trafficking in Colombia, and would give the Secretary of State discretion to use the remaining funding for drug control efforts in Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and other countries in South and Central American and the Caribbean. The amendment was rejected, 19-79. [Vote 139, 6/21/00] XXXX Voted Against Shifting Money From Plan Colombia To Substance Abuse Programs. In 2000, XXXX voted for an amendment that would strike $225 million in military assistance that would be given to Colombia to help it to mount a military offensive against the drug dealer armies in southern Colombia as part of Plan Colombia. The amendment would instead increase spending by $225 million on Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration (SAMSHA) programs to treat drug addicts. The motion to table was agreed to, 89-11. [Vote 138, 6/21/00] XXXX Voted for GOP-Backed Stronger Powder Cocaine Penalties, Rather Than Lower Sentences for Crack Cocaine. In 1999, XXXX voted for an amendment that expanded federal efforts to stop the growth of methamphetamine and amphetamine, and imposed tougher mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking in powder cocaine. The measure reduced the sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine by tightening the penalty against dealers of the powder, which allows stricter penalties for crack cocaine, more heavily used by African Americans, than powder cocaine, heavily used by whites. Opponents and the Clinton administration wanted to decrease the disparity by lowering the sentencing for crack cocaine. The vote was on the Hatch amendment, which enacted the Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act. [Vote 360, 11/10/99; Associated Press, 11/11/99] CHILDREN AND SCHOOL SAFETY XXXX Voted For the National Kidnapping Alert System. In 2003, XXXX voted for the National Kidnapping Alert System, which would establish a national coordinator for AMBER alerts, an alert system for missing children, within the Justice Department. The coordinator would work to expand the network of the AMBER alert systems and would coordinate the issuance of region wide alerts. The bill also would authorize a grant program to help establish electronic message boards as well as training and education programs in states that do not have the alert system. The Justice Department would be responsible for establishing standards for issuing alerts. The vote was on passage of the National Kidnapping Alert System. [S 121, Vote 9, 1/21/03] XXXX Voted To Criminalize Pandering Or Soliciting Child Pornography. In February 2003, XXXX voted for a bill that would make it a crime to pander or solicit child pornography. It would require the pandering to be linked to material that had been determined to be obscene and would require prosecutors to show a suspect acted with intent. The bill's pandering provision would make it a crime to present material "or purported material" that conveys the impression that a minor is engaging in sexual behavior. [S 151, Vote 35, 2/24/03] XXXX Supported $49 Million for School and Community Safety Programs. XXXX, on May 14, 2001, voted for the Cleland amendment to S.1, which was an amendment to establish a National Center for School and Youth Safety to offer emergency assistance in response to school safety crises, an anonymous student hotline, consultations regarding school safety, and outreach activities. John McCain was one of 74 senators to vote for this amendment. [S 1, Vote 102, 5/14/01] XXXX Voted to Call for Reauthorization Of The Safe And Drug-Free Schools Program. In 2000, XXXX voted for an amendment that would express the sense of the Senate that the "reauthorization of the Safe and Drug- Free Schools program that Congress soon will be considering should target the elimination of illegal drugs and violence in our schools and should encourage local schools to insist on zero-tolerance policies towards violence and illegal drug use." The amendment was agreed to, 96-1. [Vote 26, 3/2/00] XXXX Voted Against Exempting Juveniles and Mentally Ill From Prison Litigation Reform Act. In 1999, XXXX voted to kill an amendment that would exempt juveniles and the mentally ill from current laws that limit the power of federal courts to grant injunctive relief on the basis of prison conditions. [Vote 219, 7/22/99] XXXX Voted Against Media Campaign to Prevent Underage Drinking. In 1999, XXXX voted against the Lautenberg amendment to S.1217, which was an amendment to provide $25 million for a media campaign to 55