Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Military base closures.
Warner (VA) motion to table
(block) the Bunning (KY) amendment that would eliminate
additional base closures from the FY02 Defense
Authorization bill.
Motion agreed to.Americans for Democratic Action
S 1438. Military Base Closures.
Warner (R-VA) motion to authorize an additional round of U.S. military base realignment and closures in 2003. Motion agreed to.Republican Liberty Caucus (Economic Liberty)
Defense Auth./Base Closures.
To table an amendment to prohibit a new round of base closures.Taxpayers for Common Sense Action
Launch New Round of Base Closures.
In the decade since the end of the Cold War, the military has struggled to transform itself into a modern force that employs innovative tactics and technologies to meet new and dangerous threats. Closing and realigning unnecessary military bases is essential to balancing defense priorities and promoting fiscal responsibility.
The Defense Department estimated taxpayers could save $3.6 billion per year by closing obsolete bases. The last authorization of base closures was in 1995 and the closures often lead to economic progress. Nearly 90 percent of counties affected by base closures have experienced growth in personal income and 75 percent have seen a rise in earnings per job. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) offered an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2002 Defense Authorization Act (S.1438) to strike title XXIX, which would have authorized a new round of base closings.
The Senate tabled (killed) the Bunning amendment.
Citizens Against Government Waste
S. 1438: Fiscal 2002 Defense Authorization - Base Closures.
The Senate rejected the amendment offered by Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) to prevent an additional round of base closures.Peace Action
Fiscal 2002 DefenseAuthorization/Base Closures.
Warner, R-VA, motion to table
(kill) the Bunning, R-KY.,
amendment that would strike
the provision in the bill which
authorizes an additional round
of base realignment and closures
in 2003. Motion agreed
to.