S.Res.247, a resolution condemning the anti-Semitic remarks of the outgoing Prime Minister of Malaysia H.R.1516, a bill to provide for the establishment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs five additional cemeteries in the National Cemetery System H.R.1900, a bill to award a Congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously) S.300, a bill to award a…
On Passage of the Bill: S.1689 As Amended; An original bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.Result: Passed (87-12, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1885: Motion To Table Brownback S.Amdt.1885 As Modified; To reduce the amount appropriated for reconstruction in Iraq by $600,000,000 and to increase the amount available to the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps by $50,000,000, the amount available for Afghanistan by $400,000,000, and the amount available for Liberia.Result: Agreed to (55-43,…
On Passage of the Bill: S.1689 As Amended; An original bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.Result: Passed (87-12, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1885: Motion To Table Brownback S.Amdt.1885 As Modified; To reduce the amount appropriated for reconstruction in Iraq by $600,000,000 and to increase the amount available to the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps by $50,000,000, the amount available for Afghanistan by $400,000,000, and the amount available for Liberia.Result: Agreed to (55-43,…
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1888: Motion To Table Byrd S.Amdt.1888; To eliminate the flexibility given to the President to reallocate all of the $20.3 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds, without approval by Congress.Result: Agreed to (49-46, 5 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1886: Motion To Table Byrd S.Amdt.1886; To prohibit the use of funds for the involuntary deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom of members of the National Guard and Reserves who have been involuntarily deployed for more than six months during the preceding six years.Result: Agreed to (82-15,…
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1888: Motion To Table Byrd S.Amdt.1888; To eliminate the flexibility given to the President to reallocate all of the $20.3 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds, without approval by Congress.Result: Agreed to (49-46, 5 members not voting, 1/2 threshold)Details: [click here]
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1819: Motion To Table Byrd S.Amdt.1819; To prohibit the use of Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds for low priority activities that should not be the responsibility of U.S. taxpayers, and shift $600 million from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund to Defense Operations and Maintenance, Army, for significantly improving…
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1886: Motion To Table Byrd S.Amdt.1886; To prohibit the use of funds for the involuntary deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom of members of the National Guard and Reserves who have been involuntarily deployed for more than six months during the preceding six years.Result: Agreed to (82-15,…