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On the Amendment S.Amdt. 408: Lautenberg Amdt. No. 408; To require polluters to pay for cleanup of toxic waste sites, by reinstating the original superfund taxes. Result: Rejected (43-56, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 413: Bunning Amdt. No. 413; To repeal a 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits. Result: Rejected (47-52, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 423: Corzine Amdt. No. 423; To provide increased funding for environmental protection and natural resources conservation. Result: Rejected (47-52, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 420: Breaux Amdt. No. 420; To redirect $396 billion into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long term. Result: Agreed to (51-48, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 418: Clinton Amdt. No. 418; To raise the caps and provide direct first responder funding to localities and for high threat areas through the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in 2003 and 2004, to restore funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 330: Carper Amdt. No. 330; In the nature of a substitute. Result: Rejected (42-57, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 419: Dodd Amdt. No. 419; To increase the budget authority for Federal "FIRE Act" grants and to express the sense of the Senate that from the total funding provided for Federal "FIRE Act" grants, not less than $1,000,000,000 per year will be used for grants to local...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 413: Bunning Amdt. No. 413; To repeal a 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits. Result: Rejected (47-52, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 417: Bingaman Amdt No. 417; To increase Mandatory Child Care Spending by $4.6 billion over five years and $9.1 billion over ten years by reducing the tax cut. Result: Rejected (49-50, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 420: Breaux Amdt. No. 420; To redirect $396 billion into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long term. Result: Agreed to (51-48, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 396: Harkin Amdt. No. 396; To help rural health care providers and hospitals receive a fair reimbursement for services under Medicare by reducing tax cuts to the wealthiest income brackets. Result: Rejected (49-49, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 418: Clinton Amdt. No. 418; To raise the caps and provide direct first responder funding to localities and for high threat areas through the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in 2003 and 2004, to restore funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 318: Leahy Amdt. No. 318; To increase the level of funding in fiscal year 2004 for first responders by $3,000,000,000 (to a total of $6,500,000,000) to support their efforts to protect homeland security and prevent and respond to acts of terrorism, and to reduce tax...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 419: Dodd Amdt. No. 419; To increase the budget authority for Federal "FIRE Act" grants and to express the sense of the Senate that from the total funding provided for Federal "FIRE Act" grants, not less than $1,000,000,000 per year will be used for grants to local...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 361: Daschle Amdt. No, 361; To fulfill the U.S. commitment to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. Result: Rejected (48-51, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 417: Bingaman Amdt No. 417; To increase Mandatory Child Care Spending by $4.6 billion over five years and $9.1 billion over ten years by reducing the tax cut. Result: Rejected (49-50, 1 member not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 415: Dodd Amdt. No. 415; To increase funding for after-school programs to the levels promised by the No Child Left Behind Act to serve 1.6 million more children in FY 2004 and to increase funding for Head Start to serve 80 percent of eligible 3 and 4 year olds and increase...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 396: Harkin Amdt. No. 396; To help rural health care providers and hospitals receive a fair reimbursement for services under Medicare by reducing tax cuts to the wealthiest income brackets. Result: Rejected (49-49, 2 members not voting, 1/2 threshold) Details: [click here]

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 315: Kennedy Amdt. No. 315; To ensure that the budget includes funds to extend temporary unemployment compensation benefits, provides benefits to the million long-term unemployed Americans, and provides benefits to part-time and low-wage workers. Result: Rejected (48-51, 1...

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 318: Leahy Amdt. No. 318; To increase the level of funding in fiscal year 2004 for first responders by $3,000,000,000 (to a total of $6,500,000,000) to support their efforts to protect homeland security and prevent and respond to acts of terrorism, and to reduce tax...