Jocelyn Burdick

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 6, 1922 in Fargo, ND
Died: December 26, 2019 in Fargo, ND

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Key Senate Vote Data for Jocelyn Burdick in 1992

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Burdick Voted
1992-09-17	Fiscal 1993 Defense Authorization [S3114]	Rejected (48-50)
Bumpers (D-AR) amendment to provide $3.3 billion for the Strategic Defense Initiative in fiscal 1993. The committee bill would provide $4.3 billion; the administration requested $5.4 billion.
1992-09-18	Fiscal 1993 Defense Authorization [S3114]	Agreed To (55-40)
Hatfield (R-OR) amendment to the Cohen (R-ME) amendment. The Hatfield amendment imposed a nine-month moratorium on nuclear testing until July 1, 1993; allowed limited testing between July 1, 1993, and Jan. 1, 1997; required reports to Congress on the remaining weapons in the U.S. stockpile, proposed safety improvements and tests, and plans for a comprehensive test ban by Sept. 30, 1996; and, contingent upon certain factors, prohibited nuclear tests after Sept. 30, 1996, unless a foreign state conducted a test. The Cohen amendment imposed a three-month moratorium, allowed limited testing until 1998, and then imposed a test ban in 1998, with the proviso that the President could waive that ban for one year in order to negotiate a comprehensive test ban.
1992-09-22	National Motor-Voter Registration [S250]	Veto Sustained (62-38)
Passage, over President Bush's July 2 veto, of the bill to require states to permit voter registration simultaneously with applying for public certificates such as a driver's license, marriage license or hunting permit.
1992-09-22	Fiscal 1993 Defense Appropriations [HR5504]	Rejected (49-49)
Helms (R-NC) amendment to require the Office of Personnel and Management to exclude from the Combined Federal Campaign, which collected and disbursed donations from federal employees to charities, any charity that withdrew support for the Boy Scouts of American because that organization disagreed with the Boy Scouts' admission policy barring homosexuals or atheists.
1992-09-24	Family and Medical Leave [S5]	Veto Overridden (68-31)
Passage, over President Bush's Sept. 22 veto, of the bill to require employers with more than 50 employees to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for family emergencies.
1992-09-29	Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty [TREATYDOC102-20AND22]	Rejected (16-83)
Wallop (R-WY) amendment to require the President to certify that all [Russian] intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with multiple warheads and all launchers were eliminated.
1992-10-01	Family Planning Amendments [S323]	Veto Overridden (73-26)
Passage, over President Bush's veto Sept. 25, of the bill to reauthorize Title X of the Public Health Service Act through fiscal 1997. The bill overturned the administration's "gag rule" and thus allowed abortion counseling at federally funded clinics. This would allow taxpayer-funded clinics to promote abortions.
1992-10-02	Crime Bill [HR3371]	Rejected (55-43)
Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the conference report to mandate a five-day waiting period and a background check for handgun purchases; authorize $3.3 billion for federal, state and local law enforcement; codify the "good-faith" exception to the exclusionary rule; extend the federal death penalty to 53 crimes; and limit federal death row habeas corpus appeals to ones filed within one year from when a petitioner had exhausted all direct appeals. In addition to making law-abiding citizens wait to purchase handguns, this bill would weaken existing laws regarding federal death row appeals.
1992-10-05	Cable Television Reregulation [S12]	Veto Overridden (74-25)
Passage, over President Bush's Oct. 3 veto, of the bill to cap basic cable rates and improve competition in the cable industry by having the FCC set rates for basic cable service and giving broadcasters the right to charge cable operators for the use of over-the-air signals.

Represents a "Yes" vote.   Represents a "No" vote.   Indicates that this member voted against the conservative position on a particular vote. "No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No).