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A"conference
committee" made up of senators and representatives has finished
reconciling the differences between the House and Senate versions
of the Colombia aid package. Details about the committee's agreement
(found in Conference Report 106-710 [.pdf
version]) are now emerging.
Changes
made to the package include:
- A
different mix of helicopters: 18 UH-60 "Blackhawk"
helicopters and 42 UH-1H "Huey" helicopters, at a
cost of $315 million. Twelve of the Hueys are for the Colombian
National Police.
- A
combination of the House and Senate human rights conditions,
but with a waiver allowing the Secretary of State to skip the
human rights certification if doing so is in the "national
security interest."
- Cuts
in the Senate's funding for human rights (though the amount
is greater than the House version had included).
- Removal
of the Senate's environmental conditions on herbicides.
- Removal
of a House provision increasing funding for internally displaced
persons.
Specific
funding amounts are available in the Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) version
of yesterday's Congressional Record, beginning at page http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2000_record&page=H5528&position=all.
By
the end of June 30, these numbers will be added to our comparison
of all versions of the aid package.
All
Colombia provisions from three bills -- the House Emergency Supplemental
(H.R. 3908), the Senate Military Construction Appropriations bill
(S. 2521), and the Senate Foreign Operations Appropriations bill
(S. 2522) -- were combined and added to the Military Construction
Appropriations bill, together with emergency spending for Kosovo,
flood relief in North Carolina and other measures. Military Construction
is one of the first annual budget bills that both houses have
already passed.
Once
the conference report is approved by Congress, it will go to the
President for his signature, perhaps as early as June 30.
(For
further clues about what is in the package, the House Appropriations
Committee has posted a press
release on its web page.)
Conferees:
House
Republicans:
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C.W.
Bill Young (R-St. Petersburg, FL)
House
Appropriations Commitee chairman
Voted
against the Obey or Ramstad amendments to cut or delay military
aid to Colombia during the House debate in March
Office
location: 2407 Rayburn HOB
Phone:
202-225-5961 / Fax: 202-225-9764
ADA
Liberal Quotient: 20 / ACU Conservative Rating: 89
United
Technologies: $4,000 / Textron: $4,000 |
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Ralph
Regula (R-Canton, OH)
Voted
against the Obey or Ramstad amendments to cut or delay military
aid to Colombia
Office
location: 2309 Rayburn HOB
Phone:
202-225-3876 / Fax: 202-225-3059
ADA
Liberal Quotient: 25 / ACU Conservative Rating: 65 |
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Jerry
Lewis (R-Redlands, CA)
Voted
against the Obey or Ramstad amendments to cut or delay military
aid to Colombia
Office
location: 2112 Rayburn HOB
Phone:
202-225-5861 / Fax: 202-225-6498
ADA
Liberal Quotient: 20 / ACU Conservative Rating: 83
United
Technologies: $4,000 / Textron: $3,000 |
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Harold
Rogers (R-Somerest, KY)
Voted
against the Obey or Ramstad amendments to cut or delay military
aid to Colombia
Office
location: 2470 Rayburn HOB
Phone:
202-225-4601 / Fax: 202-225-0940
ADA
Liberal Quotient: 5 / ACU Conservative Rating: 83 |
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Joe
Skeen (R-Las Cruces, NM)
Voted
against the Obey or Ramstad amendments to cut or delay military
aid to Colombia
Office
location: 2302 Rayburn HOB
Phone:
202-225-2365 / Fax: 202-225-9599
ADA
Liberal Quotient: 10 / ACU Conservative Rating: 85
United
Technologies: $3,500 / Textron: $3,000 |
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Sonny
Callahan (R-Mobile, AL)
Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee
chairman
Voted
against the Obey or Ramstad amendments to cut or delay military
aid to Colombia
Office
location: 2466 Rayburn HOB
Phone:
202-225-4931 / Fax: 202-225-0562
ADA
Liberal Quotient: 10 / ACU Conservative Rating: 93
United
Technologies: $1,500 / Textron: $1,000 |
House
Democrats:
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David
R. Obey (D-Wausau, WI)
House Appropriations Committee ranking Democrat
Author of a failed amendment to delay military aid
to Colombia, a leader of House opposition to the aid package
Office
location: 2314 Rayburn HOB
Phone: 202-225-3365 / Fax: N/A
ADA Liberal Quotient: 90 / ACU Conservative Rating:
9 |
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John
P. Murtha (D-Johnstown, PA)
Did
not vote for the Obey or Ramstad amendments to cut or delay
military aid to Colombia
Office location: 2423 Rayburn HOB
Phone: 202-225-2065 / Fax: 202-225-5709
ADA Liberal Quotient: 60 / ACU Conservative Rating:
33
United Technologies: $5,000 / Textron: $20,000 |
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Marcy
Kaptur (D-Toledo, OH)
Voted
for the Obey and Ramstad amendments to cut or delay military
aid to Colombia
Office
location: 2366 Rayburn HOB
Phone: 202-225-4146 / Fax: 202-225-7711
ADA Liberal Quotient: 85 / ACU Conservative Rating:
13 |
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Nancy
Pelosi (D-San Francisco, CA)
Foreign
Operations Appropriations Subcommittee ranking Democrat
Author of a failed amendment to cut military aid to Colombia,
a leader of House opposition to the aid package
Office location: 2457 Rayburn HOB
Phone:
202-225-4965 / Fax: 202-225-8259
ADA
Liberal Quotient: 95 / ACU Conservative Rating: 2 |
Senate
Republicans:
Senate
Democrats:
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Robert
Byrd (D-WV)
Senate Appropriations Committee ranking Democrat
Voted for the Wellstone amendment, and against the Gorton
amendment
Office location: 517 Hart SOB
Phone: 202-224-5274 / Fax: 305-530-7100
ADA Liberal Quotient: 80 / ACU Conservative Rating: 20
United Technologies: $8,000 |
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Daniel
Inouye (D-HI)
Did not vote for the Wellstone or Gorton amendments to cut
military aid
Office location: 825 Hart SOB
Phone: 202-224-3154 / Fax: 919-856-4245
ADA Liberal Quotient: 95 / ACU Conservative Rating: 0
United Technologies: $3,000 / Textron: $3,000 |
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Patrick
Leahy (D-VT)
Senate Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee ranking
Democrat
Voted for the Wellstone and Gorton amendments to cut military
aid, a leader of Senate opposition to the aid package
Office location: 703 Hart SOB
Phone: 202-224-5521 / Fax: 505-988-6647
ADA Liberal Quotient: 95 / ACU Conservative Rating: 4 |
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Patty
Murray (D-WA)
Voted for the Wellstone and Gorton amendments to cut military
aid
Office location: 120 Russell SOB
Phone: 202-224-6324 / Fax: 412-562-0533
ADA Liberal Quotient: 100 / ACU Conservative Rating: 4 |
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Harry
Reid (D-NV)
Did not vote for the Wellstone or Gorton amendments to cut
military aid
Office location: 320 Hart SOB
Phone: 202-224-4642 / Fax: 401-943-3100
ADA Liberal Quotient: 90 / ACU Conservative Rating: 12 |
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