ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 12, Number 80
September 10, 2003

In This Issue: REED AMENDMENT FAILS TO PASS; THANKS FOR EFFORTS

The following vote summary lists those Senators who voted for and against the Reed amendment for increased funds for libraries and museums.  The amendment was offered on the Senate floor this morning by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI).  Please thank your Senators if they voted for the amendment and reiterate the need for the higher House numbers for library programs. 

We appreciate all those who made calls or sent faxes on this important amendment.  The funds for the Literacy Through School libraries program and the library and museum programs in the Museum and Library Services Act are higher in the FY2004 Labor, HHS Education Appropriations bill as approved by the House.  The Senate numbers are much lower, so that when the two bills are conferenced, there will be a greater difference.  

Note:  Your efforts will still be needed after the Senate bill passes when the bills go to conference.  We will publish the names of conferees when they are announced, however, usually conferees are members of the Labor HHS Education Appropriations Subcommittees as well as the two chairs of the full Senate and House Appropriations Committees.

Vote Summary:

Vote Counts: YEAs 47;  NAYs 49;  Not Voting 4 

YEAs ---47
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Breaux (D-LA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hollings (D-SC)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
 Levin (D-MI)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)
 
NAYs ---49 
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Campbell (R-CO)
Chafee (R-RI)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
Craig (R-ID)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Miller (D-GA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nickles (R-OK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
 
Not Voting - 4
Edwards (D-NC)
Graham (D-FL)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Smith (R-OR)
 




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