103rd Congress, 1st Session
2nd Session
103rd Congress, 1st
Session
2nd Session
| Vote No. | Date 1993 | Voting Position |
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| Family and Medical Leave (H.R. 1, P.L. 103-3) | |||
| 1 | 2-3 | Y | Dodd motion to table Craig-Dole, et al., amendment (as substitute for bill): Provides optional 20 percent refundable tax credit to employers with less than 500 employees for employees leave, capped at $100 in wages per day for maximum credit of $1,200 per employee per year; requires employers to maintain employee's health benefits; guarantees employee reinstatement to same position with same benefits; and offsets cost by escalating corporate estimated tax payments from 91 percent to 97 percent. (67-33) |
| 2 | 2-3 | Y | Dodd motion to table Gorton amendment: Requires employee to provide written notice of intended leave and to comply with dates except under certain specified circumstances. (60-40) |
| 3 | 2-3 | Y | Dodd motion to table Grassley-Durenberger-Danforth amendment: Provides voluntary arbitration process for civil action brought by employee against employer for dispute arising under act; and permits either party to reject arbitrator's decision within 30 days of final decision and maintain action in State or Federal court. (54-46) |
| 4 | 2-3 | Y | Dodd motion to table Kassebaum amendment: Exempts employers who include family and medical leave as benefit option in cafeteria plans; and requires Treasury Secretary to issue regulations establishing methods to value family and medical leave under such plans. (63-36) |
| 5 | 2-3 | Y | Dodd motion to table Wallop-Dole-Simpson amendment: Amends Fair Labor Standards Act to permit employee to enter into agreement to waive statutory overtime requirement in return for compensatory time off. (64-35) |
| 6 | 2-3 | Y | Dodd motion to table Danforth-Durenberger amendment: Establishes mediation as way to settle disputes under Act. (56-42) |
| 7 | 2-4 | Y | Dodd motion to table Dole-Wallop amendment: Suspends application of bill until Federal government certifies that compliance will not increase operating expenses of business or provides Federal financial assistance or reduction in Federal tax obligations sufficient to pay employer's compliance cost. (67-31) |
| 8 | 2-4 | N | Dole motion to table Mitchell perfecting amendment (to Dole, et al., amendment--Vote No. 9): Expresses sense of Congress that Defense Secretary shall review and report by July 15, 1993, current departmental policy with respect to service of homosexuals in armed forces; and Senate Armed Services Committee shall conduct hearings on current military policy and oversight hearings on Secretary's recommendations. (1-98) |
| 9 | 2-4 | Y | Mitchell motion to table Dole, et al., perfecting amendment to Dole, et al., amendment (as amended by Mitchell amendment--Vote No. 8): Directs Congress to conduct thorough review of all executive orders, DOD directives, and regulations of military departments concerning appointment, enlistment, and retention of homosexuals in armed services before July 15, 1993; specifies that all such orders, directives or regulations in effect on January 1, 1993, shall remain in effect until review is completed, unless changed by law; requires President to submit any change to this policy to Congress as bill; and sets forth expedited procedures for Senate and House floor consideration. (62-37) |
| 10 | 2-4 | Y | Dodd motion to table Brown-Kassebaum amendment: Permits employee to take unpaid leave under reduced leave schedule only if employer agrees. (59-39) |
| 11 | 2-4 | Y | Passage. (71-27) |
| NIH Authorization (S. 1, P.L. 103-43) | |||
| 12 | 2-18 | Y | Kennedy-Mitchell amendment: Maintains for 90 days current list of communicable diseases for which aliens may be denied admission into U.S., including HIV; requires HHS Secretary to report on costs to health care system of changes he/she may make to list; and requires Attorney General to review effectiveness of public charge provisions of Immigration Act and make recommendations to ensure exclusion of immigrants likely to become public charges. (42-56) |
| 13 | 2-18 | N | Nickles, et al., amendment: Prohibits permanent admission into U.S. of immigrants infected with AIDS; requires President to submit report by September 1, 1993, on costs to health care system if HIV-infected individuals are permitted to enter U.S. and on effectiveness of public charge provisions of Immigration Act; maintains Attorney General's authority to test all aliens for HIV; and allows these provisions to be waived for up to 30 days for aliens seeking temporary admission. (76-23) |
| 14 | 2-18 | N | Helms amendment: Strikes language which provides for Presidential appointment of ethical review panels to review HHS Secretary's recommendation to withhold funding for biomedical research projects. (23-74) |
| 15 | 2-18 | Y | Passage. (93-4) |
| Committee Funding (S.Res. 71) | |||
| 16 | 2-24 | Y | Mitchell-Dole, et al., amendment (as substitute for Dole amendment expressing sense of Senate that Senators pay should be frozen for 11 months): Expresses sense of the Senate that Senators pay should be frozen for one year. (98-0) |
| 17 | 2-24 | N | Cochran amendment (as substitute for Reid amendment--Vote No. 18): Limits spending by Special Committee on Aging during March 1993 to $98,703, and abolishes Committee as of April 1, 1993. (30-68) |
| 18 | 2-24 | N | Reid amendment: Abolishes Special Committee on Aging, effective January 1, 1994, unless extended or reauthorized by Senate pursuant to recommendation of Joint Committee on Organization of Congress. (43-56) |
| 19 | 2-24 | N | Chafee amendment: Reduces funding level for all committees, except Appropriations, and limits FY 1994 funding increase to 1.3 percent over FY 1993 level. (29-69) |
| 20 | 2-25 | Y | Adoption. (94-2) |
| Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension (H.R. 920) | |||
| 21 | 3-3 | Y | Moynihan motion to table Packwood, et al., amendment (to Committee amendment regarding provision of technical assistance to States): Rescinds $3.32 billion in previously appropriated funds and withholds $2.5 billion in unemployment benefits estimated to be obligated after October 1, 1993, until offsets are adopted. (57-43) |
| * 22 | 3-3 | N | Domenici motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Domenici, et al., amendment (to Committee amendment regarding provision of technical assistance to States): Expresses sense of Senate that no concurrent budget resolution should be considered until President has submitted budget as required by Budget Act. (44-55) |
| 23 | 3-3 | Y | Moynihan motion to table Brown-Helms amendment (to Committee amendment regarding provision of technical assistance to States): Eliminates 1994 COLA for all Federal employees and members of Congress. (58-41) |
| 24 | 3-3 | Y | Passage. (66-33) |
| Motor Voter (H.R. 2, P.L. 103-31) | |||
| * 25 | 3-5 | Y | Ford, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (52-36) |
| * 26 | 3-9 | Y | Ford, et al., second cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (62-38) |
| * 27 | 3-10 | Y | McCain motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of McCain, et al., amendment: Permits President to rescind all or part of appropriations bill if he determines, and notifies Congress within 20 days, that rescission would help balance Federal budget and not harm national interests; deems rescinded budget authority canceled unless Congress passes disapproval bill and overrides expected Presidential veto; and contains expedited procedures for Senate floor consideration. (45-52) |
| 28 | 3-10 | Y | Ford motion to table Kempthorne amendment: Makes provisions of bill inapplicable in State where 75 percent of voting age population was registered to vote in most recent general election for Federal office. (56-41) |
| Nomination of Janet Reno, of Florida, to be U.S. Attorney General ( ) | |||
| 29 | 3-11 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Motor Voter (H.R. 2, P.L. 103-31) | |||
| 30 | 3-11 | Y | Wellstone motion to table McCain-McConnell amendment: Generally prohibits agency from registering individual who receives direct financial assistance from that agency. (55-42) |
| 31 | 3-11 | Y | Ford motion to table Nickles, et al., amendment: Delays enactment until one year after Congress enacts measures to cover State and local implementation costs. (53-43) |
| 32 | 3-16 | Y | Ford amendment: Exempts States which permit election day registration at polling place; provides that driver's license application will serve as voter registration application, unless applicant fails to sign application; clarifies that if mailed notice of registration is returned as undeliverable, name will be removed from official lists through purge provision; modifies effective date for State which has Constitutional impediment; requires that application contain attestation clause and statement regarding penalties for false filing; requires military recruitment centers to offer voter registration; and limits FEC regulatory involvement to development of mail registration application and prescribing data necessary for FEC to fulfill its reporting obligations. (99-0) |
| * 33 | 3-16 | Y | Ford, et al., cloture motion on bill. (59-41) |
| 34 | 3-17 | Y | Ford motion to table Simpson-Helms-McConnell amendment: Imposes civil penalties for fraud or misrepresentation of U.S. citizenship. (58-40) |
| 35 | 3-17 | Y | Ford motion to table Simpson-Helms-McConnell amendment: Requires Attorney General to conduct study to determine number of noncitizens that apply, are registered, or vote in primary, runoff, and general elections for Federal office in 1994, and use voter registration material to violate immigration laws or obtain Federal public benefits; and terminates mail and voter registration provisions of this Act if more than three percent of all persons registered to vote in Federal elections in 1994 were noncitizens. (58-40) |
| 36 | 3-17 | Y | Ford motion to table McCain-Gramm-Thurmond amendment: Requires States and Defense Secretary to jointly develop and implement procedures to register individuals to vote upon induction into Armed Forces and for those already serving to register at their duty station. (58-40) |
| 37 | 3-17 | Y | Ford motion to table Helms, et al., amendment: Exempts State if Governor determines and certifies to U.S. Attorney General that compliance would increase State expenditures necessitating tax increases. (59-39) |
| 38 | 3-17 | Y | Passage. (62-37) |
| First Budget Resolution, 1994 (H.Con.Res. 64) | |||
| 39 | 3-18 | Y | Harkin, et al., modified amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that revenues do not assume increase in inland barge fuel taxes beyond those scheduled in current law, and nothing should be construed to assume such tax or fee. (88-12) |
| 40 | 3-18 | N | Nickles, et al., amendment: Reduces revenues by $73 billion over five years, and makes comparable reduction in Function 920--Allowances spending authority, assuming elimination of BTU energy tax. (46-53) |
| 41 | 3-19 | Y | Kennedy, et al., amendment: States assumption that Head Start will be funded at FY 1998 level of $7.67 billion requested by President. (84-12) |
| 42 | 3-19 | Y | Sasser motion to table Grassley, et al., modified amendment: Freezes non-defense discretionary spending at FY 1993 level. (54-42) |
| 43 | 3-23 | Y | DeConcini et al., amendment: States assumption that community policing program will be funded at FY 1998 level of $1.7 billion requested by President. (56-44) |
| 44 | 3-23 | Y | Wellstone, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that any increase in revenues does not assume energy tax or fee on nonconventional fuels. (48-52) |
| 45 | 3-23 | Y | Bingaman, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that assumptions underlying revenues include assumption that hardrock mining and domestic livestock grazing fees should be set at amount that permits mining and ranching industries to remain viable in U.S. and reflect their economic realities. (54-45) |
| 46 | 3-23 | Y | Nunn amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that budget authority and outlays for national defense and other budget functions should be increased to offset adverse effects of higher inflation if FY 1994-98 inflation estimates used in President's 1994 budget request and this resolution are too low; and if Congress fails to enact legislation freezing Federal pay for FY 1994 and reducing rate of increase for FY 1995-97 as assumed in President's budget and this resolution, there should be appropriate increase in BA and outlays for these budget functions to meet resulting pay increases. (69-30) |
| 47 | 3-23 | N | Nunn amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that FY 1994 appropriations for Function 050--National Defense should be made at level called for in this resolution, and if lower, savings used for deficit reduction. (56-43) |
| 48 | 3-23 | Y | Sasser motion to table Wallop, et al., amendment: Increases each BA and outlays for Function 300--Natural Resources and Environment by $752 million over five years and BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances and Energy and Natural Resources Committee's reconciliation instruction by same amount over same period, assuming elimination of increases in grazing and recreation fees, changes to mining laws, and imposition of irrigation surcharge. (59-40) |
| 49 | 3-23 | Y | Sasser motion to table Brown amendment: Reduces Function 920--Allowances by $16.9 billion in BA and $16.2 billion in outlays over five years, assuming exaggerated freeze in administrative overhead expenses for all government agencies in FY 1994-95 and adjustment for inflation in 1996-98. (51-48) |
| 50 | 3-23 | Y | Sasser motion to table Domenici, et al., amendment: Increases BA and outlays for Function 050--National Defense by $67.4 billion and $57.1 billion, respectively, over five years, and reduces Function 920--Allowances spending authority by same amount over same period. (58-41) |
| 51 | 3-23 | Y | Leahy, et al., amendment: States assumption that WIC Program will be funded at FY 1998 level requested by President. (82-15) |
| 52 | 3-23 | Y | Sasser motion to table Gorton, et al., amendment: Reduces each BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by $790 million over five years and reduces Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction for revenue increases by same amount over same period, assuming elimination of inland waterways diesel fuel user fee. (55-44) |
| 53 | 3-23 | Y | Sasser motion to table Murkowski, et al., amendment: Reduces each BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by $4.6 billion over five years and reduces Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction for revenue increases by same amount over same period, assuming exemption of aviation fuel from BTU tax. (55-44) |
| 54 | 3-23 | Y | Bingaman, et al., amendment: States assumption that defense conversion programs will be funded at FY 1998 level requested by President. (70-29) |
| 55 | 3-23 | Y | Sasser motion to table Pressler, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that revenue increases do not assume tax increase on income generated by small businesses, family farms, or family ranches above highest corporate rate. (52-47) |
| 56 | 3-23 | Y | Simon, et al., amendment: States assumption that education reform and initiatives will be funded at FY 1998 level requested by President. (56-43) |
| 57 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Lott, et al., amendment: Reduces each BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by $32 billion over five years and reduces Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction for revenue increases by same amount over same period, assuming elimination of increase in social security benefits subject to inclusion in taxable income. (52-47) |
| 58 | 3-24 | Y | Lautenberg-Exon amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that revenues in resolution assume that Finance Committee will find alternative sources of revenues before imposing new taxes on Social Security benefits of beneficiaries with threshold incomes below $32,000 for individuals and $40,000 for married couples filing jointly. (67-32) |
| 59 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Gramm, et al., amendment: Reduces, over five years, each BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by $207.3 billion, Function 900--Net Interest by $820 million, and Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction for revenue increases by $206 billion, assuming elimination of new taxes on individual income, energy, Social Security, and elimination of President's investment plan and cuts in mandatory programs, including unemployment insurance. (55-44) |
| 60 | 3-24 | N | Dole, et al., amendment (as substitute for bill): Reduces deficit by $460 billion over five years by eliminating President's investment and economic stimulus plan, imposing freeze on all discretionary spending, capping Medicare and Medicaid by formula, and eliminating all proposed tax increases assumed under Budget resolution. (42-57) |
| 61 | 3-24 | Y | Kennedy, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that revenues set forth in this resolution assume that BTU tax will be imposed at same rate on all fuels purchased by households for home heating purposes and therefore no supplemental tax on oil will be imposed on such fuels. (62-37) |
| 62 | 3-24 | Y | Krueger amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that savings resulting from efforts of National Performance Review Task Force and reorganization and streamlining of Federal government should be applied to offset cost of economic stimulus package enacted in FY 1993; with additional savings applied to deficit reduction. (96-3) |
| 63 | 3-24 | Y | Baucus, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that any energy tax enacted during 103rd Congress should provide relief to agriculture industry to ensure that it does not absorb disproportionate impact of tax. (93-6) |
| 64 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser-Rockefeller amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that health care reform is essential to curb escalating costs of health entitlement programs and reduce deficit; and reduction of health costs in this resolution should be augmented by further savings in Federal health outlays as part of comprehensive health care reform. (95-4) |
| 65 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Nunn, et al., amendment: Reduces entitlement BA and outlays by $97.5 billion over five years and expresses sense of Senate that Congress should enact cap on growth of mandatory spending, except Social Security. (51-47) |
| 66 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Burns amendment: Reduces each BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by $2.3 billion over five years and reduces Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction for revenue increases by same amount over same period, assuming exemption of fuel used for off-road purposes (primarily agricultural industries) from BTU tax. (54-44) |
| 67 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Craig amendment: Reduces BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by $2.38 billion and $3.29 billion, respectively, over five years, assuming enactment of legislation to repeal Davis-Bacon Act. (69-29) |
| 68 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Durenberger, et al., amendment: Reduces each BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by $82 million over five years and reduces Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction for revenue increases by same amount over same period, assuming exemption of all forms of ethanol from BTU tax. (55-43) |
| 69 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Stevens-Kassebaum-Lugar amendment: Increases BA and outlays for Function 600--Income Security by $21.573 million over five years and reduces Function 920--Allowances and Governmental Affairs Committee's reconciliation instruction by same amount over same period, assuming that provisions relating to Federal Civil Service Survivors' annuities will be stricken. (54-44) |
| 70 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Murkowski, et al., amendment: Increases each BA and outlays for Function 300--Natural Resources and Environment by $580 million over five years and reduces each BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by total of $1.41 billion, Function 800--General Government by $87 million and $1.387 billion, respectively, and Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction for revenue increases by $648 million over same period, assuming exemption of home heating oil from BTU tax. (52-46) |
| 71 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Warner amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that Congress should promptly reconsider national defense budget authority, outlays, and loan commitments for FY 1994-98 in event of material change in situation affecting U.S. security interests. (50-48) |
| 72 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table McCain, et al., amendment: Increases BA and outlays for Function 050--National Defense by $10.8 billion and $11.6 billion, respectively, over five years and reduces BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by comparable amount over same period, assuming restoration of freeze on military pay, raises, and locality pay. (54-44) |
| 73 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Thurmond-McCain-Coats amendment: Increases BA and outlays for Function 050--National Defense by $11.8 billion and $11.6 billion, respectively, over five years; and makes comparable reduction in Function 920--Allowances and Function 950--Undistributed Offsetting Receipts, assuming military pay adjustments prescribed under current law will be made. (55-42) |
| 74 | 3-24 | Y | Sasser motion to table Kassebaum amendment: Increases each BA and outlays for Function 500--Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services by $3.3 billion over three years and reduces Function 920--Allowances and Labor Committee's reconciliation instruction by same amount over same period. (51-47) |
| 75 | 3-25 | Y | Bradley-Hollings amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that President should be granted line-item veto over items of appropriation and tax expenditure provided each item is enrolled separately for presentation to President and authority expires at conclusion of 103rd Congress. (73-24) |
| 76 | 3-25 | Y | Sasser motion to table Brown amendment: Decreases each BA and outlays for Function 600--Income Security by $361 million over five years, and reduces Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction for spending reductions by same amount over same period, assuming denial of unemployment insurance benefits for individuals who earned over $120,000 before losing their jobs. (53-46) |
| 77 | 3-25 | Y | Sasser motion to table Kempthorne, et al., amendment: Reduces each BA and outlays for Function 800--General Government by $2.2 billion over five years, assuming reduction in Legislative Branch appropriations, except for Library of Congress and Copyright Office. (56-43) |
| 78 | 3-25 | N | Sasser motion to table Cohen-Campbell amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that President should be granted line-item veto authority over items of appropriations and tax expenditures provided: (1) Congress votes on rescission request within 20 days, (2) uses rescinded funds for deficit reduction, and (3) authority expires at conclusion of 103rd Congress. (34-65) |
| 79 | 3-25 | Y | Sasser motion to table Gramm, et al., amendment: Reduces each BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by $56.1 billion over five years and reduces Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction for revenue increases by same amount over same period, assuming exemption of small businesses and family farms from proposed increase in marginal individual income tax rate, and reduction in President's stimulus package. (54-45) |
| 80 | 3-25 | Y | Sasser motion to table Bond amendment: Reduces Function 920--Allowances by $11.2 billion in BA and $9.8 billion in outlays over FY 1994-97, assuming savings from enactment of line-item veto this year. (57-42) |
| 81 | 3-25 | Y | Sasser motion to table Murkowski, et al., amendment: Reduces Energy Committee's reconciliation instruction by $493 million over five years, assuming elimination of proposed 12.5 percent royalty and $100 holding fee proposals for hardrock mining; and makes comparable adjustments to Function 920--Allowances, Function 300--Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 800--General Government BA and outlays over same period. (61-38) |
| 82 | 3-25 | Y | Sasser motion to table Craig amendment: Reduces each BA and outlays for Function 920--Allowances by $2.3 billion over five years and reduces Finance Committee's reconciliation instruction for revenue increases by $2 billion, assuming exclusion of hydroelectric power from BTU tax. (57-41) |
| 83 | 3-25 | Y | Adoption. (54-45) |
| Emergency Job Supplemental Appropriations, 1993 (H.R. 1335, P.L. 103-24) | |||
| 84 | 3-29 | Y | Byrd motion to table Brown amendment: Strikes $103.5 million from CDBG program and bars use of remaining funds on 54 specific projects. (44-48) |
| 85 | 3-30 | Y | Byrd motion to reconsider Vote No. 84 by which Senate failed to table Brown amendment: Strikes $103.5 million from CDBG program and bars use of remaining funds on 54 specific projects. (52-48) |
| 86 | 3-30 | Y | Byrd motion to table Brown amendment: Strikes $103.5 million from CDBG program and bars use of remaining funds on 54 specific projects. (52-48) |
| 87 | 3-30 | 2 | Byrd motion to table Nickles amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Strikes $2.5 billion from CDBG program. (54-43) |
| 88 | 3-31 | Y | Byrd motion to table Burns-Nickles amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Strikes $28 million for Federal payment to District of Columbia for essential jobs, public safety, health, and other municipal services. (57-43) |
| 89 | 3-31 | Y | Byrd motion to table Gramm amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Decreases total amount available for CDBG Program by $143 million and obligation limitation for Federal-Aid Highway program by $52 million; and prohibits use of funds provided for these programs for construction or reconstruction of certain recreational facilities. (56-44) |
| * 90 | 3-31 | N | Kohl motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kohl-Shelby amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Designates all FY 1993 funds in this Act as emergency spending for purposes of Budget Act. (52-48) |
| 91 | 3-31 | N | Byrd motion to table Graham-Mack amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Allows States to transfer funds among various highway spending categories in FY 1993 provided apportionment for given program will not be exceeded; and credits transferred funds against State's 1994 apportionment. (70-30) |
| 92 | 3-31 | N | Byrd motion to table Graham-Bond amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Excludes State's discretionary funds received under Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act from State's minimum allocation calculation after FY 1994. (68-32) |
| 93 | 3-31 | Y | Byrd motion to table Danforth amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Strikes $188 million for AMTRAK capital improvement grants. (61-38) |
| First Budget Resolution, 1994 (H.Con.Res. 64) | |||
| 94 | 4-1 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (55-45) |
| Emergency Job Supplemental Appropriations, 1993 (H.R. 1335, P.L. 103-24) | |||
| 95 | 4-1 | Y | Byrd motion to table Bond amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Strikes $20.5 million for EPA abatement, control, and compliance and $2.8 million for program and research operations. (55-44) |
| 96 | 4-1 | Y | Byrd motion to table Nickles-Brown amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Strikes emergency requirements designation for all funds appropriated in Act. (54-45) |
| 97 | 4-1 | Y | Byrd motion to table Murkowski-Thurmond-Jeffords amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Transfers $25 million from Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities maintenance projects to Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of 1992 for payments to employers. (57-43) |
| 98 | 4-1 | Y | Byrd motion to table Domenici, et al., amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Reduces all discretionary spending in bill by 18 percent to ensure sufficient funding for annual pay raise for all Federal civilian and military employees (except members of Congress) scheduled for January 1, 1994. (51-49) |
| Nomination of Strobe Talbott, of Ohio, to be Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State on the New Independent States ( ) | |||
| 99 | 4-2 | Y | Confirmation. (89-9) |
| Emergency Job Supplemental Appropriations, 1993 (H.R. 1335, P.L. 103-24) | |||
| * 100 | 4-2 | Y | Mathews, et al., cloture motion on Byrd substitute amendment. (55-43) |
| * 101 | 4-3 | Y | Ford, et al., second cloture motion on Byrd substitute amendment. (52-37) |
| * 102 | 4-5 | Y | Ford, et al., third cloture motion on Byrd substitute amendment. (49-29) |
| 103 | 4-20 | Y | Byrd motion to table Hatfield-Dole perfecting amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Eliminates funding for CDBG, Amtrak capital grants, EPA sewage treatment construction, Head Start, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ryan White AIDS, and food safety inspection programs; reduces funding for Federal-Aid Highways, summer youth employment, SBA loans, and Forest and National Park Services; retains $4 billion for unemployment compensation and $300 million for childhood immunization; and makes $2 billion across-the-board cut in Federal administrative costs (excluding pay). (53-45) |
| 104 | 4-20 | Y | Byrd-Mitchell perfecting amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Retains President's funding levels for unemployment compensation, Federal-Aid Highways, Summer Youth Employment, EPA wastewater treatment, childhood immunization, Ryan White AIDS program, SBA 7(a) loans, and food safety and inspection service; reduces all other programs by 42.95 percent pro-rata; and includes $200 million for hiring local law enforcement. (52-46) |
| * 105 | 4-21 | Y | Mathews, et al., fourth cloture motion on Byrd substitute amendment, as amended. (56-43) |
| Department of Environmental Protection (S. 171) | |||
| 106 | 4-27 | Y | Glenn motion to table Roth amendment (as substitute for bill): Retains only provisions of underlying bill that elevate EPA to cabinet level status. (54-42) |
| 107 | 4-28 | Y | Roth motion to table Specter amendment: Establishes Federal Health Board to develop health care benefits package, uniform deductible, standardized claims forms and billing procedures, and standards for health plans on data such as cost, utilization, health outcomes and patient satisfaction and to determine annual limits on allowable increases in premiums for accountable health plans; provides for expanded primary and preventative health services and refundable tax credit to low- and middle-income individuals without employer-provided insurance; allows self-employed persons and individuals without employer-provided insurance ineligible for tax credit to deduct 100 percent of cost of lowest-cost health plan available; directs Education Secretary to make basic health insurance available to children through their school system; requires health care providers to provide information to patients about cost, quality and options of available plans; and encourages States to establish alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to reduce medical malpractice costs. (65-33) |
| 108 | 4-28 | Y | Glenn motion to table McCain amendment: Requires designation of Assistant Secretary for Indian Lands responsible for policies relating to environment of Indian lands and affecting native Americans. (16-79) |
| 109 | 4-29 | Y | Glenn motion to table Nickles-Reid, et al., modified amendment: Requires Comptroller General and GAO to prepare impact statement to accompany each bill, resolution, or conference report before it may be reported or considered by either House of Congress that describes legislation's impact on economic growth and employment, on State and local governments, on ability of U.S. industries to compete internationally, on Federal revenues and outlays, and on gross domestic product; requires Executive Branch agencies to prepare such impact statements to accompany their proposed and final regulations; and requires brief summary statement if aggregate effect of legislation is less than $100 million or 10,000 jobs. (50-48) |
| 110 | 4-29 | Y | Lieberman, et al., modified amendment: Directs Secretary to establish Small Business Ombudsman office to develop and carry out environmental compliance and technical assistance programs for small business concerns, including family farms; requires Environment and Commerce Secretaries to enter into agreements to permit Environment Department to provide technical assistance to National Institute of Standards and Technology-administered manufacturing technology centers; and requires Environment Secretary to develop and carry out programs of environmental compliance and technical assistance for small governmental jurisdictions. (97-0) |
| 111 | 4-29 | Y | Johnston-Levin modified amendment: States that prior to promulgating any final regulation relating to human health and safety or environment, Environment Secretary shall publish estimate of risk to public health and safety, environmental effects, compliance costs, and comparative risk analysis relative to other risks to which public is exposed. (95-3) |
| 112 | 4-29 | Y | Johnston motion to table Hatch, et al., amendment: Requires Environment Department to offset costs associated with proposed new regulatory actions by revising or revoking one or more existing regulations and to make administrative regulatory decisions based on substantial public record evidence documenting benefits and costs; and prohibits implementation of any regulatory action unless specific benefits clearly outweigh costs. (70-26) |
| 113 | 5-4 | N | Bond motion to table Baucus amendment (as substitute for Bond amendment making single Federal agency responsible for technical determinations with respect to wetland or converted wetland on agricultural lands): Requires President to make recommendations and report to Congress on measures to give single Federal agency responsibility for making technical determinations with respect to wetlands or converted wetlands on agricultural lands, and to make Soil Conservation Service Federal agency responsible for all such technical determinations. (40-54) |
| 114 | 5-4 | Y | Passage. (79-15) |
| Council on Wage and Price Stability (COWPS) (S. 349, P.L. 96-10) | |||
| 115 | 5-6 | Y | Lautenberg, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that Senate, this session, should limit acceptance of gifts, meals and travel by Members and staff in manner substantially similar to restrictions applicable to executive branch officials. (98-1) |
| 116 | 5-6 | Y | Passage. (95-2) |
| Motor Voter (H.R. 2, Vetoed, Became P.L. 100-17, without approval) | |||
| * 117 | 5-11 | Y | Mitchell, et al., cloture motion on conference report. (63-37) |
| 118 | 5-11 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (62-36) |
| RTC Funding (S. 714, P.L. 103-204) | |||
| 119 | 5-13 | Y | Metzenbaum-Wofford amendment: Extends, from three to five years, statute of limitation for Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) to file civil lawsuits for tort actions against parties responsible for thrift failures; and provides FDIC with authority to pursue tort actions brought by RTC prior to its termination. (63-32) |
| * 120 | 5-13 | N | Gramm motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Gramm-Mack-Brown amendment: Extends discretionary spending caps and sequestration for Defense, International, and Domestic budgetary categories through FY 1998. (43-53) |
| 121 | 5-13 | Y | Passage. (61-35) |
| Nomination of Roberta Achtenberg, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ( ) | |||
| 122 | 5-24 | Y | Confirmation. (58-31) |
| Campaign Finance Reform (S. 3) | |||
| 123 | 5-25 | N | Wellstone modified amendment (to Mitchell-Ford-Boren substitute amendment): Limits individual campaign contribution for Senate candidate to $100 per election cycle. (13-84) |
| 124 | 5-25 | ||