XXXX Voted to Call For 95% Of Federal Education Funds To Be Spent In The Classroom. In 2001, XXXX voted to express the sense of the Senate that 95 percent of Federal elementary and secondary education funds should be spent in the classroom. The amendment was agreed to, 96-1. [S 1, Vote 175, 6/7/01] XXXX Favored Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Over Increased Funding for Health Care, Education. In 2001, XXXX voted against a $900 million tax cut that would have provided $300 tax rebates to single filers and $600 rebates to couples, created a new ten percent tax bracket, reduced the marriage penalty, increased the per child tax credit to $1,000, increased the estate tax exemption, provided a $5,000 college tuition deduction for low- and middle-income taxpayers, increased limits on IRA contributions, permanently couples, created a new ten percent tax bracket, reduced the marriage penalty, increased the per child tax credit to $1,000, increased the estate tax exemption, provided a $5,000 college tuition deduction for low- and middle-income taxpayers, increased limits on IRA contributions, permanently expanded the R&D tax credit, eliminated the alternative minimum tax for those with incomes up to $80,000, and accelerated the phase-in of the 100 percent tax deduction for health insurance premiums paid by self employed individuals, among other minor provisions. [HR 1836, Vote 144, 5/22/01] XXXX Voted Not To Reduce Tax Cuts in Order to Increase Education Spending By $150 Billion. In 2001, XXXX voted against an amendment to the Tax Relief Act of 2001 that would strike all after the first word of the bill and would substitute alternative provisions that its sponsor stated would lower the total amount of tax relief to $1.2 trillion and would increase spending on Federal education programs by $150 billion. The motion to waive was rejected, 43-55. [HR 1836, Vote 143, 5/22/01] XXXX Voted Against Making Tax Cuts Contingent On Education Funding. XXXX voted against an amendment to the Tax Relief Act of 2001 that would prohibit any tax rate of less than 39.6 percent for the top tax bracket in any year in which the maximum amount authorized was not appropriated for the following education programs and purposes: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); Title I aid for schools to teach economically disadvantaged students; the Teacher Quality Act; bilingual education; and after-school programs. The motion was rejected, 48-51. [HR 1836, Vote 130, 5/21/01] XXXX Voted Against $120 Billion in Education Funding. XXXX, on May 21, 2001, voted against a motion to recommit H.R.1836 to the Senate Finance Committee with instructions to strike the tax rate reductions in the bill and establish a reserve account to provide for $120 billion for federal education programs. [HR 1836, Vote 121, 5/21/01] XXXX Voted to Bar Education Funding Increases For Failing States. In 2001, XXXX voted to provide that if a State's students failed to improve their academic performance in a year, then that State would not be given increased funding under this Act the next year; a State that failed to make progress could receive the same amount of funding, after adjusting for inflation. The amendment was rejected, 27-73. [S 1, Vote 93, 5/8/01] XXXX Supported Increasing Title I Funding. In 2001, XXXX voted for an amendment to the Better Education for Students and Teachers Act of 2001 (S. 1), which would strike the section that will authorize $15 billion in FY 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for the next 6 years for education for the disadvantaged (Title I, Part A of the ESEA), and would instead provide for substantial yearly increases in Title I, Part A funding. [S 1, Vote 91, 5/3/01] XXXX Voted Against $250 Billion in Education Funding. On a vote of 53-47, the Senate passed an amendment to the 2002 budget resolution, that provides the blueprint for congressional spending and priorities, that allocated more funding for education and debt reduction by reducing the resolution’s tax cut. The amendment XXXX opposed reduced the amount of the tax cut by $448 billion to provide $250 billion for education and $224 billion to reduce the federal debt. [H Con Res 83, Vote 69, 4/4/01] XXXX Voted To Kill An Amendment To Divert Defense Spending To Education. In 2000, XXXX voted against an amendment that would reduce the procurement title (title III) of the Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriations Bill by $1 billion and would appropriate an additional $922 million for Title I of the Elementary 61