XXXX Voted to Kill $1 Billion in Equipment Funding For Troops. Just weeks after the Iraq war began, XXXX voted to kill a proposal to provide $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment. The funding proposal was rejected 52-47. [Vote 116, 4/2/03; AP, 4/2/03] XXXX Voted to Preserve Funding for Military Officers to Lease Aircraft. In 2000, XXXX voted against giving the Secretaries of the Army and Navy authority to negotiate leases for Commander-in-Chief (CINC) support aircraft for the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. The vote was on a motion to table the Boxer amendment (No. 3311) to the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2001. [Vote 125, 6/13/00] DEFENSE SPENDING XXXX Voted for the Fiscal 2005 Defense Authorization Bill. In June 2004, XXXX voted for a bill that would authorize $447.2 billion for the Defense Department and the Energy Department's national security programs, including $25 billion in emergency funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also would increase the authorized end strength for active-duty Army personnel by 20,000 soldiers in fiscal 2005 and authorize $10.2 billion in missile defense funding. The bill includes an across-the-board military pay raise of 3.5 percent and would give members of the National Guard and Reserve access to the military's TRICARE health system even when they are on inactive status. As amended, it also would allow the Federal Communications Commission to fine broadcasters no more than $275,000 per violation or day of violation for airing indecent or profane programs, with a $3 million cap for multiple violations. [S 2400, Vote 146, 6/23/04] XXXX Voted to Pass the Fiscal 2005 Defense Appropriations Bill. In June 2004, XXXX voted for a bill that would appropriate $416.2 billion in fiscal 2005 for the Defense Department and related agencies, including $25 billion in emergency funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. It would provide $104 billion for military personnel, including a 3.5 percent pay raise for military personnel. As amended, it also would appropriate an additional $95 million in emergency funding for disaster and famine assistance efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan and Chad. [HR 4613, Vote 149, 6/24/04] XXXX Voted Against $515.5 Billion in Funding for Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs. In June 2004, XXXX voted against an amendment that would shift $515.5 million in the bill from the Missile Defense Agency's ground- based midcourse interceptors to nuclear nonproliferation programs and other homeland security and anti-terrorism activities. [S 2400, Vote 133, 6/22/04] XXXX Voted for Supplementary Military Funding. In June 2004, XXXX voted for an amendment that would authorize an additional $25 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The total authorized funding would include $14.5 billion for the Army, $1 billion for the Navy, $2 billion for the Marine Corps and $1 billion for the Air Force. Up to $2.5 billion of the authorized funding could be transferred among specific categories outlined in the amendment, contingent on prior congressional notification. [S 2400, Vote 106, 6/2/04] XXXX Voted To Increase Defense Spending to the Recommended Levels. XXXX, on March 10, 2004, voted for the Warner amendment to the Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Resolution, which was an amendment to increase the recommended level of defense spending in the underlying resolution by $6.9 billion. This proposed $6.9 billion increase did not include an offset. [S Con Res 95, Vote 37, 3/10/04] XXXX Voted Against a Reauthorization of Foreign Operations Appropriations. In October 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would insert the text of the State Department authorization bill (S 925) that would authorize $27 billion for State Department operations, including $17 billion in foreign aid and $1 billion for the Millennium Challenge Account. [HR 2800, Vote 413, 10/28/03] XXXX Voted For A “Compromise $368 Billion Defense Bill;” Bill Did Not Include Money For Iraq. On September 25, 2003, XXXX voted for a “compromise $368 billion defense bill for fiscal year 2004,” which the AP described as an expression of the “bipartisan consensus on the military's role in the fight against global terrorism.” The 95-0 vote came a day after the House passed the measure by 407-15. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, R-AK, said the “peace budget on defense,” which did not include money for Iraq, was a 315