US Senate Information Sheet

Barbara A. Mikulski (D)

Washington DC Office:
709 SHOB Washington, DC 20510-2003

Receptionist: Barbara S. O'Malley
Phone: 202-224-4654, 202-224-5223
FAX: 202-224-8858

E-mail senator@mikulski.senate.gov
Web Site http://www.senate.gov/~mikulski/

Annapolis Office: Suite 202, 60 West Street, MD 21401
Phone 301-263-1805

Baltimore Office: Suite 253, World Trade Center, 401 E. Pratt Street, MD 21202-3041
Phone 410-962-4510 FAX 410-962-4760

College Park Office: Suite 208, 9658 Baltimore Avenue, MD 20740
Phone 301-345-5517 FAX 301-345-7573

Hagerstown Office: 94 W. Washington Street, MD 21740
Phone 301-797-2826 FAX 301-797-2241

Salisbury Office: Suite 1E, Building B, 1201 Pemberton Drive, MD 21801
Phone 410-546-7711 FAX 410-546-9324

Score Card

Scorecard 1999
+   Voted For
--   Voted Against
A   Abstention
E   Excused Absents
* See Note

Anti-discrimination Act Amendment to Include Homosexual Behavior as a Protected Right

Hate Crime Legislation Giving Special Judicial Status to Homosexuals, Bisexuals and Lesbians

Pro-Marriage
Legislation that Supports Traditional Marriage

Pro-Same Sex Marriage Legislation

Prohibiting Assisted Suicide

Prohibiting Partial Birth Abortions

Senator's Position

+ For

-- Against

CFMC's Position

-- Against

+ For

-- Against

+ For

Voting Record Includes:

Opposed:
A Senate Bill to prohibit aborting a baby as it is coming through the birth canal. Bill passed 64-36. May 20, 1997, Roll Call Vote 71.

Supported:
A Senate Resolution to send an additional $123 million in foreign aid to overseas organizations that promote the legalization of abortion, especially in developing nations that currently have pro-life laws. Resolution adopted 53-46. February 25, 1997. Roll Call Vote 13.

Opposed:
An Amendment to allow parents to save money to offset education expenses by investing their after tax dollars into education IRAs which would grow tax-free and be available for withdrawal, penalty free, to pay for education expenses, K-12 for public, private or home school. Amendment adopted 59-41. June 27, 1997, Roll Call Vote 150.

Opposed:
Bill S. 1156, District of Columbia Appropriations Bill. This amendment would have allocated $7 million of the federal payment to the District for educational scholarships for low-income District students. This vote was an effort to break the Democrats’ filibuster and required a two-thirds majority. So, it failed despite getting a 58-41 majority.

Opposed:
S.Res 86: Senate resolution expressing the desire of the Senate to restructure the IRS. This restructuring would include taxpayer protections and IRS employee accountability.

Opposed:
S.Res 86: Senate resolution expressing the desire of the Senate have any budget surplus be used to reduce the Social Security payroll tax and to establish personal retirement accounts.

Opposed:
Amendment Number: S. Admt. No. 2199 (Amendment to 1999 Budget Resolution--S. CON. RES. 86). This amendment to the 1999 Budget would have cut taxes by $196 billion over five years, but it failed by the vote of 38 to 62.

Opposed:
Amendment to 1999 Budget Resolution--S. CON. RES. 86. Senators that supported this measure believe that the US Constitution should be amended to require a supermajority vote in each house of Congress to approve a tax increase.

Opposed:
H2646: Is a bill that would have allow parents, relatives or outside corporations to contribute up to $2000 a year of after-tax funds in tax-free saving accounts for educational purposes.

Voted to support Partial Birth Abortion, a procedure which the vast majority of his constituents (85%-95%) in Maryland's 5th District oppose.

Ms. Mikulski opposed a Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment and Education Savings Accounts that would have allowed parents to save $2,000. a year tax free for education.

Actively supports homosexuals serving in the military -- and other pro homosexual agenda issues.

Mikulski Profile:

Senate Term: Jan. 6, 1987 to Present
House Service: 1977 to 1987
Born: July 20, 1936 in Baltimore, MD
Education: Mount St. Agnes College, 1958, B.A.; University of Maryland School of Social Work, 1965, M.S.W.
Religion: Roman Catholic

Currently secretary of the Democratic Conference, she is also got on the Ethics Committee. Mikulski entered the leadership ranks 1992 when she became assistant floor leader. Like most other Democratic women on the Hill, she is a strong supporter of abortion (the killing of an un-born child).

In December 1995, Mikulski helped kill a constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration when she decided at the last minute to oppose the measure. The resolution failed by just three votes.

She has been one of the Senate's leading advocates of Clinton's AmeriCorps program. She voted against the fiscal 1996 VA-HUD appropriations bill in September 1995 because it did not include funding for AmeriCorps. "

Committee and Subcommittee Assignments

Committee on Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Transportation
Treasury and General Government
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, Ranking Minority Member

Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Aging, Ranking Minority Member
Public Health

Other Assignments and Memberships

Senate Democratic Conference, Secretary

Senate Democratic Policy Committee, ex officio

Senate Democratic Technology and Communications Committee, ex officio

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors

Peace Accord Monitoring Group

Senate NATO Observer Group

Paul Sarbanes (D)

Washington DC Office:
309 SHOB Washington, DC 20510-2002

Appointments: Elise C. Gillette
Phone: 202-224-4524, 202-224-3452
FAX: 202-224-1651

E-mail senator@sarbanes.senate.gov
Web Site http://www.senate.gov/~sarbanes/

Baltimore Office: Suite 1700, Tower I, 100 S. Charles Street, MD 21201
Phone 410-962-4436 FAX 410-962-4156

Cobb Island Office: 15499 Potomac River Drive, Box 409, MD 20625
Phone 301-259-2404

Cumberland Office: Suite 206, 141 Baltimore Street, MD 21502
Phone 301-797-2826 FAX 301-797-2241

Salisbury Office: Suite D, 110 W. Church Street, MD 21801
Phone 410-860-2131 FAX 410-860-2134

Silver Spring Office: Suite 450, 1110 Bonifant Street, MD 20910
Phone 301-589-0797 FAX 301-589-0598

Score Card

Scorecard 1999
+   Voted For
--   Voted Against
A   Abstention
E   Excused Absents
* See Note

Anti-discrimination Act Amendment to Include Homosexual Behavior as a Protected Right

Hate Crime Legislation Giving Special Judicial Status to Homosexuals, Bisexuals and Lesbians

Pro-Marriage
Legislation that Supports Traditional Marriage

Pro-Same Sex Marriage Legislation

Prohibiting Assisted Suicide

Prohibiting Partial Birth Abortions

Senator's Position

+ For

-- Against

CFMC's Position

-- Against

+ For

-- Against

+ For

Voting Record Includes:

Opposed:
This Senate Bill to prohibit aborting a baby as it is coming through the birth canal. Bill passed 64-36. May 20, 1997, Roll Call Vote 71.

Supported:
A Senate Resolution to send an additional $123 million in foreign aid to overseas organizations that promote the legalization of abortion, especially in developing nations that currently have pro-life laws. Resolution adopted 53-46. February 25, 1997. Roll Call Vote 13.

Supported:
Amendment to repeal the current law which prohibits U.S. military facilities from performing abortions. Amendment rejected 48-51. July 10, 1997. Roll Call Vote 167.

Opposed:
A Senate Amendment continuing to prohibit federal health benefit plans from paying for abortions, except in cases where the life of the mother is threatened or those involving rape or incest. Amendment adopted 54-45. July 22, 1997, Roll Call Vote 190.

Opposed:
Constitutional Amendment to balance the budget by the year 2002 or two years after ratification by the states. Resolution rejected 66-34. Constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority vote for passage. March 4, 1997. Roll Call Vote 24.

Opposed:
This Senate Amendment would allow parents to save more money to offset education expenses by investing their after tax dollars into education IRAs which would grow tax-free and be available for withdrawal, penalty free, to pay for education expenses, K-12 for public, private or home school. Amendment adopted 59-41. June 27, 1997, Roll Call Vote 150.

Opposed:
Taxpayer Relief Act, Bill #: HR 2014, a House-Senate Conference Report. This bill reduced taxes by $100 billion over five years, 1998 to 2002. It included, among other things, a capital-gains tax cut, a higher exemption amount for estate taxes, and $500 child tax credit. The bill passed 92 to 8.

Opposed:
Bill #: S.Res 86 Senate resolution expressing the desire of the Senate to restructure the IRS. This restructuring would include taxpayer protections and IRS employee accountability. The resolution was adopted by the vote of 59 to 40.

Opposed:
Bill #: S.Res 86 Senate resolution expressing the desire of the Senate have any budget surplus be used to reduce the Social Security payroll tax and to establish personal retirement accounts. The resolution was adopted by the vote of 50 to 48.

Opposed:
Amendment Number: S. Admt. No. 2199 Amendment to 1999 Budget Resolution--S. CON. RES. 86) This amendment to the 1999 Budget would have cut taxes by $196 billion over five years, but it failed by the vote of 38 to 62.

Opposed: Bill #: H2646 bill that would allow parents, relatives or outside corporations to contribute up to $2000 a year of after-tax funds in tax-free saving accounts for educational purposes. This was a vote to end debate on the bill. It failed 58 to 42.

Continued support of Partial Birth Abortion & Abortion on Demand procedures which the vast majority of his constituents in Maryland oppose.

Sarbanes Profile:

Senate Term:Jan. 3, 1977 to Present
House Term: 1971 to 1977
Born: Feb. 3, 1933 in Salisbury, MD
Education: Princeton University (NJ), 1954, B.A., Balliol College, Oxford University, 1957, first class B.A., honors in philosophy, politics and economics; Harvard University Law School (MA), 1960
Family: Married;Christine Dunbar; three children
Religion: Greek Orthodox

In 1987, he was selected for investigating the Iran-contra scandal and in 1995, he was ranking minority member of the Senate Whitewater Committee. Sarbanes offered a substitute resolution directing the Whitewater Committee to exhaustively explore ways of getting the information without going to court. And he argued that the committee hearings into the death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent W. Foster Jr. and the conduct of the White House staff produced no evidence of wrongdoing.

In the 1974 hearings to impeach President Richard M. Nixon; then a member of the House Judiciary Committee, Sarbanes drafted the most important article of impeachment, charging the president with obstruction of justice.

In 1993 he voted for Clinton's deficit reduction plan, which included tax increases. In addition he was among the Clinton allies in early 1994 who attempted to quash suggestions that Congress take more action to reduce the deficit.

In the 102nd Congress, he won enactment of a bill enlarging the Assateague Island National Seashore. In the 101st, he was the chief Senate sponsor of legislation to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. In 1986, he launched the first filibuster of his career over legislation that would have transferred control over two major Washington, D.C.-area airports from the federal government to a regional authority. Sarbanes talked for five days during the filibuster.

Committee Assignments

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Ranking Minority Member

Committee on the Budget

Committee on Foreign Relations
African Affairs
European Affairs
International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, Ranking Minority Member
Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs

Joint Economic Committee

Other Assignments

Senate Arms Control Observer Group

Senate Democratic Policy Committee

Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues

Congressional Coalition for Soviet Jews, Co-Chair

Congressional Fire Services Caucus, Co-Chair

Congressional Friends of Human Rights Monitor

Environmental and Energy Study Conference

Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition

Senate Steel Caucus

Election Year	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
1998	Barbara A. Mikulski (D)	1,061,881	(70.6%) *
	Ross Z. Pierpont (R)	443,217	(29.4%)
1994	Paul S. Sarbanes (D)	809,125	(59.1%) *
	William Brock (R)	559,908	(40.9%)
1992	Barbara A. Mikulski (D)	1,307,610	(71.0%) *
	Alan L. Keyes (R)	533,688	(29.0%)
1988	Paul S. Sarbanes (D)	999,166	(61.8%) *
	Alan L. Keyes (R)	617,537	(38.2%)
1986	Barbara A. Mikulski (D)	675,229	(60.7%) *
	Linda Chavez (R)	437,419	(39.3%)
* Election Winner