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2002 - US Congressional
List of Roll Call Votes:
Liberty Report Cards
Senate – Personal
[1] 31. Election Overhaul/to give ex-felons the right to vote. Rejected
31-63 (RLC VOTE = N)
[2] 32. Election Overhaul/concerning punch card voting. Rejected 44-50 (RLC
VOTE = N)
[3] 33. Election Overhaul/to give federal workers administrative leave to
work as poll watchers. Rejected 46-49 (RLC VOTE = N)
[4] 34. Election Overhaul/to allow election departments to purge inactive
voters. Rejected 40-55 (RLC VOTE = N)
[5] 38. Election Overhaul/to strike a provision requiring voter
identification. Not killed 46-51 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[6] 54. Campaign Finance Reform. Approved 60-40 (RLC VOTE = N)
[7] 63. Election Overhaul/to remove a requirement to notify those casting
provisional ballots as to whether their vote was accepted. Adopted 56-43 (RLC
VOTE = Y)
[8] 64. Election Overhaul/to establish a “residual voter error rate.”
Rejected 48-52 (RLC VOTE = N)
[9] 108. Cassell Nomination. Approved 67-20 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[10] 129. Andean Trade/to kill an amendment to establish the primary
objective regarding human rights and democracy. Not killed 42-53 (RLC VOTE =
N)
[11] 139. Supplemental Appropriations/to cooperate with the international
criminal court in cases such as Saddam Hussein. Killed 55-40 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[12] 140. Supplemental Appropriations/to prohibit cooperation with the
international criminal court. Approved 75-19 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[13] 147. Hate Crimes/cloture. Cloture not invoked. 54-43 (RLC VOTE = N)
[14] 152. Terrorism Insurance/to limit punitive damages. Killed 50-46 (RLC
VOTE = N)
[15] 160. Defense Authorization/to allow military abortions. Adopted 54-40 (RLC
VOTE = Y)
[16] 197. Drug Patents/to table an amendment to limit medical malpractice.
Killed 57-42 (RLC VOTE = N)
[17] 201. Drug Patents. To ease introduction of generics, and to ease
purchase of drugs from Canada. Passed 78-21 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[18] 210. Homeland Security/to allow armed pilots. Adopted 87-6 (RLC VOTE =
Y)
[19] 235. Use of Force/to require a UN Resolution. Rejected 24-75 (RLC VOTE
= N)
[20] 237. Use of Force/to authorize the use of force against Iraq. Passed
77-23 (RLC VOTE = N)
Senate – Economic
[1] 2. Adoption Tax Credit/to waive the Budget Act with regard to $2.4
Billion emergency farm aid. Rejected 57-33 (RLC VOTE = N)
[2] 6. Adoption Tax Credit/to waive the Budget Act with regard to extending
Unemployment Insurance benefits. Rejected 57-35 (RLC VOTE = N)
[3] 8. Adoption Tax Credits/to waive the Budget Act with regard to
increasing the federal match for Medicaid. Rejected 54-41 (RLC VOTE = N)
[4] 18. Farm Bill/to table an amendment to limit payments to individual
farmers. Rejected 31-60 (RLC VOTE = N)
[5] 25. Farm Aid/emergency farm aid. Adopted 69-30 (RLC VOTE = N)
[6] 30. Farm Bill. Passed 58-40 (RLC VOTE = N)
[7] 47. Energy Plan/to relax CAFÉ standards. Adopted 62-38 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[8] 50. Energy Plan/to promote renewable energy sources. 27-70 (RLC VOTE =
N)
[9] 60. Energy Plan/to regulate commodities trading. Rejected 40-59 (RLC
VOTE = N)
[10] 62. Energy Plan/to deregulate electricity. Rejected 32-67 (RLC VOTE =
Y)
[11] 71. Energy Plan/ANWR/to invoke cloture. Cloture not invoked 46-54 (RLC
VOTE = Y)
[12] 88. Energy Plan/to table an amendment to postpone date for mandated
ethanol use. Killed 60-39 (RLC VOTE = N)
[13] 91. Energy Plan/to table an amendment to relax a mandate for
alternative vehicles. Killed 91-8 (RLC VOTE = N)
[14] 111. Andean Trade/to protect textile inductry. Adopted 66-33 (RLC VOTE
= N)
[15] 114. Andean Trade/to table an amendment to strike wage insurance from
the bill. Killed 58-38 (RLC VOTE = N)
[16] 115. Andean Trade/to table a motion to promote labor and environmental
standards. Killed 52-46 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[17] 123. Andean Trade/to table an anti-dumping amendment. Killed 49-47 (RLC
VOTE = Y)
[18] 127. Andean Trade/to table a motion opposing privatization. Killed
49-47 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[19] 130. Andean Trade. Passed 66-30 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[20] 151. Estate Tax/to waive the Budget Act and make the repeal permanent.
Rejected 54-44 (RLC VOTE = Y)
House – Personal
[1] 19. Campaign Finance Reform/Armey Substitute. Rejected 179-249 (RLC VOTE
= Y)
[2] 21. Campaign Finance Reform/Shays-Meahan Substitute. Accepted 240-191 (RLC
VOTE = N)
[3] 28. Campaign Finance Reform/to increase individual contribution limits.
Adopted 218-211 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[4] 97. Abortion/to make it a federal offense to transport a minor across a
state border to evade a state’s parental consent law. Passed 260-161 (RLC
VOTE = Y)
[5] 153. Defense Authorization/overseas abortions. Rejected 202-215 (RLC
VOTE = Y)
[6] 154. Defense Authorization/border security. Adopted 232-183 (RLC VOTE =
N)
[7] 155. Defense Authorization/international tribunals. Adopted 264-152 (RLC
VOTE = Y)
[8] 175. Expansion of Wiretaps. Adopted 396-11 (RLC VOTE = N)
[9] 238. Election Overhaul/motion to instruct. Rejected 206-210 (RLC VOTE =
N)
[10] 288. Armed Commercial Airline Pilots/amendment to strengthen the bill.
Adopted 250-175 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[11] 292. Armed Commercial Airline Pilots. Passed 310-113 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[12] 310. Interior Dept./to increase NEH. Adopted 234-192 (RLC VOTE = N)
[13] 312. Interior Dept./to strike study commission of Indian Gaming.
Adopted 272-151 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[14] 314. Interior Dept./to reduce NEA. Rejected 123-300 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[15] 331. Treasury-Post Office/to prohibit enforcement of the ban on Cuba
travel. Adopted 262-167 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[16] 332. Treasury-Post Office/to prohibit enforcement of the ban on Cuba
remittances. Adopted 251-177 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[17] 371. Education Tax Breaks/to suspend the rules and pass. Rejected
213-188 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[18] 421. Medical Malpractice/to limit awards. Passed 217-213 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[19] 452. Use of Force/to require a UN resolution. Rejected 72-255 (RLC VOTE
= N)
[20] 455. Use of Force. To authorize the use of force against Iraq. Passed
296-133 (RLC VOTE = N)
House – Economic
[1] 62. Class Action Lawsuits/to cap attorney’s fees. Passed 233-190 (RLC
VOTE = Y)
[2] 107. Auditing Safeguards/to establish a Federal Bureau of Auditing.
Rejected 39-581 (RLC VOTE = N)
[3] 108. Auditing Safeguards/to regulate auditing. Rejected 202-219 (RLC
VOTE = N)
[4] 120. Export-Import Bank/Domestic Layoffs. Rejected 135-283 (RLC VOTE =
N)
[5] 123. Farm Bill/Conference Rpt. Adopted 280-141 (RLC VOTE = N)
[6] 168. Welfare Renewal/Democratic Substitute. Rejected 198-222 (RLC VOTE =
N)
[7] 190. Federal Deposit Protection/to increase covered amount. Passed
408-18 (RLC VOTE = N)
[8] 217. Estate Tax Repeal/Democratic Substitute. Rejected 197-231 (RLC VOTE
= N)
[9] 219. Estate Tax Repeal. Passed 256-171 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[10] 225. Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment. Rejected 271-142 (RLC
VOTE = Y)
[11] 246. Pension Benefits/Democratic Substitute. Rejected 182-204 (RLC VOTE
= N)
[12] 248. Pension Benefits. Passed 308-70 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[13] 315. Interior Dept./to prohibit offshore drilling in California.
Adopted 252-172 (RLC VOTE = N)
[14] 316. Interior Dept./to prohibit agricultural leases in Lower Kluwath
and Tile Lake wildlife refuges. Rejected 201-223 (RLC VOTE = N)
[15] 317. Interior Dept./to reduce BLM land acquisition program. Rejected
153-269 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[16] 320. Legislative Branch/to reduce Tax Committee. Rejected 206-213 (RLC
VOTE = N)
[17] 333. Treasury-Post Office/to prohibit enforcement of Cuba trade
embargo. Rejected 204-226 (RLC VOTE = Y)
[18] 336. Treasury-Post Office/against outsourcing. Adopted 261.166 (RLC
VOTE = N)
[19] 367. Homeland Security/Union Membership. Rejected 208-222 (RLC VOTE =
N)
[20] 395. Rent-to-own Contract/federal regulation of. Passed 215-201 (RLC
VOTE = N)
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