MISCELLANEOUS CRIME XXXX Voted to Pass the Crime Victim’s Rights Bill. In April 2004, XXXX voted for a bill that would provide victims of crime or their representatives the right to be heard at public proceedings and would require judicial officials to take victims' safety into account when deciding the fate of defendants. It would provide victims the right to reasonable, accurate and timely notice of any public proceeding involving the crime or of any release or escape of the accused. It also would authorize $122.3 million from fiscal 2005 through 2009 for grants administered by the Justice Department to encourage states to establish and maintain programs to carry out the provisions related to crime victims' rights and for the development of a notification system of dates and criminal proceedings for crime victims. [S 2329, Vote 70, 4/22/04] XXXX Voted Against Giving Convicted Felons The Right To Vote. In 2002, XXXX voted against giving convicted felons the right to vote in federal elections. The amendment McConnell voted for would require every State to permit registration and voting in Federal elections by citizens who have committed felonies, have completed serving their sentences, and are on neither parole nor probation. The vote was on a Reid/Specter amendment to the Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act. [S 565, Vote 31, 2/14/02] XXXX Supported Bill to Combat Human Trafficking and Violence Against Women. In October 2000, XXXX voted for a bill that would that would combat human trafficking, including those forced into sexual slavery, and establish a new visa for aliens who are victims of human trafficking. It also would authorize approximately $3 billion in fiscal years 2001-2005 for programs to combat violence against women. State attorneys would be granted general authority to bring civil action in federal courts to enforce state laws that outlaw the direct sale of alcohol over the Internet. It would require states releasing violent sexual offenders who commit similar crimes in another state to reimburse the second state for costs related to the incarceration, prosecution and apprehension of the criminal. Terrorism victims would be allowed to recover judgments against countries listed by the State Department as terrorism sponsors. [Vote 269, 10/11/00] XXXX Supported A Victims’ Right Constitutional Amendment. In 2000, XXXX voted for an amendment that would propose a new amendment to the Constitution of the United States, valid if ratified by the legislatures of three-4ths of the States within 7 years from the date of its submission by Congress. The amendment would protect victims’ rights of notice and access to public hearings relating to the crime, as well as rights concern the parole and pardon the convicted offender. The cloture motion was agreed to, 82-12. [Vote 86, 4/27/00] DRUGS XXXX Voted Against Providing $634.7 Million to Rural Law Enforcement for Anti-Drug Enforcement. In 2003, XXXX voted against an effort to provide $634.7 million for the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Program, which provides money to rural law enforcement agencies for antidrug enforcement. Democrats sought to add the law enforcement funding to the $390 billion government-wide spending bill, which covered the 11 non-defense fiscal 2003 appropriations bills that Congress did not enact in 2002. Democrats said was $9.8 billion short of what they approved in 2002 when they controlled the Senate. The vote was on the Stevens, R-AK, motion to table (kill) the Harkin, D-IA, amendment to the Fiscal 2003 Omnibus Appropriations bill. [HJ Res 2, Vote 6, 1/17/03] XXXX Voted Against $164 Million For Counter-Narcotics Programs In Latin America. In 2001, XXXX voted against increasing funding for Plan Colombia, the counter-narcotics programs in Latin America, by $164 million, from $567 million to Bush’s requested amount of $731 million. The vote was on a motion to waive the Budget Act for the consideration of the Graham/Hagel/Dodd amendment to the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill for FY 2002. [HR 2506, Vote 311, 10/24/01; Congressional Quarterly Daily Monitor, 10/21/01] XXXX Voted To Cut Funding To Fight Drug Trafficking In Colombia. In 2000, XXXX voted against an amendment that would strike all but $200 million of the $934.1 million in FY 2000 funding for combating drug 54