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Senate Agenda - July 12, 2002

Schedule: The Senate will continue consideration of S. 2673, to improve quality and transparency in financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services for public companies, to create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the standard setting process for accounting practices, to strengthen the independence of firms that audit public companies, to increase corporate responsibility and the usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the objectivity and independence of securities analysts, to improve Securities and Exchange Commission resources and oversight.

Senate Gives Yucca Mountain Final Okay (07/09/02)
Overriding Nevada's veto, the U.S. Senate has cleared the way for final licensing and construction of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility, located some 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

Bush Calls for Ouster of Arafat (06/24/02)
President Bush today demanded the removal of Yasser Arafat and other Palestinian leaders he said were "encouraging, not opposing, terrorism," as a condition for creation of a Palestinian state in the Middle East.

Senate Passes Energy Policy Bill (04/25/02)
The Senate has passed a version of the National Energy Policy Act differing in key areas from the House-passed bill, including axing arctic oil drilling favored by President Bush.

Senate Passes Border Security Legislation (4/18/02)
By a 97-0 vote the Senate approved H.R. 3525 - the Enhanced Border Security Act of 2001. The $3.2 billion bill provides for more and better trained border patrol agents, and modernization of the INS computer system used for tracking immigrants. Amendments made in the Senate must now be approved by the House. [Details from Reuters]

Arctic Drilling Plan Falls in Senate (04/18/02)
The Senate killed a Bush administration proposal to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Republican supporters failed to get the 60 votes necessary to end debate on the measure, which was proposed as an amendment to the Energy Policy Act. Another 40 amendments remain to be considered on this controversial legislation. [Details from CNN]

Senate Passes Election Reform Bill (04/11/02)
The Senate has overwhelmingly approved the $3.5 billion Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act, calling for one of the largest overhauls of the U.S. voting system in history. The bill calls for states to upgrade their voting equipment and registration procedures by 2004, and for implementation of national voting standards by 2006. The bill must first be reconciled with a similar $2.6 billion bill passed last year by the House before it can be sent to President Bush.

Senate Passes Campaign Finance Reform (3/20/02)
With approval in the Senate, Congress has passed a campaign finance reform bill backers say takes the most aggressive action in 25 years to reduce the influence of money in US politics. Opponents, however, call it unconstitutional. [More...]

Senate Kills Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Increase (03/13/02)
The Senate today passed an amendment to S. 517, The Energy Policy Act effectively killing a required 50 percent increase in fuel efficiency standards for cars and sport-utility vehicles. The amendment, sponsored by Michigan Democrat Carl Levin and Missouri Republican Christopher Bond, leaves setting fuel efficiency standards to the discretion of the Department of Transportation. [Details from Reuters]

State of the Union Address (01/29/02)
Focusing on his administration's "three great goals for America," President George W. Bush presented his State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress.

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Major Bills Recently Acted on by Senate

S. 2600 - Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 - PASSED - 84-14
S. 2578 - A bill to increase the public debt limit - PASSED - 68-29
S. 517, National Energy Policy Act - PASSED 88-11
H.R. 3525, Enhanced Border Security Act of 2001 - PASSED 97-0 
S. 565, Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001 - PASSED 99-1 
H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 - PASSED 60-40