Voting Record
108th Congress, First Session - 2003
| Vote No. | Date 2003 | Voting Position |
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| 100 | 3-25 | Y | Kerry amendment: Strikes all new tax cuts in underlying bill; and provides $150 billion stimulus package for FY 03-04. (37-62) |
| 99 | 3-25 | Y | Harkin amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education) by $24.0 billion in budget authority and $20.7 billion in outlays in FY 2004-13; assumes additional funds will be used for education programs eliminated in resolution and to restore cuts to after school, vocational education and rural education programs; and offsets by reducing unreconciled tax cut. (46-53) |
| 98 | 3-25 | Y | Clinton-Bingaman amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education) by $3.6 billion in budget authority and $3.1 billion in outlays in FY 2003-2013; assumes additional funds will be used for vocational education programs; and offsets by reducing non-reconciled tax cuts. (49-50) |
| 97 | 3-25 | Y | Lautenberg amendment: Assumes reinstatement of all original Superfund taxes and fees, increasing aggregate revenues from Superfund tax from $1.081 billion in 2004 to $1.833 billion in 2013; and provides $15.6 billion in deficit reduction from 2004 to 2013. (43-56) |
| 96 | 3-25 | Y | Corzine, et al., amendment: Increases Function 300 (Natural Resources) by $12.4 billion in budget authority and $10.7 billion in outlays in FY 2004-13; assumes additional funds will be used for environmental protection and natural resources conservation; and offsets by reducing unreconciled tax cut. (47-52) |
| 95 | 3-25 | Y | Carper-Chafee-Feinstein amendment: Provides immediate tax relief by (1) making 10% and 27% bracket cuts effective immediately, (2) increasing child tax credit to $700, (3) setting a family exclusion of $6 million from estate taxes, (4) increasing small business expensing for 2003 and 2004; offsets tax cuts by deferring additional tax cuts in 35% and 38.6% brackets; adopts aggregate spending levels in President's budget for discretionary and mandatory spending, except in case of defense spending, where it adopts Senate budget resolution's funding levels; and allocates $76 billion to non-defense discretionary spending ($76 billion is difference between Senate Budget Committee and White House defense spending projections). (42-57) |
| 94 | 3-25 | N | Bunning amendment: Increases reconciliation instruction to Finance Committee by $145.6 billion in tax cuts; assumes a repeal of 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits; and increases deficit by $145.6 billion. (48-51) |
| 93 | 3-25 | Y | Breaux amendment: Establishes reserve fund to strengthen Social Security; finances reserve fund by reducing amount of tax cuts in resolution by $396 billion over 10 years, of which $276 billion is from proposed reconciled tax cuts and $120 billion is from proposed nonreconciled tax cuts; and assumes that public debt will be reduced by $500 billion over ten years. (51-48) |
| 92 | 3-25 | Y | Clinton, et al., amendment: Increases Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $3.5 billion in budget authority and $1.8 billion in outlays in FY 2003-2004; assumes additional funding will be used to provide direct first responder funding to localities, to restore funding for Byrne Grant program, and Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program; and offsets by reducing size of newly proposed tax cuts. (49-50) |
| 91 | 3-25 | Y | Dodd amendment: Increases Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $13.7 billion in budget authority in FY 2004-13 and by $11.8 billion in outlays in FY 2004-13; assumes additional funds will be used to support hiring, training, and equipping firefighters; and offsets by reducing reconciled tax cuts. (48-50) |
| 90 | 3-25 | Y | Bingaman, et al., amendment: Increases Function 600 (Income Security) by $9.1 billion in budget authority and $8.8 billion in outlays in FY 2004-13; assumes additional funding will be used for child care in Child Care and Development Block Grant; and offsets by decreasing deficit and reducing tax cuts. (49-50) |
| 89 | 3-25 | Y | Harkin, et al., amendment: Increases Function 570 (Medicare) by $25 billion in budget authority and outlays in FY 2004-13; dedicates additional funds to eliminating payment inequities in rural areas; and offsets by reducing non-reconciled tax cuts. (49-49) |
| 88 | 3-25 | Y | Leahy, et al., amendment: Increases Function 750 (Administration of Justice) by $3.0 billion in budget authority in FY 2004 and by $3.0 billion in outlays in FY 2004-07; assumes additional funds will be used for first responders; provides $3 billion in deficit reduction; and offsets by reducing reconciled tax cuts. (46-52) |
| 87 | 3-25 | Y | Daschle amendment: Increases Function 550 (Health) by $2.9 billion in budget authority and $2.6 billion in outlays in FY 2004; assumes additional funds will be used for Indian Health Service; and offsets by decreasing top tax bracket reduction in non-reconciled portion of tax cut. (48-51) |
| 86 | 3-25 | Y | Dodd amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services) by $42.3 billion in budget authority in FY 2004-2013 and by $37.8 billion in outlays in FY 2004-2013; offsets by reducing non-reconciled tax cut; and assumes additional funds will be used to increase funding for after-school programs to levels promised by No Child Left Behind Act and to increase funding for Head Start to serve 80 percent of eligible 3 and 4 year olds. (48-51) |
| 85 | 3-25 | Y | Kennedy, et al., amendment: Increases Function 600 (Income Security) by $16.3 billion in budget authority and outlays in FY 2003-04; assumes additional funds will be used to extend unemployment benefits for 13 weeks, expiring at end of May, to provide benefits to long-term unemployed, part-time and low-wage workers, to provide up to 26 weeks of benefits to workers who run out of state benefits, and to provide States with funds to expand access to unemployment benefits for workers who have low-wage and/or part-time employment and have been left out of the current unemployment program; and offsets by reducing the non-reconciled tax cut. (48-51) |
| 84 | 3-25 | Y | Byrd amendment: Eliminates reconciliation protection for tax cuts by striking reconciliation instruction to Finance Committee. (46-52) |
| 83 | 3-25 | Y | Conrad substitute amendment: Limits tax cuts to $61 billion over 11 years; reduces deficits by $1.2 trillion below President's budget, and by $700 billion below Republican plan; and provides more funding than President's or Republican's plan for Homeland Security, Medicare, prescription drugs, transportation, education, veterans, and other high priorities. (43-56) |
| 82 | 3-25 | Y | Baucus amendment: Provides that prescription drug benefit is available to all Medicare beneficiaries on an equal basis, including those who choose to remain in current fee-for-service program. (46-51) |
| 81 | 3-25 | Y | Lincoln amendment: Increases Function 50 (National Defense) by $21.1 billion in FY 2004-2013 budget authority and $20.3 billion in outlays in FY 2004-2013; assumes the additional funds will be used to allow full access to Tricare for National Guard and Reserve personnel and their families on a continual basis; and offset by reducing tax cut. (46-51) |
| 80 | 3-25 | Y | Specter amendment: Increases Function 550 (Health) by $2.8 billion in budget authority and outlays in FY 2004; and offsets by decreasing Function 920 (Allowances) by $2.8 billion in budget authority and outlays in FY 2004. (96-1) |
| 79 | 3-21 | Y | Bond-Reid, et al., amendment: Increases Function 400 (Transportation) by $59.6 billion in budget authority in FYs 2004-2009 and $48.4 billion in outlays in FYs 2004-2013; increases Function 900 (Interest) by $14.9 billion in budget authority and outlays in FYs 2004-2013; and assumes additional transportation funding will be used for Federal-Aid Highway program and Federal Transit program. (79-21) |
| 78 | 3-21 | Y | Biden, et al., modified amendment: Increases Function 750 (Administration of Justice) by $1.0 billion in budget authority in FY 2004, and by $900.0 million in outlays in FYs 2004-2007; expresses sense of Senate that increased funding will be used for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program; offsets by reducing non-reconciled tax instructions by $2.0 billion; and allocates $1.0 billion to deficit reduction. (48-52) |
| 77 | 3-21 | Y | Byrd, et al., amendment: Increases Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $912.0 million in budget and outlays in FY 2005; assumes additional funds will be used for National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak); and offsets by reducing size of non-reconciled tax cut. (51-49) |
| 76 | 3-21 | Y | Breaux, et al., amendment: Reduces reconciled tax cut by $376 billion and provides that savings be used to reduce projected deficits. (38-62) |
| 75 | 3-21 | N | Nickles motion to table Harkin amendment (to Breaux-Snowe, et al., amendment reducing reconciled tax cut by $376 billion, and providing that savings be used to reduce projected deficits): Requires that any tax cuts above level of $350 billion must be paid for; and creates point of order against any measure which violates this provision. (58-42) |
| 74 | 3-21 | Y | Dorgan, et al., amendment: Increases Function 700 (Veterans Benefits and Services) by $1.0 billion in budget authority in FY 2004 and by $1.0 billion in outlays in FYs 2004-2007; and offsets by reducing non-reconciliation tax cuts. (49-51) |
| 73 | 3-21 | Y | Clinton, et al. modified amendment: Increases function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $3.5 billion in budget authority in FY 2003 and $3.5 billion in outlays in FYs 2003-2006; assumes additional funds will be used for Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness. (48-52) |
| 72 | 3-21 | Y | Mikulski amendment: Permits tax credit of up to $5,000 of eligible expenses for individuals with long term or chronic care needs or their families who pay for those services; and offsets by reducing non-reconciliation tax cuts. (45-54) |
| 71 | 3-21 | N | Gregg amendment: Increases funding for part B of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by reducing spending on other government programs by a commensurate amount. (89-10) |
| 70 | 3-21 | Y | Conrad amendment: Increases function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services) by $95.9 billion in budget authority and $72.9 billion in outlays in FYs 2004-2013; creates a reserve fund of $95.9 billion in budget authority and $72.9 billion in outlays in FYs 2004-2013 to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); and offsets by reducing the size of the non-reconciled tax cut. (47-52) |
| 69 | 3-21 | Y | Hollings amendment: Eliminates $1.34 trillion in tax cuts. (22-77) |
| 68 | 3-21 | Y | Lautenberg-Schumer, et al, amendment: Establishes reserve fund for National Security containing $103.5 billion in budget authority and $88 billion in Outlays that underlying resolution cuts from President's National Defense request in 2009-2013; and offsets by reducing tax cuts by $88 billion during same period. (46-53) |
| 67 | 3-21 | Y | Feingold, et al, amendment: Creates reserve fund to set aside $100 billion to pay for war in Iraq and rebuilding of Iraq; and offsets funding by reducing amount of tax cuts in underlying resolution. (52-47) |
| 66 | 3-21 | Y | Cochran amendment: Increases function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $3.5 billion in budget authority in FY 2003; and assumes the additional funding will be used for first responders. (97-0) |
| 65 | 3-21 | Y | Schumer-Clinton-Daschle, et al., amendment: Increases Function 400 (Transportation) by $15.8 billion in budget authority and by $14.3 billion in outlays in FYs 2003-2013; increases Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $47.1 billion in budget authority and by $42.6 billion in outlays; increases Function 550 (Health) by $5.2 billion in budget authority and by $4.7 billion in outlays; increases Function 750 (Administration of Justice) by $19.4 billion in budget authority and by $17.2 billion in outlays; increases Function 900 (Interest) by $23.3 billion in budget authority and outlays; offsets funding by reducing non-reconciliation tax cuts in underlying resolution; and assumes that additional funds will be used for first responder grants, firefighters equipment and hiring, COPS program, port security, aviation, rail and transit security, border security, bioterrorism, FBI, and threat and critical infrastructure analysis. (45-54) |
| 64 | 3-20 | Y | Rockefeller, et al, amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that functional totals in this resolution assume that any legislation enacted to provide economic growth for U.S. should include not less than $30 billion for State fiscal relief over next 18 months, of which at least half should be provided through a temporary increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP). (80-19) |
| 63 | 3-20 | N | Grassley motion to table Graham, et al., amendment: Increases reserve fund for Medicare prescription drug benefit from $400 billion to $619 billion and offsets increase by reducing non-reconciliation tax cuts by $396 billion. (55-44) |
| Budget Resolution, 2004 (H.Con.Res. 95) | |||
| 62 | 3-20 | N | Kyl-Sessions modified amendment: Increases size of tax cut in resolution by $45 billion; offsets by reducing Function 920 (Allowances) by $45.0 billion in budget authority and outlays in FYs 2003-2013; and assumes increase in tax cut will be used to full repeal the estate tax in January 1, 2009 instead of January 1, 2010. (51-48) |
| Commending the President and the Armed Forces of the United States of America (S.Res. 95) | |||
| 61 | 3-20 | Y | Adoption of resolution. (99-0) |
| 60 | 3-19 | N | Gregg motion to table Murray, et al., amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services) by $8.9 billion in Budget Authority in FY 2004, and $618.0 million in Outlays in FY 2004, $6.6 billion in Outlays in 2005, $1.5 billion in Outlays in 2006, and $268.0 million in Outlays in 2007; and offsets by reducing non-reconciliation tax cut and associated savings. (50-48) |
| 59 | 3-19 | Y | Boxer et. al, amendment: Strikes reconciliation instruction that requires Energy and National Resources Committee to change laws to permit drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (52-48) |
| 58 | 3-18 | N | Nickles motion to table Conrad, et al., amendment: (1) creates reserve fund to strengthen Social Security trust funds over long-term and, (2) redirects $1.214 trillion in revenues, dedicated in underlying budget resolution to tax cuts, into a reserve fund to strengthen Social Security trust funds. (57-42) |
| Budget Resolution, 2004 (H.Con.Res. 95) | |||
| * 57 | 3-18 | Y | Conrad motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration Conrad et. al, amendment: Creates point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment or conference report that would increase deficit in any fiscal year, until President submits detailed report on: cost of initial phase of conflict, maintaining troops in region, along with estimates for reconstruction and rebuilding of Iraq; and how all of these costs fit within budget plan as a whole; excludes any spending measures related to national or homeland security and economic growth or jobs creation initiatives providing significant economic stimulus in 2003 and 2004 and does not increase deficit over time period of fiscal years 2005-2013 and permits point of order to be waived by three-fifths affirmative vote of members duly chosen and sworn. (43-56) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| * 56 | 3-18 | N | Frist, et al., third cloture motion on nomination. (55-45) |
| Nomination of J. Daniel Breen, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee | |||
| 55 | 3-13 | Y | Confirmation. (92-0) |
| Nomination of Jay S. Bybee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit | |||
| 54 | 3-13 | N | Confirmation. (74-19) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| * 53 | 3-13 | N | Frist, et al., second cloture motion on nomination. (55-42) |
| Nomination of Thomas A. Varlan to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |||
| 52 | 3-13 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (S. 3) | |||
| 51 | 3-13 | N | Passage. (64-33) |
| Nomination of William D. Quarles, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland | |||
| 50 | 3-12 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| 49 | 3-12 | Y | Feinstein amendment: Strikes provisions in underlying bill and inserts language to prohibit all post-viability abortions, except in case where in medical judgment of attending physician, abortion is necessary to preserve the life or health of the woman. (35-60) |
| 48 | 3-12 | Y | Harkin amendment: States that Senate finds that (1) abortion has been a legal and constitutionally protected medical procedure throughout U.S. since Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade; (2) 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade established constitutionally based limits on power of States to restrict right of a woman to choose to terminate a pregnancy. (52-46) |
| 47 | 3-12 | Y | Boxer motion to commit bill to Judiciary Committee with instructions to hold at least one hearing on such bill and to report such bill back to Senate after addressing constitutional issues raised by Supreme Court in its Stenberg v. Carhart decision. (42-56) |
| 46 | 3-12 | N | Santorum motion to table Durbin, et al., amendment as modified: Strikes provisions of underlying bill and: (1) inserts language which bans all post-viability abortions except in cases where both attending physician and an independent non-treating physician certifying, in writing, that in their medical judgment, the continuation of pregnancy would threaten the mother's life or risk grievous injury to her physical health. (60-38) |
| Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (S. 3) | |||
| * 45 | 3-11 | Y | Murray motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Murray amendment: Adds language to (1) prohibit health insurance plans from discriminating against contraception, (2) authorize $10 million emergency contraception education program to educate and provide information to women and health care providers on availability and effectiveness of emergency contraceptives, (3) require hospitals to make emergency contraceptives available to sexual assault victims, and (4) expand SCHIP and Medicaid to include low income pregnant women while maintaining provision in underlying bill which prohibits physicians from performing so-called "partial birth abortion procedures except when it is necessary to save life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury including a life threatening physical condition caused by or arising from pregnancy itself. (48-48) |
| Nomination of Gregory L. Frost to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio | |||
| 44 | 3-10 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| ** 43 | 3-6 | Y | Resolution of ratification. (95-0) |
| 42 | 3-6 | Y | Kerry amendment: Adds condition to require CIA Director to provide Senate with an annual National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on U.S. ability to monitor Russia's compliance with Treaty requirements, including: (1) estimates of low, medium, or high confidence in U.S. capabilities to monitor deployed warheads on each Russian strategic nuclear weapons system; (2) an assessment of U.S. capabilities to monitor compliance before and after START I termination; and (3) additional mechanisms needed to ensure U.S. monitoring of compliance, including further bilateral agreements, mutual data exchanges, improved transparency, technical means, and other appropriate measures. (45-50) |
| Moscow Treaty | |||
| 41 | 3-6 | Y | Levin amendment: Requires President to provide at least 60 days advance notice, and to consult with Senate, prior to withdrawal or extension of Treaty; and provides waiver of notice and consultation requirement if President determines national security needs prevent President from meeting requirement and submits a written notice of waiver to Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (44-50) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| * 40 | 3-6 | N | Frist, et al., first cloture motion on nomination. (55-44) |
| Resolution Expressing Support for the Pledge of Allegiance (S.Res. 71) | |||
| 39 | 3-4 | Y | Adoption of resolution. (94-0) |
| Nomination of Marian Blank Horn to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims | |||
| 38 | 3-3 | Y | Confirmation. (89-0) |
| 37 | 2-27 | Y | Frist motion: Sergeant at Arms to request attendance. (74-1) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| 36 | 2-26 | Y | Frist motion: Sergeant at Arms to request attendance. (73-1) |
| PROTECT Act (S. 151, P.L. 108-21) | |||
| 35 | 2-24 | Y | Passage. (84-0) |
| Omnibus Appropriations, 2003 (H.J.Res. 2, P.L. 108-8) | |||
| 34 | 2-13 | N | Adoption of conference report. (76-20) |
| Nomination of Robert A. Junell to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas | |||
| 33 | 2-10 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Nomination of S. James Otero to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California | |||
| 32 | 2-10 | Y | Confirmation. (94-0) |
| Nomination of John R. Adams to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio | |||
| 31 | 2-10 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Commemorating the Columbia Astronauts (S.Res. 45) | |||
| 30 | 2-5 | Y | Adoption. (95-0) |
| Nomination of Gordon England to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security | |||
| 29 | 1-30 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| 28 | 1-23 | N | Passage. (69-29) |
| 27 | 1-23 | N | Inhofe motion to table Lautenberg, et al., modified amendment: Provides an additional $100 million for Hazardous Substance Superfund. (53-45) |
| 26 | 1-23 | Y | Mikulski-Reid substitute amendment (to Mikulski amendment regarding public-private contract competition): Prohibits use of any funds by an executive agency for establishment of numerical goals, targets, or quotas to determine number of Federal employees that shall be subject to public-private competition or number of Federal employees that shall have their jobs converted to private sector. (47-50) |
| 25 | 1-23 | N | Thomas amendment (to Mikulski amendment regarding public-private contract competition): Permits President to set goals, targets and quotas to determine number of Federal jobs that are subject to private-public competition. (50-48) |
| 24 | 1-23 | N | Stevens motion to table Cantwell, et al., amendment: Provides an additional $678.6 million title I of Workforce Investment Act of which $157.0 million is for youth activities, $76.0 million is for employment and training activities for adults, $206.1 million is for employment and training activities for dislocated workers, and $181.9 million is for youth opportunity grants; and $57.6 million is for Job Corps; and states that additional funds shall not result in a further across-the-board cut. (50-48) |
| 23 | 1-23 | N | Stevens motion to table McCain amendment: Limits funds available to continue environmental review and project plans for Yazoo Basin and Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant in Mississippi to $250,000, thereby eliminating $14.5 million for construction activities. (67-30) |
| 22 | 1-23 | N | Stevens motion to table McCain-Coleman-Dayton amendment: Strikes authorization of $100.0 million for construction of Devil's Lake project; allows Secretary to use $500,000 for continuation of feasibility study; and authorizes $5.0 million for construction of Devil's Lake Project, if Secretary determines that an emergency exists with respect to need for Devil's Lake project, and reports to Congress that construction is economically justified and that International Joint Commission is consulted. (62-34) |
| 21 | 1-23 | Y | Clinton motion to waive "Pay-As-You-Go" rule to permit consideration of Clinton amendment: Freezes impending cuts to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health agencies for six months; and temporarily increases payments to physicians, and Medicare Plus Choice organizations. (41-56) |
| 20 | 1-23 | N | Stevens motion to table Kennedy amendment: Provides an additional $584.6 million for minority health programs of which $43.5 million is for National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, $21.0 million is for Office of Minority Health (HHS), $15.3 million is for Office of Civil Rights (HHS), $491.5 million is for HHS to conduct research and other activities under Minority HIV/AIDS initiative, and $13.3 million is for Health Resources and Services Administration for Health Professions Training for Diversity programs. (51-46) |
| 19 | 1-23 | Y | Feingold, et al., amendment: Limits Indonesian participation in International Military Education and Training programs (IMET) to Expanded International Military Education and Training program; and permits President to waive restriction if he reports to Congress that Indonesia is demonstrating a commitment to assist U.S. in bringing to justice those members of Indonesian Armed Forces and militia groups against whom there is credible evidence of involvement in August attack on American citizens. (36-61) |
| 18 | 1-22 | Y | Grassley motion to table Specter, et al., amendment: Reduces obligation of U.S. Airways to fund its defined benefit pension plan for pilots by providing additional time for U.S. Airways to fully fund plan; and applies only to plan years beginning after December 31, 2002. (64-31) |
| 17 | 1-22 | N | Stevens motion to table Nelson(FL)-Daschle, et al., amendment: Provides additional $600 million for assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa for emergency relief activities; and designates additional funding as emergency spending. (48-46) |
| 16 | 1-22 | Y | Daschle amendment: Uses Crop Disaster Program and Livestock Assistance Program to provide $6 billion in disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers who can document a loss; and restores $552 million in funding for nutrition and commodity purchase programs. (39-56) |
| 15 | 1-22 | N | Cochran amendment: Limits agricultural disaster payments to producers who are located in disaster counties, or to individuals who can establish crop losses (with no guarantee that payments will not be made to those not suffering from a disaster); and provides economic loss assistance to tobacco growers. (59-35) |
| Omnibus Appropriations, 2003 (H.J.Res. 2, P.L. 108-8) | |||
| * 14 | 1-22 | Y | Reid motion to waive "Pay-As-You-Go" rule of H. Con. Res. 68, FY 2002 Budget Resolution, as amended by S. Res. 304 (107th Congress) to permit consideration of Reed, et al., amendment: Provides additional 13 weeks of unemployment compensation, using funds in Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, to help approximately one million workers who have exhausted all benefits that were previously extended. (45-49) |
| Nomination of Tom Ridge to be Secretary of Department of Homeland Security | |||
| 13 | 1-22 | Y | Confirmation. (94-0) |
| 12 | 1-22 | Y | Edwards, et al., amendment: Delays implementation of New Source Review (NSR) Clean Air Act rule changes by six months; and requires a study within that period to determine whether proposed rule would increase pollution or harm human health. (46-50) |
| 11 | 1-22 | N | Inhofe modified amendment: Requires study by National Academy of Sciences to evaluate manner in which increased or decreased emissions levels may impact human health; and does not provide for a delay in implementation of New Source Review (NSR) rule changes. (51-45) |
| Omnibus Appropriations, 2003 (H.J.Res. 2, P.L. 108-8) | |||
| 10 | 1-21 | Y | Reed, et al., amendment: Directs President to release $300 million for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). (88-4) |
| AMBER Alert Communications (S. 121) | |||
| 9 | 1-21 | Y | Passage. (92-0) |
| 8 | 1-17 | Y | Inouye motion to table McCain amendment: Strikes section of bill that permits entry of foreign built cruise vessel into domestic cruise market. (62-33) |
| 7 | 1-17 | Y | Byrd Amendment: Strikes across-the-board cut contained in underlying resolution. (46-52) |
| 6 | 1-17 | N | Stevens motion to table Harkin, et al., amendment: Provides $500 million for Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs. (52-46) |
| 5 | 1-16 | Y | Kennedy, et al., amendment: Provides additional $4.65 billion to fully fund first year of part A of Title I of No Child Left Behind Act; increases funding for Pell Grants for college students by $1.35 billion; and restores funding for education programs reduced by 1.6 percent across-the-board cut in legislation. (46-51) |
| 4 | 1-16 | N | Gregg amendment: Increases funding for Title V Block Grants by $5 billion; and offsets increased funding by increasing across the board cut from 1.6 percent to 2.9 percent. (52-45) |
| 3 | 1-16 | Y | Byrd-Rockefeller amendment: Provides $3 billion in funds authorized for Homeland Security including $1.05 billion for state and local assistance to combat terrorism; $750 million for border security; $500 million for airport security; $500 million for port security; and $200 million for nuclear security and energy security. (45-51) |
| Omnibus Appropriations, 2003 (H.J.Res. 2, P.L. 108-8) | |||
| 2 | 1-16 | Y | Byrd-Rockefeller amendment: Restores $5.0 billion in funding for homeland security including: $1.4 billion for State and local assistance to combat terrorism; $1.0 billion for border security; $720 million for airport security; $585 million for port security; $296 million for nuclear security; $300 million for mass transit security; $212 million for Federal law enforcement; $178 million for water security; $128 million for cyber security; and $167 million for food safety, security biohazardous materials at USDA facilities, embassy security, research to combat chemical attacks, improved security at Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial, and DC Emergency Response Plan. (45-51) |
| Motion to Adjourn | |||
| 1 | 1-7 | N | McConnell motion to adjourn. (51-46) |
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