What follows is the third of about 10 or so diaries which will provide a year-by-year record of John Kerry's voting record in the US Senate, which has been summarized and excerpted from
Project Vote Smart - Key Votes listing for Senator Kerry. This entry covers Sen. Kerry's voting record for the year,
1992.
All entries:
1988,
1989,
1990,
1991,
1992,
1993,
1994,
1995,
1996,
1997,
1998,
1999,
2000,
2001,
2002
2003,
2004.
Thanks to
Project Vote Smart for their excellent information and for their time and effort to compile it. This diary simply summarizes their work.
Summary for 1992- Category: Transportation Issues
- Transportation Project Funding
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Cut a state's share by increasing the federal share of funding for transportation projects in fiscal 1992.
HR 5132 (Fiscal 1992 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations);
Amendment: 5/20/92
Outcome: Passed 59-40
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S101
Amendment introduced by Lautenberg, D-NJ.
- Category: Trade Issues
- China Trade Status - Veto Override I
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Override president's veto to condition most-favored-nation trade status for China on human-rights progress.
HR 2212 (Conditional MFN for China in 1992);
Veto override: 3/18/92
Outcome: Rejected 60-38
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S52
- China Trade Status - Veto Override II
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Override veto of bill to tie China trade status with human rights.
HR 5318:
Vote on the override of President Bush's veto of a bill to tie China's trade status to its human rights performance.
(2/3rd vote required; the override attempt failed 59-40 on 10/1/92)
- Category: Family and Children Issues
- Sexual Surveys
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Prohibit funding for sexual surveys of adults and teenagers.
HR 2507 (National Institutes of Health Reauthorization);
Amendment: 4/12/92
Outcome: Passed 51-46
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S65
Amendment introduced by Helms, R-NC.
- Benefits for Domestic Partners
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Kill the amendment to prohibit the District of Columbia from using any funds in the bill to extend employment, health or governmental benefits to homosexual or heterosexual couples on the same basis as legally married couples.
HR 5517 (Fiscal 1993 District of Columbia Appropriations);
Motion to table: 7/30/92
Outcome: Rejected 41-51
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S165
Adams, D-WA, motion to table Lott, R-MS, amendment.
- Category: Foreign Aid and Policy Issues
- Foreign Aid Funding
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Provide $14.6 billion in fiscal 1992 for foreign aid.
H Joint Res 456 (Fiscal 1992 Foreign Aid Continuing Appropriations);
Passage: 4/1/92
Outcome: Passed 84-16
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S62
- Ratification of the START Treaty
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Adoption of the resolution of ratification of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) to reduce by about one-third the arsenal of warheads on U.S. and Soviet long-range missiles and bombers.
Treaty Docs 102-20, 102-32;
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty - Adoption: 10/1/92
Outcome: Passed 93-6
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S253
- Aid to Russia
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Provide aid to Russia and other former Soviet republics.
S 2532 (Aid to Fomer Soviet Republics);
Passage: 7/2/92
Outcome: Passed 76-20
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S148
- 1993 Foreign Operations Appropriations
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Provide $26.5 billion in new budget authority for foreign assistance and related programs in fiscal 1993. The administration requested $27.3 billion.
HR 5368 (Fiscal 1993 Foreign Operations Appropriations);
Passage: 10/1/92
Outcome: Passed 87-12
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S256
- Domestic Programs & Foreign Aid
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Kill the amendment to authorize approximately $1 billion for various recession-related domestic programs, providing some equivalent aid for domestic problems as the bill would provide to the republics of the former Soviet Union.
S 2532 (Aid for Former Soviet Republics);
Motion to table: 7/2/92
Outcome: Passed 64-32
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S146
Pell, D-RI, motion to table Riegle, D-MI, amendment.
- Category: Budget Spending and Taxes
- Tobacco Advertising Tax Deductibility
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Kill the amendment to reduce the tax deductibility on advertising for tobacco products from 100 percent to 80 percent with the revenue generated going to anti-smoking campaigns.
HR 11
Motion to table: 9/24/92
Outcome: Passed 56-38
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S235
Ford, D-KY, motion to table Harkin, D-IA, amendment.
- Fiscal 1993 Budget Resolution - Conference Report
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Adopt a fiscal 1993 budget, including a deficit of $327 billion.
H Con Res 287 (Fiscal 1993 Budget Resolution);
Adoption of the Conference Report: 5/21/92
Outcome: Passed 52-41
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S110
- Resolution Trust Corporation [RTC] Financing - Passage
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Provide an additional $42 billion to close failed savings and loan institutions.
S 2482 (RTC Funding);
Passage: 3/26/92
Outcome: Passed 52-42
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S59
- Income Tax Checkoff for National Debt
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Waive the Budget Act with respect to the point of order against the amendment to allow individuals to designate up to 10 percent of their income tax liability to reduce the public debt.
HR 11
9/25/92
Outcome: Rejected 36-58
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S238
Introduced by Smith, R-NH.
- Children Tax Credit
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Provide a $300-a-child tax credit for middle-income families in lieu of deficit reduction and increased job training and transportation.
HR 4210 (1992 Omnibus Reconciliation): 3/12/92
Outcome: Passed 57-38
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S40
Bensten, D-TX, motion to table Levin, D-MI, amendment.
- Drug Companies Tax Breaks
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Kill an amendment to deny tax breaks to drug companies that raise prices above the rate of inflation.
HR 4210 (1992 Budget reconciliation);
Motion to table an amendment: 3/11/92
Outcome: Passed 61-36
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S38
Bensten, D-TX, motion to table Pryor, D-AR, amendment.
- 1992 Budget Reconciliation - I
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Allow a vote on president's tax plan to cut capital gains tax and provide $5,000 tax credit for purchase of first home.
HR 4210 (1992 Budget Reconciliation);
Waiver for this substitute amendment: 3/11/92
Outcome: Rejected 37-60
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S39
Introduced by Packwood, R-OR.
- 1992 Budget Reconciliation - II
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Give tax credits to middle-income families and create a new top income tax rate of 36 percent.
HR 4210 (1992 Budget Reconciliation);
Conference Report (final passage): 3/20/92
Outcome: Passed 50-44
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S54
- Tax Bill
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Pass the $34 billion tax bill including tax benefits for enterprise zones, a restoration of tax breaks for IRAs, extensions of a dozen expiring tax breaks, and other measures.
HR 11;
Passage: 9/29/92
Outcome: Passed 70-29
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S249
- Budget Firewalls
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
End a filibuster against a bill to allow spending to be shifted from defense to domestic programs.
S 2399 (Eliminate Budget Firewalls);
Cloture Motion (end debate & bring to a vote): 3/26/92
Outcome: Rejected 50-48
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 -S56
Introduced by Mitchell, D-ME.
- Foreign Operations Funding Reduction
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Cut the budget authority in the bill by 10 percent with the savings going to deficit reduction.
HR 5368 (Fiscal 1993 Foreign Operations Appropriations);
Amendment: 9/30/92
Outcome: Rejected 38-58
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S252
Amendment introduced by Helms, R-NC.
- Tax Bill
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Adopt the $27 billion tax bill including benefits for enterprise zones, restoration of tax breaks for IRAs, a 12-month extension of a dozen expiring tax breaks, and other measures.
HR 11 (Tax Bill);
Conference Report (final passage): 10/8/92
Outcome: Passed 67-22
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S270
- Fiscal 1992 Rescissions
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Rescind $60 million for 42 programs as proposed by the Bush administration but dropped by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
S 2403 (Fiscal 1992 Rescissions);
Amendment: 5/5/92
Outcome: Rejected 43-55
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S84
Amendment introduced by Brown, R-CO.
- Voting on Tax Increases - 3/5 Majority Vote to Raise
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Require a three-fifths majority vote of Congress to raise taxes beyond the rate of economic growth.
S 2733 (Government-Sponsored Enterprises);
Amendment: 6/30/92
Outcome: Rejected 33-63
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S133
Amendment introduced by Kasten, R-WI.
- Voting on Tax Increases - Waive Budget Act
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Waive the Budget Act with respect to the point of order against the amendment to require three-fifths of the total Senate to pass a bill or amendment increasing taxes.
HR 11
9/24/92
Outcome: Rejected 32-60
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S236
Motion introduced by McCain, R-AZ.
- 1992 Budget Reconciliation
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Democratic tax plan including a temporary tax credit for middle-income taxpayers, increased taxes on high-income taxpayers and a capital gains cut.
HR 4210 (1992 Budget Reconciliation);
Passage: 3/13/92
Outcome: Passed 50-47
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S51
- Defense to Domestic Funds Transfer
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Motion to waive the Budget Act to transfer $4.1 billion from defense to domestic programs, including Head Start, the childhood immunization program and the Job Corps.
HR 5677 (Fiscal 1993 Labor, HHS & Education Appropriations): 9/16/92
Outcome: Rejected 36-62
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S208
Introduced by Harkin, D-IA.
- Enhanced Rescission Authority
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Motion to waive the Budget Act to grant the president enhanced authority to rescind individual spending items.
HR 5677 (Fiscal 1993 Labor, HHS & Education Appropriations);
Procedural motion: 9/17/92
Outcome: Rejected 40-56
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S210
Introduced by McCain, R-AZ.
- Category: Environmental Issues
- Limit Oil and Gas Moratorium
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Limit location and duration of moratorium on oil and gas leases off Florida coast.
S 2166 (National Energy Policy);
Amendment: 2/19/92
Outcome: Passed 53-45
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S24
Amendment introduced by Johnston, D-LA.
- Grazing Fees
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Kill the amendment to increase domestic livestock grazing fees on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management by 25 percent to $2.40 per animal unit month.
HR 5503 (Fiscal 1993 Interior Appropriations);
Motion to table: 8/6/92
Outcome: Passed 50-44
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S177
Byrd, D-WV, motion to table Jeffords, R-VT, amendment.
- Timber Sales & Spotted Owl
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Kill the amendment to allow salvage timber sales in the northern spotted owl's habitat unless such salvage will adversely affect the spotted owl habitat as determined by the secretary of Agriculture.
HR 5503 (Fiscal 1993 Interior Appropriations);
Motion to table: 8/6/92
Outcome: Passed 60-35
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S176
Adams, D-WA, motion to table Gorton, R-WA, amendment.
- Montana Wilderness Bill
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Create 1.2 million acres of wilderness in Montana.
S 1696 (Montana Wilderness);
Passage: 3/26/92
Outcome: Passed 75-22
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S55
- Mining Law Revisions
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Kill the amendment to require individuals to pay market value for mining land instead of the current $2.50 to $5 an acre, to return land no longer used for mining to the government and to tighten requirements for restoring land after mining.
HR 5503 (Fiscal 1993 Interior Appropriations);
Motion to table: 8/5/92
Outcome: Rejected 44-52
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S172
Bumpers, D-AR, motion to table Reid, D-NV, amendment.
- Forest Service Appeals
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Kill the amendment to require the secretary of Agriculture to establish a notice and comment process for proposed actions of the Forest Service and require an administrative appeals process with an automatic stay pending the appeal.
HR 5503 (Fiscal 1993 Interior Appropriations);
Motion to table: 8/6/92
Outcome: Rejected 38-57
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S174
Craig, R-ID, motion to table Fowler, D-GA, amendment.
- Category: Education
- School Improvement
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Consider the bill to authorize $800 million for grants to state and local education agencies to reform schools. The conference report does not include President Bush's proposals for increased parental choice of public and private schools.
S 2 (Neighborhood Schools Improvement);
Cloture Motion on the Conference Report: 10/2/92
Outcome: Rejected 59-40
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S261
- School Choice
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Bush school-aid plan allowing low-income students to attend private schools (school-choice plan).
S 2 (Elementary & Secondary Education);
Amendment: 1/23/92
Outcome: Rejected 36-57
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S5
Amendment introduced by Hatch, R-UT.
- Youth Program Funding
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Eliminate $1.45 billion that would be provided for summer youth employment and education programs for inner cities.
HR 5132 (Fiscal 1992 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations);
Amendment: 5/21/92
Outcome: Rejected 37-62
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S106
Amendment introduced by Lott, R-MS.
- School Aid - Passage
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Authorize $850 million to renew federal aid to public schools and encourage improvement programs.
S 2 (Elementary & Secondary Improvements);
Passage: 1/28/92
Outcome: Passed 92-6
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S9
- Category: Appropriations
- Offsetting Disaster Relief Appropriation
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Require all disaster relief appropriations to be offset by the rescissions of previous funding.
HR 5132 (Fiscal 1992 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriatons);
Amendment: 5/20/92
Outcome: Rejected 45-52
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S102
Amendment introduced by Graham, D-FL.
- Disaster Relief 1992-Passage
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Provide $498 million for disaster assistance and loans in response to the L.A. riots and Chicago flooding.
HR 5132 (Fiscal 1992 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations);
Passage: 5/21/92
Outcome: Passed 61-36
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S109
- Category: Technology and Communication
- Superconducting Super Collider Funding
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Kill the amendment to terminate the superconducting super collider by cutting $516 million of the $550 million provided for the project.
HR 5373 (Fiscal 1993 Energy & Water Development Appropriations);
Motion to table: 8/3/92
Outcome: Passed 62-32
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S166
Johnston, D-LA, motion to table Bumpers, D-AR, amendment.
- Space Station Funding
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Provide $500 million to terminate the space station Freedom and transfer from the space station account $200 million for veterans' health care and $62 million for veterans' medical research.
HR 5679 (Fiscal 1993 VA, HUD & Independent Agencies Appropriations);
Amendment: 9/9/92
Outcome: Rejected 34-63
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S194
Amendment introduced by Bumpers, D-AR.
- Category: Congressional Affairs
- Legislative Branch Funding
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Reduce by 25 percent over two years funding for the operations of the House, Senate and the executive branch.
S Con Res 106 (Fiscal 1993 Budget Resolution);
Amendment: 4/9/92
Outcome: Passed 52-42
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S74
Amendment introduced by Seymour, R-CA.
- Category: Abortion Issues
- Fetal Tissue Research
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Only allow fetal tissue transplant research with tissue from spontaneous abortions and ectopic pregnancies.
HR 2507 (National Institutes of Health Reauthorization);
Amendment
3/31/92
Outcome: Rejected 23-77
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S61
Amendment introduced by Hatch, R-UT.
- Overseas Military Abortions
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Strike the provisions of the bill that would allow U.S. military personnel and their families to obtain abortions at U.S. military bases overseas at their own expense.
S 3114 (Fiscal 1993 Defense Authorization);
Amendment: 9/18/92
Outcome: Rejected 36-55
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S220
Amendment introduced by Coats, R-IN.
- Category: Defense
- Nuclear Test Ban
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Put a moratorium on U.S. nuclear tests until July 1993 unless a former republic of the Soviet Union conducts a nuclear test and ban testing thereafter unless a former Soviet republic conducts a nuclear test.
HR 5373 (Energy & Water Development Appropriations);
Amendment: 8/3/92
Outcome: Passed 68-26
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S167
Amendment introduced by Hatfield, R-OR.
- Strategic Defense Initiative [SDI] Funding
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Provide $3.3 billion for the Strategic Defense Initiative in fiscal 1993. The committee bill would provide $4.3 billion; the administration requested $5.4 billion.
S 3114 (Fiscal 1993 Defense Authorization);
Amendment: 9/17/92
Outcome: Rejected 48-50
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S214
Amendment introduced by Bumpers, D-AR.
- Seawolf Nuclear Submarine Funding
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Cancel funding for a second and third Seawolf nuclear submarine.
S 2403 (Fiscal 1992 Rescissions);
Amendment: 5/5/92
Outcome: Rejected 46-52
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S83
Amendment introduced by McCain, R-AZ.
- B-2 Bomber Funding
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Cut $2,686,572,000 from the bill for production of additional B-2 stealth bombers, halting production of the B-2 fleet at 15 planes instead of the 20 planes requested by the administration.
S 3114 (Fiscal 1993 Defense Authorization);
Amendment: 9/18/92
Outcome: Rejected 45-53
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S216
Amendment introduced by Leahy, D-VT.
- Defense Spending Reductions
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Reduce the defense spending levels for smaller weapon projects by $8.8 billion in fiscal 1993.
S Con Res 106 (Fiscal 1993 Budget Resolution);
Amendment: 4/9/92
Outcome: Rejected 45-50
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S69
Amendment introduced by Exon, D-NE.
- Category: Senior and Social Security Issues
- Social Security 'Notch' Legislation
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Motion to waive the budget act to raise Social Security benefits for notch babies, individuals born after 1916 and before 1927, at a cost of about $22 billion over five years.
HR 5488 (Fiscal 1993 Treasury-Postal Appropriations): 9/10/92
Outcome: Rejected 49-49
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S200
Motion introduced by Sanford, D-NC.
- Social Security Earnings Test
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Allow consideration of amendment to increase Social Security earnings test limits.
HR 5488: Fiscal 1993 Treasury-Postal Appropriations
Vote on a procedural motion to allow consideration of an amendment to increase the amount someone 65-69 could earn before their Social Security benefits decreased.
Motion introduced by McCain, R-AZ.
(Motion was rejected 51-42 on 9/10/92; 3/5th vote required)
- Category: Executive Branch
- Line Item Veto
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Give line-item veto over apporpriations to president.
S 479 (National Cooperative Research);
Amendment: 2/27/92
Outcome: Rejected 44-54
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S33
Amendment introduced by McCain, R-AZ.
- Category: Civil Rights
- Boy Scouts Admission Policy
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Exclude from the federal employees charity campaign any charity that has withdrawn support for the Boy Scouts of America because that organization disagrees with the Boy Scouts' admission policy barring homosexuals or atheists.
HR 5504 (Fiscal 1993 Defense Appropriations);
Amendment: 9/22/92
Outcome: Rejected 49-49
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S227
Amendment introduced by Helms, R-NC.
- Category: Regulatory Issues
- Cable Regulation - Passage
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Increase regulation of cable television operators' basic rates and services.
S 12 (Cable Television Regulation);
Passage: 1/31/92
Outcome: Passed 73-18
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S14
- Cable Regulation - Conference Report
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Cap basic cable rates and improve competition by having the FCC set rates for basic cable service and giving broadcasters the right to charge cable operators for the use of over-the-air signals.
S 12 (Cable Television Regulation);
Adoption of the Conference Report (final passage): 9/22/92
Outcome: Passed 74-25
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S225
- Cable Regulation - Veto Override
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Override veto of bill to reregulate cable industry.
S 12: Cable Television Regulation
Vote on the override of President Bush's veto of a bill to limit cable television rates and improve industry competition.
(The veto was overridden 74-25 on 10/5/92)
- Category: Energy Issues
- National Energy Policy
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Pass energy bill to promote vehicles using alternative fuels and speed construction of nuclear power plants.
S 2166 (National Energy Policy)
Passage: 2/19/92
Outcome: Passed 94-4
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S28
- Consider 1992 Energy Bill
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Consider a bill to decrease U.S. energy dependence through increased domestic production and conservation by easing licensing for natural gas pipelines and nuclear power plants, promoting cars that run on non-gasoline fuels, and other measures.
HR 776 (National Energy Policy);
Cloture Motion (to limit debate and bring to a vote): 7/23/92
Outcome: Rejected 58-33
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S150
- Property Rights
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Kill amendment to protect property rights in new process to expedite natural gas line construction.
S 2166 (National Energy Policy);
Amendment: 2/18/92
Outcome: Passed 60-35
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S21
Johnston, D-LA, motion to table Craig, R-ID, amendment.
- Category: Legal Issues
- Product Reliability - Cloture
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Proceed to the bill to reduce lawsuits involving products that cause injuries to consumers by establishing nationwide standards on how victims should be compensated, providing incentives to settle lawsuits, and establishing alternatives to litigation.
S 640 (Product Liability);
Cloture motion (ends debate): 9/10/92
Outcome: Rejected 58-38
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S199
- Product Reliability - Lower Awards
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Kill an amendment to lower the amount of awards collected in product liability lawsuits.
S 250 (National Motor-Voter Registration);
Motion to table: 5/14/92
Outcome: Passed 53-45
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S89
Rockefeller, D-WV, motion to table Kasten, R-WI, amendment.
- Category: Veterans Issues
- Veterans' Compensation
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Exempt veterans' compensation from a proposal to cap entitlement spending.
S Con Res 106 (Fiscal 1993 Budget Resolution);
Amendment: 4/10/92
Outcome: Passed 66-28
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S75
Amendment introduced by Mitchell, D-ME.
- Category: Crime Issues
-
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Consider the bill to mandate a 5-day waiting period and a background check for handgun purchases; authorize $3.3 billion for federal, state and local law enforcement; extend the federal death penalty to 53 crimes; and other measures.
HR 3371 (Crime Bill);
Motion to Invoke Cloture (end debate): 10/2/92
Outcome: Rejected 55-43
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S262
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(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
End filibuster of a crime bill that includes a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and reforms federal death row court appeals.
HR 3371 (1992 Crime Bill);
Cloture Motion on the Conference Report (to stop debate & bring to a
vote): 3/19/92
Outcome: Rejected 54-43
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S53
Introduced by Mitchell, D-ME.
- Riot Crimes and Disaster Relief
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Prohibit disaster relief from going to any person associated with crimes related to the riots in L.A..
HR 5132 (Fiscal 1992 Disaster Relief Supplemtal Appropriations);
Amendment: 5/20/92
Outcome: Passed 68-28
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S103
Amendment introduced by Seymour, R-CA.
- Death Penalty - District of Columbia
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Kill the amendment to place on the ballot at the next District of Columbia election the provisions of the amendment that would provide for a federal death penalty for first-degree murders in the District.
HR 5517 (Fiscal 1993 District of Columbia Appropriations);
Motion to table: 7/30/92
Outcome: Passed 50-45
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S164
Shelby, D-AL, motion to table Adams, D-WA, amendment.
- Category: Campaign Finance and Election Issues
- Campaign Finance Reform - Veto Override
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Override the president's veto of the bill to limit spending in congressional campaigns (two thirds for those present & voting needed to pass).
S 3 (Campaign Finance Reform);
Veto Override: 5/13/92
Outcome: Rejected 57-42
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S88
- Presidential Campaign Fund Checkoff
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Kill the amendment to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Fund where individuals can designate $1 of their income taxes to the fund.
HR 11
Motion to table: 9/25/92
Outcome: Passed 62-31
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S239
Bensten, D-TX, motion to table Gramm, R-TX, amendment.
- The Voting Rights Language Assistance Act - Passage
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Pass bill to extend bilingual election assistance requirements through 2007.
HR 4312:
Vote to pass a bill to extend through 2007 bilingual election assistance requirements for some populations.
(The bill passed 75-20 on 8/7/92)
- Campaign Finance Reform - Conference Report
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Adopt the conference report to limit spending in congressional campaigns.
S 3 (Campaign Finance Reform);
Conference Report (final passage): 4/30/92
Outcome: Passed 58-42
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S82
- Category: Welfare and Poverty Issues
- Welfare and School Attendence
(Complete Information)
Senator John Forbes Kerry voted YES.
Kill amendment to allow states to withhold welfare benefits from parents of children who don't attend school regularly.
S 2 (Elementary & Secondary Education Improvement);
Motion to table: 1/28/92
Outcome: Passed 55-43
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S7
Bentsen, D-TX, motion to table Nickles, R-OK, amendment.
- Welfare and Workfare
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Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Kill an amendment to reduce welfare assistance to states that do not have workfare programs.
HR 4210 (1992 Budget Reconciliation);
Motion to table an amendment: 3/13/92
Outcome: Rejected 33-62
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S46
Bentsen, D-TX, motion to table D'Amato, R-NY, amendment.
- Welfare Recipients Who Move
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Senator John Forbes Kerry voted NO.
Lay the budget foundation for a proposal to prohibit welfare recipients who move to a state to get higher benefits from receiving those benefits for one year.
S Con Res 106 (Fiscal 1993 Budget Resolution);
Amendment: 4/10/92
Outcome: Rejected 43-47
Congressional Quarterly Number: 1992 - S78
Amendment introduced by D'Amato, R-NY.