Voting Record
108th Congress, First Session - 2003
| Vote No. | Date 2003 | Voting Position |
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| * 200 | 5-23 | Y | Feingold motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Feingold, et al., amendment: Reinstates pay-as-you-go statute, that expired in September 2002, through 2008. (47-52) |
| 199 | 5-23 | N | Nickles motion to table Kennedy amendment: Extends current Federal temporary unemployment compensation program until December 31, 2003, and provides additional 13 weeks of unemployment benefits for long term unemployed, or those individuals who have already exhausted their benefits and have not yet found a job. (50-49) |
| 198 | 5-23 | N | McConnell motion to table Daschle amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that Social Security cost-of-living adjustments should not be reduced. (52-47) |
| Public Debt Limit (H.J.Res. 51, P.L. 108-24) | |||
| 197 | 5-23 | Y | Baucus amendment: Reduces size of increase in limit on national debt to $350 billion. (47-52) |
| Tax Cut (H.R. 2, P.L. 108-27) | |||
| 196 | 5-23 | N | Adoption of conference report. (Vice President voted in favor of adopting conference report to break tie.) (50-50) |
| Nomination of Consuelo Maria Callahan to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit | |||
| 195 | 5-22 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| 194 | 5-22 | Y | Passage. (98-1) |
| 193 | 5-22 | Y | Warner-Boxer-Lautenberg amendment: Requires that DOD comply with Competition in Contracting Act for any contract awarded for reconstruction activities in Iraq; requires DOD to conduct full and open competition for work needed for reconstruction of Iraqi oil industry and requires report to Congress if DOD does not have a fully competitive contract in place to replace March 8, 2003 contract for reconstruction of Iraqi oil industry by August 31, 2003. (99-0) |
| 192 | 5-22 | Y | Murray amendment: Restores previous policy regarding Defense Department medical facilities, allowing overseas military facilities to provide privately-funded abortions for women who are in military or are military dependents. (48-51) |
| 191 | 5-21 | N | McCain amendment (to Dayton amendment striking provision that grants Defense Secretary authority to waive U.S. laws that require defense systems and components be manufactured in U.S.): Modifies provision in underlying bill regarding Secretary's waiver authority for domestic source requirements by allowing Defense Secretary to waive application of any domestic source requirement or domestic content requirement. (50-48) |
| 190 | 5-21 | Y | Lautenberg, et al., amendment: Requires Interior Secretary to determine that management of natural resources activities on Defense Department land will effectively conserve threatened and endangered species within the lands or areas covered by natural resources management plan; and requires plan to provide assurances that adequate funding will be provided for such management activities. (51-48) |
| 189 | 5-21 | N | Warner motion to table Dorgan modified amendment: Prohibits further use of funds for development, testing, or engineering of nuclear earth penetrator weapon; and prohibits use of FY 2004 funds for feasibility study on nuclear earth penetrator weapon. (56-41) |
| 188 | 5-21 | Y | Reed amendment, as amended: Prevents start of engineering development phase or any subsequent phase of developing low-yield nuclear weapon, unless specifically authorized by Congress. (96-0) |
| 187 | 5-21 | N | Warner amendment (to Reed amendment modifying prohibition against low-yield nuclear weapons by permitting research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons, but prohibiting all subsequent phases of development): Strikes language in underlying amendment; and instead prevents the start of engineering development phase or any subsequent phase of developing low-yield nuclear weapon, unless specifically authorized by Congress. (59-38) |
| 186 | 5-20 | N | Motion to table Feinstein, et al., amendment: Strikes section that repeals prohibition on research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons. (51-43) |
| DOD Authorization, 2004 (H.R. 1588) | |||
| 185 | 5-20 | Y | Graham (SC)-Daschle, et al., amendment (to Daschle-Johnson-Leahy amendment ensuring that members of Ready Reserve of Armed Forces are treated equitably in provision of health care benefits under TRICARE and otherwise under Defense Health Program): Allows members of Selected Reserve to enroll in Tricare; and sets premium levels of $330 annually for individual enlisted service members and $560 for their families, and sets premium levels $50 higher for officers. (85-10) |
| Nomination of S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana | |||
| 184 | 5-19 | Y | Confirmation. (86-0) |
| 183 | 5-16 | Y | Dodd amendment: Adds following counties to "Priority List" of HIV/AIDS Coordinators: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines St. Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad, Trobago, and Dominican Republic. (44-51) |
| 182 | 5-16 | Y | Boxer amendment: Requires specific plan to help AIDS orphans. (45-50) |
| 181 | 5-16 | Y | Kennedy, et al., amendment: Requires that drugs purchased with funds authorized in bill are done so at lowest available price, provided that they meet strict quality standards and are consistent with TRIPS agreement protecting intellectual property. (42-54) |
| AIDS Assistance (H.R. 1298, P.L. 108-25) | |||
| 180 | 5-15 | Y | Feinstein amendment: Strikes provision requiring that one-third of all prevention funds be devoted exclusively for abstinence before marriage programs, and adds language that describes prevention activities as "including promoting abstinence from sexual activity and encouraging monogamy and faithfulness and promoting effective use of condoms for sexually active people." (45-52) |
| Tax Cut (H.R. 2, P.L. 108-27) | |||
| 179 | 5-15 | N | Passage. (51-49) |
| * 178 | 5-15 | Y | Dorgan motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Dorgan, et al., amendment: Provides additional $250 million in emergency funding for food aid and other assistance to HIV/AIDS affected populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, and other developing nations. (48-52) |
| AIDS Assistance (H.R. 1298, P.L. 108-25) | |||
| 177 | 5-15 | Y | Durbin amendment: Authorizes $1 billion in FY 2004 and $1.2 billion in FY 2005 for Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; states that half authorized funds shall be available in each of FY 2004 and FY 2005; makes additional funds available if Fund receives certain levels of pledges from donors other than U.S.; and requires Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities to Combat HIV/ AIDS Globally to report on Global Fund, including (1) contributions pledged to or received by Global Fund, (2) efforts made by Global Fund to increase contributions (3) programs funded by Global Fund, (4) an evaluation of effectiveness of such programs, and (5) recommendations regarding adequacy of such programs. (48-52) |
| * 176 | 5-15 | Y | Dorgan motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Dorgan amendment: Strikes provision that would permit IRS to hire private debt collectors to collect federal tax debts.. (43-57) |
| * 175 | 5-15 | Y | Edwards motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Edwards, et al., amendment: Eliminates tax loopholes for corporate-owned life insurance (COLI); and continues to allow tax breaks for COLI on "key persons" as defined under tax code. (37-63) |
| 174 | 5-15 | Y | Dodd amendment: Eliminates 10 percent dividend tax exclusion for amounts above $500 and strikes acceleration of 38.6 percent income tax rate reduction with assumption that money saved, will be used to increase access to higher education for middle and low-income students by expanding Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits and Pell Grants, and to provide funds for deficit reduction. (49-50) |
| 173 | 5-15 | Y | Kennedy amendment: Strikes dividend tax cut and acceleration of top income tax bracket and makes funds available to provide an adequate Medicare program prescription drug benefit, including assuring that benefit is comprehensive, covers all seniors, and provides special help for low income. (48-52) |
| 172 | 5-15 | Y | Breaux amendment: Strikes provision which repeals exclusion from gross income for U.S. citizens living abroad, and reduces dividend percentage exclusion from 100 percent to 65 percent. (49-51) |
| 171 | 5-15 | N | Nickles amendment: Strikes dividend proposal and inserts language to provide for fifty percent exclusion in 2003 and a one-hundred percent exclusion in 2004, 2005 and 2006; reinstates marriage penalty in 2004-2008; increases small business expensing to $100,00; and imposes sunset at end of 2007 for this expensing. (Vice President voted in favor of amendment to break tie.) (50-50) |
| * 170 | 5-15 | N | Sessions motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Sessions amendment: Sunsets revenue raisers in bill on 2015. (51-49) |
| * 169 | 5-15 | Y | Mikulski motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Mikulski amendment: Provides tax credit of up to $5,00 for eligible expenses related to caregiving for those with long-term care needs or for those with chronic conditions; and offsets by eliminating 10 percent and 20 percent exclusion from taxable income on dividends. (48-51) |
| * 168 | 5-15 | Y | Dayton motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Dayton amendment: Strikes provisions and inserts following: (1) triples amount of income taxed at 10 percent rate, from $6,00 to $18,00 for single taxpayers and from $12,00 to $36,00 for married couples; (2) provides additional tax cut of up to $600 for individuals and up to $1,200 for couples filing jointly; (3) accelerates marriage penalty relief; (4) increases amount of standard deduction and expands income subject to 15 percent bracket to twice that of single taxpayers (same as Finance Committee bill); (5) increases child tax credit from $600 to $1,00 and increases refundable amount from 10 percent to 15 percent, (same as Finance Committee bill); (6) extends and expands unemployment insurance compensation. (44-56) |
| * 167 | 5-15 | Y | Daschle motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Daschle substitute amendment. (46-54) |
| * 166 | 5-15 | Y | Conrad motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Conrad amendment: Makes child tax credit ($400) acceleration applicable to 2002, and is offset by slowing acceleration of top rate reduction. (49-51) |
| * 165 | 5-15 | N | Ensign motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Ensign et al., modified amendment: Allows U.S. corporation to bring foreign earnings back to U.S. without paying taxes on eighty-five percent of that amount. (75-25) |
| * 164 | 5-15 | Y | Schumer motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Schumer amendment: Makes college tuition tax deduction in current law permanent; increases eligible tuition amount to $8,00 for tax year 2003 and $12,00 for tax year 2004 and thereafter; and offsets by slowing acceleration of top tax rate reduction so that top rate would become 37.6 percent in 2004 and 35 percent in 2006. (49-51) |
| * 163 | 5-15 | Y | Landrieu motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Landrieu amendment: Provides employers fifty percent tax credit for paying difference between civilian and military pay for their employees who have been called up for active duty in National Guard and Reserves; and offsets by deferring increase in dividend exclusion to twenty percent from 2008 to 2009. (46-54) |
| * 162 | 5-15 | Y | Landrieu motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Landrieu, et al., substitute amendment. (46-54) |
| * 161 | 5-15 | N | Kyl motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kyl amendment: Provides Federal definition of "reasonable" attorneys' fees in cases where settlement or multiple settlements are at least $100 million and charges an excise tax, in many cases retroactively, against any portion of attorneys' fees that are above Federal definition and would create two-hundred percent penalty for fees not returned within taxable period. (37-61) |
| * 160 | 5-15 | Y | Graham motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Graham, et al., substitute amendment: Strikes tax cuts in underlying bill and provides following: (1) refundable wage tax credit equal to 7.65 percent of first $10,00 of earnings in 2003 and 2004 while withholding tables would be adjusted to reflect tax savings; (2) increase in amount of property eligible for "expensing" provision under Section 179 from $25,00 to $100,00; (3) a temporary increase in FMAP percentage to provide $40 billion of fiscal relief to States over next 12 months; (4) extension of Federal unemployment benefits, including exhaustees, part-time and low-wage workers and is offset by: (1) suspending reduction in top three tax rates scheduled to become effective in 2004 and 2006; (2) suspending planned elimination of PEP and Pease phaseouts; (3) suspending further reduction in estate tax beyond those in place in 2006; (4) codifying "economic substance" doctrine to combat abusive tax shelters; (5) enacting anti-inversion provisions of Reversing and Expatriation of Profits from Offshore Act; (6) closing loopholes allowing individuals to expatriate to avoid paying taxes; (7) closing loopholes that allow corporate executives to defer tax on their compensation while protecting that compensation from creditors; and (8) extending custom user fees. (35-65) |
| * 159 | 5-15 | Y | Stabenow motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Stabenow, et al., amendment: Delays top tax rate reduction and dividend tax cut until enactment of meaningful Medicare prescription drug benefit. (44-56) |
| * 158 | 5-15 | Y | Murray motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Murray, et al., amendment: Provides $40 billion in State fiscal relief including, $20 billion for an FMAP increase; and $20 billion for State and local relief; it is offset by eliminating twenty percent partial exclusion of dividends received by individuals. (47-52) |
| 157 | 5-15 | Y | Collins amendment: Provides $20 billion in fiscal relief for States and localities, and is offset by providing $10 billion through increasing matching rates in Medicaid program (FMAP) and, $10 billion is provided through general revenue sharing to States and localities. (95-3) |
| 156 | 5-15 | Y | Grassley, et al., amendment: Provides changes in payment to rural Medicare providers, including: (1) equalizing base payments for hospital inpatient services; (2) extending a ten percent add-on for rural home health care; and (3) setting floor for physician geographic practice cost indices (GPCIs); while offsetting these changes by (1) freezing for ten years the Medicare payments for durable medical equipment; (2) establishing co-payments and deductibles for Medicare outpatient laboratory services; and (3) reducing reimbursement for Medicare Part B covered drugs from ninety-five percent of average wholesale price (AWP) to eighty-five percent of AWP. (86-12) |
| * 155 | 5-15 | Y | Jeffords motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Jeffords amendment: Accelerates reduction of marriage penalty in earned income credit by increasing phase-ins and phase-outs for married recipients beginning January 1, 2003. (49-51) |
| * 154 | 5-15 | Y | Cantwell motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Cantwell, et al., amendment: Extends and modifies research and development tax credit effective through June 30, 2014, and offsets this modification by eliminating dividend tax cut contained in underlying bill. (49-50) |
| * 153 | 5-15 | Y | Lincoln motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Lincoln amendment: Reduces income threshold for refundable child tax credit to $5,00, and offsets child tax credit exclusion for three years by striking 2007 from underlying provision and inserting 2010. (49-51) |
| * 152 | 5-15 | Y | Kennedy motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Kennedy amendment: Provides for additional weeks of temporary extended unemployment compensation and to provide for a program of temporary enhanced regular unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. (50-49) |
| * 151 | 5-15 | Y | Baucus motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Baucus amendment: Ensures that limit on refundability shall not apply to additional $400 child credit for 2003; makes dividend exclusion effective for taxable years beginning in 2003, and eliminates increase in dividend exclusion from 10 percent to 20 percent of dividends over $500. (47-53) |
| 150 | 5-15 | N | Specter amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that Finance Committee should undertake comprehensive analysis of simplification including flat tax proposals, including appropriate hearings and consider legislation providing for a flat tax. (70-30) |
| * 149 | 5-15 | Y | Dorgan motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Dorgan amendment: Reduces from eighty-five percent to fifty percent the maximum portion of Social Security benefits counted in taxable income; is offset through elimination of dividends proposal and elimination of acceleration of upper rate reductions; and holds Medicare Trust Fund harmless through a transfer of funds from a transfer of funds from the general fund. (49-51) |
| 148 | 5-15 | Y | Bunning, et al., amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that Finance Committee should report out Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2003 (S. 514) to repeal tax on seniors not later than July 31, 2003, and Senate shall consider such bill not later than September 30, 2003, in manner consistent with preservation of Medicare Trust Fund. (98-2) |
| Tax Cut (H.R. 2, P.L. 108-27) | |||
| * 147 | 5-14 | Y | Reid motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Reid amendment: Delays dividend tax cut until January 1 of following year after Treasury Secretary certifies that there is an on-budget balance or surplus so that Social Security surpluses will not be raided to fund tax cut. (44-53) |
| 146 | 5-8 | Y | Passage. (90-4) |
| Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (S. 113) | |||
| 145 | 5-8 | Y | Feinstein, et al., substitute amendment: Relaxes "foreign power" provisions of bill to ensure that government can get Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) orders against "false" lone wolves, such as Zacarias Moussaoui; and permits the FISA court to retain some discretion to prevent government abuse of FISA. (35-59) |
| Nomination of Priscilla R. Owen to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit | |||
| * 144 | 5-8 | N | Frist, et al., second cloture motion on nomination. (52-45) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| * 143 | 5-8 | N | Frist, et al., sixth cloture motion on nomination. (54-43) |
| Protocols to North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia | |||
| ** 142 | 5-8 | Y | Resolution of ratification agreed to. (96-0) |
| Nomination of Cecilia M. Altonga to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida | |||
| 141 | 5-6 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| * 140 | 5-5 | N | Frist, et al., fifth cloture motion on nomination. (52-39) |
| Nomination of Deborah L. Cook to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit | |||
| 139 | 5-5 | N | Confirmation. (66-25) |
| Nomination of Edward C. Prado to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit | |||
| 138 | 5-1 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Priscilla R. Owen to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit | |||
| * 137 | 5-1 | N | Frist et al., first cloture motion on nomination. (52-44) |
| Digital and Wireless Network Technology Program (S. 196) | |||
| 136 | 4-30 | Y | Passage. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Jeffrey S. Sutton to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit | |||
| 135 | 4-29 | N | Confirmation. (52-41) |
| Budget Resolution, 2004 (H.Con.Res. 95) | |||
| 134 | 4-11 | N | Adoption of conference report. (Vice President voted in favor of resolution to break tie.) (50-50) |
| Nomination of Ross Owen Swimmer to be Special Trustee, Office of Special Trustee for American Indians | |||
| 133 | 4-10 | N | Confirmation. (72-24) |
| PROTECT Act (S. 151, P.L. 108-21) | |||
| 132 | 4-10 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (98-0) |
| Nomination of Richard D. Bennett to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland | |||
| 131 | 4-9 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Nomination of Dee D. Drell to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana | |||
| 130 | 4-9 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Expressing the Outrage of Congress at the Treatment of American POW's by Iraq (S.Con.Res. 31) | |||
| 129 | 4-9 | Y | Adoption of resolution. (99-0) |
| 128 | 4-9 | Y | Passage. (95-5) |
| Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act of 2003 (S. 476) | |||
| 127 | 4-9 | Y | Grassley motion to table Nickles amendment: Expands provision to permit an exclusion of 25% of capital gains on sales of conservation property to a 501 (c)(3) organization; and will offset a portion of cost of amendment by extending IRS user fees. (62-38) |
| Nomination of Cormac J. Carney to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California | |||
| 126 | 4-7 | Y | Confirmation. (80-0) |
| 125 | 4-3 | Y | Passage (93-0) |
| 124 | 4-3 | Y | Kohl amendment: Provides humanitarian food assistance in connection with U.S. activities in Iraq. (67-26) |
| 123 | 4-3 | N | Stevens motion to table Schumer, et al., amendment: Increases funding for Office of Domestic Preparedness Department of Homeland Security from $2 billion to $4.33 billion; and allocates funding as follows: $2.5 billion for grants to States; $1.045 billion for high threat urban areas; $130 million for community policing; and $155 million for federal fire prevention. (51-46) |
| 122 | 4-3 | Y | Specter amendment: Increases funds for protection and preparedness of high threat areas under Office for Domestic Preparedness. (65-32) |
| 121 | 4-3 | N | Cochran motion to table Hollings, et al., amendment: Express sense of Senate that President should submit a proposal to Finance Committee to raise sufficient revenues to offset funds spent in this supplemental appropriations act for war in Iraq; President should submit this proposal not later than 60 days after date of enactment of this Act; and if President does not submit such a proposal, Finance Committee should put forward its own proposal to offset funds spent in this supplemental appropriations act for war in Iraq. (79-18) |
| 120 | 4-3 | N | Cochran motion to table Byrd, et al., amendment: Allocates $1.135 billion for specific Homeland Security funding as follows: $75 million for departmental management counterterrorism fund; $10 million for National Parks system; $20 million for D.C. Infrastructure security; $35 million for container security initiative; $125 million for radiation portal monitors and nonintrusive inspection equipment; $50 million for mass transit grants; $100 million for port security grants; $147 million for FY 2003 funding gap; $100 million for railroad security grants including AMTRAK; $55 million for commercial airline missile defense; $200 million for high threat urban areas; $100 million for interoperable communications; $5 million for enhanced training requirements; $42 million for port security assessment program; $7 million for Maritime safety and security teams; and $40 million for Automated Identification System Program (AIS). (51-46) |
| 119 | 4-3 | N | Cochran motion to table Breaux, et al., amendment: Increases funds available for counterterrorism to $2.65 billion including $200 million for Coast Guard Operation Liberty Shield; $366 million for Bureau of Customs and Border Patrol; $131 million for Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; $235 million for Airport Modification needed for explosive detection devices; $300 million for Mass Transit security; $200 million for rail security; $620 million for FY03 funding shortfall; $20 million for Federal law enforcement training center; $150 million for Interoperable communications; $18 million for National Parks protection; $25 million for courthouse security; $225 million for FBI Terrorism response; $150 million for COPS Interoperable communications equipment; $25 million for D.C. Critical infrastructure; and $10 million for Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (52-46) |
| 118 | 4-3 | N | McCain, et. al., amendment: Strikes unauthorized and earmarked appropriations including $500,00 for Great Lakes Fishery Commission to be used for sea lampery control in Lake Champlain; $225,00 for Mental Health Association of Tarrant County, Ft. Worth, Texas to provide school based mental health education; $200,00 for AIDS Research Institute at University of California, San Francisco, for Developing County Medical Program to facilitate clinician exchange between U.S. and developing countries; $1 million for Geisinger Health Systems, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to establish centers of excellence for treatment of Autism; $98 million for Buildings and Facilities under Agricultural Research Service of Agriculture Department; $50 million for cost of guaranteed loans for Transportation Department; and $1 million for Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) school-to work program for at-risk young people for Training Employment Services. (39-60) |
| 117 | 4-3 | N | Stevens motion to table Boxer, et al., amendment: Designates $30 million of bill's Homeland Security Department funding for research and development, and deployment of technology to protect commercial aircraft from threat posed by man-portable shoulder fired missiles. (50-47) |
| 116 | 4-2 | N | Cochran motion to table Landrieu amendment: Provides an additional $1.047 billion for procurement of National Guard and Reserve Equipment. (52-47) |
| Supplemental Appropriations, 2003 (H.R. 1559, P.L. 108-11) | |||
| 115 | 4-2 | N | Stevens motion to table Hollings, et al., amendment: Provides an additional $1 billion to strengthen port security including $110 million for Portal Screening Equipment for Seaports; $50 million to Secure Systems of Transportation (such as container security initiative); $600 million for Port Security Grants; $30 million for Transportation Worker Identification Card Initiative; $50 million for secure systems of transportation such as Operation Safe Commerce; $10 million for Seaport Security Training Program to certify Federal, State and private security personnel; $36 million for three new Maritime Safety and Security Teams; $7 million for Radiation Detection Equipment for Coast Guard; $50 million for Port Vulnerability Assessments; and $57 million for Automated Identification System to track vessels in U.S. waters. (52-47) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| * 114 | 4-2 | N | Frist, et al., fourth cloture motion on nomination. (55-44) |
| Nomination of Timothy M. Tymkovich to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit | |||
| 113 | 4-1 | N | Confirmation. (58-41) |
| Nomination of Theresa Lazar Springmann to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana | |||
| 112 | 3-31 | Y | Confirmation. (93-0) |
| Nomination of James V. Selna to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California | |||
| 111 | 3-27 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003 (H.R. 1307) | |||
| 110 | 3-27 | Y | Passage. (97-0) |
| Commending Nations Participating with United States in the Coalition to Disarm Iraq (S.Con.Res. 30) | |||
| 109 | 3-27 | Y | Adoption of concurrent resolution. (97-0) |
| 108 | 3-26 | N | Adoption of concurrent resolution. (56-44) |
| 107 | 3-26 | Y | Lincoln amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that extending $1,00 child credit for three additional years (2011-2013) can be accommodated within revenue totals and instructions of this resolution. (99-1) |
| 106 | 3-26 | N | Murkowski amendment: Moves $67 billion in non-reconciled tax cuts to reconciliation instruction for Finance Committee; and assumes that tax cuts will be used to extend $1,00 per child tax credit to 2013. (48-52) |
| 105 | 3-26 | Y | Landrieu, et al., amendment: Increases cap on defense spending by $3.0 billion to increase funds for imminent danger pay; family separation allowance; and National Guard Reserve. (100-0) |
| 104 | 3-26 | Y | Kerry, et al., amendment: Increases funding to combat global HIV/AIDS epidemic by $800 million in FY 2004; and offsets additional funds by reducing unreconciled tax cuts. (47-51) |
| 103 | 3-26 | Y | Dayton-Harkin amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education) by $228.9 billion in budget authority and $193.3 billion in outlays in FY 2004-2013; assumes additional funds will be used for IDEA; and offsets by reducing non-reconciled tax cuts. (28-70) |
| 102 | 3-25 | Y | Cantwell-Corzine amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education) by $678.0 million in budget authority in FY 2004 and by $678.0 million in outlays in FY 2004-09; assumes additional funds will be used to fund Workforce Investment Act programs; and offsets increased funds by reducing non-reconciled tax cuts. (51-48) |
| 101 | 3-25 | Y | Bayh amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that final budget conference report should not include any net reduction in funding below current baseline levels for programs that assist low income working families, and that repeal of 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits can be accommodated within revenue totals and instructions of this resolution, in a manner that does not reduce solvency of Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. (49-50) |
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