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| 1996-03-13 | Fiscal 1996 Omnibus Appropriations [HR3019] | Failed (49-51) |
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| Reid (D-NV) motion to table (kill) the Hutchison (R-TX) amendment to the Reid amendment, to continue the moratorium on the listing of endangered species until either the endangered species law is reauthorized or the end of the fiscal year. The Reid amendment would lift the moratorium on the listing of species and would have provided $4.5 million to review and make new listings. | |||||
| 1996-03-13 | Fiscal 1996 Omnibus Appropriations [HR3019] | Agreed To (55-45) |
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| Cochran (R-MS) motion to table (kill) the Gramm (R-TX) amendment to eliminate the emergency designation for $1.2 billion in spending in the bill and fund those programs by providing a 0.53 percent across-the-board cut in all non-defense discretionary programs. | |||||
| 1996-03-21 | Product Liability [HR956] | Agreed To (59-40) |
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| Adoption of the conference report to limit punitive damages in product liability cases to two times compensatory damages or $250,000, whichever is greater, with lower limits for small businesses. Under the bill, a plaintiff could bring a lawsuit up to two years after discovering both the cause and the injury itself. The bill would limit the time to file a suit to 15 years after the delivery of a product, but the limit would apply only to some types of products. The bill also would abolish joint-and-several liability for non-economic damages. | |||||
| 1996-03-28 | State Department Authorization [HR1561] | Agreed To (52-44) |
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| Adoption of the conference report on the bill to require the President to abolish one of three international affairs agencies (the Agency for International Development, the U.S. Information Agency or the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency) and to shift its activites to the State Department. The measure would authorize $6.5 billion for fiscal 1996 and $6.5 billion for fiscal 1997 for the State Department, related agencies, and various foreign aid programs. The legislation also would ban funding for the forced repatriation of Indochinese boat people and grant political asylum to refugees fleeing countries with coercive population regimes, like China. | |||||
| 1996-04-17 | Anti-Terrorism Bill [S735] | Agreed To (64-35) |
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| Hatch (R-UT) motion to table (kill) the Moynihan (D-NY) motion to recommit the bill to the conference committee with instructions to report it back after striking certain sections of the bill that would limit the ability of death-row and other inmates to file habeas corpus petitions in federal court. | |||||
| 1996-04-18 | Health Insurance Revisions [S1028] | Agreed To (52-46) |
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| Kassebaum (R-KS) amendment to strike the provisions in the Dole (R-KS) amendment that establish medical savings accounts which allow individuals to make tax deductible contributions to special accounts set up to pay medical expenses. | |||||
| 1996-04-23 | Term Limit Constitutional Amendment [SJRES21] | Rejected (58-42) |
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| Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the committee substitute to the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to limit senators to two terms and House members to six terms. | |||||
| 1996-05-22 | Fiscal 1997 Budget Resolution [SCONRES57] | Agreed To (59-41) |
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| Exon (D-NE) motion to table (kill) the Kyl (R-AZ) amendment to express the sense of the Senate that fundamental tax reform should be accompanied by a constitutional amendment to require a supermajority of Congress to approve tax increases. | |||||
| 1996-05-22 | Fiscal 1997 Budget Resolution [SCONRES57] | Rejected (43-57) |
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| Ashcroft (R-MO) amendment to allow a tax deduction for the Social Security payroll tax and to offset the costs by decreasing discretionary and mandatory spending. | |||||
| 1996-05-23 | Fiscal 1997 Budget Resolution [SCONRES57] | Agreed To (57-41) |
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| Domenici (R-NM) motion to table (kill) the Bumpers (D-AR) amendment to abolish the "firewall" between defense and domestic discretionary spending. The firewall provides an essential defense against liberals' attempts to shift funds from defense accounts to non-defense domestic discretionary accounts. | |||||
| 1996-05-23 | Fiscal 1997 Budget Resolution [SCONRES57] | Agreed To (57-43) |
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| Domenici (R-NM) motion to table (kill) the Feingold (D-WI) amendment to eliminate the $122 billion provided for tax cuts over six years. | |||||
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"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |