How Your Lawmakers Voted in the 106th Congress
2nd
Session, U.S. Senate
The National Association of
Manufacturers has issued its annual report card
on the voting records of members of Congress,
including North Carolina's two members of the U.S. Senate. The NAM scored the lawmakers on how they
voted on seven big issues that were at the top of
national association's legislative agenda. NCCBI
is the state affiliate of the NAM.
 North
Carolina's senior senator, Republican Sen. Jesse
Helms (left), voted for the NAM position
on six of the seven issues. The state's junior
senator, Democrat John Edwards,
who reportedly was highly considered as Al Gore's
running mate, voted with the NAM side on two of
the seven issues, as shown in the chart below:
| North
Carolina |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| Jesse Helms
(R) |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
| John
Edwards (D) |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
See how North Carolina
members of the U.S. House voted
Here is a brief description of the
issues on which the NAM scored each member of the
U.S. Senate. In the chart, a plus means the
member voted for the NAM on that issue, a
negative sign means a no vote. The numbers in the
top line of the chart correspond to the issues
below:
1. Nuclear
Waste Storage (S. 1287), legislation
that would provide for the storage of spent
nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear
waste repository at Yucca Mountain, NV. Approved
64-34 on Feb. 10. NAM POSITION: Yes.
2. FY 2001 Budget Resolution (H.Con. Res.
290), the non-binding FY 2001 budget
resolution, which sets broad spending and revenue
targets for the next five years. Approved 51-45
on April 7. NAM POSITION: Yes.
3. Nuclear Waste Storage (Effort to
Override Veto of S. 1287), legislation
to ensure the safe storage of nuclear waste. Vote
on May 2 was 64-35. NAM POSITION: Yes.
4. Patients' Bill of Rights (Motion to
Table Daschle Amendment to S. 2549) amendment
to the FY 2001 defense authorization bill.
Amendment would have left employers who offer
health benefits to workers exposed to medical
malpractice/personal injury lawsuits and
increased the government's role in the health
care system. Tabling motion was approved, and
amendment rejected, 51-48 on June 8. The NAM
opposed the amendment and supported the tabling
motion. NAM POSITION: Yes.
5. Ban on OSHA Ergonomics Regulation
(Enzi Amendment to Labor-HHS spending bill) amendment
to the Labor-HHS spending bill that would
prohibit OSHA funding in FY 2001 for advancing or
finalizing an ergonomics regulation. Approved
57-41 on June 22. NAM POSITION: Yes.
6. Death Tax Repeal (H.R. 8),
legislation to phase out the death tax. Estate
tax rates as high as 55 percent force the sale of
many family-owned small manufacturing companies
upon the owner's death. Approved 59-39 on July
14. NAM POSITION: Yes.
7. China PNTR (Motion to Proceed to H.R.
4444), legislation granting China
permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status,
significantly reducing tariffs on U.S. exports
and opening new markets to U.S. companies.
Procedural vote required 60 votes to proceed to
debate on the bill. Approved 86-12 on July 27.
NAM POSITION: Yes.
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