Joseph Lieberman

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 24, 1942 in Stamford, CT
Died: March 27, 2024 in New York City, NY

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Key Senate Vote Data for Joseph Lieberman in 2000

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Lieberman Voted
2000-02-02	Property Rights [S625]	Agreed To (54-43)
The Senate voted to kill an amendment overriding local owner-tenant laws and permitting delinquent tenants to remain in occupancy during bankruptcy proceedings.
2000-03-02	Education Savings Accounts [S1134]	Passed (61-37)
The Senate passed a bill allowing families to save up to $2,000 per child annually tax free for educational expenses in public or private school. The bill also would extend a tax exemption for employee-provided education expenses.
2000-04-07	Deleting Tax Cuts [SCONRES101]	Rejected (44-56)
The Senate defeated an amendment deleting all tax cuts in the Congressional Budget Resolution.
2000-04-07	Fiscal 2001 Budget Resolution [HCONRES290]	Agreed To (51-45)
The Senate adopted a five-year budget plan that includes $147.1 billion in tax cuts.
2000-04-11	Federal Gas Tax Suspension [S2285]	Rejected (43-56)
The Senate failed to limit debate on a bill that would suspend the 4.3 cents/gallon federal gas tax surcharge from April 15 through Jan. 1, 2001. If the national average gas price reached $2/gallon, the remaining 14.1 cents/gallon federal tax would also be suspended.
2000-04-13	Eliminating Marriage Penalty Tax [HR6]	Rejected (53-45)
The Senate failed to limit debate on an amendment that would essentially eliminate the federal tax penalty on married couples.
2000-05-03	Nationalizing Education Policy [S2]	Rejected (45-54)
The Senate defeated an amendment that would further nationalize education policy in the U.S. by establishing standards and funding programs.
2000-05-18	Limit U.S. Troops in Kosovo [S2521]	Agreed To (53-47)
The Senate killed an effort to impose limits on the deployment of ground troops in Kosovo beyond June 2001.
2000-05-24	Confirmation of Brad Smith to FEC	Confirmed (64-35)
The Senate voted to confirm the nomination of Bradley A. Smith of Ohio to the Federal Election Commission. Smith is opposed to federal control of the political process.
2000-06-07	Strategic Nuclear Weapons Systems [S2549]	Agreed To (51-47)
The Senate voted to restrict the ability of the President to dismantle existing strategic nuclear weapons systems.
2000-06-08	Blocking Campaign Finance Disclousres [S2549]	Rejected (42-57)
The Senate defeated an attempt to stop the Internal Revenue Service from requiring disclosure of the membership of certain political and policy organizations. ACU supported the attempt to preserve constitutional rights of free association and privacy.
2000-06-13	Protecting Defense Spending [HR4576]	Agreed To (83-15)
The Senate voted to kill an attempt to divert $1 million in defense spending into federal education programs.
2000-06-20	Preventing Military Abortions [S2549]	Agreed To (50-49)
The Senate voted to kill an amendment that would have provided abortions in military hospitals.
2000-06-20	Expand Definition of "Hate Crimes" [S2549]	Agreed To (57-42)
The Senate voted to expand the definition of "hate crimes" and extend the role of the federal government in investigating and prosecuting them. ACU opposes the whole concept of "thought" crimes.
2000-06-22	Limiting Ergonomic Standards [HR4577]	Agreed To (57-41)
The Senate voted for an amendment prohibiting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from issuing regulations in the area of ergonomics. ACU finds this whole area hazy and ill-defined, and opposes federal involvement in workplace standards.
2000-06-29	Create Medicare "Lockbox" [HR4577]	Agreed To (54-43)
The Senate voted to create a Medicare and Social Security "lockbox," preserving year-to-year surpluses in these programs from use in other areas. ACU supports efforts to keep politicians from spending these surpluses.
2000-06-30	Allowing Federal Funding of "Morning After" Pills [HR4577]	Failed (41-54)
The Senate refused to kill an amendment stopping the use of federal funds to distribute the "morning after" pill on school grounds.
2000-07-13	Submarine Missile Program [S2549]	Agreed To (81-18)
The Senate voted against an amendment that would have killed the Trident II submarine-launched missile program.
2000-07-13	Missile Defense System Testing [S2549]	Agreed To (52-48)
The Senate killed an amendment that would have imposed unreasonable standards on the development of a national missile defense system.
2000-07-13	Blocking the Estate Tax Repeal [HR8]	Rejected (46-53)
The Senate voted down an amendment that would have maintained the "death" tax while easing its effect in some cases. ACU supported total repeal of the death tax.
2000-07-13	Federal Gas Tax Suspension [HR8]	Rejected (40-59)
Motion to suspend the entire federal gas tax of 18.4 cents/gallon for 150 days.
2000-07-13	Decreasing Taxation of Social Security Benefits [HR8]	Agreed To (58-41)
An amendement to reduce the percentage of Social Security benefits that are taxable from 85 percent to 50 percent, which was the level up until 1993.
2000-07-14	Estate Tax Repeal [HR8]	Passed (59-39)
The Senate voted to phase out the "death" tax by 2010.
2000-07-18	National Monument Designations [HR4578]	Rejected (49-50)
An amendment that would have prohibited the designation of national monuments without congressional approval.
2000-07-18	Prohibit Funds for Kyoto treaty [HR4578]	Passed (97-2)
The Senate voted to adopt the Interior Appropriations bill, which includes a ban on the use of any of the money to implement the Kyoto "Global Warming" Protocol, which has never been submitted to the Senate for ratification.

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