Mullings by Rich Galen | Secret Decoder Ring for March 16, 2001

401(k). 400(k). 399(k)…
Friday March 16, 2001

TITLE: "401(k). 400(k). 399(k)…" The shrinking value of peoples' 401(k) plans. A 401(k) plan takes its name from the section of the Internal Revenue Code of 1978 that created them.

"… it has lost 60 percent of its value …" The Nasdaq index had a 52-week high of 5078.86. It closed yesterday at 1940.71, a drop of 61.8%.

" …Keyser Soze …" The mysterious character from the 1995 film "Usual Suspects" for which Kevin Spacey won an Academy Award.

"Didn't need Cheney. Again." In spite of breathless anticipation on the part of television news anchors, there has not yet been a vote in the U.S. Senate which required Vice President Cheney to break a tie.

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(Rollcall Vote No. 36 Leg. )
March 15, 2001,   6:07 PM

BILL NO.: S.420
TITLE: S.420, As Amended

REQUIRED FOR MAJORITY: 1/2
RESULT: Bill Passed

                                   YEAS---83
  Akaka                   Dorgan                   McCain
  Allard                  Edwards                  McConnell
  Allen                   Ensign                   Mikulski
  Baucus                  Enzi                     Miller
  Bayh                    Feinstein                Murkowski
  Bennett                 Frist                    Murray
  Biden                   Graham                   Nelson (NE)
  Bingaman                Gramm                    Nickles
  Bond                    Grassley                 Reid
  Breaux                  Gregg                    Roberts
  Bunning                 Hagel                    Santorum
  Burns                   Hatch                    Schumer
  Byrd                    Helms                    Sessions
  Campbell                Hollings                 Shelby
  Cantwell                Hutchinson               Smith (NH)
  Carnahan                Inhofe                   Smith (OR)
  Carper                  Inouye                   Snowe
  Chafee                  Jeffords                 Specter
  Cleland                 Johnson                  Stabenow
  Clinton                 Kohl                     Stevens
  Cochran                 Kyl                      Thomas
  Collins                 Landrieu                 Thompson
  Conrad                  Leahy                    Thurmond
  Craig                   Levin                    Torricelli
  Crapo                   Lieberman                Voinovich
  Daschle                 Lincoln                  Warner
  DeWine                  Lott                     Wyden
  Domenici                Lugar

                                   NAYS---15
  Brownback               Feingold                 Nelson (FL)
  Corzine                 Harkin                   Reed
  Dayton                  Hutchison                Rockefeller
  Dodd                    Kennedy                  Sarbanes
  Durbin                  Kerry                    Wellstone

                            Answered 'Present'---1
  Fitzgerald

                                Not Voting---1
  Boxer
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Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:

"Do I look dead? That was Morton Downey, Jr.
-- Fred Prouser/Reuters

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