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Edited on Wed Oct-29-08 02:31 PM by karynnj
and introduced it in 2000 to stop predatory lending (S2415) It was killed by the republicans in teh Banking committee - it was reintroduced in the next 2 Congresses - in 2002 and 2003 with 14 and then 15 co-sponsors - all Democrats and was killed both times There was not a single Republican who stopped it.
Here is the Senate roll call on that Omnibus bill, that contained it as an amendment.
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 106th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 4577, as amended ) Vote Number: 171 Vote Date: June 30, 2000, 10:53 AM Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Bill Passed Measure Number: H.R. 4577 Measure Title: A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. Vote Counts: YEAs 52 NAYs 43 Not Voting 5 Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State
Alphabetical by Senator Name Abraham (R-MI), Yea Akaka (D-HI), Nay Allard (R-CO), Nay Ashcroft (R-MO), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Nay Bayh (D-IN), Nay Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Nay Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Not Voting Breaux (D-LA), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Nay Bryan (D-NV), Nay Bunning (R-KY), Nay Burns (R-MT), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Yea Campbell (R-CO), Yea Chafee, L. (R-RI), Yea Cleland (D-GA), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Nay Coverdell (R-GA), Yea Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Daschle (D-SD), Nay DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Nay Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Nay Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea Frist (R-TN), Yea Gorton (R-WA), Yea Graham (D-FL), Nay Gramm (R-TX), Nay Grams (R-MN), Nay Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Not Voting Helms (R-NC), Nay Hollings (D-SC), Yea Hutchinson (R-AR), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Not Voting Jeffords (R-VT), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Nay Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerrey (D-NE), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Nay Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Nay Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Not Voting Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Nay Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lott (R-MS), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea Mack (R-FL), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Moynihan (D-NY), Not Voting Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Nay Nickles (R-OK), Nay Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Robb (D-VA), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Roth (R-DE), Yea Santorum (R-PA), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shelby (R-AL), Yea Smith (R-NH), Nay Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea Thompson (R-TN), Yea Thurmond (R-SC), Yea Torricelli (D-NJ), Nay Voinovich (R-OH), Nay Warner (R-VA), Yea Wellstone (D-MN), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Note that the Democrats mostly voted against it. This bill then went to a conference which send it to the House for a bvote They passed it with nearly the whole house voting for it. The conference report was then passed by voice vote (when the Senate had really already left) .
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