Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
6/6/96	Vote 158: H J RES 1: h.j.res.1 as amended; A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.	Yes	Yes	No
6/4/96	Vote 157: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to consider s.1635; Defend America Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
5/23/96	Vote 156: H CON RES 178: h.con.res.178; A concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.	Yes	Yes	No
5/23/96	Vote 155: S CON RES 57: byrd amdt no. 4040; To improve our water and sewer systems, national parks and Everglades, to be offset by closing corporate loopholes and changes in tax expenditures.	No	No	Yes
5/23/96	Vote 154: S CON RES 57: Roth amdt. no. 4025; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the funding of Amtrak.	No	No	Yes
5/23/96	Vote 153: S CON RES 57: domenici amdt no. 4027; To adjust the fiscal year 1997 non-defense discretionary allocation to the Appropriations Committee by $5 billion in budget authority and $4 billion in outlays to sustain 1996 post-OCRA policy.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/23/96	Vote 152: On the Decision of the Chair: appeal fo the ruling of the chair re: point of order; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.	Yes	Yes	No
5/23/96	Vote 151: S CON RES 57: motion to table feingold amdt no. 3969; To eliminate the tax cut.	Yes	Yes	No
5/23/96	Vote 150: S CON RES 57: chafee amdt no. 4018; In the nature of a substitute.	Not Voting	No	Yes
5/23/96	Vote 149: S CON RES 57: motion to table kerrey amdt no. 4016; To express the sense of the Senate on long term entitlement reforms.	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
5/23/96	Vote 148: On the Motion: motion to waive C.B.A. re: murkowski amdt no. 4015; To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit sense of the Senate amendments from being offered to the budget resolution.	Not Voting	Yes	No
5/23/96	Vote 147: S CON RES 57: motion to table bumpers amdt no. 4014; To restore common sense to the budget rules by eliminating the defense firewalls.	Not Voting	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 146: S 1357: motion to table bumpers amendment no. 4036; To strike the deep water regulatory relief provision.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 145: S CON RES 57: mccain amendment no. 4035; To express the sense of the Senate regarding corporate subsidies and to provide a rule that would prohibit the scoring of proceeds from asset sales that would lead to a financial loss by the Federal Government.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 144: S CON RES 57: Motion to table harkin amendment no. 4011; To provide that the first reconciliation bill not include medicaid reform, focusing mainly on welfare reform by shifting medicaid changes from the first to the second reconciliation bill.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 143: S CON RES 57: dole amendment no. 4019; To express the the sense of the Senate relating to the Administration's practice regarding the prosecution of drug smugglers.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 142: S CON RES 57: gramm amendment no. 4034; To express the sense of the Congress that the 1993 income tax increase on social security benefits should be repealed.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 141: S CON RES 57: Exon amdt. no. 4033; To express the sense of the Senate that no provisions in this resolution should worsen the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 140: S CON RES 57: Ashcroft amendment no. 4008; To provide for an income tax deduction for the old age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 139: On the Motion: motion to waive C.B.A. Re: graham amendment no. 4007; To create a 60 vote point of order against legislation diverting savings achieved through medicare waste, fraud and abuse enforcement activities for purposes other than improving the solvency of the Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.	No	No	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 138: S CON RES 57: simpson amendment no. 4003; To express the sense of the Senate that all Federal spending and revenues which are indexed for inflation should be calibrated by the most accurate inflation indices which are available to the Federal government.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 137: S CON RES 57: lott amendment no. 4002 as modified; To express the sense of the Congress regarding reimbursement of the United States for the costs of Operations Southern Watch and Provide Comfort.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 136: S CON RES 57: motion to table byrd amendment no. 4001; This amendment increases overall discretionary spending to the levels proposed by the President. This amendment is fully offset by the extenstion of expired tax provisions or corporate and business tax reforms.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 135: S CON RES 57: santorum amendment no. 4032; To reform the Davis-Bacon Act.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 134: S CON RES 57: motion to table kennedy amendment no. 4031; To protect the incomes of construction workers and their families and to express the sense of the Senate that the Davis-Bacon Act should not be repealed.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 133: S CON RES 57: ashcroft amendment no.4030; To express the sense of the Congress that States should be allowed to require welfare recipients to stay drug-free as a condition for receiving welfare benefits from the taxpayers.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 132: S CON RES 57: kennedy amendment no.3999; To express the sense of the Congress that provisions of current medicaid law families of nursing home residents from experiencing financial ruin as the price of needed care for their loved ones should be retained.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 131: S CON RES 57: kennedy amendment no. 3998; To express the sense of the Congress that the reconciliation bill should not include any changes in Federal nursing home quality standards or the Federal enforcement of such standards.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 130: S CON RES 57: motion to table kennedy amendment no. 3997; To express the sense of the Congress that the reconciliation bill should maintain the existing prohibition against additional charges by providers under the medicare program.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 129: S CON RES 57: kyl amendment no.3996; To adopt the President's budget for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program through fiscal year 2000 and freeze funding for the program thereafter.	Yes	No	No
5/22/96	Vote 128: S CON RES 57: motion to table kyl amendment no. 3995; To express the sense of the Senate regarding a supermajority requirement for raising taxes.	No	No	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 127: S CON RES 57: wellstone amendment no.3988; To express the sense of the Senate with respect to maintaining current expenditure levels for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for FY 1997.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 126: S CON RES 57: motion to table kerry amendment no.3991; To increase the Function 500 totals to maintain levels of education and training funding that will keep pace with rising school enrollments and the demand for a better-trained workforce.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 125: S CON RES 57: motion to table kerry amendment no. 3990; To help protect the quality of our water and air, to clean up toxic waste, to protect our national parks and other natural resources, and so forth and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 124: S CON RES 57: wellstone amendment no.3987; To prevent Congress from enacting legislation that increases the number of children who are hungry or homeless.	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/22/96	Vote 123: S CON RES 57: motion to table amendment no. 3986; To ensure that funds are provided for the hiring of new police under the Community Oriented Policing Service in FY 1997.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 122: S CON RES 57: abraham amendment no.4028; To increase funding for the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund programs in 2001 and 2002 with offsetting reductions and to express the sense of the Senate regarding administrative funding of the President's Public Safety and Community Policing Grants.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 121: S CON RES 57: motion to table wellstone amendment no.3985; To express the sense of the Senate on tax deductibility of higher education tuition and student loan interest costs.	Yes	Yes	No
5/22/96	Vote 120: S CON RES 57: motion to table boxer amendment no. 3982; To preserve, protect, and strengthen the medicaid program by controlling costs, providing State flexibility, and restoring critical standards and protections, including coverage for all populations covered under current law.	Yes	Yes	No
5/16/96	Vote 119: S CON RES 57: exon amdt no. 3965 as amended; Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.	No	No	Yes
5/16/96	Vote 118: S CON RES 57: abraham amdt no. 3980; To express the sense of the Congress regarding medicare trust fund solvency.	Yes	Yes	No
5/16/96	Vote 117: S CON RES 57: motion to table rockefeller amdt no. 3979; To restore $50 billion in excessive Medicare cuts designed to pay for new tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, offset by the extension of expired tax provisions or corporate and business tax reforms; to protect seniors against unjustified increases in premiums and other out-of-pocket costs; to prevent the closing of rural hospitals and other excessive provider cuts that erode access to needed medical services; to prevent the implementation of policies designed to force seniors to give up their own doctors to join private health plans; and to protect Medicare against policies that will cause it to wither on the vine.	Yes	Yes	No
5/16/96	Vote 116: S CON RES 57: bond amendment no. 3971; To restore funds to the Veteran's Administration Medical Care program, offset by a reduction in welfare benefits.	Not Voting	Yes	None
5/16/96	Vote 115: S CON RES 57: exon amendment no.3973; To cut corporate welfare to fund Veteran benefits.	Not Voting	No	Yes
5/16/96	Vote 114: S J RES 21: frist amendment no.3968; To amend the motion to recommit to change instructions to report back with limits on congressional terms of 6 years in the House of Representatives and 12 years in the Senate.	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
5/15/96	Vote 113: S CON RES 57: grassley amdt no. 3963; To reduce defense spending.	No	No	Yes
5/14/96	Vote 112: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture on dole amendment no. 3961; To provide for the repeal of the 4.3 cent increase in fuel tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.	Yes	Yes	No
5/9/96	Vote 111: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture re: Dole amdt. no. 3960; To provide for the repeal of the 4.3 cent increase in fuel tax rates enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to clarify that an employer may establish and participate in worker-management cooperative organizations to address matters of mutual interest to employers and employees, and to provide for an increase in the minimum wage rate.	Yes	Yes	No
5/8/96	Vote 110: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture on h.r.2937; A bill for the reimbursement of legal expenses and related fees incurred by former employees of the White House Travel Office with respect to the termination of their employment in that Office on May 19, 1993.	Yes	Yes	No
5/7/96	Vote 109: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture re: h.r.2937; A bill for the reimbursement of legal expenses and related fees incurred by former employees of the White House Travel Office with respect to the termination of their employment in that Office on May 19, 1993.	Yes	Yes	No
5/2/96	Vote 105: S 1664: graham amdt no. 3759; To suspend the requirements imposed on State and local governments if certain conditions prevail.	No	No	Yes
5/2/96	Vote 108: H R 2202: h.r.2202 as amended; Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/2/96	Vote 107: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture on s.1664; Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	Yes
5/2/96	Vote 106: S 1664: chafee amdt no. 3840; To provide that the emergency benefits available to illegal immigrants also are made available to legal immigrants as execptions to the deeming requirements.	No	No	Yes
5/1/96	Vote 104: S 1664: graham amdt no. 3764; To limit the deeming provisions for purposes of determining eligiblity of legal aliens for Medicaid, and for other purposes.	No	No	No
5/1/96	Vote 103: S 1664: simon amdt no. 3813; To prevent retroactive deeming of sponsor income.	No	No	Yes
5/1/96	Vote 102: S 1664: simon amdt no. 3810; To exempt from deeming requirements immigrants who are disabled after entering the United States.	No	No	Yes
5/1/96	Vote 101: S 1664: motion to table abraham amdt no. 3752; To strike provisions providing for the implementation of a national identification system and those provisions requiring State driver's licenses and birth certificates to conform to new Federal regulations and standards.	Yes	No	Yes
5/1/96	Vote 100: S 1664: leahy amdt no. 3780; To provide a minimum safeguards in expedited exclusion procedure to prevent returning bona fide refugees to their persecutors.	No	No	Yes
5/1/96	Vote 99: S 1664: bradley amdt no. 3790; To establish an Office for the Enforcement of Employer Sanctions.	No	No	Yes
4/30/96	Vote 98: S 1664: Feinstein amdt. no. 3776; To strike the provision relating to the language of deportation notice.	No	No	Yes
4/30/96	Vote 97: S 1664: simon amendment no. 3809; To adjust the definition of public charge.	No	No	Yes
4/30/96	Vote 96: S 1664: Kennedy amdt. no. 3816; To enable employers to determine work eligibility of prospective employees without fear of being used.	No	No	Yes
4/30/96	Vote 95: S 1664: kennedy amendment no. 3822; To exempt children, veterans, and pregnant mothers from the sponsor deeming requirements under the medicaid program.	No	No	Yes
4/30/96	Vote 94: S 1664: kennedy amendments nos. 3820 and 3823 en bloc; To provide exceptions to the sponsor deeming requirements for legal immigrants for programs for which illegal aliens are eligible, and for other purposes.	No	No	Yes
4/30/96	Vote 93: S RES 253: s.res.253; A resolution urging the detention and extradition to the United States by the appropriate foreign government of Mohammed Abbas for the murder of Leon Klinghoffer.	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/30/96	Vote 92: S 1664: graham amendment no. 3803; To clarify and enumerate public assistance programs with respect to which the deeming provisions apply.	No	No	Yes
4/30/96	Vote 91: S 1664: Graham amendment no. 3760; To condition the repeal of the Cuban Adjustment Act on a democratically elected government in Cuba being in power.	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/29/96	Vote 90: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture on amdt no. 3743; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/25/96	Vote 88: S 1664: Motion to table Simpson amdt. no. 3671; To create new ground of exclusion and of deportation for falsely claiming U.S. citizenship.	Yes	Yes	No
4/25/96	Vote 89: H R 3019: conference report re: h.r.3019; Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1996	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/25/96	Vote 87: S 1664: motion to table amdt no. 3670; To establish a pilot program to collect information relating to nonimmigrant foreign students.	Yes	Yes	No
4/25/96	Vote 86: S 1664: motion to table simpson amdt no. 3669; To prohibit foreign students on F-1 visas from obtaining free public elementary or secondary education.	Yes	Yes	No
4/25/96	Vote 85: S 1664: motion to table the motion to recommit; Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
4/25/96	Vote 84: S 1664: MOTION TO TABLE FEINSTEIN AMDT NO. 3740; To limit and improve the system for the admission of family-sponsored immigrants.	No	Yes	Yes
4/25/96	Vote 83: S 1664: simpson amendment no. 3739; To provide for temporary numerical limits on family-sponsored immigrant visas, a temporary priority-based system of allocating family-sponsored immigrant visas, and a temporary per-country limit--to apply for the five fiscal years after enactment of S. 1664.	No	No	No
4/24/96	Vote 82: S 1664: MOTION TO TABLE DORGAN AMDT NO. 3667; To express the sense of the Senate that a balanced budget constitutional amendment should protect the social security system by excluding the receipts and outlays of the social security trust funds from the budget.	Yes	Yes	No
4/24/96	Vote 81: S 1664: simpson amdt no. 3672 as modified; In the nature of a substitute.	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/24/96	Vote 80: S 1664: simpson amdt no. 3730; To repeal the ban on the search of open-fields by employees of the INS when they have probable cause to believe an illegal act has occurred.	No	No	No
4/23/96	Vote 79: On the Cloture Motion: Cloture motion on the committee substitute S.J.res.21; A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to limit congressional terms.	Yes	Yes	No
4/23/96	Vote 78: H R 3103: h.r.3103 as amended; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/18/96	Vote 76: S 1028: motion to table harkin amendment no. 3683; To reduce health care fraud, waste, and abuse.	Yes	Yes	No
4/18/96	Vote 75: S 1028: motion to table domenici amendment no.3681; To ensure that parity is provided under health plans for severe mental illness services.	No	No	No
4/18/96	Vote 74: S 1028: motion to table jeffords amendment no. 3679; To establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an aggregate lifetime limit with respect to coverage under an employee health benefit plan or a group health plan.	No	Yes	Yes
4/18/96	Vote 73: S 1028: dole amendment no. 3676, as amended; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve health and long-term care coverage in the group and individual markets by making health and long-term care insurance more accessible and affordable.	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/18/96	Vote 72: S 1028: kassebaum amendment no.3677; To strike medical savings savings accounts.	No	No	Yes
4/18/96	Vote 77: S 1028: motion to table Coats amdt. no. 3685; To encourage the provision of medical services in medically underserved communities by extending Federal liability coverage to medical volunteers.	No	No	Yes
4/17/96	Vote 71: S 735: CONFERENCE REPORT ON S.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	Yes
4/17/96	Vote 70: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit: MOTION TO TABLE BIDEN MOTION TO RECOMMIT CONFERENCE REPORT ON S.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
4/17/96	Vote 69: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit: MOTION TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO CONFERENCE S.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
4/17/96	Vote 68: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit: motion to table biden motion to recommit conference report on s.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
4/17/96	Vote 67: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit: motion to table biden motion to recommit conference report on S.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
4/17/96	Vote 66: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit: Motion to table Moynihan motion to recommit confererce report; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
4/17/96	Vote 65: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit: motion to table biden motion to recommitt conference report on S.735; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
4/17/96	Vote 64: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit: Motion to table the motion to recommit the conference report; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
4/17/96	Vote 63: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit: motion to table motion to recommit s.735 to conference; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
4/16/96	Vote 62: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit: motion to table nunn motion to recommitt; Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996	Yes	Yes	No
4/16/96	Vote 61: On the Cloture Motion: motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to s.res.227; An original resolution to authorize the use of additional funds for salaries and expenses of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
3/29/96	Vote 60: H J RES 170: h.j.res.170; A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.	Yes	Yes	No
3/28/96	Vote 59: H R 1561: h.r.1561 conference report; American Overseas Interests Act of 1995	Yes	Yes	No

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