Lo-lights of Kerry's Senate Record

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[Sparky1776]

April 10, 2003 S151 "An Act to prevent child abduction and the sexual exploitation of children, and for other purposes" (Amber Alert) Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting Edwards (D-NC), Yea

Sept 10, 2001, SA 1538 "To provide protection to American Servicemen who were used in World War II as slave labor" Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting Edwards (D-NC), Not Voting

May 22, 2001 SA 781 "To reduce debt by eliminating the repeal of the estate tax" Kerry (D-MA), Yea Edwards (D-NC), Yea

April 5, 2001 SA 349 "To provide tax credits for small business to purchase health insurance for their employees and to provide for the deductibility of health insurance for the self-employed and those who don't receive health insurance from their employers and for long-term care" Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

April 5, 2001, SA 347 "To eliminate the marriage penalty tax" Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

March 27, 2001 SA 148 (Kerry Amendment) "To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide partial public financing for Senate candidates who abide by voluntary spending limits" Kerry (D-MA), Yea Edwards (D-NC), Nay

March 23, 2001 SA 141 On the Motion to Table (Motion To Table Helms Amdt. No. 141 As Modified ) "To require labor organizations to provide notice to members concerning their rights with respect to the expenditure of funds for activities unrelated to collective bargaining" Kerry (D-MA), Yea Edwards (D-NC), Yea

October 11, 2000 HR3244 (Aimee's Law) "A bill to combat trafficking of persons, especially into the sex trade, slavery, and slavery-like conditions in the United States and countries around the world through prevention, through prosecution and enforcement against traffickers, and through protection and assistance to victims of trafficking" Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting Edwards (D-NC), Yea

July 18, 2000 SA3875 "To pay down the debt by striking the tax cuts" Kerry (D-MA), Yea (one of twenty) Edwards (D-NC), Nay

July 13, 2000 SA3836 "To repeal the increase in tax on Social Security benefits" Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

June 29, 2000 SA3691 "To prohibit health discrimination on the basis of genetic information or genetic services." Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

April 7, 2000 SA3078 "To express the sense of the Senate that any increase in the minimum wage should be accompanied by tax relief for small businesses" Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

March 29, 2000 S.J.Res.14 "Flag Desecration Amendment" Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

March 2, 2000 SA2827 "To eliminate the marriage penalty in the reduction in permitted contributions to education individual retirement accounts" Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

March 2, 2000 SA2869 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. Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

October 21, 1999 S1692 "A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial birth abortions" Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

July 22, 1999 SA 1306 "To ensure that parties to the tuna convention pay their fair share of the expenses of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission before they are allowed to export tuna to the United States" Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

July 15, 1999 SA 1243 "To expand deductibility of long-term care to individuals; expand direct access to obstetric and gynelogical care; provide timely access to specialists; and expand patient access to emergency care" Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

March 25, 1999 SA 146 "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" Kerry (D-MA), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay

February 12, 1999, HR611 "A resolution impeaching William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors" Kerry (D-MA), Not Guilty Edwards (D-NC), Not Guilty

September 16, 1998 S1645 "A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

April 2, 1998 SA2222 "To use any budget surplus to reduce payroll tax and establish personal retirement accounts for hard-working Americans" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

March 25, 1998 SA2130 "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" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

September 11, 1997 SA1081 "To limit the use of taxpayer funds for any future International Brotherhood of Teamsters leadership election" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

July 23, 1997 SR109 "A resolution condemning the Government of Canada for its failure to accept responsibility for the illegal blockade of a U.S. vessel in Canada, and calling on the President to take appropriate action" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

June 27, 1997 SA552 "To let families decide for themselves how best to use their child tax credit" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

June 25, 1997 SA496 "To strike the limitation on the coverage of abortions" Kerry (D-MA), Yea

May 23, 1997 SA357 "To provide children who have been victims of violent crime the ability to transfer to another school by allowing states and local educational agencies to use Federal eductation funds in the jurisdiction of the Labor Committee to assist such victims in attending any other school of their choice, whether public, private, or sectarian" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

April 17, 1997 S495 "A bill to provide criminal and civil penalties for the unlawful acquisition, transfer, or use of any chemical weapon or biological weapon, and to reduce the threat of acts of terrorism or armed aggression involving the use of any such weapon against the United States, its citizens, or Armed Forces, or those of any allied country, and for other purposes" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

September 10, 1996 HR3396 "A bill to define and protect the institution of marriage" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

September 5, 1996 SR. 288 "A resolution regarding the United States response to Iraqi aggression" Kerry (D-MA), Yea

June 6, 1996 HJ Res1 "A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

May 22, 1996 SA4088 "To provide for an income tax deduction for the old age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

March 7, 1996 SA3465 "To increase the public debt limit" Kerry (D-MA), Yea

December 22, 1995 HR4 "A bill to restore the American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending and reduce welfare dependence" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

September 20, 1995 SA2723 "To prohibit financial assistance to Vietnam unless certain conditions relating to Americans unaccounted for from the Vietnam War are met" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

September 11, 1995 SA2523 "To require single, able-bodied individuals receiving food stamps to work at least 40 hours every 4 weeks" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

July 27, 1995 SA1854 "To prohibit the use of amounts made available under this Act for the promotion or encouragement of homosexuality or intravenous drug use" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

July 27, 1994 SA2416 "To prohibit funds to any State or local educational agency which has a policy of denying constitutionally protected prayer in public schools by individuals on a voluntary basis" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

July 1, 1994 On the Motion to Table SA2164 "To prohibit registration under the Selective Service System and to terminate the activities of civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

March 25, 1994 SA1598 "To reimburse states for costs resulting from Federal Government's failure to control our borders and curb illegal immigrants" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

February 8, 1994 SA1386 "To provide a low-income school choice demonstration program" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

January 26, 1994 Motion to Table SA1254 "To strike all language in Section 170A relating to support for an international criminal court" Kerry (D-MA), Yea (to table)

November 17, 1993 SA1199 "To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide the death penalty for engaging in a continuing criminal drug enterprise involving a large quantity of drugs" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

October 14, 1993 Motion to Table SA 1036 "To achieve greater cooperation from allies of the United States and international organizations for the support of the costs involved in development and production of Theater Missile Defense systems." Kerry (D-MA), Yea (to table)

July 21, 1993 Motion to Table SA 607 "To make veterans eligible for national service educational awards" Kerry (D-MA), Yea (to table)

July 14, 1993 Motion to Table SA 567 "To provide military personnel the same political freedoms as civilian personnel" Kerry (D-MA), Yea (to table)

March 17, 1993 SA 112 " To require procedures to be developed and implemented to register voters upon their being inducted into the Armed Forces and to allow members of the Armed Forces to vote by Absentee ballot" Kerry (D-MA), Yea (to table)

September 22, 1992 SA3118 "To prevent the use of tax dollars to support efforts by charitable organizations to compel the Boy Scouts of America to accept, as members or leaders, homosexuals, or other individuals who reject the Boy Scout's oath of allegiance to God and country" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

September 18, 1992 SA3041 "To eliminate authorizations for the B-2 bomber aircraft program" Kerry (D-MA), Yea

July 30, 1992 Motion to Table SA2799 "To prevent the District of Columbia from implementing a system of registration for unmarried, cohabitating homosexual, lesbian, and heterosexual couples in the Nation's Capital in order to sanction such relationships and to grant such unmarried couples certain rights and benefits traditionally reserved for couples who have entered into the legally enforceable bonds of matrimony" Kerry (D-MA), Yea (to table)

March 31, 1992 SA1749 "To provide for the establishment of a physician and hospital registry and a fetal tissue bank" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

February 27, 1992 Sa 1698 "To grant legislative line item veto recission authority to the President of the United States to reduce the Federal budget deficit" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

July 29, 1991 Motion to Table SA 892 "To encourage employment of U. S. citizens by certain international organizations" Kerry (D-MA), Yea (to table)

July 9, 1991 SA 486 "To establish rights of law enforcement officers" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

January 12, 1991 SJ.Res.2 "Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

October 24, 1990 SA3119 "To prohibit the use of funds by the National Endowment for the Arts to promote, distribute, disseminate, or produce materials that depict or describe sexual or excretory activities or organs" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

July 31, 1990 SA2438 "To protect the rights of workers to choose whether their collective bargaining dues or any other payment required as a condition of employment shall be used for political purposes" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

July 27, 1990 SA 2389 "To prohibit U.S. financial institutions, whose deposits are insured by the United States taxpayer, from extending credit to the Soviet Union at interest rates below those offered to American farmers" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

June 28, 1990 SA 2097 "To provide for the death penalty for drug kingpins" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

June 26, 1990 SA 2067 "To restore the American Flag to its place of honor as the symbol of the United States of America" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

February 8, 1990 SA 1251 "To provide that it is the sense of the Senate that homosexuality should not be promoted in any manner by the Federal or State government" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

October 26, 1989 S 1789 "A bill to provide for the imposition of the death penalty for the terrorist murder of United States nationals abroad" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

July 20, 1989 Motion to Table SA 270 "To prohibit negotiations with terrorists responsible for the murder, injury, or kidnapping of an American citizen" Kerry (D-MA), Yea (to table)

June 1, 1989 SA114 "To express the sense of the Senate that a democratically elected government be in place in Panama before the Senate gives its advice and consent for the nominee for the position of Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

March 17, 1989 PN216 "Richard B. Cheney, of Wyoming, to be Secretary of Defense" Kerry (D-MA), Yea to confirm! (Even a broken clock is right twice a day).

[LibWhacker]

Thanks. Bookmarked.

[nobs04]

Excellant research. TY

[mattdono]

Bump.

[T'wit]

Yuck! The only thing I can say about this list is that when it comes to doing exactly the wrong thing, Kerry never wavers, waffles or flip-flops. He's always wrong.

Of course that's what it means to be a liberal. Liberals are always wrong, even when they come down on both sides of an issue.

[Southack]

"May 22, 2001 SA 781 "To reduce debt by eliminating the repeal of the estate tax" Kerry (D-MA), Yea Edwards (D-NC), Yea" - Sparky1776

NEWBIES need to be especially careful on their very first post to FR, lest we think they are spreading disinformation (i.e. bait that we *wish* to hear rather than the actual truth).

S.781
Title: A bill to restore balance to the membership of the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council.
Sponsor: Sen Lott, Trent [MS] (introduced 4/3/2003) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 4/3/2003 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery

S.AMDT.781 [SA781]
Amends: S.1050
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] (submitted 5/21/2003)
AMENDMENT PURPOSE: Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR S6882
TITLE __--NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL SYSTEM AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL... ``CHAPTER 99--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL SYSTEM

[drq]

good work

[Southack]

c#6

[savedbygrace]

This is good. Thx.

[infidel29]

Okay, now how do we tell every American about this record of futility in the next 2 weeks?

[Southack]

c#6

[Sparky1776]

I'm fairly sure that I'm correct. I think we are looking at two different years, 2001 & 2003. I'll check.

[Sparky1776]

Sorry it was my typo, same date. SA726 from May 22, 2001.

I welcome any other corrections from typos but the record is his.

[Cicero]

March 25, 1998 SA2130 "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" Kerry (D-MA), Nay

I must say I find this especially egregious. Kerry bows so deeply to the UN that he won't even criticize them for insulting our country with a toothless sense of the senate resolution.

[Southack]

I stand corrected.

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 107^th Congress - 1^st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Amendment (Conrad Amdt. No. 781 )
Vote Number:	158	Vote Date:	May 22, 2001, 09:11 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Amendment Rejected
Amendment Number:	S.Amdt. 781 to H.R. 1836 (Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 )
Statement of Purpose:	To reduce debt by eliminating the repeal of the estate tax.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	42
	NAYs	57
	Not Voting	1

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Yea Allard (R-CO), Nay Allen (R-VA), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Nay Bennett (R-UT), Nay Biden (D-DE), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Breaux (D-LA), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Nay Bunning (R-KY), Nay Burns (R-MT), Nay Byrd (D-WV), Yea Campbell (R-CO), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Carnahan (D-MO), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Chafee (R-RI), Yea Cleland (D-GA), Nay Clinton (D-NY), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Nay Collins (R-ME), Nay Conrad (D-ND), Yea Corzine (D-NJ), Yea Craig (R-ID), Nay Crapo (R-ID), Nay Daschle (D-SD), Yea Dayton (D-MN), Yea DeWine (R-OH), Nay Dodd (D-CT), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Nay Dorgan (D-ND), Yea

Durbin (D-IL), Yea Edwards (D-NC), Yea Ensign (R-NV), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Nay Feingold (D-WI), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Fitzgerald (R-IL), Nay Frist (R-TN), Nay Graham (D-FL), Yea Gramm (R-TX), Nay Grassley (R-IA), Nay Gregg (R-NH), Nay Hagel (R-NE), Nay Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Nay Helms (R-NC), Nay Hollings (D-SC), Yea Hutchinson (R-AR), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Jeffords (R-VT), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Yea Kennedy (D-MA), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Not Voting Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (D-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Nay Lott (R-MS), Nay Lugar (R-IN), Nay

McCain (R-AZ), Nay McConnell (R-KY), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Miller (D-GA), Nay Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murray (D-WA), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Nay Nelson (D-NE), Nay Nickles (R-OK), Nay Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Nay Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Santorum (R-PA), Nay Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Nay Smith (R-NH), Nay Smith (R-OR), Nay Snowe (R-ME), Nay Specter (R-PA), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Nay Thomas (R-WY), Nay Thompson (R-TN), Nay Thurmond (R-SC), Nay Torricelli (D-NJ), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Nay Warner (R-VA), Nay Wellstone (D-MN), Yea Wyden (D-OR

[Sparky1776]

I couldn't believe it myself and I'm from Mass & know all about him.

[Sparky1776]

Thanks all, make sure to visit the Library of Congress site often, wished more did.

[Sparky1776]

Yuck? This will be nothing if he wins, he'll make Barney Frank his AG!

[Sparky1776]

No worries, thanks for posting the entire vote. I think a lot of moms might be interested to know he didn't find time to vote for either the Amber Alert (98-0) nor Aimee's Law (95-0).

[T'wit]

I thought "yuck" was properly expressive :-)

Since you mention Barney Frank, it occurs to me that I'd rather have HIM as president than John Kerry.