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Senate Vote 135 (1998)1998-05-13On Passage of the Bill S1260: A bill to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law, and for other purposes.Bill Passed79-21
Senate Vote 134 (1998)1998-05-13On the Motion to Table S1260: To make amendments with respect to the definition of a class action, and for other purposes.Motion to Table Agreed to72-27
Senate Vote 133 (1998)1998-05-13On the Motion to Table S1260: To provide that the appropriate State statute of limitations shall apply to certain actions removed to Federal court.Motion to Table Agreed to69-30
Senate Vote 132 (1998)1998-05-13On Passage of the Bill S1244: A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to protect certain charitable contributions, and for other purposes.Bill Passed99-1
Senate Vote 131 (1998)1998-05-13On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S1873: A bill to state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack.Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected59-41
Senate Vote 130 (1998)1998-05-12On Passage of the Bill S1618: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve the protection of consumers against "slamming" by telecommunications carriers, and for other purposes.Bill Passed99-0
Senate Vote 129 (1998)1998-05-12On the Conference Report S1150: An original bill to ensure that federally funded agricultural research, extension, and education address high-priority concerns with national or multistate significance, to reform, extend, and eliminate certain agricultural research programs, and for other purposes.Conference Report Agreed to92-8
Senate Vote 128 (1998)1998-05-12On the Motion to Recommit S1150: An original bill to ensure that federally funded agricultural research, extension, and education address high-priority concerns with national or multistate significance, to reform, extend, and eliminate certain agricultural research programs, and for other purposes.Motion to Recommit Rejected23-77
Senate Vote 127 (1998)1998-05-12On Passage of the Bill HR1273: A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes.Bill Passed99-0
Senate Vote 126 (1998)1998-05-07On Passage of the Bill HR2676: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.Bill Passed97-0
Senate Vote 125 (1998)1998-05-07On the Motion HR2676: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of random audits, and for other purposes.Motion Rejected37-60
Senate Vote 124 (1998)1998-05-07On the Amendment HR2676: To strike the Secretary of the Treasury from the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board.Amendment Rejected40-59
Senate Vote 123 (1998)1998-05-07On the Amendment HR2676: To strike the representative of Internal Revenue Service employees from the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board.Amendment Rejected35-64
Senate Vote 122 (1998)1998-05-07On the Amendment HR2676: Striking the exemptions from criminal conflict laws for board member from employee organization.Amendment Rejected42-57
Senate Vote 121 (1998)1998-05-06On the Amendment HR2676: To strike the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board and establish a full-time Board of Governors for the Internal Revenue Service.Amendment Rejected25-74
Senate Vote 120 (1998)1998-05-06On the Amendment HR2676: To ensure compliance with Federal budget requirements.Amendment Agreed to56-42
Senate Vote 119 (1998)1998-05-05On Passage of the Bill HR1385: A bill to consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs in the United States, and for other purposes.Bill Passed91-7
Senate Vote 118 (1998)1998-04-30On the Conference Report HR3579: A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.Conference Report Agreed to88-11
Senate Vote 117 (1998)1998-04-30On the Resolution of Ratification TREATYDOC10536: Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. These protocols were opened for signature at Brussels on December 16, 1997, and signed on behalf of the United States of America and other parties to the North Atlantic TreatyResolution of Ratification Agreed to80-19
Senate Vote 116 (1998)1998-04-30On the Amendment To condition United States ratification of the protocols on specific legislative action for the continued deployment of United States Armed Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the NATO mission.Amendment Rejected16-83
Senate Vote 115 (1998)1998-04-30On the Amendment To require a certification of United States policy not to support further enlargement of NATO (other than Poland, Hungary, or the Czech Republic) until revision of the Strategic Concept of NATO is completed.Amendment Rejected23-76
Senate Vote 114 (1998)1998-04-30On the Motion to Table To require a Presidential certification that NATO is and will remain a defensive military alliance, and for other purposes.Motion to Table Agreed to82-18
Senate Vote 113 (1998)1998-04-30On the Amendment To encourage progress on reducing the threat posed by Russia's non-strategic nuclear arsenal.Amendment Rejected16-84
Senate Vote 112 (1998)1998-04-30On the Amendment To express a condition regarding the further enlargement of NATO.Amendment Rejected41-59
Senate Vote 111 (1998)1998-04-30On the Amendment To express a condition regarding the relationship between NATO membership and European Union membership.Amendment Rejected17-83
Senate Vote 110 (1998)1998-04-30On the Amendment To condition United States ratification of the protocols on specific statutory authorization for the continued deployment of United States Armed Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the NATO mission.Amendment Rejected80-20
Senate Vote 109 (1998)1998-04-29On the Amendment To establish a formal process within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for the resolution of disputes among members and between members and non-members.Amendment Rejected37-62
Senate Vote 108 (1998)1998-04-29On the Amendment To express a condition requiring full cooperation from Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic with United States efforts to obtain the fullest possible accounting or captured and missing United States personnel from past military conflicts of Cold War incidents.Amendment Agreed to97-0
Senate Vote 107 (1998)1998-04-28On the Amendment To establish principles of policy of the United States toward the strategic concept of NATO.Amendment Agreed to90-9
Senate Vote 106 (1998)1998-04-28On the Amendment To limit any United States subsidy of the national expenses of Poland, Hungary, or the Czech Republic in meeting its NATO commitments.Amendment Rejected24-76
Senate Vote 105 (1998)1998-04-28On the Conference Report HR1757: A bill to consolidate international affairs agencies, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.Conference Report Agreed to51-49
Senate Vote 104 (1998)1998-04-27On the Nomination PN869: Scott Snyder Fleming, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of EducationNomination Confirmed92-0
Senate Vote 103 (1998)1998-04-23On the Resolution SCONRES90: A concurrent resolution to acknowledge the Historic Northern Ireland Peace Agreement.Resolution Agreed to97-0
Senate Vote 102 (1998)1998-04-23On Passage of the Bill HR2646: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.Bill Passed56-43
Senate Vote 101 (1998)1998-04-23On the Amendment HR2646: To provide for dropout prevention.Amendment Agreed to74-26
Senate Vote 100 (1998)1998-04-23On the Amendment HR2646: To improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after school hours.Amendment Rejected49-51
Senate Vote 99 (1998)1998-04-23On the Motion to Table HR2646: To replace the expansion of education individual retirement accounts to elementary and secondary school expenses with an increase the lifetime learning education credit for expenses of teachers in improving technology training.Motion to Table Agreed to61-39
Senate Vote 98 (1998)1998-04-23On the Motion HR2646: To strike section 101, and to provide funding for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.Motion Rejected46-53
Senate Vote 97 (1998)1998-04-23On the Amendment HR2646: To strike section 101, and to provide funding for Blue Ribbon Schools.Amendment Rejected34-66
Senate Vote 96 (1998)1998-04-23On the Amendment HR2646: To amend section 6201 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for student improvement incentive awards, and for other purposes.Amendment Agreed to58-42
Senate Vote 95 (1998)1998-04-23On the Amendment HR2646: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional incentive to donate to elementary and secondary schools or other organizations which provide scholarships to disadvantaged children, and for other purposes.Amendment Rejected46-54
Senate Vote 94 (1998)1998-04-22On the Amendment HR2646: To prohibit spending Federal education funds on national testing without explicit and specific legislation.Amendment Agreed to52-47
Senate Vote 93 (1998)1998-04-22On the Amendment HR2646: To express the sense of Congress regarding reduction in class size.Amendment Rejected49-50
Senate Vote 92 (1998)1998-04-22On the Amendment HR2646: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Education, States, and local educational agencies should spend a greater percentage of Federal education tax dollars in our children's classrooms.Amendment Agreed to99-0
Senate Vote 91 (1998)1998-04-22On the Amendment HR2646: To provide for direct awards of education funding.Amendment Agreed to50-49
Senate Vote 90 (1998)1998-04-21On the Motion to Table HR2646: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools, and for other purposes.Motion to Table Agreed to56-42
Senate Vote 89 (1998)1998-04-21On the Amendment HR2646: To establish education reform projects that provide same gender schools and classrooms, as long as comparable educational opportunities are offered for students of both sexes.Amendment Agreed to69-29
Senate Vote 88 (1998)1998-04-21On the Amendment HR2646: To provide incentives for States to establish and administer periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary school and secondary school teachers.Amendment Agreed to63-35
Senate Vote 87 (1998)1998-04-21On the Motion to Table HR2646: To delete education IRA expenditures for elementary and secondary school expenses.Motion to Table Agreed to60-38
Senate Vote 86 (1998)1998-04-21On the Motion to Table HR2646: To provide an additional 100,000, well-qualified elementary and secondary school teachers annually to the national pool of such teachers during the 10-year period beginning with 1999 through a new student loan forgiveness program.Motion to Table Agreed to56-41
Senate Vote 85 (1998)1998-04-21On the Motion to Table S414: To provide rules for the application of the Act to intermediaries.Motion to Table Agreed to72-25
Senate Vote 84 (1998)1998-04-02On the Concurrent Resolution SCONRES86: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.Concurrent Resolution Agreed to57-41
Senate Vote 83 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion SCONRES86: To ensure that the tobacco reserve fund in the resolution protects tobacco farmers.Motion Rejected31-67
Senate Vote 82 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion SCONRES86: To establish a disability reserve fund.Motion Rejected47-51
Senate Vote 81 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion to Table SCONRES86: To increase Function 500 discretionary budget authority and outlays to accommodate both President Clinton's investments in education and the $2.5 billion increase assumed by the resolution for IDEA.Motion to Table Agreed to55-43
Senate Vote 80 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion SCONRES86: To prohibit precatory language on budget resoluitons.Motion Rejected59-39
Senate Vote 79 (1998)1998-04-02On the Amendment SCONRES86: To recognize potential alternative funding sources for landowner incentives under the Endangered Species Recovery Act.Amendment Agreed to55-43
Senate Vote 78 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion to Table SCONRES86: To increase Function 500 discretionary budget authority and outlays to support innovative education reform efforts in urban and rural districts.Motion to Table Agreed to54-44
Senate Vote 77 (1998)1998-04-02On the Amendment SCONRES86: To use any budget surplus to reduce payroll tax and establish personal retirement accounts for hard-working Americans.Amendment Agreed to50-48
Senate Vote 76 (1998)1998-04-02On the Amendment SCONRES86: No Statement of Purpose on File.Amendment Agreed to52-46
Senate Vote 75 (1998)1998-04-02On the Amendment SCONRES86: No Statement of Purpose on File.Amendment Agreed to98-0
Senate Vote 74 (1998)1998-04-02On the Amendment SCONRES86: To express the sense of the Senate that any budget surplus should be dedicated to debt reduction or direct tax relief for hard-working American families.Amendment Agreed to53-45
Senate Vote 73 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion to Table SCONRES86: To express the sense of the Senate concerning the enactment of a patient's bill of rights.Motion to Table Agreed to51-47
Senate Vote 72 (1998)1998-04-02On the Amendment SCONRES86: To express the sense of the Senate concerning health care quality.Amendment Agreed to98-0
Senate Vote 71 (1998)1998-04-02On the Amendment SCONRES86: To express the sense of the Senate supporting a supermajority requirement for raising taxes.Amendment Agreed to50-48
Senate Vote 70 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion to Table SCONRES86: To increase the Federal investment in biomedical research should be increased by $2,000,000,000 in fiscal year 1999.Motion to Table Agreed to57-41
Senate Vote 69 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion SCONRES86: In the nature of a substitute.Motion Rejected42-55
Senate Vote 68 (1998)1998-04-02On the Amendment SCONRES86: To express the sense of the Senate regarding economic growth, social security, and Government efficiency.Amendment Agreed to52-46
Senate Vote 67 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion to Table SCONRES86: To provide for the funding to help the states comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by eliminating an unjustified tax loophole.Motion to Table Agreed to55-44
Senate Vote 66 (1998)1998-04-02On the Amendment SCONRES86: To fully fund the Section 202 Elderly Housing program.Amendment Agreed to97-2
Senate Vote 65 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion SCONRES86: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for environmental and natural resources.Motion Rejected47-52
Senate Vote 64 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion SCONRES86: To require the reduction of the deficit, a balanced Federal budget, and the repayment of the national debt.Motion Rejected53-45
Senate Vote 63 (1998)1998-04-02On the Motion to Table SCONRES86: To strike section 301 of the concurrent resolution, which expresses the sense of Congress regarding the sunset of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and replace it with a section expressing the sense of Congress that important tax incentives such as those for encouraging home ownership and charitable giving should be retained.Motion to Table Failed1-98
Senate Vote 62 (1998)1998-04-02On the Amendment SCONRES86: To expresss the sense of the Senate regarding passage of an IRS restructuring bill that provides real relief for taxpayers and provides appropriate oversight as wel as to express the sense of the Senate that the tax code should be terminated.Amendment Agreed to59-40
Senate Vote 61 (1998)1998-04-02On the Nomination PN500: G. Patrick Murphy, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois vice William D. Stiehl, retiredNomination Confirmed98-1
Senate Vote 60 (1998)1998-04-01On the Motion SCONRES86: To modify the pay-as-you-go requirement of the budget process to require that direct spending increases be offset only with direct spending decreases.Motion Rejected54-45
Senate Vote 59 (1998)1998-04-01On the Amendment SCONRES86: To express the sense of the Senate that the Congress should begin to phase out the marriage penalty this year.Amendment Agreed to99-0
Senate Vote 58 (1998)1998-04-01On the Motion SCONRES86: To provide a supermajority point of order against any change in the off-budget status of social security.Motion Rejected42-58
Senate Vote 57 (1998)1998-04-01On the Motion to Table SCONRES86: To express the sense of the Senate regarding elementary and secondary school modernization and construction.Motion to Table Agreed to54-46
Senate Vote 56 (1998)1998-04-01On the Amendment SCONRES86: To express the sense of the Senate that the Committee on Finance shall consider and report a legislative proposal this year that would dedicate the Federal budget surplus to the establishment of a program of personal retirement accounts for working Americans.Amendment Agreed to51-49
Senate Vote 55 (1998)1998-04-01On the Motion SCONRES86: To provide middle class tax relief.Motion Rejected38-62
Senate Vote 54 (1998)1998-04-01On the Motion SCONRES86: To ensure that the tobacco reserve fund in the resolution protects public health.Motion Rejected46-54
Senate Vote 53 (1998)1998-04-01On the Amendment SCONRES86: To express the sense of the Congress regarding freedom of health care choice for medicare seniors.Amendment Agreed to51-47
Senate Vote 52 (1998)1998-03-31On the Motion SCONRES86: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for child care improvements.Motion Rejected50-48
Senate Vote 51 (1998)1998-03-31On the Amendment SCONRES86: To express the sense of the Senate that this resolution assumes that no immunity from liability will be provided to any manufacturer of a tobacco product.Amendment Agreed to79-19
Senate Vote 50 (1998)1998-03-31On the Motion SCONRES86: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce class size by hiring 100,000 teachers.Motion Rejected46-52
Senate Vote 49 (1998)1998-03-31On the Amendment SCONRES86: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should acknowledge the importance of at-home parents and should not discriminate against families who forego a second income in order for a mother or father to be at home with their children.Amendment Agreed to96-0
Senate Vote 48 (1998)1998-03-27On the Nomination PN9: M. Margaret McKeown, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth CircuitNomination Confirmed80-11
Senate Vote 47 (1998)1998-03-26On the Joint Resolution SJRES42: A joint resolution to disapprove the certification of the President under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1998.Joint Resolution Defeated45-54
Senate Vote 46 (1998)1998-03-26On the Cloture Motion HR2646: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.Cloture Motion Rejected58-42
Senate Vote 45 (1998)1998-03-26On the Motion to Table S1768: To provide amounts for HIPPA enforcement.Motion to Table Agreed to51-49
Senate Vote 44 (1998)1998-03-26On the Amendment S1768: To provide supplemental appropriations for the International Monetary Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.Amendment Agreed to84-16
Senate Vote 43 (1998)1998-03-25On the Amendment S1768: To express the sense of the Senate that the United Nations should recognize the generous support of United States taxpayers towards international peace and security.Amendment Agreed to90-10
Senate Vote 42 (1998)1998-03-25On the Motion to Table S1768: To ensure that additional funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency does not reduce the unified budget surplus.Motion to Table Agreed to68-31
Senate Vote 41 (1998)1998-03-25On the Motion to Table S1768: To remove the emergency designation for the supplemental appropriations to fund incremental costs of contingency operations in Bosnia.Motion to Table Agreed to92-8
Senate Vote 40 (1998)1998-03-24On the Motion to Table S1768: To ensure that the surplus in fiscal years 1999 through 2003, proposed by the President to be dedicated to save Social Security, will not be lowered by the enactment of this Act.Motion to Table Agreed to76-24
Senate Vote 39 (1998)1998-03-23On the Motion to Table S1768: To eliminate unrelated, wasteful, and unnecessary spending items from the bill.Motion to Table Agreed to61-31
Senate Vote 38 (1998)1998-03-19On the Cloture Motion HR2646: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.Cloture Motion Rejected55-44
Senate Vote 37 (1998)1998-03-18On the Concurrent Resolution SCONRES85: A concurrent resolution calling for an end to the violent repression of the people of Kosovo.Concurrent Resolution Agreed to98-0
Senate Vote 36 (1998)1998-03-18On the Motion to Proceed TREATYDOC10536: Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. These protocols were opened for signature at Brussels on December 16, 1997, and signed on behalf of the United States of America and other parties to the North Atlantic TreatyMotion to Proceed Agreed to55-44

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