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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3114: Burr Amdt No. 3114; To provide for the establishment of a reserve fund concerning pandemic influenza preparedness planning. Result: Agreed to (99-1, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3131: Baucus Amendment No. 3131; To require a study of debt held by foreigners. Result: Rejected (44-55, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3133: Conrad Amdt No. 3133; To increase funding to combat avian flu, increase local preparedness, and create a Manhattan Project-like effort to develop a vaccine to inoculate the U.S. Population against a pandemic by $5 billion in FY 2007 paid for by requiring tax...

On the Joint Resolution: H.J.Res.47; A joint resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. Result: Agreed to (52-48, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3131: Baucus Amendment No. 3131; To require a study of debt held by foreigners. Result: Rejected (44-55, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

S.Con.Res.83, the FY07 Budget Resolution

S.Res.402, a resolution to designate the first day of April 2006 as "National Asbestos Awareness Day"

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3015: Santorum Amdt. No. 3015; To provide an additional $550,000,000 for Amtrak for fiscal year 2007. Result: Rejected (39-59, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3086: Byrd Amdt. No. 3086; To preserve a national intercity passenger rail system by providing adequate funding of $1.45 billion for Amtrak in Fiscal Year 2007 and to fully offset this additional funding by closing corporate tax loopholes. Result: Rejected (44-53, 3 members...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3009: Nelson Amdt. No. 3009; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect medicare beneficiaries who enroll in the prescription drug benefit during 2006. Result: Rejected (49-49, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3004: Snowe Amdt. No. 3004; To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use the collective purchasing power of 40,000,000 Medicare beneficiaries to negotiate the best possible prices for prescription...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3015: Santorum Amdt. No. 3015; To provide an additional $550,000,000 for Amtrak for fiscal year 2007. Result: Rejected (39-59, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3054: Menendez Amdt. No. 3054; To provide an additional $965 million to make our ports more secure by increasing port security grants, increasing inspections, improving existing programs, and increasing research and development, and to fully offset this additional funding by...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3073: Grassley Amdt. No. 3073; To establish a reserve fund to allow for deficit-neutral legislation that would provide for an extension of the Medicare part D enrollment period. Result: Agreed to (76-22, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3086: Byrd Amdt. No. 3086; To preserve a national intercity passenger rail system by providing adequate funding of $1.45 billion for Amtrak in Fiscal Year 2007 and to fully offset this additional funding by closing corporate tax loopholes. Result: Rejected (44-53, 3 members...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3009: Nelson Amdt. No. 3009; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect medicare beneficiaries who enroll in the prescription drug benefit during 2006. Result: Rejected (49-49, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3004: Snowe Amdt. No. 3004; To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use the collective purchasing power of 40,000,000 Medicare beneficiaries to negotiate the best possible prices for prescription...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3061: McConnell Amdt. No. 3061; To provide funding for maritime security, including the Container Security Initiative, improved data for targeted cargo searches, and full background checks and security threat assessments of personnel at our nation's seaports. Result: Agreed...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3054: Menendez Amdt. No. 3054; To provide an additional $965 million to make our ports more secure by increasing port security grants, increasing inspections, improving existing programs, and increasing research and development, and to fully offset this additional funding by...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3073: Grassley Amdt. No. 3073; To establish a reserve fund to allow for deficit-neutral legislation that would provide for an extension of the Medicare part D enrollment period. Result: Agreed to (76-22, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]