Three days, three votes
I liked Fred Clark's post, "Congressional box scores", concerning three Senate roll calls on three successive days: June 15, 16 and 17. I decided to check up on my Senators (and one other Senator), as well as compare how the Senate's web site summarized the issues with how the Wilmington News-Journal did.
Kennedy Amdt. No. 3263 to S. 2400 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005): To prohibit the use of funds for the support of new nuclear weapons development under the Stockpile Services Advanced Concepts Initiative or for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP).
Defeated 42 - 55 with 3 not voting
Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting
Santorum (R-PA), Nay
Specter (R-PA), Nay
On the Motion to Table Dodd Amdt. No. 3313 to S. 2400 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005): To prohibit the use of contractors for certain Department of Defense activities and to establish limitations on the transfer of custody of prisoners of the Department of Defense.
Passed (i.e. the amendment was defeated) 54 - 43 with 3 not voting
Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting
Santorum (R-PA), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Boxer Amdt. No. 3368 to S. 2400 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005): To allow deployment of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the national ballistic missile defense system only after the mission-related capabilities of the system have been confirmed by operationally realistic testing.
Defeated 42 - 57 with 1 not voting
Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting
Santorum (R-PA), Nay
Specter (R-PA), Nay
How disappointing! (See later post above on Kerry not voting.)
Original post by Hugh at
6/24/2004 05:38:00 PM Eastern time
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