Copyright 2000 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Inc.
St.
Louis Post-Dispatch
February 6, 2000, Sunday, FIVE STAR LIFT
EDITION
SECTION: METRO, Pg. C10
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HEADLINE:
(GRAPHIC ONLY) VOTES IN CONGRESS
DATELINE: CHAMPAIGN,
ILL.
BODY:
GRAPHIC: GRAPHIC Graphic / Chart - Key House Votes by
POST-DISPATCH
Votes for the week ending Feb. 4
Defending Taiwan (HR
1838)
The House voted 341-70 to formalize U.S. military ties with
Taiwan, over objections form the People's Republic of China.
A yes vote
OK'd a bill that would expand a 1979 law committing
the U.S. to helping
defend Taiwan.
MISSOURI
Clay (D) Yes
Gephardt (D)
Yes
Hulsof (R) Yes
Talent (R) Yes
Emerson (R)
Yes
ILLINOIS
Costello (D) Yes
Phelps (D) Yes
Shimkus (R) Yes
Key Senate Votes
Votes for the week
ending Feb. 4
Bankruptcy Overhaul (HR 833
Senators OK'd, 83-14, a
bill that would make it harder for
individuals to use bankruptcy to erase
debt. It includes
unrelated items such as tax cuts and raising the minimum
wage
to $ 6.15 from $ 5.15 over 3 years. A yes vote backed the bill.
MISSOURI
Bond (R) Yes
Ashcroft (R) Yes
ILLINOIS
Fitzgerald (R) ---
Durbin (D) Yes
Abortion Clinic Violence (HR 833)
Senators voted 80-17 to bar those
convicted of crimes against
abortion clinics from using
bankruptcy to avoid paying fines
and civil judgments
arising from their illegal acts. A yes
vote favored the prohibition.
MISSOURI
Bond (R) Yes
Ashcroft (R) Yes
ILLINOIS
Fitzgerald (R) ---
Durbin (D) Yes
Gun Suits (HR 833)
Voting 68-29, senators refused to prohibit gun
manufacturers
from using bankruptcy to discharge debt arising from court
findings in suits such as those filed against them by cities.
A yes vote
backed the anti-gun amendment.
MISSOURI
Bond (R) No
Ashcroft (R) No
ILLINOIS
Fitzgerald (R) ---
Durbin (D)
Yes
ALAN GREENSPAN
The Senate confirmed, 89-4, Alan
Greenspan, 73, to a fourth
term as Federal Reserve chairman. A yes vote OK'd
Greenspan
over complaints he is too secretive and unaccountable and not
a good manager of internal Federal Reserve operations.
MISSOURI
Bond (R) Yes
Ashcroft (R) Yes
ILLINOIS
Fitzgerald (R) Yes
Durbin (D) Yes
To contact
your legislators at the Capitol:
By phone, (202) 224-3121
By mail, (Zip
codes),
House 20515, Senate (20510
Source: 1998, Thomas Reports, Inc.
LOAD-DATE: July 23, 2000
