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| 1991-01-12 | Use of Force Against Iraq [SJRES2] | Passed (52-47) |
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| Passage of the joint resolution to authorize the use of military force if Iraq has not withdrawn from Kuwait and complied with U.N. Security Council resolutions by Jan. 15. The resolution authorizes the use of force and the expenditure of funds under the War Powers Act and requires the President to report to Congress every 60 days on the efforts to obtain Iraqi compliance with the U.N resolutions. | |||||
| 1991-04-24 | Fiscal 1992 Budget Resolution [SCONRES29] | Agreed To (60-37) |
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| Sasser (D-TN) motion to table (kill) the Grassley (R-IA) substitute amendment to freeze budget authority and outlays for all fiscal 1992 discretionary spending at fiscal 1991 levels, reducing outlays by $8.2 billion in fiscal 1992 and $22.4 billion in fiscal 1992-96. | |||||
| 1991-05-14 | Central American Democracy and Development Act [S100] | Rejected (38-58) |
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| Helms (R-NC) amendment to require that any U.S. economic assistance to Latin America would be used to promote certain free market policies. | |||||
| 1991-05-23 | Campaign Finance [S3] | Passed (56-42) |
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| Passage of the bill to revise federal laws governing the financing of federal campaigns by providing for a voluntary system of spending limits for elections that gives candidates public subsidies as an incentive to participate. The bill would require taxpayers to fund federal candidates who agree to spending limits. | |||||
| 1991-06-20 | Crime Bill [S1241] | Agreed To (55-41) |
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| Mitchell (D-ME), for Graham (D-FL), amendment to strike the provisions that would allow minorities to challenge a death sentence as discriminatory if statistics show a disproportionate number of their race being condemned to die. | |||||
| 1991-06-26 | Crime Bill [S1241] | Agreed To (65-33) |
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| D'Amato (R-NY) amendment to allow for federal jurisdiction to impose the death penalty for homicides committed with a gun if they were committed in the course of a federal crime or the firearm involved had been moved across state or national borders. | |||||
| 1991-06-28 | Crime Bill [S1241] | Rejected (44-54) |
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| Stevens (R-AK) amendment to replace the bill's provisions that require a background check over seven days before someone could purchase a handgun with provisions that require states within two years of the date of enactment of the bill to establish a system to provide an instant background check. | |||||
| 1991-07-16 | Title X Pregnancy Counseling [S323] | Agreed To (52-47) |
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| Coats (R-IN) amendment to prohibit entities that receive Title X funding from performing an abortion for a minor under the age of 18 unless a parent or guardian has been given 48 hours' notice, the life of the minor is endangered, the pregnancy is the result of parental incest, or the minor has been subjected to sexual abuse, child abuse, or child neglect by a parent or guardian. | |||||
| 1991-07-17 | Fiscal 1992 Legislative Branch Appropriations [HR2506] | Agreed To (53-45) |
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| Byrd (D-WV) amendment to raise senators' pay from $101,900 to $125,100, ban senators' honoraria and limit outside earned income to 15 percent of a senator's base pay. | |||||
| 1991-07-30 | Fiscal 1992 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations [HR2608] | Failed (44-55) |
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| Kennedy (D-MA) motion to table (kill) the Helms (R-NC) amendment to allow health-care professionals to test patients for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) before invasive medical procedures except in emergencies. The test results would be confidential, and a person violating the confidentiality would be fined $10,000 or face a prison term of not more than one year. States without regulations to protect health-care workers would be ineligible to receive federal funds under the Public Health Service Act. | |||||
| 1991-07-31 | Fiscal 1992 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations [HR2608] | Agreed To (73-26) |
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| Hollings (D-SC) motion to table (kill) the Gramm (R-TX) amendment to cut the Legal Services Corporation by $48.41 million and transfer the funds to the FBI. The bloated Legal Services Corporation funds left-wing special interest litigation. | |||||
| 1991-07-31 | Fiscal 1992-93 Defense Authorization [S1507] | Rejected (39-60) |
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| Gore (D-TN) amendment to eliminate the provisions in the committee bill that would allow for multiple missile interceptor sites and deployment of space-based missile sensors prohibited by the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty. The amendment would keep the Strategic Defense Initiative in the research and development stage. | |||||
| 1991-08-01 | Fiscal 1992-93 Defense Authorization [S1507] | Agreed To (60-38) |
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| Nunn (D-GA) motion to table (kill) the Harkin (D-IA) amendment to cut $1.4 billion of the $4.6 billion authorized for the Strategic Defense Initiative and prohibit any funding for the space-based interceptors program. | |||||
| 1991-10-01 | Unemployment Benefits Extension [S1722] | Agreed To (65-35) |
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| Adoption of the conference report to provide an additional $6.4 billion for up to 20 additional weeks of unemployment benefits based on a state's average total unemployment. The benefits would temporarily be extended from Oct. 6, 1991, through July 4, 1992. The conference report designates the spending as an "emergency" and would not require a presidential declaration to be exempt from the spending limits of the 1990 budget agreement. This represents a further reduction of incentive for workers. | |||||
| 1991-10-08 | Fiscal 1992-93 Foreign Aid Authorization [HR2508] | Agreed To (61-38) |
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| Adoption of the conference report to authorize $25 billion in fiscal 1992-93 for foreign economic and military assistance. The conference report would overturn the administration's Mexico City Policy, provide funds to the United Nations Population Fund and require cargo preferences. The U.N. Population Fund can now use U.S. dollars to promote and force abortions. | |||||
| 1991-10-15 | Thomas Nomination | Confirmed (52-48) |
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| Confirmation of President Bush's nomination of Clarence Thomas of Georgia to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. | |||||
| 1991-10-30 | Civil Rights Act of 1991 [S1745] | Passed (93-5) |
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| Passage of the bill to make it easier for workers to sue for employment discrimination and permit women, religious minorities and the disabled to win compensatory and punitive damages for intentional discrimination, mainly by reversing several recent Supreme Court decisions and by expanding Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Court decisions had reestablished more reasonable standards of proof in discrimination cases. This bill will shift the burden of proof onto the accused and effectively force businesses to adopt quota hiring policies to prevent endless litigation. | |||||
| 1991-10-31 | Fiscal 1992 Interior Appropriations [HR2686] | Agreed To (73-25) |
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| Byrd (D-WV) motion to table (kill) the Helms (R-NC) motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment with an amendment to prohibit the National Endowment for the Arts from using taxpayer funds for obscene art. | |||||
| 1991-11-01 | National Energy Policy [S1220] | Rejected (50-44) |
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| Mitchell (D-ME) motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the motion to proceed to the bill to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, mandate that federal and private vehicle fleets use alternative fuels, direct the Secretary of Transportation to adopt new corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, and enact other programs related to energy production and consumption. This bill would have reduced U.S. dependence on foreign oil by expanding U.S. drilling in the Arctic and reducing barriers to nuclear power. | |||||
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