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Senate Vote Descriptions (2001)
- Ashcroft Nomination (Roll Call Vote No. 8 )
2001-02-01
Confirmation of President Bush's nomination of John Ashcroft of Missouri to be attorney general. ACU supported this nomination, and considers it a critical test of whether conservatives could be confirmed for executive nominations by the Senate and, ther
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: supported
The vote was: 58-45
- Individual Retirement Accounts S. 420 (Roll Call Vote No. 21 )
2001-03-13
Sessions (R-AL) motion to protect individual retirement accounts from limitations imposed during bankruptcy proceedings.
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 61-37
- Bankruptcy Overhaul S. 420 (Roll Call Vote No. 33 )
2001-03-15
Wellstone (D-MN) amendment that would break private contractual arrangements by allowing the average of a debtor's last two months of income to be used to determine the ability to pay a threshold amount of debt.
ACU opposed this bill.This bill was: defeated
The vote was: 22-77
- Campaign Finance Overhaul - Union and Shareholder Consent S. 27 (Roll Call Vote No. 43 )
2001-03-21
McCain (R-AZ) motion to kill the Hatch (R-UT) amendment that would require unions and corporations to obtain permission from dues-paying members or shareholders before spending money on political activities. It also would require corporations or labor org
ACU opposed this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 69-31
- Campaign Finance Overhaul - Union and Corporate Disclosure S. 27 (Roll Call Vote No. 44 )
2001-03-21
McCain (R-AZ) motion to kill the Hatch (R-UT) amendment that would require corporations and unions that spend money on political activities to provide detailed disclosure of funds spent on political activities to the corporation's shareholders or labor or
ACU opposed this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 60-40
- Campaign Finance Overhaul - Non-Severability S. 27 (Roll Call Vote No. 59 )
2001-03-29
Dodd (D-CT) motion to kill the Frist (R-TN) amendment that would provide that if one of several specific provisions in the underlying bill, mainly the ban on soft money, disclosure requirements for issue-group advertising, and hard money limits, is found
ACU opposed this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 57-43
- Defense Spending Increase H. Con. Res. 83 (Roll Call Vote No. 72 )
2001-04-04
Warner (R-VA) amendment to the Budget Act providing for an increase of $8.5 billion for national defense spending.
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: passed
The vote was: 84-16
- Bolton Nomination (Roll Call Vote No. 92 )
2001-05-08
Confirmation of President Bush's nomination of John Robert Bolton of Maryland to be Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: supported
The vote was: 57-43
- Budget Resolution Cappign Spending H. Con. Res. 83 (Roll Call Vote No. 98 )
2001-05-10
Adoption of the final version of the Budget Resolution, calling for approximately $1.35 trillion in tax cuts through fiscal 2011, including a $100 billion stimulus package. "Discretionary" spending was capped at $661.3 billion, about equally divided betw
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: passed
The vote was: 53-47
- Accelerated Elimination of Marriage Penalty HR 1836 (Roll Call Vote No. 113 )
2001-05-17
Hutchison (R-TX) amendment to the tax cut bill that would accelerate the elimination of the so-called "marriage penalty" in the standard deduction, so that it would be fully phased out in 2002.
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: defeated
The vote was: 27-73
- Capital Gains Tax Rate Reduction HR 1836 (Roll Call Vote No. 115 )
2001-05-21
Gregg (R-NH) motion to allow consideration of his amendment to the tax cut bill. His amendment would provide for a temporary reduction in the maximum capital gains rate from 20 percent to 15 percent, to stimulate the economy.
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: defeated
The vote was: 47-51
- Tax Cut Bill HR 1836 (Roll Call Vote No. 170 )
2001-05-26
Adoption of the final version of the tax cut bill, reducing taxes by $1.35 trillion through 2010 through income tax rate cuts, relief of the "marriage penalty," a phase-out of the federal estate tax, doubling the child tax credit, and providing incentives
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 58-33
- School Vouchers S. 1 (Roll Call Vote No. 179 )
2001-06-12
Gregg (R-NH) amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization bill that would create a demonstration program in 10 school districts to allow public school children to use federal funds in the form of vouchers to transfer to another publ
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: defeated
The vote was: 41-58
- Boy Scouts S. 1 (Roll Call Vote No. 189 )
2001-06-14
Helms (R-NC) amendment to the education bill that would allow federal education funds to be withheld from public elementary and secondary schools that bar the Boy Scouts from using school facilities.
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: passed
The vote was: 53-45
- Medical Savings Accounts S. 1052 (Roll Call Vote No. 216 )
2001-06-29
Baucus (D-MT) motion to kill the Craig (R-ID) amendment to the Patients' Rights Bill that would express the sense of the Senate that a patients' rights bill should remove restrictions on the private sector medical savings account demonstration program. A
ACU opposed this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 53-45
- Waiver of the Right to Sue S. 1052 (Roll Call Vote No. 218 )
2001-06-29
Kyl (R-AZ) amendment to the Patients' Rights Bill hat would allow health plan issuers to provide a lower cost health plan to participants who waive their right to sue.
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: defeated
The vote was: 42-54
- Decrease Navy Appropriations S. 1077 (Roll Call Vote No. 225 )
2001-07-10
Inouye (D-HI) motion to kill an attempt to decrease funds appropriated for a Navy aircraft program and use the funds to increase U.S. contribution to a global trust fund to combat HIV/Aids.
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 79-20
- Allow Limited Oil and Gas Development HR 2217 (Roll Call Vote No. 231 )
2001-07-12
Landrieu (D-LA) motion to permit oil and gas development in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 67-33
- Taxpayer Funding for Gun Turn-Ins HR 2620 (Roll Call Vote No. 267 )
2001-08-02
Craig (R-ID) motion to kill an amendment to the Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill creating a $15 million program for HUD to buy guns from the public.
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 65-33
- Strikes by Public Safety Employees HR 3061 (Roll Call Vote No. 323 )
2001-11-06
Motion to limit debate on the Daschle (D-SD) amendment to the Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill that would provide collective bargaining rights, including the right to strike, to police, firemen, and other public safety officers employed by states, counties a
ACU opposed this bill.This bill was: defeated
The vote was: 56-44
- Needle Exchange Programs HR 2994 (Roll Call Vote No. 328 )
2001-11-07
Landrieu (D-LA) motion to allow the use of taxpayer funds for needle exchange programs in the District of Columbia.
ACU opposed this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 53-47
- Emergency Terrorism Spending HR 3338 (Roll Call Vote No. 328 )
2001-12-07
Gramm (R-TX) raised a point of order against a Byrd (D-WV) amendment that would have increased emergency terrorist response money by $15 billion more than the president wanted and the House had passed. ACU supported the Gramm position, which prevailed by
ACU supported this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 50-50
- International Criminal Court HR 3338 (Roll Call Vote No. 358 )
2001-12-07
Dodd (D-CT) amendment that would move the United States towards participation in the International Criminal Court for the prosecution of crimes against humanity.
ACU opposed this bill.This bill was: defeated
The vote was: 48-51
- Dairy Cartel S. 1731 (Roll Call Vote No. 362 )
2001-12-11
Agriculture Overhaul - Dairy Policy Harkin, D-Iowa, motion to preserve in the Agriculture Overhaul Bill a $2 billion direct taxpayer subsidy to milk producers.
ACU opposed this bill.This bill was: adopted
The vote was: 51-47
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