ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 10, Number 41
May 17, 2001

In this issue:
	
SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCES BILL GETS ATTACHED TO ESEA

The Senate voted to add Senator Reed's School Library Resource 
Bill to the Senate version of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act.

We had a terrific win, but our work is not quite over.  The 
following is the official tally of the yeas and nays.  Please 
check the list and thank your Senators who voted for the Reed 
amendment.

This is very important.  We need to thank those who support us; 
they need to know you are aware of their vote; and it will be 
easier for them to support the appropriation when that vote comes 
up if they know how much positive response they got from this 
vote.

The vote was 69 to 30.  Only Senator Carnahan missed the vote, for 
a funeral.  But she was an early co-sponsor, so she also deserves 
Missouri's thanks.

[Rollcall Vote No. 106 Leg.] 
YEAS--69 

Senators:

   Akaka (D-HI)

   Allen (R-VA)

   Baucus (D-MT)

   Bayh (D-IN)

   Biden (D-DE)

   Bingaman (D-NM)

   Boxer (D-CA)

   Breaux (D-LA)

   Byrd (D-WV)

   Campbell (R-CO)

   Cantwell (D-WA)

   Carper (D-DE)

   Chafee (R-RI)

   Cleland (D-GA)

   Clinton (D-NY)

   Cochran (R-MS)

   Collins (R-ME)

   Conrad (D-ND)

   Corzine (D-NJ)

   Daschle (D-SD)

   Dayton (D-MN)

   DeWine (R-OH)

   Dodd (D-CT)

   Domenici (R-NM)

   Dorgan (D-ND)

   Durbin (D-IL)

   Edwards (D-NC)

   Feingold (D-WI)

   Feinstein (D-CA)

   Fitzgerald (R-IL)

   Graham (D-FL)

   Grassley (R-IA)

   Harkin (D-IA)

   Hollings (D-SC)

   Hutchison (R-TX)

   Inouye (D-HI)

   Jeffords (R-VT)

   Johnson (D-SD)

   Kennedy (D-MA)

   Kerry (D-MA)

   Kohl (D-WI)

   Landrieu (D-LA)

   Leahy (D-VT)

   Levin (D-MI)

   Lieberman (D-CT)

   Lincoln (D-AR)

   Lugar (R-IN)

   McCain (R-AZ)

   Mikulski (D-MD)

   Miller (D-GA)

   Murkowski (R-AK)

   Murray (D-WA)

   Nelson (D-FL) 

   Nelson (D-NE) 

   Reed (D-RI)

   Reid (D-NV)

   Rockefeller (D-WV)

   Sarbanes (D-MD)

   Schumer (D-NY)

   Sessions (R-AL)

   Shelby (R-AL)

   Smith (R-OR) 

   Snowe (R-ME)

   Specter (R-PA)

   Stabenow (D-MI)

   Torricelli (D-NJ)

   Warner (R-VA)

   Wellstone (D-MN)

   Wyden (D-OR)
 
NAYS--30

   Allard (R-CO)

   Bennett (R-UT)

   Bond (R-MO)

   Brownback (R-KS)

   Bunning (R-KY)

   Burns (R-MT)

   Craig (R-ID)

   Crapo (R-ID)

   Ensign (R-NV)

   Enzi (R-WY)

   Frist (R-TN)

   Gramm R-TX)

   Gregg (R-NH)

   Hagel (R-NE)

   Hatch (R-UT)

   Helms (R-NC)

   Hutchinson (R-AR)

   Inhofe (R-OK)

   Kyl (R-AZ)

   Lott (R-MS)

   McConnell (R-KY)

   Nickles (R-OK)

   Roberts (R-KS)

   Santorum (R-PA)

   Smith (R-NH) 

   Stevens (R-AK)

   Thomas (R-WY)

   Thompson (R-TN)

   Thurmond (R-SC)

   Voinovich (R-OH)

Please write or fax your Senators with a thank you this week.  
It's a small gesture that can give us big rewards in the future.

You can email your legislator at the ALA Washington Office 
Legislative Action Center at http://capwiz.com/ala/home/ or call 
the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

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