American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) roll call votes used in ``A Panel Probit Analysis of Campaign Contributions and Roll Call Votes,'' forthcoming AJPS. The descriptions are from the codebooks for ICPSR study #0004, United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1994, parts 203, 205, and 207.

AFL-CIO roll call votes for 102d Congress, 1st Session

1. Roll call #34. HR1281. Fiscal 1991 Supplemental Appropriations/Construction Help. Stenholm, D-Texas, amendment to strike provisions from the bill that prohibit the Labor Department from expending funds to implement regulations that permit the expanded use of helpers on federally funded construction projects. Rejected 173-244: R 135-25; D 38-218 (ND 2-172, SD 36-46); I 0-1, March 7, 1991. AFL-CIO position: Oppose.

2. Roll call #115. HRES101. Disapproval of Fast-Track Procedures/Adoption. Adoption of the resolution to disapprove the president's request to extend for two more years fast-track procedures that would require legislation implementing trade agreements to be considered within 60 days of introduction under limited debate and with no amendments permitted. Rejected 192-231: R 21-140; D 170-91 (ND 128-50, SD 42-41); I 1-0, May 23, 1991. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

3. Roll call #131. HR1. Civil Rights Act of 1991/Passage. Passage of the bill to reverse or modify a series of Supreme Court rulings that narrowed the reach and remedies of job discrimination laws and to authorize compensatory and punitive damages for victims of discrimination based on sex, religion or disability. Passed 273-158: R 22-143; D 250-15 (ND 177-4, SD 73-11); I 1-0; June 5, 1991. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

4. Roll call #213. HR5. Striker Replacement/Passage. Passage of the bill to prohibit employers from hiring permanent replacements for workers striking over economic issues, if the strike was by union-represented employees. Passed 247-182: R 16-149; D 230-33 (ND 178-0, SD 52-33); I 1-0, July 17, 1991. A "nay" was a vote supporting the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

5. Roll call #250. HR14. Flight Attendant Duty Time Act/Passage. Passage of the bill to require the Department of Transportation to issue regulations that limit the amount of time airline attendants can be required to work. Passed 228-195: R 29-134; D 198-61 (ND 162-14, SD 36-47); I 1-0, Aug. 1, 1991. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

6. Roll call #267. HR3040. Unemployment Benefits Extension/Passage. Passage of the bill to permanently extend unemployment benefits to long-term unemployed workers for up to 20 additional weeks at an estimated cost of $6.3 billion through fiscal 1996. The bill automatically declares the benefits as emergency spending and would not require a presidential declaration to be exempt from the spending requirements of last years budget agreement. Passed 283-125: R 48-107; D 234-18 (ND 172-2, SD 62-16); I 1-0, Sept. 17, 1991. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

7. Roll call #338. HR3566. Surface Transportation Reauthorization/Passage. Passage of the bill to authorize $151 billion for highway and mass transit programs in fiscal 1992-97 and extend the gas tax set to expire in fiscal 1995 through fiscal 1999. Passed 343-83: R 101-61; D 241-22 (ND 160-20, SD 81-2); I 1-0, Oct. 23, 1991. A "nay" was a vote supporting the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

8. Roll call #393. HR2. Family and Medical Leave Act/Passage. Passage of the bill to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year for a serious illness, the birth or adoption of a child, or to care for a seriously ill child, spouse or parent. Passed 253-177: R 35-129; D 217-48 (ND 169-12, SD 48-36); I 1-0, Nov. 13, 1991. A "nay" was a vote supporting the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

AFL-CIO roll call votes for 102d Congress, 2d Session

1. Roll call #179. HR5260. Unemployment Benefits Extension/Passage. Passage of the bill to provide $5.8 billion to extend the current temporary extension of unemployment benefits of 20 or 26 weeks of additional benefits for workers who exhaust their regular benefits set to expire on July 4 until Jan. 1, 1993, or the month after the month in which the three-month average unemployment rate falls below 6.5 percent. The bill would also make permanent changes so that extended benefits will automatically kick in during periods of high unemployment. The costs of the bill would be offset by a change in estimated tax payments; eliminating business tax deductions for corporate executive compensation over $1 million; and a phaseout of certain personal exemptions. The bill requires a waiver of the 1990 Budget Agreement because the revenues would not come in during the same year as outlays. Passed 261-150: R 25-131; D 235-19 (ND 170-5, SD 65-14); I 1-0, June 9, 1992. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

2. Roll call #325. HR5620. Fiscal 1992 Defense Supplemental Appropriations/Davis-Bacon. Stenholm, D-Texas, amendment to strike a provision blocking Labor Department regulations to promote the use of helpers, or unskilled laborers, on Davis-Bacon construction projects. Rejected 172-242: R 136-24; D 36-217 (ND 3-169, SD 33-48); I 0-1, July 28, 1992. A "nay" was a vote supporting the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

3. Roll call #359. HR2782. Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Apprenticeship Programs/Amendment to Strike. Fawell, R-Ill., amendment to strike the provisions of the bill that would allow states to establish minimum standards for the certification or registration of apprenticeship or other training programs. Rejected 140-266: R 123-35; D 17-230 (ND 1-165, SD 16-65); I 0-1, Aug. 4, 1992. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

4. Roll call #443. S5. Family and Medical Leave/Veto Override. Passage, over President Bush's Sept. 22 veto, of the bill to require companies with more than 50 employees to provide workers with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for family emergencies. Rejected 258-169: R 38-127; D 219-42 (ND 167-12, SD 52-30); I 1-0, Sept. 30, 1992. A two-thirds majority of those present and voting (285 in this case) is required to override a veto. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

5. Roll call #477. S12. Cable Television Reregulation/Veto Override. Passage, over President Bush's Oct. 3 veto, of the bill to cap basic cable rates and improve competition in the cable industry by having the Federal Communications Commission set rates for basic cable service and giving broadcasters the right to charge cable operators for the use of over-the-air signals. Passed (thus enacted into law) 308-114: R 77-85; D 230-29 (ND 156-22, SD 74-7); I 1-0, Oct. 5, 1992. Two-thirds of those present and voting (282 in this case) is required to override a veto. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

AFL-CIO roll call votes for 103d Congress, 1st Session

1. Roll call #22. HR1. Family and Medical Leave/Passage. Passage of the bill to require employers of more than 50 employees to provide 12 weeks of unpaid leave for an illness or to care for a new child or sick family member. Passed 265-163: R 40-134; D 224-29 (ND 162-8, SD 62-21); I 1-0, Feb. 3, 1993. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

2. Roll call #52. HR20. Hatch Act Revision/Passage. Passage of the bill to amend the 1939 Hatch Act barring federal employees from most political activities, to allow federal employees and postal workers to run for office, hold positions in political parties and volunteer for campaigns during non-working hours. Passed 333-86: R 85-84; D 247-2 (ND 166-2, SD 81-0); I 1-0, March 3, 1993. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

3. Roll call #224. HR5. Striker Replacement/Passage. Passage of the bill to prohibit employers from hiring permanent replacements for striking union workers during economic strikes. Passed 239-190: R 17-157; D 221-33 (ND 169-1, SD 52-32); I 1-0, June 15, 1993. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

4. Roll call #350. HR2010. National Service/Labor Union Consultation. Ballenger, R-N.C., amendment to eliminate the requirement that National Service applicants consult with local unions for their concurrence before engaging in similar work performed by local unions. Rejected in Committee of the Whole 153-276: R 143-30; D 10-245 (ND 0-174, SD 10-71); I 0-1, July 21, 1993. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

5. Roll call #406. HR2264. 1993 Budget Reconciliation/Adoption. Adoption of the conference report to reduce the deficit by an estimated $496 billion over five years through almost $241 billion in additional taxes and $255 billion in spending cuts by closely tracking President Clinton's economic proposals. Of the cuts in the bill, $102 billion would come through a freeze of discretionary spending at fiscal 1993 levels through fiscal 1998. Proposals in the bill include: a new top income tax bracket of 36 percent with a 10 percent surtax above $250,000 retroactive to Jan. 1, 1993; a tax increase on the Social Security benefits of wealthier recipients; an increase of 4.3 cents in the federal gas tax; a tax increase from 34 percent to 35 percent on corporate income above $10 million retroactive to Jan. 1, 1993; an auction of the public radio spectrum; a direct student loan program; $55.8 billion in Medicare cuts mostly through reductions in payments to providers; a delay in cost of living adjustments for military personnel; changes in federal retirement programs; a $20.8 billion expansion of the earned-income tax credit; creation of empowerment zones; an increase in spending of $500 million for childhood immunization and $2.5 billion for food stamps; a two-year extension of the research and development tax credit; a 50 percent capital gains exclusion for long-term investments in certain small businesses; and allowing the depreciation of intangible assets. Adopted 218-216: R 0-175; D 217-41 (ND 155-18, SD 62-23); I 1-0, Aug. 5, 1993. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

6. Roll call #496. HR1804. School Improvement/Passage. Passage of the bill to authorize $427 million for fiscal 1994 for grants to states and local schools and for other costs associated with voluntary adoption of national education goals, standards and tests and improvements to public schools. Passed 307-118: R 57-116; D 249-2 (ND 165-2, SD 84-0); I 1-0, Oct. 13, 1993. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

7. Roll call #575. HR3450. NAFTA Implementation/Passage. Passage of the bill to approve the North American Free Trade Agreement and make the necessary changes to U.S. statutory law to implement it. Passed 234-200: R 132-43; D 102-156 (ND 49-124, SD 53-32); I 0-1, Nov. 17, 1993. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

AFL-CIO roll call votes for 103d Congress, 2d Session

1. Roll call #65. HJRES103. Balanced-Budget Constitutional Amendment/Passage. Passage of the joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget by 2001 or the second fiscal year after ratification by three-fourths of the states, whichever is later. Congress could waive the balanced-budget requirement if three-fifths of the House and Senate approve deficit spending. It also could waive the requirement when a declaration of war was in effect or when there was a declared military threat to national security. Rejected 271-153: R 172-1; D 99-151 (ND 47-122, SD 52-29); I 0-1, March 17, 1994. (A two-thirds majority vote of those present and voting (283 in this case) is required to pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution.) A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

2. Roll call #112. HCONRES218. Fiscal 1995 Budget Resolution/Instruct Conferees. Kasich, R-Ohio, motion to instruct the House conferees to agree to the Senate amendment to provide an additional $26.1 billion in deficit reduction over the next five years and to protect defense spending from further cuts. Motion rejected 202-216: R 159-6; D 43-209 (ND 29-141, SD 14-68); I 0-1, April 14, 1994. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

3. Roll call #186. HR2108. Black Lung Benefits/Passage. Passage of the bill to allow claimants found to be ineligible to keep black lung benefits already provided, to limit the submission of medical evidence in black lung benefit cases to make it easier for coal miners suffering from black lung disease to get benefits, to enable survivors to continue to receive benefits after the death of the miner, to establish a more timely process for the payment of legal fees and to provide benefits to operators of coke ovens. Passed 252-166: R 23-148; D 228-18 (ND 162-4, SD 66-14); I 1-0, May 19, 1994. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

4. Roll call #302. HR4606. Fiscal 1995 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations/Community Health Centers. Separate vote at the request of Smith, D-Iowa, on the amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole offered by Porter, R-Ill., to increase spending on community health centers and rural health outreach grants by $100 million and offset the increased spending by a corresponding reduction in the administrative and enforcement accounts of the bill. Rejected 211-217: R 173-3; D 38-213 (ND 7-163, SD 31-50); I 0-1, June 29, 1994. (On separate votes, which may be demanded on an amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole, the four delegates and the resident commissioner of Puerto Rico cannot vote. See vote 294.) AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

   Note: The AFL-CIO opposed this amendment because it claimed that the money to be used to fund these programs would be taken away from workplace enforcement programs which would have hampered the enforcement capabilities of OSHA, MSHA, and the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.

5. Roll call #383. HR4590. China MFN/State-Owned Enterprises. Pelosi, D-Calif., substitute amendment to deny President Clinton's waiver of the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the 1974 trade act with respect to products manufactured or exported by the Chinese army, Chinese defense industrial trading companies or state-owned enterprises in order to grant most-favored-nation (MFN) status, which allows those products to enter the United States at the lowest available tariff rate. Jackson-Vanik bars MFN status to communist countries that do not allow free emigration. The substitute also would require the Treasury Department to publish a list of enterprises owned by the Chinese military and Chinese defense industrial trading companies, and would urge U.S. businesses in China to protect worker and human rights. Rejected in the Committee of the Whole 158-270: R 46-125; D 111-145 (ND 91-84, SD 20-61); I 1-0, Aug. 9, 1994. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

6. Roll call #456. HR6. Elementary and Secondary School Reauthorization/Conference Report. Adoption of the conference report to reauthorize for five years the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, providing $12.7 billion to help disadvantaged students. Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 262-132: R 31-128; D 230-4 (ND 161-2, SD 69-2); I 1-0, Sept. 30, 1994. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

7. Roll call #507. HR5110. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/Passage. Passage of the bill to make statutory changes to implement the new world trade agreement negotiated under the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The agreement would reduce tariffs and trade barriers, ensure stricter enforcement of world trade rules through the newly established World Trade Organization (WTO), and expand GATT rules to cover such economic sectors as agriculture, services and intellectual property. The bill also would accelerate tax payment schedules, change eligibility standards for certain federal programs, and make other changes to offset lost revenues from tariff reductions in order to comply with pay-as-you-go budget rules. Passed 288-146: R 121-56; D 167-89 (ND 107-66, SD 60-23); I 0-1, Nov. 29, 1994. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

AFL-CIO roll call votes for 104th Congress, 1st Session

1. Roll call #27. HR5. Unfunded Mandates/Labor Standards Exemption. Sanders, I-Vt., en bloc amendment to exempt from the provisions of the bill federal mandates that establish minimum labor protection standards. Rejected 161-263: R 0-228; D 160-35 (ND 124-10, SD 36-25); I 1-0, Jan. 23, 1995. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

2. Roll call #183. HR1022. Risk Assessment/Passage. Passage of the bill to require federal agencies to perform detailed risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses of any proposed health, safety or environmental regulations that would cost the economy more than $25 million. Passed 286-141: R 226-2; D 60-138 (ND 23-113, SD 37-25); I 0-1, Feb. 28, 1995. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

3. Roll call #295. HR1215. Tax and Spending Cuts/Passage. Passage of the bill to cut taxes by $189 billion over five years through a variety of proposals, including a $500-per-child tax credit for families earning up to $200,000 a year; the elimination of the corporate alternative minimum tax; a lowering of the capital gains tax rate from 28 percent to 19.8 percent; the easing of the "marriage penalty" in the tax code; the establishment of "back loaded" individual retirement accounts; and the repeal of the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits. The cost of the bill would be offset through various proposals, including cutting discretionary spending by $100 billion over five years; increasing federal employees' pension contribution; and freezing reimbursement rates in certain Medicare programs. Passed 246-188: R 219-11; D 27-176 (ND 9-130, SD 18-46); I 0-1, April 5, 1995. (A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position.) AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

4. Roll call #567. HR2002. Fiscal 1996 Transportation Appropriations/Collective Bargaining. Coleman, D-Texas, amendment to strike from the bill provisions to repeal Section 13(c) of the Federal Transit Act, which provides collective bargaining rights and other labor protections for mass transit employees. Adopted 233-186: R 44-181; D 188-5 (ND 133-0, SD 55-5); I 1-0, July 25, 1995. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

5. Roll call #626. HR2127. Fiscal 1996 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations/Passage. Passage of the bill to provide approximately $256 billion in new budget authority for the departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Education and certain independent agencies for fiscal 1996. The bill would provide $11 billion more than the fiscal 1995 level of $245 billion and $12 billion less than the administration request of $268 billion. Passed 219-208: R 213-18; D 6-189 (ND 0-134, SD 6-55); I 0-1, Aug. 4, 1995 (in the session that began and the Congressional Record date Aug. 3). A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

6. Roll call #691. HR743. Teamwork For Employers and Managers/Passage. Passage of the bill to modify the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 to make clear that U.S. businesses can establish, without the presence of a labor union, workplace groups consisting of both labor and management to address such issues as productivity, quality control and safety. Passed 221-202: R 206-22; D 15-179 (ND 2-132, SD 13-47); I 0-1, Sept. 27, 1995. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

7. Roll call #731. HR2425. Medicare Revisions/Passage. Passage of the bill to cut $270 billion over seven years from Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly. The bill would make all health care fraud federal crimes, limit increases in payments to hospitals and other providers to keep solvent the Medicare Part A trust fund until fiscal 2010, and freeze the Part B Medicare premium at 31.5 percent of program costs. Passed 231-201: R 227-6; D 4-194 (ND 0-137, SD 4-57); I 0-1, Oct. 19, 1995. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

8. Roll call #792. HR2539. Interstate Commerce Commission Termination/Labor Protections. Whitfield, R-Ky., amendment to preserve certain labor protections for mid-size railroads that have yearly revenues between $20 million and $250 million. Adopted 241-184: R 50-182; D 190-2 (ND 133-0, SD 57-2); I 1-0, Nov. 14, 1995. A "yea" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

9. Roll call #872. HJRES134. Fiscal 1996 Continuing Appropriations/Motion To Table. Livingston, R-La., motion to table (kill) the Obey, D-Wis., appeal of the chair's ruling that the Obey motion to recommit the bill with instructions to incorporate in it funding for all remaining services provided by the Veterans Affairs Department and currently closed government functions, and to guarantee increases in military pay and retiree cost of living adjustments, was out of order. Motion agreed to 236-176: R 232-0; D 4-175 (ND 1-124, SD 3-51); I 0-1, Dec. 20, 1995. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

AFL-CIO roll call votes for 104th Congress, 2d Session

1. Roll call #85. HR2202. Immigration Restrictions/Temporary Agriculture Worker Program. Pombo, R-Calif., amendment to modify the current temporary agriculture worker program by creating a three-year alternative pilot program that would enable employers to hire temporary and seasonal workers for no more than 10 months at a time. Under the amendment, employers would be required to give preference to available American workers. The amendment would phase out the current guest worker program over two years if the pilot program becomes permanent. Rejected 180-242: R 157-76; D 23-165 (ND 5-125, SD 18-40); I 0-1, March 21, 1996. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

2. Roll call #194. HR1227. Employee Commuting Act/Minimum Wage Increase/Small Business Exemption. Goodling, R-Pa., amendment to exempt employees of businesses with annual gross sales under $500,000 from the minimum wage and overtime law. Current law exempts employees of such firms from the minimum wage, provided they are not involved in interstate commerce. Rejected 196-229: R 189-43; D 7-185 (ND 1-134, SD 6-51); I 0-1, May 23, 1996. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Opposed.

3. Roll call #284. HJRES182. China's MFN Status/Passage. Passage of the joint resolution to disapprove President Clinton's decision to renew most-favored-nation trade status to China from July 3, 1996, to July 3, 1997. Rejected 141-286: R 65-167; D 75-119 (ND 62-75, SD 13-44); I 1-0, June 27, 1996. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position. AFL-CIO position: Favor.

4. Roll call #370. HR2391. Compensatory Time Off for Overtime Work/Passage. Passage of the bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to permit private sector employees to receive compensatory time off instead of overtime pay for work performed beyond 40 hours a week. The bill requires that any compensatory time agreement be voluntary on the part of the employee, limits the amount of compensatory time an employee may accrue to 240 hours per year, and requires the employer to pay workers for any unused compensatory time. Passed 225-195: R 211-19; D 14-175 (ND 5-131, SD 9-44); I 0-1, July 30, 1996. A "nay" was a vote in support of the president's position.

5. Roll call #446. HR3539. FAA Reauthorization/Conference Report. Adoption of the conference report on the bill to authorize $19.5 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 1997 and 1998. Specifically, the bill authorizes $10.5 billion for FAA operations, $4.6 billion for the Airport Improvement Program, $4.2 billion for facilities and equipment, and $207 million for research and development. Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 218-198: R 199-30; D 19-167 (ND 3-133, SD 16-34); I 0-1, Sept. 27, 1996.