Voted YES on renewing 'fast track' presidential trade authority.
Vote to proceed to the bill which establishes negotiating objectives for trade agreements, and renews 'fast track' trade authority for the President, which allows Congress to adopt or to reject a proposed trade agreement, but not to amend it.
Voted NO on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment.
Approval of the balanced-budget constitutional amendment.
Voted YES on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons. Vote to table
an amendment that would require sanctions against China or other countries if they were found to be selling illicit weapons of mass destruction.
Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping.
Motion to table (kill) the amendment that would provide that in order to conduct roving surveillance, the person implementing the order must ascertain that the target of the surveillance is present in the house or is using the phone that has been tapped.
Voted YES on restricting class-action lawsuits.
Restriction of class-action security lawsuits.
Voted NO on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms.
Vote on the motion to instruct conferees on the bill to insist that the conference report include Mandatory prison terms for the use, possession, or carrying of a firearm or destructive device during a state crime of violence or drug trafficking
Voted NO on cutting nuclear weapons below START levels.
would strike bill language requiring that U.S. strategic nuclear forces remain at START I levels through the end of fiscal 2000 unless Russia ratified START II.
Voted YES on deploying National Missile Defense ASAP.
Vote that the policy of the US is to deploy a National Missile Defense system capable of defending against limited ballistic missile attack as soon as it is technologically possible, and to seek continued negotiated reductions in Russian nuclear forces.
Voted NO on do not require ethanol in gasoline.
Permitting new regulations which would require the use of ethanol in gasoline.
Voted YES on limiting funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. This table motion would end debate on an amendment aimed at funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. Support for the motion to table is a vote against NEA funding. .
Voted NO on banning more types of Congressional gifts.
To exclude certain items from the Congressional Gift Ban.
Voted YES on Medicare means-testing.
Approval of means-based testing for Medicare insurance premiums.
Voted NO on allowing workers to choose between overtime & comp-time.
This bill would have allowed workers to choose between overtime and compensatory time.
Voted NO on Educational Savings Accounts.
Vote to pass a bill that would permit tax-free savings accounts of up to $2000 per child annually to be used for public or private school tuition or other education expenses.
Voted NO on Social Security Lockbox & limiting national debt.
This vote limited debate on the amendment offered by Sen. Abraham (R-MI) that would have created a Social Security "lockbox" and establish limits on the public debt. .
Voted YES on telecomm deregulation.
Deregulation of the telecommunications industry.
Voted YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq.
H.J.Res. 114; Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. The administration would be required to report to Congress that diplomatic options have been exhausted before, or within 48 hours after military action has started. Every 60 days the president would also be required to submit a progress report to Congress.
Voted YES on welfare overhaul.
Approval of an overhaul on the federal welfare system.
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