Congressional Quarterly
Monday, August 7, 2000

Joseph I. Lieberman's Senate votes on key issues:

Bill	Vote
2000
Require so-called 527 political groups to disclose contribution and expenditure information (Senate Vote 160)	Y
Extend certain tariff benefits to the nations of the Caribbean, Central America and sub-Saharan Africa (Senate Vote 98)	Y
1999
Remove barriers among banking, securities and insurance industries (Senate Vote 354)	Y
Support Roe v. Wade right to abortion (Senate Vote 337)	Y
Limit debate on banning "soft money" campaign contributions (Senate Vote 331)	Y
Ratify Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Senate Vote 325)	Y
Support study of automotive fuel efficiency standards (Senate Vote 275)	Y
Kill amendment to ban all trade sanctions on food and medicine (Senate Vote 251)	Y
Reduce federal taxes by $792 billion over 10 years (Senate Vote 247)	N
Approve GOP patient protections and health-related tax incentives (Senate Vote 210)	N
Kill amendment to prohibit deployment of ground troops to Kosovo without congressional approval (Senate Vote 145)	Y
Require background checks on sales at gun shows (Senate Vote 134)	Y
Kill amendment to authorize state grants to hire teachers and reduce class size (Senate Vote 41)	N
Remove President Clinton -- Article I, grand jury perjury (Senate Vote 17)	N
Remove President Clinton -- Article II, obstruction of justice (Senate Vote 18)	N
Dismiss impeachment charges against President Clinton (Senate Vote 4)	Y
1998
Clear $500 billion-plus omnibus spending bill (Senate Vote 314)	Y
Ban "partial-birth" abortions (Senate Vote 277)	N
Kill proposal to limit president's ability to impose economic sanctions (Senate Vote 201)	Y
Prohibit same-sex military barracks and basic training (Senate Vote 180)	N
Approve tax-sheltered education savings accounts (Senate Vote 169)	Y
Limit debate on bill to increase tobacco restrictions (Senate Vote 161)	Y
Expand visa program for skilled workers (Senate Vote 141)	Y
Limit NATO expansion to Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic (Senate Vote 112)	N
Provide $17.9 billion for the International Monetary Fund (Senate Vote 44)	Y
Limit debate on McCain-Feingold plan to overhaul campaign finance laws (Senate Vote 16	Y
Ban human cloning (Senate Vote 10)	N
1997
Authorize president to make fast-track trade pacts (Senate Vote 292)	Y
Overturn line-item vetoes of 36 military projects (Senate Vote 287)	N
Create educational savings accounts (Senate Vote 288)	Y
Support campaign finance overhaul (Senate Vote 267)	Y
Earmark most NEA funds for state block grants (Senate Vote 246)	N
Approve means-based testing for Medicare insurance premiums (Senate Vote 113)	Y
Approve GOP budget to cut spending and taxes (Senate Vote 92)	Y
Ban "partial birth" abortions (Senate Vote 71)	N
Allow workers to choose between overtime and compensatory time (Senate Vote 68)	N
Approve chemical weapons ban (Senate Vote 51)	Y
Approve interim nuclear waste repository (Senate Vote 42)	N
Approve balanced-budget constitutional amendment (Senate Vote 24)	N
1996
Ban most partial-birth abortions (Senate Vote 301)	N
Prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation (Senate Vote 281)	Y
Replace federal welfare guarantee with block grants to the states (Senate Vote 262)	Y
Establish a temporary nuclear waste storage site in Nevada (Senate Vote 259)	N
Exempt small businesses from minimum wage increase (Senate Vote 183)	N
Consider a bill overhauling campaign finance laws (Senate Vote 168)	Y
Approve a constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget (Senate Vote 158)	N
Bipartisan plan to balance the budget in seven years (Senate Vote 150)	Y
Block a plan to allow tax-deductible medical savings accounts (Senate Vote 72)	Y
Grant the president line-item veto authority (Senate Vote 56)	Y
Limit punitive damages in product liability cases (Senate Vote 46)	Y
Strengthen the trade embargo against Cuba (Senate Vote 22)	Y
Replace farm price supports with seven years of annual fixed payments (Senate Vote 19)	Y
Replace farm price supports with seven years of annual fixed payments (Senate Vote 19)	Y
Deregulate telecommunications industry (Senate Vote 8)	Y
1995
Restrict class-action securities lawsuits (Senate Vote 612)	Y
Approve constitutional amendment prohibiting flag burning (Senate Vote 600)	N
Ban an abortion technique that opponents call 'partial birth' abortion (Senate Vote 596)	N
Approve budget-reconciliation package (Senate Vote 556)	N
Approve federal welfare overhaul (Senate Vote 443)	Y
Approve fiscal 1996 Defense Appropriations (Senate Vote 397)	Y
Require Packwood hearings to be held publicly (Senate Vote 352)	Y
Exclude certain items from gift ban (Senate Vote 339)	N
End Bosnian arms embargo (Senate Vote 331)	Y
Approve lobbyist reporting requirements (Senate Vote 328)	Y
Approve federal regulatory overhaul (Senate Vote 315)	N
Confirm Dr. Henry W. Foster Jr. as Surgeon General (Senate Vote 273)	Y
Repeal federal speed limits (Senate Vote 270)	N
Approve deregulation of telecommunications industries (Senate Vote 268)	N
Approve cap on punitive damages in product liability cases (Senate Vote 152)	Y
Approve presidential line-item veto (Senate Vote 115)	Y
Approve balanced-budget constitutional amendment (Senate Vote 98)	N
1994
Waive Senate budget rules to allow GATT vote (Senate Vote 328)	Y
Invoke cloture on California desert protection bill (Senate Vote 326)	Y
Invoke cloture on lobbying disclosure and gift ban bill (Senate Vote 322)	N
Invoke cloture on bill to set voluntary campaign spending caps (Senate Vote 314)	Y
Waive Senate budget rules to allow crime bill vote (Senate Vote 293)	Y
Approve fiscal 1996 Defense Appropriations (Senate Vote 397)	Y
Permit new regulations to require the use of ethanol in gasoline (Senate Vote 255)	N
End U.S. arms embargo on Bosnia (Senate Vote 181)	Y
Invoke cloture on bill to limit product liability (Senate Vote 170)	Y
Bar military action in Haiti without Congress' authorization (Senate Vote 172)	N
Require risk assessments of some new EPA regulations (Senate Vote 117)	Y
Safeguard access to abortion clinics (Senate Vote 112)	Y
Passage of budget resolution preserving spending levels (Senate Vote 113)	Y
Approve balanced-budget constitutional amendment (Senate Vote 48)	N
Kill amendment to reduce budget spending by $94 billion (Senate Vote 35)	N
Approve national education standards (Senate Vote 34)	Y
End U.S. trade embargo on Vietnam (Senate Vote 5)	Y
1993
Approve five-day waiting period for handgun purchases (Senate Vote 394)	Y
Invoke cloture on California desert protection bill (Senate Vote 326)	Y
Approve NAFTA (Senate Vote 395)	Y
Ban certain semiautomatic assault weapons (Senate Vote 375)	Y
Limit subpoena of Packwood diaries to ethics related entries (Senate Vote 347)	N
Cut U.S. military funding in Somalia after troop withdrawal (Senate Vote 314)	Y
Allow federal abortion funding (Senate Vote 290)	Y
Provide foreign aid including aid for the former Soviet Union (Senate Vote 287)	Y
Bar higher grazing fees and other public land reforms (Senate Vote 266)	N
Allow the president to determine if gays serve in the military (Senate Vote 250)	Y
Reduce spending for the Ballistic Missile Defense program (Senate Vote 251)	N
Authorize funds for the National Service program (Senate Vote 231)	Y
Confirm Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court (Senate Vote 232)	Y
Pass Clinton budget raising taxes and cutting spending (Senate Vote 190)	Y
Provide incentives to candidates to limit campaign spending (Senate Vote 158)	Y
Move to vote on President Clinton's economic stimulus plan (Senate Vote 105)	Y
Approve budget increasing taxes and reducing deficit (Senate Vote 83)	Y
Approve national "motor voter" registration bill (Senate Vote 38)	Y
Require unpaid family and medical leave (Senate Vote 11)	Y
Support president's right to lift military gay ban (Senate Vote 9)	Y
1992
Reauthorize water projects in Utah and California (Senate Vote 267)	Y
Override veto of cable TV rate cap bill (Senate Vote 264)	Y
Allow abortion counseling at federally-funded clinics (Senate Vote 254)	Y
Provide $26.5 billion for foreign assistance (Senate Vote 256)	Y
Reduce enterprise zones and IRA deductions (Senate Vote 240)	N
Override family and medical leave veto (Senate Vote 232)	Y
Impose 9-month moratorium on nuclear testing (Senate Vote 217)	Y
Oppose deeper cuts in spending for SDI (Senate Vote 182)	N
Provide extended unemployment benefits (Senate Vote 145)	Y
Reject grace period before suspending Russian aid (Senate Vote 139)	Y
Override campaign finance reform veto (Senate Vote 88)	Y
Reject lifting fetal tissue research ban (Senate Vote 61)	N
Allow shifting funds from defense to domestic programs (Senate Vote 56)	N
Reject stricter nuclear power licensing procedures (Senate Vote 20)	N
Approve school-choice pilot program (Senate Vote 5)	Y
1991
Authorize $500 million to dismantle Soviet nuclear weapons (Senate Vote 274)	Y
Confirm Robert Gates as CIA director (Senate Vote 243)	Y
Invoke cloture on consideration of energy bill (Senate Vote 242)	N
Pass Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Senate Vote 238)	Y
Confirm Clarence Thomas to Supreme Court (Senate Vote 220)	N
Provide 12 weeks of family leave for workers (Senate Vote 215)	Y
Provide up to 20 additional weeks of unemployment benefits (Senate Vote 213)	Y
Transfer $3.1 billion to domestic programs from defense (Senate Vote 182)	N
Kill amendment to allow women to fly as combat pilots (Senate Vote 167)	N
Kill amendment to prevent deployment of anti-missile system (Senate Vote 169)	Y
Tie China's most-favored trade status to human-rights progress (Senate Vote 142)	Y
Raise senators' pay and ban honoraria (Senate Vote 133)	Y
Appropriate $509 million for superconducting super collider (Senate Vote 121)	Y
Approve waiting period for handgun purchases (Senate Vote 115)	Y
Lower federal share of costs for interstate-highway repair (Senate Vote 97)	Y
Authorize use of force in Persian Gulf (Senate Vote 2)	Y
1990
Oppose prohibition of certain semiautomatic weapons (Senate Vote 103)	N
Confirm Robert Gates as CIA director (Senate Vote 243)	Y
Support constitutional amendment on flag desecration (Senate Vote 128)	N
Oppose requiring parental notice for minors' abortions (Senate Vote 266)	Y
Halt production of B-2 stealth bomber at 13 planes (Senate Vote 272)	Y
Approve budget that cut spending and raised revenues (Senate Vote 292)	N
Pass civil rights bill over Bush veto (Senate Vote 304)	Y
1989
Oppose reduction of SDI funding (Senate Vote 148)	N
Kill amendment to allow women to fly as combat pilots (Senate Vote 167)	N
Oppose barring federal funds for "obscene" art (Senate Vote 216)	Y
Allow vote on capital gains tax cut (Senate Vote 295)	Y