. McKeague, of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge 00161 22-Jul PN7 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Richard A. Griffin, of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge 00160 22-Jul PN14 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge 00159 21-Jul S. 2677 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 2677; A bill to implement the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 00158 20-Jul PN658 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of William Gerry Myers, III, of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge 00157 15-Jul H.R. 4520 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3563 Agreed to DeWine Amdt. No. 3563; To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to eliminate the Federal quota and price support programs for tobacco, and to provide assistance to quota holders, tobacco producers, and tobacco-dependent communities. 00156 15-Jul H.R. 4759 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 4759; A bill to implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement. 00155 14-Jul S.J.Res. 40 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. J. Res. 40; A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. 00154 08-Jul S. 2062 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 2062; A bill to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, and for other purposes. 00153 06-Jul PN279 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation J. Leon Holmes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge 00152 24-Jun PN1109 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Diane S. Sykes, of Wisconsin, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge 00151 24-Jun S.Res. 393 On the Resolution Agreed to S. Res. 393; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate in support of United States policy for a Middle East peace process. 00150 24-Jun H.J.Res. 97 On the Joint Resolution Passed H. J. Res. 97; A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. 00149 24-Jun H.R. 4613 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 4613 As Amended; A bill Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 00148 24-Jun H.R. 4613 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3520 Agreed to Motion to Table Biden Amdt. No. 3520 as Modified; To appropriate funds for bilateral economic assistance. 00147 24-Jun H.R. 4613 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3502 Agreed to Byrd Amdt. No. 3502; To express the sense of the Senate on budgeting and funding of ongoing military operations overseas. 00146 23-Jun S. 2400 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 2400 As Amended; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes. 00145 23-Jun S. 2400 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3409 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA Daschle Amdt. No. 3409 As Amended; To assure that funding is provided for veterans health care each fiscal year to cover increases in population and inflation. 00144 23-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3485 Rejected Leahy Amdt. No. 3485; To direct the Attorney General to submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate all documents in the possession of the Department of Justice relating to the treatment and interrogation of individuals held in the custody of the United States. 00143 23-Jun S. 2400 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3387 Rejected Motion To Table Leahy Amdt. No. 3387; Relative to the treatment of foreign prisoners. 00142 23-Jun PN1092 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Walter D. Kelley, Jr., of Virginia, To Be U.S. District Judge 00141 23-Jun PN1186 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Juan R. Sanchez, of Pennsylvania, To Be U. S. District Judge 00140 23-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3423 Rejected Byrd Amdt. No. 3423; To modify the number of military personnel and civilians who may be assigned or retained in connection with Plan Colombia. 00139 23-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3353 Rejected Reed Amdt. No. 3353; To limit the obligation and expenditure of funds for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program pending the submission of a report on operational test and evaluation. 00138 23-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3377 Rejected Kennedy Amdt. No. 3377; To require reports on the efforts of the President to stabilize Iraq and relieve the burden on members of the Armed Forces of the United States deployed in Iraq and the Persian Gulf region. 00137 23-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3472 Agreed to McConnell Amdt. No. 3472; To require a report on the stabilization of Iraq. 00136 23-Jun S. 2400 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3303 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA RE: Corzine Amdt. No. 3303; To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for nonregular service from 60 to 55. 00135 22-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3461 Agreed to McCain Amdt. No. 3461; In the nature of a substitute. 00134 22-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3464 Agreed to Brownback Amdt. No. 3464; To increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language. 00133 22-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3338 Rejected Levin Amdt. No. 3338; To reallocate for Ground-based Midcourse interceptors to homeland defense and combatting terrorism. 00132 21-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3291 Rejected Lautenberg Amdt No. 2191, As Modified; To require a protocol on media coverage of the return to the United States of the remains of members of the Armed Forces who die overseas. 00131 21-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3458 Agreed to Warner Amdt. No. 3458, As Modified; Expressing the sense of Congress on media coverage of the return to the United States of the remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces from overseas. 00130 17-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3379 Rejected Biden Amdt. No. 3379; To provide funds for the security and stabilization of Iraq by suspending a portion of the reduction in the highest income tax rate for individual taxpayers. 00129 17-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3352 Agreed to Reed Amdt. No. 3352, As Amended; To increase the end strength for active duty personnel of the Army for fiscal year 2005 by 20,000 to 502,400. 00128 17-Jun PN1169 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation: Jane J. Boyle, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge 00127 17-Jun PN571 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation: Roger T. Benitez, of California, to be U.S. District Judge 00126 17-Jun PN1196 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation: James L. Robart, of Washington, to be U.S. District Judge 00125 17-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3453 Agreed to Warner Amdt. No. 3453; To require the Secretary of Defense to prescribe and apply criteria for operationally realistic testing of fieldable prototypes developed under the ballistic missile defense spiral development program. 00124 17-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3368 Rejected Boxer Amdt. No. 3368; To allow deployment of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the national ballistic missile defense system only after the mission-related capabilities of the system have been confirmed by operationally realistic testing. 00123 16-Jun PN1203 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Paul S. Diamond, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge 00122 16-Jun PN1105 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Lawrence F. Stengel, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge 00121 16-Jun PN1103 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation William S. Duffey, Jr., of Georgia to be U.S. District Judge 00120 16-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3292 Rejected Leahy Amdt. No. 3292; To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction. 00119 16-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3452 Agreed to Warner Amdt. No. 3452 As Modified; To extend jurisdiction and scope for current fraud offenses. 00118 16-Jun S. 2400 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3313 Agreed to Motion to Table Dodd Amdt. No. 3313 As Modified Further; To prohibit the use of contractors for certain Department of Defense activities and to establish limitations on the transfer of custody of prisoners of the Department of Defense. 00117 15-Jun PN1093 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Gene E. K. Pratter, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge 00116 15-Jun PN1032 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Ricardo S. Martinez, of Washington, To Be U.S. District Judge 00115 15-Jun PN1031 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Virginia E. Hopkins, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge 00114 15-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3183 Agreed to Smith Amdt. No. 3183; To provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes. 00113 15-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3263 Rejected Kennedy Amdt. No. 3263; To prohibit the use of funds for the support of new nuclear weapons development under the Stockpile Services Advanced Concepts Initiative or for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP). 00112 14-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3312 Agreed to Dodd Amdt. No. 3312, as Modified.; To require the Secretary of Defense to provide reimbursement for certain protective, safety, or health equipment purchased by or on behalf of members of the Armed Forces for deployment in connection wih Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom. 00111 09-Jun S.Res. 373 On the Resolution Agreed to S. Res. 373; A resolution relative to the death of Ronald Wilson Reagan, a former President of the United States. 00110 03-Jun PN967 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Judith C. Herrera, of New Mexico, to be U.S. District Judge 00109 03-Jun PN959 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Kenneth M. Karas, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge 00108 03-Jun PN861 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Sandra L. Townes, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge 00107 03-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3261 Rejected Cantwell Amdt. No. 3261; To ensure adequate funding for, and the continuation of activities related to, the treatment by the Department of Energy of high level radioactive waste. 00106 02-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3260 Agreed to Warner Amdt. No. 3260, as Modified; To authorize appropriations for a contingent emergency reserve fund for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. 00105 02-Jun S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3258 Agreed to Graham (SC) Amdt. No. 3258; To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand certain authorities to provide health care benefits for Reserves and their families, and for other purposes. 00104 01-Jun PN847 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation F. Dennis Saylor IV, of Massachusetts, to be U.S. District Judge 00103 20-May PN1164 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Franklin S. Van Antwerpen of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge 00102 20-May PN975 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Raymond W. Gruender of Missouri to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit 00101 19-May S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3151 Rejected Lautenberg Amdt. No. 3151 As Modified; To clarify the application of Presidential action under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. 00100 19-May S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3191 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 3191 As Modified; To express the sense of the Senate regarding legislation to impose an excise tax on tobacco lawyer's fees that exceed $20,000 per hour in order to increase funding for equipment for the United States Armed Forces. 00099 19-May S. 15 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 15 As Amended; A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections and countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents that may be used in a terrorist attack against the United States by giving the National Institutes of Health contracting flexibility, infrastructure improvements, and expediting the scientific peer review process, and streamlining the Food and Drug Administration approval process of countermeasures. 00098 18-May S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3158 Rejected Lott Amdt. No. 3158; To provide that the 2005 base closure round shall apply solely to military installations located outside the United States and to provide for expedited consideration by Congress of a proposal for a base closure round in 2007 on military installations located inside the United States. 00097 18-May PN1175 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation on the Nomination of Marcia Cooke, of Florida to be U.S. District Judge 00096 18-May H.R. 3104 On Passage of the Bill Passed H. R. 3104 ; To provide for the establishment of separate campaign medals to be awarded to members of the uniformed services who participate in Operation Enduring Freedom and to members of the uniformed services who participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom. 00095 17-May S. 2400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3152 Agreed to Hutchison Amdt. No. 3152; To authorize medical and dental care for cadets and midshipmen, and to authorize disability benefits for cadets and midshipmen of the service academies, 00094 13-May H.R. 1350 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 1350 as Amended; A bill to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes. 00093 12-May S. 1248 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3144 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: Harkin Amdt. No. 3144; to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to reach full Federal funding of such part in 6 years, and for other purposes. 00092 12-May S. 1248 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3145 Agreed to Gregg Amdt. No. 3145; To authorize appropriations for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 00091 11-May S. 1637 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 1637 As Amended; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, and for other purposes. 00090 11-May S. 1637 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3134 Rejected Hollings Amdt. No. 3134; To strike the international tax provisions that are unrelated to the FSC/ETI repeal and eliminate the phase-in of the deduction for qualified production activities income. 00089 11-May S. 1637 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3129 Rejected McCain Amdt. No. 3129; To strike provisions relating to energy tax incentives. 00088 11-May S. 1637 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3114 Rejected Motion to Waive CBA Re: Cantwell Amdt. No. 3114; To extend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, and for other purposes. 00087 11-May S. 1637 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on S. 1637; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, and for other purposes. 00086 10-May S.Res. 356 On the Resolution Agreed to S. Res. 356; A resolution condemning the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, urging a full and complete investigation to ensure justice is served, and expressing support for all Americans serving nobly in Iraq. 00085 06-May PN1542 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation John D. Negroponte, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States to Iraq 00084 05-May S. 1637 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3118 Agreed to Allard Amdt. No. 3118; To provide for a brownfields demonstration program for qualified green building and sustainable design projects, and for other purposes. 00083 05-May S. 1637 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3110 Agreed to Motion To Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 3110; To provide for the taxation of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, and for other purposes. 00082 05-May S. 1637 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3112 Rejected Graham (FL) Amdt. No. 3112; To strike the deduction relating to income attributable to United States production activities and the international tax provisions and allow a credit for manufacturing wages, and for other purposes. 00081 05-May S. 1637 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3117 Rejected Breaux Amdt. No. 3117; To limit the amount of deferred foreign income that can be repatriated at a lower rate. 00080 04-May S. 1637 On the Motion S.Amdt. 3109 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA Re: Wyden Amdt. No. 3109 As Modified; To provide trade adjustment assistance for service workers, and for other purposes. 00079 04-May S. 1637 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3107 Agreed to Harkin Amdt. No. 3107; To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify provisions relating to overtime pay. 00078 04-May S. 1637 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3111 Agreed to Gregg Amdt. No. 3111; To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify provisions relating to overtime pay. 00077 29-Apr S. 150 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 150 As Amended; A bill to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on Internet access and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act. 00076 29-Apr S. 150 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3052 Agreed to Motion To Table Feinstein Amdt. No. 3052; To extend the grandfather clauses for the term of the moratorium extension. 00075 29-Apr S. 150 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3048 Agreed to Motion To Invoke Cloture on the McCain Amdt. No. 3048; To extend the moratorium on taxes on Internet access and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act for 4 years, and for other purposes. 00074 29-Apr S. 150 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3051 Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Domenici Amdt. No. 3051; To enhance energy conservation and research and development and to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people. 00073 29-Apr S. 150 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3050 Rejected Motion To Invoke Cloutre on the Daschle Amdt. No. 3050; To eliminate methyl tertiary butyl ether from the United States fuel supply, to increase production and use of renewable fuel, and to increase the Nation's energy independence. 00072 27-Apr S. 150 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3049 Agreed to Motion to Table Hutchison Amdt. No. 3049; To change the definition of Internet access service. 00071 26-Apr S. 150 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 150 ; A bill to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on Internet access and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce imposed by the Internet Tax Freedom Act. 00070 22-Apr S. 2329 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 2329, As Amended; A bill to protect crime victims' rights. 00069 22-Apr S. 2290 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2290; A bill to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, and for other purposes. 00068 08-Apr H.R. 3108 On the Conference Report Agreed to H.R. 3108 Conference Report; A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily replace the 30-year Treasury rate with a rate based on long-term corporate bonds for certain pension plan funding requirements and other provisions, and for other purposes. 00067 07-Apr S. 1637 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Recommit S. 1637 to the Committee on Finance, with Instructions.; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, and for other purposes. 00066 07-Apr S. 2207 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion To Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 2207; A bill to improve women's access to health care services, and the access of all individuals to emergency and trauma care services, by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of such services. 00065 01-Apr H.R. 4 On the Motion Rejected Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Committee Substitute To H. R. 4; A bill to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other purposes. 00064 30-Mar H.R. 4 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2937 Agreed to Snowe Amdt. No. 2937; To provide additional funding for child care. 00063 25-Mar H.R. 1997 On Passage of the Bill Passed H. R. 1997; A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to protect unborn children from assault and murder, and for other purposes. 00062 25-Mar H.R. 1997 On the Motion S.Amdt. 2859 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA RE: Murray AMDT. No. 2859; To provide for domestic violence prevention. 00061 25-Mar H.R. 1997 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2858 Rejected Feinstein Amdt. No. 2858; In the nature of a substitute. 00060 24-Mar S. 1637 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion To Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Recommit S. 1637 to the Committee on Finance with Instructions; A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States, to reform and simplify the international taxation rules of the United States, and for other purposes. 00059 12-Mar PN968 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Louis Guirola to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi 00058 12-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Concurrent Resolution Agreed to S. Con. Res. 95; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2005 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 through 2009. 00057 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2797 Rejected Lautenberg Amdt. 2797; To strike the provision for raising the debt limit. 00056 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2741 Agreed to Specter Amdt. No. 2741 as modified; Increase discretionary health funding by $2,000,000,000. 00055 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Motion S.Amdt. 2840 Rejected Motion To Waive McConnell Amdt. No. 2840; To prohibit future income tax hikes on upper incomes that fail to exempt small businesses that file individual income tax returns as partnerships, sole proprietors, or subchapter S corporations. 00054 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2817 Agreed to Levin Amdt. No. 2817; To lower crude oil prices resulting from the cancellation of planned future deliveries of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and using the funding made available to provide $1.7 billion in funding for homeland security grants for first responders, firefighter assistance, and port security, and to reduce the debt. 00053 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2762 Rejected Dodd Amdt. No. 2762; To create a reserve fund to allow for an increase in the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program by $1 billion and lower the national debt by eliminating tax loopholes. 00052 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2774 Rejected Daschle Amdt. No.2774; To create a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Indian Health Service Clinical Services by $3.44 billion and lower the national debt by eliminating abusive tax loopholes or reducing tax breaks for individuals with incomes in excess of $1 million per year. 00051 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2725 Rejected Kennedy Amdt. No. 2725; To create a reserve fund to finance an increase in the maximum Pell Grant that keeps pace with the rate of increase in public college tuition, extend Pell Grants to 500,000 new recipients, and close certain tax loopholes. 00050 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2807 Rejected Lieberman Amdt. No. 2807; To restore cuts and increase funding for homeland security programs and reduce the debt by reducing the President's tax breaks for taxpayers with incomes in excess of $1 million a year. 00049 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Motion S.Amdt. 2765 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA Bingaman Amdt. No. 2765; To ensure that legislation is not enacted that increases the number of taxpayers affected by the alternative minimum tax. 00048 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2804 Rejected Byrd Amdt. No. 2804; To provide responsible restraints on discretionary funding while providing adequate resources for education, veterans, homeland security, and other critical domestic priorities and fully offsetting the cost by closing corporate tax loopholes, improving tax enforcement and reducing tax breaks for certain individuals. 00047 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2803 Rejected Lincoln Amdt. No. 2803; To provide $60 billion over five years for greater health security for working Americans and their families through a combination of public and private efforts to expand quality, affordable health insurance coverage and cut health care costs by eliminating certain tax loopholes. 00046 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2799 Rejected Harkin Amdt. No. 2799; To provide for increased resources for medical research, disease control, wellness, tobacco cessation and preventative health efforts including substance abuse and mental health services, establishing a fund for this purpose, offset by an increase in the cigarette tax to $1 and proportional increases in other tobacco excise taxes and deficit reduction. 00045 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2703 Rejected Lautenberg Amdt.No. 2703; To reduce debt and require the industries responsible for producing products that contaminate toxic waste sites and industries who are exempt from liability for such contamination, to help pay for the cleanup by reinstating the Superfund polluter pays fees, and to reduce the deficit. 00044 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2793 Rejected Dorgan Amdt. No. 2793; To increase funding for COPS, Byre grants, and Local Law Enforcement Block Grants, and reduce tax breaks for certain individuals. 00043 11-Mar S.Res. 319 On the Resolution Agreed to S. Res. 319; A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the deadly terrorist attacks against the people of Spain that occurred on March 11, 2004. 00042 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2789 Rejected Sarbanes Amdt. No. 2789; To fully fund the FIRE and SAFER Acts and reduce tax breaks for certain individuals. 00041 11-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2783 Rejected Boxer Amdt. No. 2783; Relative to job creation and taxes. 00040 10-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2745 Rejected Nelson Amdt. No. 2745; To create a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating abusive tax loopholes. 00039 10-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2751 Agreed to Baucus Amdt. No. 2751; To strike the outlay reconciliation instruction to the Committee on Finance. 00038 10-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2748 Agreed to Feingold Amdt. No. 2748; To fully reinstate the pay-as-you-go requirement. 00037 10-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2742 Agreed to Warner Amdt. No. 2742; To increase the amounts provided for national defense for fiscal year 2005 for new budget activity and for outlays. 00036 10-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2735 Rejected Byrd Amdt. No. 2735; To provide for consideration of tax cuts outside of reconciliation. 00035 10-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2719 Rejected Murray Amdt. No. 2719; To fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act for fiscal year 2005 and lower the national debt by closing tax loopholes. 00034 09-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2710 Rejected Daschle Amdt. No. 2710; To create a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $2.7 billion and lower the national debt by reducing the President's tax breaks for taxpayers with incomes in excess of $1 million a year. 00033 09-Mar S.Con.Res. 95 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2704 Rejected Conrad Amdt. No. 2704; To establish a 60-vote point of order against the consideration of any direct spending or revenue legislation that would increase the on-budget deficit in any fiscal year. 00032 04-Mar S. 1637 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2660 Agreed to Dodd Amdt. No. 2660, as modified and amended; To protect United States workers from competition of foreign workforces for performance of Federal and State contracts. 00031 03-Mar S. 1637 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2647 Agreed to Hatch Amdt. No. 2647: as amended; To extend and modify the research credit. 00030 02-Mar S. 1805 On Passage of the Bill Rejected S. 1805 as amended; A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages resulting from the misuse of their products by others. 00029 02-Mar S. 1805 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2631 Agreed to Motion to table Levin Amdt. No. 2631; To exempt any civil action against a person from the provisions of the bill if the gross negligence or reckless conduct of the person proximately caused death or injury. 00028 02-Mar S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2619 Rejected Kennedy Amdt. 2619; To expand the definition of armor piercing ammunition and to require the Attorney General to promulgate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against body armor. 00027 02-Mar S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2625 Agreed to Frist Amdt. No. 2625; To regulate the sale and possession of armor piercing ammunition, and for other purposes. 00026 02-Mar S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2623 Agreed to Campbell Amdt. No. 2623; To amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns. 00025 02-Mar S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2636 Agreed to McCain Amdt. No. 2636; To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at events that provide a venue for the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms, and for other purposes. 00024 02-Mar S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2637 Agreed to Feinstein Amdt. No. 2637; To provide for a 10-year extension of the assault weapons ban. 00023 01-Mar S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2635 Rejected Bingaman amdt. No. 2635; To modify the definition of reasonably foreseeable. 00022 26-Feb S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2629 Rejected Corzine Amdt. 2629; To protect the rights of law enforcement officers who are victimized by crime to secure compensation from those who participate in the arming of criminals. 00021 26-Feb S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2630 Agreed to Frist Amdt. No. 2630; To protect the rights of law enforcement officers who are victimized by crime to secure compensation from those who participate in the arming of criminals. 00020 26-Feb S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2627 Rejected Mikulski Amdt. No. 2627; To exempt lawsuits involving a shooting victim of John Allen Muhammad or Lee Boyd Malvo from the definition of qualified civil liability action. 00019 26-Feb S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2628 Agreed to Frist Amdt. No. 2628; To exempt any lawsuit involving a shooting victim of John Allen Muhammad or John Lee Malvo from the definition of qualified civil liability action that meets certain requirements. 00018 26-Feb S. 1805 On the Motion S.Amdt. 2617 Rejected Motion To Waive CBA Cantwell Amdt. No. 2617; To extend and expand the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, and for other purposes. 00017 26-Feb S. 1805 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2620 Agreed to Boxer Amdt. No. 2620 As Amended; To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the provision of a child safety device in connection with the transfer of a handgun and to provide safety standards for child safety devices. 00016 25-Feb S. 1805 On the Motion Agreed to Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Motion To Proceed To S. 1805 ; A bill to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages resulting from the misuse of their products by others. 00015 24-Feb S. 2061 On the Motion Rejected Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Motion To Proceed To Consider S. 2061; A bill to improve women's health access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services. 00014 12-Feb S. 1072 On Passage of the Bill Passed S. 1072: As Amended; A bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes. 00013 12-Feb S. 1072 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2473 Rejected Kyl Amdt. No. 2473; To provide for a substitute to title V. 00012 12-Feb S. 1072 On the Point of Order S.Amdt. 2285 Not Sustained Motion To Waive C.B.A. Re: Inhofe Amdt No 2285 and S. 1072; To provide a complete substitute. 00011 12-Feb S. 1072 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2388 Rejected Hutchinson Amdt. No. 2388; To provide for the distribution of funds under the infrastructure performance and maintenance program. 00010 12-Feb S. 1072 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 2285 Agreed to Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Inhofe Amdt. No. 2285 To S.1072; To provide a complete substitute. 00009 11-Feb S. 1072 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2286 Agreed to Motion To Table Warner Amdt. No 2286, as Modified; To provide a highway safety improvement program that includes incentives to States to enact primary safety belt laws. 00008 04-Feb PN539 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation Mark R. Filip, of Illinois, To Be U. S. District Judge 00007 02-Feb S. 1072 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Motion To Proceed To Consider S. 1072; A bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes. 00006 28-Jan PN544 On the Nomination Confirmed Confirmation of Gary L. Sharpe, of New York, To Be U.S. District Judge 00005 28-Jan H.R. 3108 On Passage of the Bill Passed H.R. 3108 As Amended; A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily replace the 30-year Treasury rate with a rate based on long-term corporate bonds for certain pension plan funding requirements and other provisions, and for other purposes. 00004 27-Jan H.R. 3108 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2234 Agreed to Motion To Table Kyl Amdt. No. 2234; To limit the liability of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation with respect to a plan for which a reduced deficit contribution is elected. 00003 22-Jan H.R. 2673 On the Conference Report Agreed to H. R. 2673 Conference Report; A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 00002 22-Jan H.R. 2673 On the Cloture Motion Agreed to Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Conference Report To Accompany H. R. 2673; A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 00001 20-Jan H.R. 2673 On the Cloture Motion Rejected Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2673; A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

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Vote Summary

Question: On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 3304 )
Vote Number:	284	Vote Date:	December 19, 2013, 11:14 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Motion Agreed to
Measure Number:	H.R. 3304 (A bill to authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor. )
Measure Title:	An act to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict and to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to certain other veterans who were previously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	84
	NAYs	15
	Not Voting	1

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Alexander (R-TN), Yea Ayotte (R-NH), Yea Baldwin (D-WI), Yea Barrasso (R-WY), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Begich (D-AK), Yea Bennet (D-CO), Yea Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Blunt (R-MO), Yea Booker (D-NJ), Yea Boozman (R-AR), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Yea Burr (R-NC), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Coats (R-IN), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Coons (D-DE), Yea Corker (R-TN), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Nay Cruz (R-TX), Nay Donnelly (D-IN), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Fischer (R-NE), Yea Flake (R-AZ), Nay

Franken (D-MN), Yea Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Yea Heinrich (D-NM), Yea Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea Heller (R-NV), Yea Hirono (D-HI), Yea Hoeven (R-ND), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea Johanns (R-NE), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Yea Johnson (R-WI), Yea Kaine (D-VA), Yea King (I-ME), Yea Kirk (R-IL), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Lee (R-UT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Yea Manchin (D-WV), Yea Markey (D-MA), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Merkley (D-OR), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Moran (R-KS), Yea

Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murphy (D-CT), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Not Voting Paul (R-KY), Nay Portman (R-OH), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Risch (R-ID), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay Schatz (D-HI), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Scott (R-SC), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shaheen (D-NH), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Yea Udall (D-CO), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Yea Warner (D-VA), Yea Warren (D-MA), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay

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YEAs ---84
Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Baldwin (D-WI) Baucus (D-MT) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Blunt (R-MO) Booker (D-NJ) Boozman (R-AR) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Burr (R-NC) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Chambliss (R-GA) Coats (R-IN) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Coons (D-DE) Cornyn (R-TX) Donnelly (D-IN) Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Fischer (R-NE) Franken (D-MN)	Gillibrand (D-NY) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hagan (D-NC) Harkin (D-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Heinrich (D-NM) Heitkamp (D-ND) Heller (R-NV) Hirono (D-HI) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (D-SD) Johnson (R-WI) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Kirk (R-IL) Klobuchar (D-MN) Landrieu (D-LA) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Manchin (D-WV) Markey (D-MA) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO) McConnell (R-KY)	Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD) Moran (R-KS) Murkowski (R-AK) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Portman (R-OH) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Rubio (R-FL) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Scott (R-SC) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Vitter (R-LA) Warner (D-VA) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wicker (R-MS)

NAYs ---15
Barrasso (R-WY) Coburn (R-OK) Corker (R-TN) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX)	Enzi (R-WY) Flake (R-AZ) Lee (R-UT) Merkley (D-OR) Paul (R-KY)	Risch (R-ID) Sanders (I-VT) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 1
Nelson (D-FL)

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Alabama:	Sessions (R-AL), Nay	Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Alaska:	Begich (D-AK), Yea	Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Arizona:	Flake (R-AZ), Nay	McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas:	Boozman (R-AR), Yea	Pryor (D-AR), Yea
California:	Boxer (D-CA), Yea	Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Colorado:	Bennet (D-CO), Yea	Udall (D-CO), Yea
Connecticut:	Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea	Murphy (D-CT), Yea
Delaware:	Carper (D-DE), Yea	Coons (D-DE), Yea
Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Not Voting	Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Georgia:	Chambliss (R-GA), Yea	Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Hawaii:	Hirono (D-HI), Yea	Schatz (D-HI), Yea
Idaho:	Crapo (R-ID), Nay	Risch (R-ID), Nay
Illinois:	Durbin (D-IL), Yea	Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Indiana:	Coats (R-IN), Yea	Donnelly (D-IN), Yea
Iowa:	Grassley (R-IA), Yea	Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Kansas:	Moran (R-KS), Yea	Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky:	McConnell (R-KY), Yea	Paul (R-KY), Nay
Louisiana:	Landrieu (D-LA), Yea	Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Maine:	Collins (R-ME), Yea	King (I-ME), Yea
Maryland:	Cardin (D-MD), Yea	Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Massachusetts:	Markey (D-MA), Yea	Warren (D-MA), Yea
Michigan:	Levin (D-MI), Yea	Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota:	Franken (D-MN), Yea	Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Mississippi:	Cochran (R-MS), Yea	Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Missouri:	Blunt (R-MO), Yea	McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
Montana:	Baucus (D-MT), Yea	Tester (D-MT), Yea
Nebraska:	Fischer (R-NE), Yea	Johanns (R-NE), Yea
Nevada:	Heller (R-NV), Yea	Reid (D-NV), Yea
New Hampshire:	Ayotte (R-NH), Yea	Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
New Jersey:	Booker (D-NJ), Yea	Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
New Mexico:	Heinrich (D-NM), Yea	Udall (D-NM), Yea
New York:	Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea	Schumer (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina:	Burr (R-NC), Yea	Hagan (D-NC), Yea
North Dakota:	Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea	Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Ohio:	Brown (D-OH), Yea	Portman (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma:	Coburn (R-OK), Nay	Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Oregon:	Merkley (D-OR), Nay	Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Pennsylvania:	Casey (D-PA), Yea	Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island:	Reed (D-RI), Yea	Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
South Carolina:	Graham (R-SC), Yea	Scott (R-SC), Yea
South Dakota:	Johnson (D-SD), Yea	Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tennessee:	Alexander (R-TN), Yea	Corker (R-TN), Nay
Texas:	Cornyn (R-TX), Yea	Cruz (R-TX), Nay
Utah:	Hatch (R-UT), Yea	Lee (R-UT), Nay
Vermont:	Leahy (D-VT), Yea	Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Virginia:	Kaine (D-VA), Yea	Warner (D-VA), Yea
Washington:	Cantwell (D-WA), Yea	Murray (D-WA), Yea
West Virginia:	Manchin (D-WV), Yea	Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Wisconsin:	Baldwin (D-WI), Yea	Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Wyoming:	Barrasso (R-WY), Nay	Enzi (R-WY), Nay

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It leaves out an amendment by Sen. Gillibrand on sexual assault prosecution. | AP Photo

By JUANA SUMMERS and AUSTIN WRIGHT | 12/19/13 11:52 PM EST

The Senate approved a sweeping defense policy bill late Thursday that protects troop bonuses and reforms some ways the Pentagon handles sexual assaults in the military but leaves debates for another day on other major issues, from Iran sanctions to NSA eavesdropping.
The 84-15 vote followed a drawn-out partisan spat that at times appeared to threaten the annual National Defense Authorization Act. Senate Republicans, particularly, fumed about the compromise legislation’s movement through Congress on a fast track, with no opportunity for amendments.
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“It’s a failure of leadership on the part of the majority leader,” Arizona Sen. John McCain told reporters, echoing Republican colleagues who said the accelerated process was designed to prevent tough votes on Iran sanctions and other controversial issues.

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“I don’t know what we’re going to do, given the dictatorial fashion in which he’s running the Senate,” McCain added, complaining about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
The House, which has recessed for the holidays, has already approved the mammoth measure. And President Barack Obama is expected to sign it. On Thursday, before the Senate acted, White House press secretary Jay Carney hailed the measure for providing the administration “additional flexibility” to transfer prisoners at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to other countries.
But Carney also said that “the bill does not address all of the administration’s concerns” and “includes a number of provisions that restrict or limit the Defense Department’s ability to align military capabilities and force structure with the president’s strategy.” For example, it protects certain Air Force aircraft that service leaders say they want to scrap to save money.
The final compromise, fashioned by the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, leaves out Democratic language that would have eased restrictions on transferring Gitmo detainees to the United States — a provision that would have helped the administration achieve its goal of shuttering the facility.
It also does not include a controversial amendment by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to remove decisions about prosecuting sexual assault from the military chain of command. The New York Democrat says she’s secured a commitment from Reid to bring her proposal to the floor as a stand-alone measure next year. Although she may get her vote, the legislation is not expected to survive in the Republican-controlled House.
(Also on POLITICO: Full defense policy coverage)
Thursday’s defense bill also sidesteps the debate over Iran. Senators who wanted to offer amendments imposing tougher sanctions were blocked because of the bill’s fast-track process, which supporters said was necessary to get it finished before the end of the year. So Iran sanction hawks’ efforts will have to wait until next year. Movement now toward stricter sanctions, the White House has warned, would undermine its ongoing negotiations to curb Iran’s nuclear program.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Reid had fast-tracked the defense bill because he “can’t stomach” a politically uncomfortable Iran vote.
Overall, the bill would authorize about $527 billion in base defense spending for the current fiscal year, plus funds for the war in Afghanistan and nuclear weapons programs overseen by the Energy Department. The numbers are in line with the Pentagon’s request but more than $30 billion above the levels set under the bipartisan budget agreement passed in Congress this week.
Appropriations committees are expected to work through the holidays on spending bills for passage before the Jan. 15 expiration of the current continuing spending resolution that funds the federal government. If Congress is able to act in time, it would finally give the Defense Department and the rest of the government a budget.
(Also on POLITICO: Patty Murray backs off military pension cut)
The elevated spending levels in the new defense authorization bill allowed the Armed Services committees to avoid tough strategic choices about what to cut and what to keep under the spending caps put in place by the Budget Control Act of 2011. But it also means the bill is out of sync with the fiscal realities facing the Defense Department.
That won’t be the case next year, according to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who told POLITICO his committee would match its topline numbers for fiscal 2015 to the levels put forward in the budget deal. The Pentagon is preparing its fiscal year 2015 budget proposal for submission to Congress early next year.
Amid the year-end crunch, Levin said he was happy the bill would get done again this year and keep alive a 51-year streak of passage for the yearly measure.
“I really feel that Christmastime, for the troops and their families, for them to get any message other than, ‘We’re passing the bill,’ would have been a really terrible message,” he said. “So I’m elated, frankly, we passed the bill for their sake.”

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Bigger, Badder NDAA 2014 Quietly Passed the House and Senate – and It Is On the Way to Obama’s Desk

Daisy Luther
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While everyone is distracted with the holiday festivities, Congress has been hard at work, screwing us over in the name of national security.
Yesterday the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act was fast-tracked through the Senate, with no time for discussion or amendments.  And you know, its Christmastime, so they just passed it so that they could recess for the holidays. The new version of the NDAA has already been quietly passed by the House of Representatives.
It authorizes massive spending, including $527 billion in base defense spending for the current fiscal year, funding for the war in Afghanistan, and funding for nuclear weapons programs.
The indefinite detention allowed by the original NDAA is still here, and it’s actually worse now, because there are provisions that will make it easier for the government to target those who disagree.  Section 1071 outlines the creation of the “Conflict Records Research Center”, where the unconstitutionally obtained information that the NSA has collected is compiled and shared with the Department of Defense.  The information, called in the wording  “captured records,” can be anything from your phone records, emails, browsing history or posts on social media sites.
The New American reports in detail on the expansion of powers:

For two years, the NDAA included provisions that purported to authorize the president of the United States to deploy the U.S. military to apprehend and indefinitely detain any person (including an American citizen) who he believes “represent[s] an enduring security threat to the United States.”
Such an immense grant of power is not only unconscionable, but unconstitutional, as well.
Regardless of promises to the contrary made every year since 2011 by President Obama, the language of the NDAA places every citizen of the United States within the universe of potential “covered persons.” Any American could one day find himself or herself branded a “belligerent” and thus subject to the complete confiscation of his or her constitutional civil liberties and to nearly never-ending incarceration in a military prison.
Finally, there is in the NDAA for 2014 a frightening fusion of the federal government’s constant surveillance of innocent Americans and the assistance it will give to justifying the indefinite detention of anyone labeled an enemy of the regime.
Section 1071 of the version of the 2014 NDAA approved by the House and Senate committees this week expands on the scope of surveillance established by the Patriot Act and the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF).
Section 1071(a) authorizes the secretary of defense to “establish a center to be known as the ‘Conflict Records Research Center.’” According to the text of the latest version of the NDAA, the center’s task would be to compile a “digital research database including translations and to facilitate research and analysis of records captured from countries, organizations, and individuals, now or once hostile to the United States.”
In order to accomplish the center’s purpose, the secretary of defense will create an information exchange in cooperation with the director of national intelligence.
Key to the functioning of this information exchange will be the collection of “captured records.” Section 1071(g)(1), defines a captured record as “a document, audio file, video file, or other material captured during combat operations from countries, organizations, or individuals, now or once hostile to the United States.”
When read in conjunction with the provision of the AUMF that left the War on Terror open-ended and the prior NDAAs’ classification of the United States as a battleground in that unconstitutional war, and you’ve got a powerful combination that can knock out the entire Bill of Rights.
Finally, when all the foregoing is couched within the context of the revelations regarding the dragnet surveillance programs of the NSA, it becomes evident that anyone’s phone records, e-mail messages, browsing history, text messages, and social media posts could qualify as a “captured record.”
After being seized by the NSA (or some other federal surveillance apparatus), the materials would be processed by the Conflict Records Research Center created by this bill. This center’s massive database of electronic information and its collaboration with the NSA converts the United States into a constantly monitored holding cell and all its citizens and residents into suspects. All, of course, in the name of the security of the homeland. (source)

One thing that was omitted is the amendment on the prosecution of sexual assaults in the military.  So, we can all be locked up indefinitely for crimes that haven’t been proven, but they don’t care so much if military members continue to rape other military members.

The final compromise, fashioned by the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, leaves out Democratic language that would have eased restrictions on transferring Gitmo detainees to the United States — a provision that would have helped the administration achieve its goal of shuttering the facility.
It also does not include a controversial amendment by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to remove decisions about prosecuting sexual assault from the military chain of command. The New York Democrat says she’s secured a commitment from Reid to bring her proposal to the floor as a stand-alone measure next year. Although she may get her vote, the legislation is not expected to survive in the Republican-controlled House.
Thursday’s defense bill also sidesteps the debate over Iran. Senators who wanted to offer amendments imposing tougher sanctions were blocked because of the bill’s fast-track process, which supporters said was necessary to get it finished before the end of the year. So Iran sanction hawks’ efforts will have to wait until next year. Movement now toward stricter sanctions, the White House has warned, would undermine its ongoing negotiations to curb Iran’s nuclear program.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Reid had fast-tracked the defense bill because he “can’t stomach” a politically uncomfortable Iran vote. (source)

If you’re wondering who this year’s enemies of the Constitution are, here is the roll call from the Senate yesterday.

source: Activist Post

Unsurprisingly, there is little hope that President Obama will fail to sign this into law.
Under the new and “improved” NDAA, I’m a belligerent for writing this, and you’re a belligerent for reading this.  God help you if you email someone about it or share it on Facebook. We’re all going to be busted as belligerents under this one.
See you at Gitmo or the FEMA camps!
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Washington, D.C. – It’s official, Jay-Z’s voice has a huge impact even in Washington, D.C. ‘Open Letter

hite House Press Secretary Questioned about Obama Reference in Jay-Z’s ‘Open Letter’

Washington, D.C. – It’s official, Jay-Z’s voice has a huge impact even in Washington, D.C. ‘Open Letter’ must have been a powerful song because it eventually made it’s way to the Washington and the White House in just a short period of time.
Obviously angered by all the questioning and investigating into his fifth anniversary in Cuba, Jay couldn’t keep his silence for long. With the assistance from Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, Jay-Z opted to the studio, quickly recorded ‘Open Letter’ and immediately released it the next day. Now the following day, during a White House press conference, White House press secretary Jay Carney was questioned about the President’s reference on the track.
During the press conference, a reporter quoted part of the song for Carney and eventually inquired if the President spoke to Jay-Z in regards to his trip to Cuba. Carney concluded that the U.S. Department of the Treasury handled those matters and stated that the President and Jay-Z had no prior conversation before the rapper’s trip to Cuba.
These were Carney’s comments:
“I guess nothing rhymes with ‘treasury.’ Because Treasury offers and gives licenses for travel as you know and the White House has nothing to do with it. I am absolutely saying that the White House and the President on down had nothing to do with anybody’s travel to Cuba. That is something that Treasury handles.”
“It’s a song Donovan, the President did not communicate with Jay-Z over this trip.”
Seriously, check out the Video:
Carney: 'The President Did Not Communicate With Jay-Z': http://youtu.be/nkAA7F4rsLc via @youtube


My only comment: LMAO!!
Keep posted to 24HourHipHop.com for more updated news on this story because apparently it’s not going to end anytime soon.
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