Voting Record
108th Congress, First Session - 2003
| Vote No. | Date 2003 | Voting Position |
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| 300 | 7-24 | N | Cochran motion to table Byrd amendment: Increases funding to fulfill homeland security promises by $242 million, as follows: (1) $100 million for port and maritime security grants; (2) $42 million for U.S. Coast Guard operating expenses for review of vessel and facility security plans and development of area security plans; and (3) $100 million for firefighter assistance grants; requires $50 million of funds made available to Office of Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection to be used for chemical facility security assessments; and offsets by reducing account for Office of Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. (51-45) |
| * 299 | 7-24 | Y | Dodd motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Dodd, et al., amendment: Increases Homeland Security funding by $14.4 billion, including: $518 million for Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; $8.6 billion for State and Local Domestic Preparedness; $2.25 billion for Firefighter Assistance Grants; $2.48 billion for Emergency Preparedness and Response Operating Expenses; and $495 million for Emergency Management Performance Grants. (41-54) |
| * 298 | 7-23 | Y | Schumer motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Schumer amendment: Provides additional $200 million to increase number of border personnel at northern border of U.S. by end of FY2004. (45-51) |
| * 297 | 7-23 | Y | Corzine motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Corzine amendment: Appropriates $80 million for Office of Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection to conduct chemical facility security assessments. (43-52) |
| * 296 | 7-23 | Y | Mikulski motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Mikulski amendment: Increases funding for firefighter assistance grants from $750 million to $900 million. (48-49) |
| * 295 | 7-23 | Y | Schumer motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Schumer amendment: Provides additional $70 million for research and development to be used for grants to national laboratories, private nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and other entities for support of research and development of technologies to be used for port security, including technologies to detect nuclear materials entering ports. (45-51) |
| 294 | 7-23 | N | Cochran motion to table Hollings-Graham (FL) amendment: Increases funding for Port Security grants to $450 million; and offsets increase by reducing funds provided for information analysis and infrastructure protection by $300 million. (50-48) |
| * 293 | 7-23 | Y | Murray motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Murray amendment: Increases funding by $100 million for emergency management performance grants. (45-53) |
| 292 | 7-23 | Y | Boxer amendment: Requires Homeland Security Secretary to issue classified report to Congress detailing costs incurred by State and local law enforcement personnel of each State in complying with requests and requirements of Secret Service to provide protective services and transportation for foreign and domestic officials. (79-19) |
| Homeland Security Appropriations, 2004 (H.R. 2555) | |||
| * 291 | 7-22 | Y | Byrd motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Byrd amendment: Adds $1.75 billion in funding for Homeland Security, including: $283.5 million for customs and border protection; $100 million for aviation cargo security; $532 million for port and land security; $70 million for costs associated with review of vessel and facility security plans for Maritime Transportation Security Act; $792.5 million for first responder grants; and $80 million for chemical facility security assessments. (43-50) |
| DOD Appropriations, 2004 (H.R. 2658) | |||
| 290 | 7-17 | Y | Passage. (95-0) |
| Nomination of Allyson Duncan to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit | |||
| 289 | 7-17 | Y | Confirmation. (93-0) |
| 288 | 7-17 | Y | Stevens motion to table Byrd, et al., amendment: Rescinds $1.1 billion appropriated in FY2004 to DOD for research, development, test and evaluation; and transfers $1.1 billion to following accounts: (1) $750 million to Coordinator of U.S. government activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, for an additional contribution to Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and (2) $350 million to HHS Secretary for global HIV/AIDS programs of CDC and NIH. (71-24) |
| 287 | 7-17 | N | Stevens motion to table Durbin amendment: Limits availability of $50 million in funding for Intelligence Community Management Account until President submits to appropriate Congressional committees a report on role of Executive Branch policymakers in development and use of intelligence relating to Iraq and Operation Iraqi Freedom. (62-34) |
| 286 | 7-17 | Y | Byrd amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that any request for funds for a fiscal year for an ongoing overseas military operation, including operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, should be included in President's annual budget for such fiscal year as submitted to Congress; and any funds provided for such fiscal year for such a military operation should be provided in appropriations acts for such fiscal year through appropriations to specific accounts set forth in such acts. (81-15) |
| 285 | 7-16 | Y | Stevens motion to table McCain amendment: Prohibits obligation or expenditure of any funds for following programs, projects, and activities: (1) $2.5 million for canola oil fuel cell initiative; (2) $1 million for Shakespeare in America military communities; (3) $1 million for control of brown tree snakes; (4) $1 million for Academy for Closing and Avoiding Achievement Gaps; and (5) $500,00 for hangar renovation at former Griffis Air Force Base, New York. (79-16) |
| 284 | 7-16 | N | Stevens motion to table Corzine amendment: Establishes 12 member commission to examine and report on role of policymakers in development and use of intelligence related to Iraq and Operation Freedom; empowers commission to hold hearings, take testimony, receive evidence, administer oaths, issue and enforce subpoenas, and authority to hold closed meetings; requires commission to submit to President and Congress no later than 9 months after date of first meeting of commission a report containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a majority of commission members; and authorizes $5 million which is to remain available until expended. (51-45) |
| 283 | 7-16 | N | Stevens motion to table Kennedy amendment: Requires President to submit an unclassified report, with a classified annex if necessary, within 30 days after enactment, on U.S. strategy regarding activities related to post-conflict security, humanitarian assistance, governance, and reconstruction in Iraq that are undertaken as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom; and requires report to include (1) a schedule for President to seek NATO participation, as an organization of many nations, in ongoing operations in Iraq; (2) a schedule for President to seek and obtain approval of a resolution of U.N. Security Council authorizing a multinational civil and security force (including substantial participation by armed forces of NATO member countries under unified command and control) to guarantee stability, democratization and reconstruction of Iraq; (3) an estimate of number of Armed Forces personnel that are needed in Iraq to guarantee stability and reconstruction of Iraq, separately stated for each of the Armed Forces, for each of the components; (4) an estimate of number of personnel of armed forces of foreign countries that are needed in Iraq to guarantee stability and reconstruction of Iraq; and (5) a statement and justification from President for his actions in seeking or failing to seek NATO participation of U.N. Security Council resolution. (52-43) |
| 282 | 7-16 | Y | Daschle Amendment: Expresses sense of Senate that National Guard and Reserve play a critical and increasingly demanding role in protecting our national security; and that Senate supports Appropriations Committee position as articulated in report accompanying FY2004 Defense Appropriations bill and affirms its support for providing Guard and Reserve personnel access to TRICARE. (93-2) |
| DOD Appropriations, 2004 (H.R. 2658) | |||
| 281 | 7-16 | N | Cochran motion to table Boxer-Landrieu-Murray amendment: Requires Defense Secretary to submit a report to Congressional defense committees every 30 days; and requires report to detail costs of war in Iraq as well as contributions of foreign countries. (50-45) |
| Burmese Freedom and Democracy (H.R. 2330, P.L. 108-61) | |||
| 280 | 7-16 | Y | Passage. (94-1) |
| 279 | 7-16 | N | Stevens motion to table Bingaman, et al., amendment: Requires President to submit a report to Congress, within 90 days of enactment, on individuals being detained by U.S. government as enemy combatants setting forth name and nationality of each individual being detained; provides that U.S. should state whether it intends to charge, repatriate, or release such individual; or if a determination has not been made whether to charge, repatriate, or release such individual, a description of procedures and schedule to be employed to determine whether to charge, repatriate or release individual; allows Secretary to include an individual in a classified annex in report, if it is determined that inclusion of individual's name would harm security of U.S.; and requires report, to maximum extent practicable, to be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified index. (52-42) |
| 278 | 7-16 | N | Stevens motion to table Dorgan amendment: Requires President to submit, by July 29, 2003, a budget amendment for FY 2004, which sets forth cost of U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. (53-41) |
| DOD Appropriations, 2004 (H.R. 2658) | |||
| 277 | 7-15 | N | Stevens motion to table Byrd amendment (to Stevens amendment): Prohibits use of funds to involuntarily order any member of National Guard or other Reserve component to active duty for overseas deployment of more than 180 days, or for more than one overseas deployment in any 360 day period. (64-31) |
| Nomination of Lonny R. Suko to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington | |||
| 276 | 7-15 | Y | Confirmation. (94-0) |
| Nomination of Samuel Der-Yeghiayan to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois | |||
| 275 | 7-14 | Y | Confirmation. (89-0) |
| Military Construction Appropriations, 2004 (H.R. 2559) | |||
| 274 | 7-11 | Y | Passage. (91-0) |
| 273 | 7-11 | Y | Passage. (85-7) |
| Legislative Branch Appropriations, 2004 (H.R. 2657) | |||
| 272 | 7-11 | Y | Stevens motion to table Sessions amendment: Strikes additional $100 million for "Corporation for National and Community Service, National and Community Service Programs Operating Expenses" including Americorps program. (71-21) |
| 271 | 7-10 | Y | Biden modified amendment: Expresses sense of Congress that: (1) it is in national security interests of U.S. to remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative government, (2) President should consider requesting formally and expeditiously that NATO raise a force for deployment in post-war Iraq similar to what it has done in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo and the Congress urges NATO allies and other nations to provide troops and police troops and police to Coalition efforts in Iraq, (3) the President should consider calling on U.N. to urge its member states to provide military forces and civilian police to promote stability and security in Iraq and resources to help rebuild and administer Iraq. (97-0) |
| 270 | 7-10 | Y | Bingaman amendment: Expresses sense of Congress that Congress, when considering appropriations acts for FY 2004, should fully appropriate amounts authorized for appropriation in U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003, even to extent that appropriating such amounts will require Congress to appropriate amounts over and above funding levels contained in Concurrent Resolution on Budget for FY 2004. (78-18) |
| * 269 | 7-10 | Y | Murray motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Murray, et al., amendment: Provides additional weeks of temporary extended unemployment compensation for individuals who have exhausted such compensation and makes extended unemployment benefits under Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act temporarily available for employees with less than 10 years of service. (48-48) |
| 268 | 7-10 | Y | Reid amendment: Authorizes $100 million in FY 2004 for programs in Mexico that promote the following: micro credit lending, small business and entrepreneurial development, small farms and farmers that have been impacted by collapse of coffee prices, and strengthening system of private property ownership in rural communities; and expresses sense of Congress that: the U.S. should continue working closely with government of Mexico to help minimize impact of current rural development crisis in Mexico, and that crisis creates a humanitarian, economic and security imperative for U.S. Government to support additional programs focused on under-funded rural communities of Mexico. (54-43) |
| State Department Authorization (H.R. 1950) | |||
| 267 | 7-9 | N | Lugar motion to table Boxer-Chafee, et al., amendment: Provides that foreign nongovernmental organizations that receive USAID funding shall not be penalized if they offer health or medical services, including counseling and referral services, with their own funds, if such services do not violate laws of country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. Federal law if provided in U.S., and provides that foreign NGOs shall not be penalized for using their own funds for advocacy and lobbying activities in their own country. (43-53) |
| Child Tax Credit (S. 1162) | |||
| 266 | 7-9 | N | Frist motion to table Daschle motion to proceed to bill. (51-45) |
| Nomination of Victor Wolski to be Judge of U.S. Court of Federal Claims | |||
| 265 | 7-9 | N | Confirmation. (54-43) |
| Medical Liability Caps (S. 11) | |||
| * 264 | 7-9 | N | Frist, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (49-48) |
| Nomination of David G. Campbell to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Arizona | |||
| 263 | 7-8 | Y | Confirmation. (92-0) |
| 262 | 6-26 | N | Passage. (76-21) |
| 261 | 6-26 | Y | Baucus motion to table modified Feinstein-Nickles, et al., modified amendment: Provides income-related increase in Medicare Part B premium for individuals with incomes greater than $100,00 and married couples with incomes greater than $200,00; indexes increases to medical inflation; allows Secretary to waive imposition of all or part of increase, if Secretary determines that a gross injustice would result without waiver; and allows Secretary to disclose tax information to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on those required to pay monthly premium. (38-59) |
| 260 | 6-26 | N | Hagel, et al., amendment: Strikes Medicare prescription drug benefit provisions; establishes voluntary Medicare prescription drug discount and security program under which Secretary endorses prescription drug care plans offered by eligible entities in which eligible beneficiaries may voluntarily enroll and receive benefits; requires Secretary to establish process through which an eligible beneficiary may make an election to enroll; requires development of national standards relating to a standardized format for the car or other related technology. (21-75) |
| 259 | 6-26 | Y | Levin-Stabenow-Clinton amendment: Requires Secretary to retain or designate one or more Medicare backup plans as a fallback for those retirees who have prescription drug coverage and who will lose their prescription drug coverage as result of enactment of this legislation. (42-54) |
| 258 | 6-26 | Y | Bingaman amendment: Strikes provision prohibiting sale of Medigap policies that include prescription drug coverage to those electing Medicare Part D, the stand-alone prescription drug benefit; authorizes National Association of Insurance Commissioners to establish two new plans that would provide coverage similar to Current Medigap H; and allows seniors who are displaced from their current Medigap plan to transition to any plan not containing prescription drugs offered by same Medigap carrier or one of two new plans. (43-55) |
| 257 | 6-26 | Y | Rockefeller-Mikulski-Clinton modified amendment: Makes all Medicare beneficiaries eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage; and fully offsets costs. (47-51) |
| 256 | 6-26 | N | Sessions amendment: Strikes section 605, which allows States to provide health coverage under Title XIX and XXI to legal immigrant children and pregnant women; and expresses sense of Senate that Finance Committee should hold hearings in connection with reauthorization of temporary assistance for needy families program, or in connection with reform of Medicaid program, regarding whether 5-year residency requirement for legal immigrants to obtain Federal public benefit that was established in 1996 Welfare Reform Act should be overturned for purposes of Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program. (33-65) |
| 255 | 6-26 | N | Grassley-Baucus modified amendment: Provides $12 billion in 2009-2013 for an evaluation of alternative payment and delivery systems; of which $6 billion is for testing an alternative bidding system for preferred provider organization in selected, limited regions, to be designated by Secretary, and $6 billion is for testing fee-for-service modernization projects; specifies that projects will be in selected, limited regions to be designated by Secretary, with focus on preventive services, chronic care coordination services, and disease management services. (71-26) |
| 254 | 6-26 | Y | Dorgan-Pryor amendment (to Grassley-Baucus amendment -- Vote No. 255): Requires Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator to annually reduce individual premiums in 2009 through 2013 sufficiently to decrease aggregate beneficiary obligations by $2.4 billion per year. (39-59) |
| 253 | 6-26 | N | Hatch motion to table Durbin amendment: Requires that $12.0 billion be used to provide additional assistance to Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or Alzheimer's disease. (57-41) |
| 252 | 6-26 | Y | McConnell amendment: Provides subsidy to eligible low-income seniors with Alzheimer's Disease (this subsidy is already included in bill). (98-0) |
| 251 | 6-26 | Y | Bingaman, et al., amendment: Adjusts asset test, beginning in 2009, so that an individual's assets or resources do not exceed $10,00 ($20,00 combined with spouse) for purposes of qualifying for low-income prescription drug benefit; adjusts annually, beginning in January 1, 2010, and for each subsequent year, an increase equal to Consumer Price Index; and reduces paperwork requirements in application for beneficiaries and States. (68-30) |
| 250 | 6-26 | N | Grassley motion to table Boxer amendment: Eliminates "benefit shutdown" or coverage gap for individuals with cancer. (54-44) |
| 249 | 6-26 | Y | McConnell amendment: Provides following benefits to assist seniors with cancer: for seniors whose income is below poverty line, the provision requires that seniors pay no deductible, no monthly premium, and reduces their cost sharing; for seniors with an income between 135 percent and 150 percent of poverty line the provision reduces deductible to $50 for 2006, requires no monthly premium, and reduces their cost sharing; and for seniors with an income greater than 160 percent of poverty line, provision requires a deductible of $275 for 2006, limits cost sharing to $4,500 for 2006, and for 2006 sets an annual out of pocket limit of $3,700 with 10 percent cost sharing after limit is reached. (97-1) |
| 248 | 6-26 | Y | Edwards-Harkin amendment: Requires Secretary to promulgate regulations governing prescription drug advertisements; requires that any advertisement present a fair balance between: (1) information relating to effectiveness of drugs, including, if available, effectiveness in comparison to other drugs for substantially same condition or conditions, (2) information relating to side effects and contraindications, (3) aural and visual presentations relating to effectiveness of drug side effects and contradictions; imposes civil penalties for companies that violate drug advertisement rules; and requires Secretary to expedite review of drug advertisements. (39-59) |
| 247 | 6-26 | N | Santorum motion to table Harkin-Smith amendment: Establishes demonstration project to encourage community-based services for individuals with disabilities; authorizes $300 million in FY04 and $350 million per year for FY05-08; and offsets by a Medicare Secondary Payor provision that is supported by Justice Department included, and is included in House bill. (50-48) |
| 246 | 6-25 | Y | Clinton amendment: Requires study by NIH Director on comparative effectiveness and, if appropriate, safety of important Medicare covered drugs to ensure that consumers can make meaningful comparisons about quality and efficacy, and authorizes $75 million for FY04, and such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter. (43-52) |
| 245 | 6-25 | Y | Durbin amendment: Creates Medicare-delivered drug plan providing choice for seniors, that would seek to cut prescription drug costs through group negotiating strategies; provides meaningful benefit; no deductible, lower co-pays, no coverage gap; strikes provision in underlying bill which provide incentives for employers to drop coverage for retirees; and provides for implementation of drug benefit program as soon as practicable; and continues until $400 billion has been expended. (39-56) |
| 244 | 6-25 | Y | Graham (FL) amendment: Provides that eligible beneficiary is not responsible for paying applicable percent of monthly national average premium while beneficiary is in coverage gap and to sunset bill, and for other purposes. (39-56) |
| 243 | 6-25 | Y | Edwards amendment: Gives Secretary authority to require drug companies to assess their copycat drugs against ones that already exist and include those comparisons in their ads to consumers; requires drug companies to release ads with balanced visual and aural information; imposes civil penalties for companies that violate drug advertisement rules; and requires Secretary to speed up drug advertisement review. (26-69) |
| 242 | 6-25 | Y | Bingaman-Snowe, et al., amendment: Requires HHS Secretary to reimburse Federally qualified health centers for services rendered to an individual who is enrolled with a MedicareAdvantage plan, if payment for such services to health center were insufficient to cover these costs. (94-1) |
| 241 | 6-24 | Y | Dodd-Kennedy-Mikulski amendment: Modifies amount of direct subsidy provided to qualified retiree prescription drug plan to be equal to monthly national average premium for year. (41-55) |
| 240 | 6-24 | Y | Dodd amendment: Provides beneficiaries with incomes between 160 percent and 250 percent of bill's poverty line with a 50 percent cost sharing benefit for all pharmaceuticals bought after beneficiary reaches initial coverage gap and before he/she reaches annual out-of-pocket limit. (41-54) |
| 239 | 6-24 | Y | Lautenberg-Reid amendment: Changes effective date for prescription drug benefit provisions of underlying bill to July 1, 2004, (the bill provides for benefit to begin in January, 2006). (41-54) |
| 238 | 6-24 | N | Santorum motion to table Lincoln-Conrad amendment: Allows Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two year cycles (underlying bill allows these individuals to remain in such plans for 1 year cycles); and provides parity between private drug-only plans and Medicare fallback plans by allowing same two year contract cycles for both. (51-45) |
| 237 | 6-24 | Y | Dayton amendment: Provides that prescription drug benefits for any Member of Congress who is enrolled in Federal employees health benefits plan may not exceed level of prescription drug benefits passed in this bill. (93-3) |
| 236 | 6-24 | N | Santorum motion to table Boxer-Mikulski amendment: Eliminates coverage gap and continues 50-50 cost-sharing up to $5800 catastrophic level. (54-42) |
| 235 | 6-24 | N | Santorum motion to table Pryor amendment: Prohibits manufacturers of pharmaceutical products from selling pharmaceuticals to wholesalers or retailers in U.S. on terms that are not substantially the same as most favorable terms on which manufacturer has agreed to sell product to any purchaser in Canada; specifies that HHS Secretary may bring civil action in U.S. District Court against person that violates prohibition for an order (1) enjoining violation, and (2) awarding damages in amount of value of difference between terms on which manufacturer sold product and terms on which it was sold in Canada; and makes provision effective two years after enactment only if final regulations have not been promulgated permitting importation and reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada. (66-31) |
| 234 | 6-24 | N | Grassley motion to table Dodd-Lieberman amendment: Extends period of continuous open enrollment and disenrollment for beneficiaries in Medicare prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans through 2007. (55-42) |
| 233 | 6-24 | N | Santorum motion to table Rockefeller-Carper-Graham amendment: Changes definition of "true out of pocket" expenses to include payments made by employers for retiree drug coverage on behalf of beneficiaries and other third party coverage not currently counted toward stop loss under underlying bill. (52-43) |
| Medicare Presciption Drug (S. 1) | |||
| 232 | 6-20 | Y | Dorgan amendment: Authorizes Secretary, after consultation with U.S. Trade Representative and Commissioner of Customs, to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from Canada into U.S.; retains all of safety requirements included in Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act (MEDS), and provides for suspension of importation if any covered product should be found to be counterfeit or otherwise violate any of the requirements of MEDS Act; eliminates five-year sunset in MEDS Act; includes "non-discrimination" provision to ensure that drug manufacturers will not be able to manipulate supply of covered drugs to pharmacists or wholesalers; requires Canadian pharmacies and wholesalers that provide drugs for importation to register with HHS; excludes any drugs that are infused, intravenously injected, or inhaled during a surgical procedure from authorization to import; allows individuals to import prescription drugs from Canada as long as medicine is for their own personal use and is a 90-day supply or less; and makes provisions effective only if HHS Secretary certifies that implementation of section will pose no risk to public's health and safety, and results in significant reduction in cost of covered products to American consumer. (62-28) |
| American History and Civics Education (H.R. 1078) | |||
| 231 | 6-20 | Y | Passage. (90-0) |
| 230 | 6-19 | Y | Gregg, et al., amendment: Closes loopholes in current drug patent laws to provide for timely access to generic prescription drugs. (94-1) |
| 229 | 6-19 | Y | Daschle amendment: Provides that Medicare beneficiaries cannot be charged more than 10 percent above national average monthly prescription drug premium. (39-56) |
| 228 | 6-19 | Y | Enzi-Reed amendment: Requires entity or organization offering prescription drug plan to disclose to Administrator of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services the extent to which they pass onto Medicare beneficiaries any rebates or discounts they receive from drug manufacturers; provides for periodic audits of financial statements and records of eligible entity or organization offering prescription drug plan which are to be conducted by an auditor chosen by Administrator; and requires an entity offering prescription drug plan to permit enrollees to fill 90-day prescriptions through community pharmacy rather than through mail order and may permit a differential amount to be paid by such enrollees. (95-0) |
| Medicare Presciption Drug (S. 1) | |||
| 227 | 6-18 | Y | Stabenow amendment: Provides for prescription drug program under traditional Medicare program to be available to all eligible beneficiaries in every year in addition to any private plans that may be available, and authorizes Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator to adjust requirements or payments to control costs of program. (37-58) |
| Nomination of R. Hewitt Pate to be an Assistant Attorney General | |||
| 226 | 6-13 | Y | Confirmation. (71-0) |
| 225 | 6-12 | Y | Passage. (94-0) |
| 224 | 6-12 | N | Lott amendment (to Specter amendment that requires Administrator to issue regulations to ensure that foreign repair stations meet same level of safety required at domestic repair stations; and requires Administrator to establish certain conditions for foreign repair stations to be certified to work on U.S. registered aircraft): Requires FAA Administrator to conduct study of safety standards at foreign repair stations. (42-52) |
| 223 | 6-12 | N | Inhofe-Kyl-Thomas amendment: Increases age limit on pilots for commercial air carriers from 60 to 65 years of age, but does not change authority of FAA to take steps to ensure safety of air transportation operations involving a pilot who is 60 years of age or older. (44-52) |
| Aviation Investment and Revitalization Vision (H.R. 2115) | |||
| 222 | 6-12 | Y | Lautenberg amendment: Prohibits Transportation Secretary from privatizing core air traffic control functions, system specialists and maintenance of certifiable systems and flight service stations operated by FAA. (56-41) |
| Energy Policy Act (S. 14) | |||
| 221 | 6-12 | Y | Graham (FL), et al., amendment: Strikes section of underlying bill that requires Secretary to conduct an inventory and analysis of oil and natural gas resources beneath all of waters of U.S. outer continental shelf. (44-54) |
| Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (S. 1215, P.L. 108-61) | |||
| 220 | 6-11 | Y | Passage. (97-1) |
| 219 | 6-11 | N | Domenici motion to table Bingaman-Inouye amendment: Modifies time frame for Secretary to review proposed tribal energy resource agreements so that there is no implicit waiver of Federal environmental laws; improves environmental review process so that it is comparable to standards required under NEPA, but still maintains tribes as lead in review; strikes language which limits who can petition Interior Secretary for a review of implementation of tribal energy resources agreements; sunsets authorization in Section 2604 so that Congress can review and reauthorize program based on its implementation; deletes language diminishing Federal trust responsibility to tribes. (52-47) |
| Energy Policy Act (S. 14) | |||
| 218 | 6-11 | N | Cochran motion to table Feinstein, et al., amendment: Provides regulatory oversight of all derivative transactions of energy commodities to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); excludes financial derivatives from being covered under provisions of this bill; ensures that energy dealers in derivatives markets cannot avoid full price transparency and escape regulatory oversight; subjects electronic exchanges dealing in energy transactions to registration, transparency, disclosure and reporting obligations; requires entities running on-line trading forums to maintain sufficient capital to carry out their operations commensurate with risk as determined by CFTC; requires FERC and CFTC to meet quarterly and discuss how energy derivative markets are functioning and affecting energy deliveries; and excludes any agreements, contracts or transactions in metals from regulatory oversight by CFTC, and that metals are governed by existing law. (55-44) |
| Nomination of Mark R. Kravitz to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut | |||
| 217 | 6-11 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Nomination of J. Ronnie Greer to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |||
| 216 | 6-11 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Richard C. Wesley to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit | |||
| 215 | 6-11 | Y | Confirmation. (96-0) |
| 214 | 6-10 | Y | Wyden-Sununu amendment: Strikes provision permitting Energy Secretary to provide loan guarantees covering 50 percent of costs of up to seven new nuclear power plants, and permitting Energy Department to enter into purchase agreements with those nuclear power plants. (48-50) |
| 213 | 6-10 | Y | Landrieu, et al., amendment: Requires President to develop and implement measures to conserve enough petroleum to reduce Nation's dependence on imported oil and to reduce total demand for petroleum by 1 million barrels per day from amount projected for calendar year 2013; and beginning no later than February 1, 2004, requires President to submit an annual report assessing progress made by U.S. toward goal of reducing dependence on imported petroleum. (99-1) |
| Energy Policy Act (S. 14) | |||
| 212 | 6-10 | Y | Dorgan, et al., amendment: Establishes targets and timetables for Energy Department to support production of 100,00 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010 and 2.5 million hydrogen-fueled fuel cell vehicles by 2020, and development of technologies to provide for sale of hydrogen at sufficient number of fueling stations by 2010 and 2020; and requires Energy Secretary to submit an annual review of progress toward meeting targets. (67-32) |
| Nomination of Michael Chertoff to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit | |||
| 211 | 6-9 | Y | Confirmation. (88-1) |
| Tax Cut (H.R. 1308) | |||
| 210 | 6-5 | Y | Grassley-Lincoln amendment: Accelerates 15 percent refundability of child credit, and provides a check this summer to many families that would not otherwise receive a check for credit at cost of $3.5 billion; eliminates marriage penalty in child credit at cost of $4.8 billion; simplifies five definitions in tax code to one uniform definition of child at cost of $1.4 billion; and offsets by extending customs user fees. (94-2) |
| 209 | 6-5 | Y | Frist-Daschle amendment: Bans methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in 4 years; eliminates 270 days after enactment of underlying bill, the oxygen requirement under Clean Air Act; establishes renewable fuel standard requiring use of 2.6 billion gallons of renewable fuels in 2005, increasing to 5 billion gallons in 2012; establishes credit trading program; and increases credit to 2.5 gallons of renewable fuel for use of cellulosic biomass (ethanol) derived from agricultural residue. (68-28) |
| 208 | 6-5 | Y | Boxer amendment (to Frist-Daschle, et al., amendment): Strikes renewable fuels safe harbor provision in underlying amendment; and provides that renewable fuel used or intended as motor vehicle fuel, shall be subject to liability standards that are not less protective of human health, welfare, and environment than any other motor vehicle fuel or fuel additive. (38-57) |
| 207 | 6-5 | N | Schumer-Clinton amendment (to Frist-Daschle, et al., amendment): Exempts States in East Coast, West Coast, and Rocky Mountain region from ethanol mandate, while leaving mandate in place in Midwest. (26-69) |
| Energy Policy Act (S. 14) | |||
| 206 | 6-4 | N | Bingaman-Sununu-Feinstein amendment (to Frist-Daschle, et al., amendment): Provides President, acting through Energy Secretary, with ability to waive ethanol requirements if Energy Secretary determines that application of requirement has resulted in an increase in average cost of gasoline to end users in a State or region of 10 cents per gallon or more; or a significant interruption in supply of renewable fuel in State or region has resulted in an increase in average cost of gasoline to end users of ten cents per gallon or more; and states that suspensions granted under this provision shall terminate after 30 days, but may be renewed for additional 30-day periods if Energy Secretary determines that significant price increase or significant supply interruption persists. (37-58) |
| DOD Authorization, 2004 (H.R. 1588) | |||
| 205 | 6-4 | N | Dorgan, et al., amendment: Repeals authorities and requirements for additional round of base closure round in 2005. (42-53) |
| 204 | 6-3 | N | Feinstein, et al., amendment (to Frist-Daschle, et al., amendment): Stipulates that renewable fuel program shall apply to a State only if Governor of State notifies the Administrator that the State elects to participate in renewable fuel program. (34-62) |
| Energy Policy Act (S. 14) | |||
| 203 | 6-3 | N | Feinstein amendment (to Frist-Daschle, et. al., amendment to ban methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in four years; eliminate oxygen requirement under Clean Air Act; establish renewable fuel standard requiring use of 2.6 billion gallons of renewable fuels in 2005, increasing to 5 billion gallons of renewable fuels in 2015; and establish credit trading program): Allows waiver of ethanol mandate in renewable fuel program for one or more States if EPA Administrator determines, after a public notice and comment period, that implementation of renewable fuel requirement is not necessary to meet Clean Air standards, because State or region can meet standards without adding renewable fuels. (35-60) |
| 202 | 5-23 | N | Passage. (53-44) |
| 201 | 5-23 | N | Grassley motion to table Hollings amendment: Prohibits Treasury Department from delaying or failing to invest any amount that should be credited toward Social Security trust fund. (52-46) |
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