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U.S. SENATE VOTE CHART
MAY 2001 TO JUNE 2002
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DURBIN
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FITZGERALD |
| 1 |
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Pass
$1.35 trillion, 10-year Bush tax cut |
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No |
Yes |
| 2 |
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Pass
Democrats’ $73 billion “economic stimulus” bill |
|
Yes |
No |
| 3 |
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Require that Medicare
Hospital Insurance surplus be used to “pay down” national debt |
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Yes |
No |
| 4 |
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Set
5-year cap on federal discretionary spending |
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No |
Yes |
| 5 |
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Increase
Senators’ pay by $4,900/year |
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No |
No |
| 6 |
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Boost
airport security, federalize all 28,000 airport screeners |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 7 |
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Limit
federal subsidies to individual farmers, not agribusiness corporations;
cap each payment at $275,000/year |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 8 |
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Cut
overall U.S. farm crop subsidies by $1.9 billion |
|
No |
Yes |
| 9 |
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Approve
$2 billion in diary farmer subsidies |
|
Yes |
No |
| 10 |
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Preserve
federal price supports for sugar growers |
|
Yes |
No |
| 11 |
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Approve
$345 billion defense spending bill |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 12 |
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Authorize
additional U.S. military base closings in 2003 |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 13 |
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Spend $15
million to buy back guns from citizens |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 14 |
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Pass
Republican Patients’ Rights bill, which restricts lawsuits to federal
court and caps non-economic damages |
|
No |
No |
| 15 |
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Pass
Democrats’ Patients’ Rights bill, which eases restrictions on suing
HMOs, regulates HMOs, and hikes HMO liability |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 16 |
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Vote
reform: require IDs from all first-time voters |
|
No |
Yes |
| 17 |
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Tax
break for businesses: allow 3-year tax write-off on capital purchases and
30% depreciation allowance |
|
No |
Yes |
| 18 |
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Stop
debate and allow vote on oil drilling in ANWR in Alaska |
|
No |
No |
| 19 |
|
Require
that 20% of all electricity production come from “renewable” sources
(wind, solar, ground gas, etc.) |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 20 |
|
Force
high-smog states to use ethanol in gasoline |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 21 |
|
Use tax
dollars for “needle exchange” for heroin users in Washington, D.C. |
|
Yes |
No |
| 22 |
|
Lift ban
on extending health benefits to gay “domestic partners” in Washington,
D.C. |
|
Yes |
No |
| 23 |
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Force
vote on bill to federalize “hate crimes,” and broaden category to
include discrimination against homosexuals |
|
Yes |
No |
| 24 |
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Withhold
federal funding to any school district that discriminates against the Boy
Scouts |
|
No |
Yes |
| 25 |
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Pass $50
million “pilot” school voucher program in 3 states and
10 cities |
|
No |
Yes |
| 26 |
|
Require
annual reading and math testing of public school students in grades 3-8 |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 27 |
|
Increase
federal education spending by $48.5 billion, and eliminate all
school-choice/voucher options |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 28 |
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Pass
$59.6 billion transportation funding bill |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 29 |
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Limit
federal agents’ wiretapping powers |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 30 |
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Block
reparations suits against Japan by World War II U.S. slave laborers |
|
No |
Yes |
| 31 |
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Pass
federal bankruptcy overhaul bill |
|
No |
Yes |
| 32 |
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Increase
funding for bi-lingual education |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| 33 |
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Ban U.S.
participation in International Criminal Court |
|
Yes |
Yes |
