Privacy Notice
107th Congress, 2nd session
1st session
| Vote No. | Date 2002 | Voting Position |
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| Senate Procedure | |||
| 1 | 1-23 | Y | Daschle motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent Senators. (88-6) |
| Adoption Tax Credit (H.R. 622) | |||
| * 2 | 1-24 | 2AY | Baucus motion to waive Congressional Budget Resolution of 2001 to permit consideration of Baucus, et al., amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment): Provides $2.35 billion for emergency agriculture assistance including $1.8 billion of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for producers that have qualifying income losses in calendar year 2001, $500 million of CCC funds to make and administer payments for livestock losses for 2001 in a county that has received an emergency designation by the President or Secretary after January 1, 2001, and $50 million of CCC funds for Department of Agriculture salaries and expenses to administer the program; and designates funds as "emergency spending." (57-33) |
| * 3 | 1-25 | N | Smith (OR) motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of the Smith (OR), et al., amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment): Provides first year bonus depreciation of additional 30 percent for the cost of most capital assets purchased between September 10, 2001, and September 11, 2004, and placed in service before January 1, 2005, or January 1, 2006, in the case of property that takes longer to produce; adjusts alternative minimum tax (AMT) to ensure that businesses subject to the AMT would actually benefit from the investment incentives provided in the bill; and increases deficit by $66 billion in FY 2003 and 2004. (39-45) |
| Nomination of Marcia S. Krieger to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 4 | 1-25 | Y | Confirmation. (83-0) |
| Nomination of James C. Mahan to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Nebraska | |||
| 5 | 1-25 | Y | Confirmation. (81-0) |
| Adoption Tax Credit (H.R. 622) | |||
| * 6 | 1-29 | Y | Durbin motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of the Durbin, et al., amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment): Amends unemployment provisions in the underlying substitute amendment to require States to use most recent available data when determining eligibility for unemployment benefits through the end of 2002; requires States to provide unemployment benefits to former part-time workers who are seeking another part-time job through the end of 2002, provided they meet all other State eligibility tests; and provides a temporary supplement to the unemployment benefit equal to the greater of 15 percent of individual's unemployment insurance or $25 per week. (57-35) |
| 7 | 1-29 | Y | Nickles (for Bond), et al., amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment): Increases, for two years, limit on small business expensing from $25,000 to $40,000; and increases size of businesses that are eligible to take advantage of small business expensing. (90-2) |
| * 8 | 1-29 | Y | Baucus motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of the Reid (for Harkin)-Johnson amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment): Increases Federal Medicaid matching rate (FMAP) for FY 2002 by 3 percentage points; increases the FMAP by an additional 1.5 percentage points in States with high unemployment rates; and includes hold harmless provision from Daschle substitute amendment. (54-41) |
| 9 | 1-29 | Y | Allen, et al., amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment): Excludes from gross income compensation any compensation received by a civilian uniformed employee during a month that he or she provides security, safety, fire management, or medical services for initial response to a terrorist attack. (92-2) |
| * 10 | 1-29 | Y | Baucus motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Reid (for Baucus) modified amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment): Provides 30 percent first year bonus depreciation for cost of most capital assets purchased after December 31, 2001, and placed into service before January 1, 2004, or January 1, 2005, for property that takes longer to produce; increases Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for 2003 by 1.5 percentage points and by 3 percentage points for States with high unemployment; and adjusts alternative minimum tax (AMT) to ensure that businesses subject to the AMT would benefit from investment incentives provided in amendment. (62-33) |
| Nomination of Callie V. Granade to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 11 | 2-4 | Y | Confirmation. (75-0) |
| Nomination of Philip R. Martinez to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District | |||
| 12 | 2-5 | Y | Confirmation. (93-0) |
| Adoption Tax Credit (H.R. 622) | |||
| * 13 | 2-6 | Y | Baucus, et al., cloture motion on Daschle-Baucus economic recovery substitute amendment: Provides 13 week extension on unemployment benefits; a 30 percent depreciation bonus for two years; tax rebates for those who did not receive rebate from last year's tax cut; and fiscal relief for States designed to offset losses caused by accelerated depreciation. (56-39) |
| * 14 | 2-6 | N | Grassley, et al., cloture motion on Grassley-Snowe-Lott substitute amendment: Contains provisions of House passed bill H.R. 3529. (48-47) |
| Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement (H.R. 2646) | |||
| 15 | 2-6 | N | Wellstone modified amendment: Restricts new or expanding large confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) from receiving Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) funds for animal waste structures; prohibits entity with interests in more than one CAFO from receiving more than one contract for animal waste storage or treatment facilities; limits use of EQIP funds for new or expanding livestock waste facilities sited in 100-year floodplain; requires that animal operations receiving EQIP funds for structures also develop and follow comprehensive nutrient management plan to ensure that conservation assistance goes beyond storage of manure; and increases current annual payment limitation for EQIP to $30,000 and current payment limit per five year contract to $150,000. (44-52) |
| 16 | 2-6 | Y | Harkin, et al., amendment: Closes loophole in Packers and Livestock Act by bringing livestock production contracts under jurisdiction of Packers and Stockyards Act; and gives livestock producers the right to discuss their contracts with their attorney, banker, accountant, landlord, and certain others. (82-14) |
| 17 | 2-7 | Y | Durbin, et al., modified amendment: Restores food stamp eligibility to legal immigrants who have lived in United States for at least five years; funds the restoration of food stamp eligibility by prohibiting crop support payments for crops grown on land that has not been cropped at least one of last five years, or three of last ten years; and protects land in Conservation Reserve Program and land in midst of a long-term approved crop rotation. (96-1) |
| 18 | 2-7 | N | Lincoln motion to table Dorgan-Grassley amendment: Limits direct and counter-cyclical payments to $75,000; limits marketing Loan Gains and Loan Deficiency payments to $150,000; requires use of "direct attribution" toward single tax identification number when totaling amount of government payments an individual receives in one year; and uses savings of $1.295 billion over 10 years as follows: (1) $810 million for various Nutrition Programs, (2) $101 million for research and development for specialty crop insurance initiative, (3) $5 million for Beginning Farmer and Rancher Direct Farm Ownership Loan Account Funds, (4) $46 million for Non-farm Loan Deficiency Payment (LDPs) eligibility and Restore Beneficial Interest with regard to LDPs for 2001 crop, and (5) $330 million for Initiative for Future Food and Agriculture Systems. (31-66) |
| 19 | 2-7 | N | Lugar amendment: Eliminates AMTA payments, milk price support, and sugar program; phases out marketing assistance loan program and peanut program by 2006; provides $7,000 in "equity payments" to producers of all agricultural commodities for each of the 2003 through 2006 crop years in place of above programs; and defines eligible farmers as those who have earned at least $20,000 in adjusted gross revenue for each of preceding five years, or in case of beginning farmers, has at least $20,000 in adjusted gross revenue for applicable year. (11-85) |
| 20 | 2-7 | Y | Carnahan amendment: Provides permanent extension of Chapter 12 of Bankruptcy Code. (93-0) |
| Nomination of Michael J. Melloy to be U.S. Circuit Judge | |||
| 21 | 2-11 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Nomination of Jay C. Zainey to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 22 | 2-11 | Y | Confirmation. (92-0) |
| Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement (H.R. 2646) | |||
| 23 | 2-12 | Y | Craig motion to table the Grassley amendment (to the Craig amendment requiring the Secretary to complete a study of the effects of a prohibition against meat packers owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter for more than 14 days prior to slaughter) prohibits meat packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock for more than 14 days prior to slaughter; clarifies that the prohibition does not apply to forward contracting or other such marketing arrangements; and excludes cooperatives, or entities owned by a cooperative, if a majority of the ownership interest in the cooperative is held by active cooperative members, or small packers owned by a producer of a type of livestock that accounts for only two percent of that type of livestock. (46-53) |
| 24 | 2-12 | Y | Reid motion to table the Crapo, et al., amendment (to the Harkin substitute amendment) which strikes the water conservation program provisions from the substitute amendment. (55-45) |
| * 25 | 2-12 | Y | Baucus motion to waive section 205 of Congressional Budget Resolution of 2001 (H. Con. Res. 290, 106th Congress) to permit consideration of Baucus, et al., amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment No. 2698): Provides $2.35 billion for emergency agriculture assistance including $1.8 billion of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for producers that have qualifying income losses in calendar year 2001, $500 million of CCC funds to make and administer payments for livestock losses for 2001 in a county that has received an emergency designation by the President or Secretary after January 1, 2001, and $50 million of CCC funds for Agriculture Department salaries and expenses to administer program; and designates funds as "emergency spending." (69-30) |
| 26 | 2-12 | N | Harkin amendment (to McConnell amendment to reduce income protection prices for commodities, to lower loan rates for marketing assistance, and to increase nutrition assistance): Reduces income protection prices for commodities; lowers loan rates for marketing assistance for commodities; and establishes pilot program for farm counter-cyclical savings accounts. (17-80) |
| 27 | 2-13 | Y | Conrad amendment (to the Harkin substitute amendment) which expresses the sense of the Senate that no Social Security surplus funds should be used to pay to make currently scheduled tax cuts permanent or for wasteful spending. (98-0) |
| 28 | 2-13 | Y | Kyl, et al., amendment which expresses the sense of the Senate that the repeal of the estate tax should be made permanent by eliminating the sunset provision's applicability to the estate tax. (56-42) |
| 29 | 2-13 | Y | Daschle motion to table the Domenici amendment which strikes the dairy provisions in the underlying substitute amendment; and inserts language to provide for a new program making direct, fixed payments to dairy producers equal to 31.5 cents per hundred pounds of milk produced, and eliminates the payment limitations for dairy included in the substitute. (56-42) |
| 30 | 2-13 | Y | Passage. (58-40) |
| Election Reform (S. 565) | |||
| 31 | 2-14 | N | Reid-Specter-Feingold amendment: States that right of U.S. citizen to vote in any Federal election shall not be denied because he/she has been convicted of criminal offense, unless he/she is serving felony sentence in correctional institution or facility, or is on parole or probation for felony offense; and permits Attorney General to bring civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief as is necessary to remedy any violations; permits individuals who are aggrieved by violation to bring private right of action by providing written notice to chief election official of State involved; and does not prohibit State from enacting any State law that affords right to vote in any election for Federal office on terms that are less restrictive than outlined in amendment. (31-63) |
| 32 | 2-14 | Y | Durbin-Nelson (FL)-Graham amendment: Deletes exemption for punchcard voting systems that would have allowed a State or locality to meet over-vote notification requirements in bill by just establishing a voter education program; requires punchcard voting systems to notify voter of an over-vote; permits punchcard voters to verify their votes selected on ballot before ballot is cast and counted; and provides punchcard voters with opportunity to change the ballot or correct any error before ballot is cast and counted. (44-50) |
| 33 | 2-14 | Y | Lieberman amendment: Authorizes administrative leave for Federal employees to perform poll worker service in Federal elections. (46-49) |
| 34 | 2-14 | N | Burns amendment: Allows jurisdictions to purge voters for not voting; and allows jurisdiction to remove voter from official voter list when voter does not vote in two or more consecutive general elections for Federal office and has not notified registrar that the individual intends to remain registered in jurisdiction. (40-55) |
| Nomination of Robert E. Blackburn to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 35 | 2-26 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Election Reform (S. 565) | |||
| 36 | 2-26 | Y | Cleland-Miller amendment: Changes short title of bill to "Martin Luther King, Jr. Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2001." (97-0) |
| Nomination of Cindy K. Jorgenson to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 37 | 2-26 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Election Reform (S. 565) | |||
| 38 | 2-27 | N | Bond motion to table Schumer-Wyden amendment: Allows States to use signature matching system to verify voter identity instead of photo ID government check. (46-51) |
| * 39 | 3-1 | Y | Dodd, et al., cloture motion on bill: Establishes minimal requirements for voting systems used in Federal elections. (49-39) |
| * 40 | 3-4 | Y | Dodd, et al., cloture motion on bill: Establishes minimal requirements for voting systems used in Federal elections. (51-44) |
| Energy Policy Act (H.R. 4) | |||
| 41 | 3-6 | Y | Daschle, et al., amendment: Prohibits issuance of any permit that would authorize transport of Alaska North Slope natural gas via pipeline running offshore in the Beaufort Sea between Alaska and Canada. (93-5) |
| 42 | 3-7 | N | Voinovich-Bingaman, et al., amendment (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Provides 10-year authorization for Nuclear Regulatory Commission to indemnify its licensees against liability for nuclear accident; provides that two or more modular reactors that are located at one site should be treated as single nuclear power plant for purposes of assessing premium under Price-Anderson Act; allows use of new advanced technology reactor designs that make use of several small reactor modules to do work of single large nuclear reactor; and permits NRC to treat collection of these modules at a single site as single reactor for Price-Anderson purposes. (78-21) |
| 43 | 3-7 | N | Bingaman, et al., amendment (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Requires EPA to study the effects of hydraulic fracturing on underground sources of drinking water, and requires a report within 24 months; requires an independent scientific review of the EPA study to be conducted within 11 months of the publication of the study; allows EPA to conduct a separate study concerning fracturing in a particular type of geological formation; restricts further Federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing until the conclusion of the study; does not affect existing State programs for regulating fracturing; and authorizes $100,000 to be appropriated to assist the implementation of the Alabama program for Hydraulic Fracturing under the Safe Drinking Water Act. (78-21) |
| Economic Security and Recovery Act of 2001 (H.R. 3090) | |||
| 44 | 3-8 | Y | Daschle motion to concur with House amendment to Senate amendment to Economic Stimulus Bill. (85-9) |
| Energy Policy Act (H.R. 4) | |||
| 45 | 3-8 | Y | McCain, et al., modified amendment (to the Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Inserts text of S.235, the Pipeline Safety Act as passed by Senate in February 2001. (94-0) |
| Nomination of Ralph R. Beistline to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 46 | 3-12 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Energy Policy Act (H.R. 4) | |||
| 47 | 3-13 | N | Levin, et al., amendment: Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue new regulations within 15 months for non-passenger automobiles, and within 2 years for passenger automobiles, increasing average fuel economy levels, taking into consideration 13 separate factors; provides expedited procedures for a bill increasing CAFE standards, if the Secretary fails to issue final regulations in the prescribed period of time; requires Federal agencies to procure hybrid vehicles starting in 2005, unless the requirement is waived by the head of the agency; requires that Federal agencies begin to use alternative fuels in dual-fuel vehicles no later than 2012; authorizes an expanded research and development program on advanced technology vehicles; and authorizes a study related to the conversion of bus fleets that utilize current diesel technologies. (62-38) |
| 48 | 3-13 | N | Miller amendment which requires the CAFE standard to be no higher than 20.7 miles per gallon for pickup trucks manufactured after model year 2004. (56-44) |
| * 49 | 3-14 | Y | Thomas motion to waive section 302(f) of the budget act to permit consideration of the Thomas, et al., amendment which strikes the provision in the underlying substitute amendment which directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish and enforce national or regional reliability standards for operation of the interstate electric transmission system, with deference to expert, regional and State organizations; and inserts language to require FERC to certify non-governmental electric reliability organizations with authority to establish and enforce electric reliability standards. (60-40) |
| 50 | 3-14 | Y | Jeffords-Wellstone-Kerry amendment: Establishes renewable electric energy generation standards. (29-70) |
| Nomination of David C. Bury to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 51 | 3-15 | Y | Confirmation. (90-0) |
| Nomination of Randy Crane to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 52 | 3-18 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Campaign Finance Reform (H.R. 2356) | |||
| * 53 | 3-20 | Y | Cloture motion on bill. (68-32) |
| 54 | 3-20 | Y | Passage. (60-40) |
| Energy Policy Act (H.R. 4) | |||
| 55 | 3-21 | N | Kyl, et al., amendment [to Bingaman amendment to clarify provisions relating to Renewable Portfolio Standards (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment)]: Strikes language in underlying Bingaman amendment; and requires each electric utility to offer retail consumers electricity produced from renewable sources, to extent it is available, and does not require minimum percentage of energy from renewable source; defines "renewable sources" to include solar, wind, geothermal, landfill gas, biomass, hydroelectric and other renewable energy sources, as may be determined by appropriate State regulatory authority; and preserves authority of State to establish their own program regarding renewable source energy. (40-58) |
| 56 | 3-21 | Y | Reid (for Daschle-Leahy) amendment (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Expresses sense of Senate that, in interests of administration of justice, Senate Judiciary Committee should, along with its other legislative and oversight responsibilities, continue to hold regular hearings on judicial nominees and should, in accordance with precedents and practices of the Committee, schedule hearings on nominees submitted by the President on May 9, 2001, and resubmitted on September 5, 2001, expeditiously. (97-1) |
| 57 | 3-21 | N | Lott amendment (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Expresses sense of Senate that, in the interests of administration of justice, the Senate Judiciary Committee shall hold hearings on nominees submitted by President on May 9, 2001, by May 9, 2002. (47-51) |
| 58 | 3-21 | N | Murkowski amendment [to Bingaman amendment to clarify provisions relating to Renewable Portfolio Standards (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment)]: Exempts retail electric suppliers in States with State renewable energy programs from national renewable standard in underlying amendment. (39-57) |
| 59 | 3-21 | N | Kyl-Helms amendment [to Bingaman amendment to clarify provisions relating to Renewable Portfolio Standards (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment)]: Allows Governor of any State to exempt State from Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards in underlying amendment. (37-58) |
| 60 | 4-9 | Y | Feinstein motion to table Reid modified amendment (to Feinstein amendment [to Daschle substitute amendment]): Restores metal derivatives trading to "exempt" status; strikes all references to "metals" in underlying amendment; and retains other provisions of underlying amendment. (40-59) |
| 61 | 4-10 | Y | Feinstein, et al., cloture motion on Feinstein, et al., amendment. (48-50) |
| 62 | 4-10 | Y | Craig amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment): Strikes amendments to Federal Power Act, Public Utility Holding Company Act, Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, and the Renewable Portfolio Standards and other renewable energy programs and rural construction grants. (32-67) |
| Election Reform (S. 565) | |||
| 63 | 4-11 | Y | Roberts-Feinstein, et al., amendment: Eliminates administrative procedures in bill requiring election officials to provide written notice to provisional ballot voters if their ballot is not counted, leaving only the requirement that State or local election officials establish free access system (such as toll free telephone number or Internet website) to provide information to an individual who casts a provisional ballot as to whether vote was counted, and, if vote was not counted, the reason vote was not counted. (56-43) |
| 64 | 4-11 | Y | Clinton amendment: Requires voting systems to have a residual vote error rate that does not exceed standards established by Director of Office of Election Administration; specifies that "residual vote error rate" is combination of overvotes, spoiled or uncountable votes, and undervotes, minus estimated percentage of intentional undervotes; and gives Office of Election Administration the authority to waive standard for areas with historically high rates of intentional undervoting. (48-52) |
| 65 | 4-11 | Y | Passage. (99-1) |
| Energy Policy Act (H.R. 4) | |||
| 66 | 4-11 | Y | Durbin-Smith (OR), et al., modified amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment): Establishes an 11 member "Consumer Energy Commission;" requires Commission to conduct nationwide study of significant price spikes since 1990 in major U.S. consumer energy products; requires study to focus on cause of large fluctuations and sharp spikes in prices; requires, within 180 days of first meeting, the Commission to submit report to Congress containing findings and conclusions of Commission, and recommendations for legislation and actions by industry and consumers to protect against future price spikes; limits administrative expenses of Commission; and terminates Commission within 30 days of report's submission. (69-30) |
| 67 | 4-11 | N | Reid motion to table Feinstein amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment): Reduces time period in which Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator may act on a petition by one or more States to waive renewable fuel content requirement from 250 days to 30 days; and states that petition shall be deemed approved, if EPA Administrator fails to approve or disapprove the petition within 30 day period. (61-36) |
| Nomination of Terrence L. O'Brien to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit | |||
| 68 | 4-15 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Nomination of Lance M. Africk to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 69 | 4-17 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Energy Policy Act (H.R. 4) | |||
| * 70 | 4-18 | N | Daschle, et al., cloture motion on Stevens amendment [(to Murkowski-Breaux-Stevens amendment--Vote No. 71) to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment]: Authorizes drilling for oil and gas in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and creates trust fund for "steel legacy" benefits program, coal miner health benefits and other programs. (36-64) |
| * 71 | 4-18 | N | Johnson, et al., cloture motion on Murkowski-Breaux-Stevens amendment (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Authorizes drilling for oil and gas in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, if President certifies to Congress that drilling in area is in the national security and economic interest; and prohibits exporting of oil from Arctic Wildlife Refuge, and exempts Israel from export prohibition. (46-54) |
| 72 | 4-18 | Y | Murkowski amendment (to the Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Prohibits the direct or indirect importation of petroleum and petroleum products from Iraq. (88-10) |
| Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act (H.R. 3525) | |||
| 73 | 4-18 | Y | Byrd amendment: Requires INS Commissioner, in consultation with Education Secretary and Secretary of State, to review every two years, educational and other institutions certified to receive foreign students and exchange visitors; and specifies that failure to comply with record keeping and reporting requirements will result in termination or suspension for one year. (97-0) |
| 74 | 4-18 | Y | Byrd amendment: Requires Attorney General, in consultation with Secretary of State to evaluate effect of each country's participation in visa waiver program every two years, rather than every five years; stipulates that the government of the country will certify that it reports to U.S. on a timely basis on theft of blank passports issued by that country; and provides that Attorney General and Secretary of State acting jointly shall terminate designation of the country as a program country, if Attorney General determines that the program country is not reporting the theft of blank passports. (97-0) |
| 75 | 4-18 | Y | Passage. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Legrome D. Davis to be U.S. District Judge for Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |||
| 76 | 4-18 | Y | Confirmation. (94-0) |
| Energy Policy Act (H.R. 4) | |||
| * 77 | 4-23 | N | Bingaman, et al., cloture motion on Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment to the bill. (86-13) |
| 78 | 4-23 | N | Bingaman motion to table Schumer amendment (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Strikes section establishing renewable fuel content requirement for motor vehicle fuel, including "safe harbor" liability protection section. (69-30) |
| Nomination of Jeffrey R. Howard to be U.S. Circuit Judge | |||
| 79 | 4-23 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Energy Policy Act (H.R. 4) | |||
| 80 | 4-24 | N | Bingaman motion to table the Cantwell, et al., amendment (to the Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment) which strikes the language in the underlying substitute amendment requiring FERC to find that a merger will be consistent with the public interest, will not adversely affect consumers, will not impair FERC and States' ability to regulate, and will not lead to cross-subsidization before approving an electric utility merger; inserts language requiring FERC to find that a merger will "advance" the public interest, enhance wholesale competition, produce "significant gains" in operational and economic efficiency, and result in a structure that "facilitates" effective regulatory oversight before approving an electric utility merger; and repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA). (58-39) |
| 81 | 4-24 | N | Nelson motion to table Bingaman amendment [to Nelson amendment to allow energy producers to propose alternative conditions for license requirements for projects and fishways (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment)]: Requires Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Interior Secretary, Commerce Secretary, and Agriculture Secretary, in consultation with affected States and tribes, to undertake review of options for a process whereby license applicants and third parties to relicensing proceeding could propose alternative mandatory conditions and alternative mandatory fishway prescriptions to be included in license; requires that report be submitted to Energy and Natural Resources Committee within 12 months of enactment; and requires, within 12 months of enactment, that report be submitted to Energy and Natural Resources Committee regarding licensing process. (54-43) |
| 82 | 4-24 | N | Murkowski motion to table Carper, et al., amendment (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Conditions termination of obligation under Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) for utilities to buy electricity from qualifying facility (combined heat and power generating system) on a finding by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that facility has access to independently administered auction-based and real time markets for sale of electricity; and conditions termination of obligation of utilities to sell power to qualifying facilities on development of retail competition. (37-60) |
| 83 | 4-24 | N | Bingaman motion to table Nickles, et al., amendment (to Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Reduces credit price for utilities that fail to meet renewable energy targets from 3 cents per kilowatt-hour to 1.5 cents per kilowatt-hour. (38-59) |
| 84 | 4-24 | Y | Bingaman motion to table Fitzgerald, et al., amendment (to Daschle-Bingaman amendment): Modifies definitions of biomass and renewable energy to exclude municipal solid waste. (50-46) |
| Nomination of Percy Anderson to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 85 | 4-25 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Nomination of John F. Walter to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 86 | 4-25 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Energy Policy Act (H.R. 4) | |||
| 87 | 4-25 | N | Reid motion to table Boxer-Feinstein amendment (to the Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Requires that renewable fuels, used or intended to be used as motor vehicle fuel, have a liability standard for human health, welfare and environment that is equal to standard for any other motor vehicle fuel or fuel additive. (57-42) |
| 88 | 4-25 | N | Reid motion to table Feinstein amendment (to the Daschle-Bingaman substitute amendment): Delays mandated renewable fuel content of motor vehicle fuel from calendar year 2004 to 2005. (60-39) |
| 89 | 4-25 | N | Harkin-Cochran, et al., amendment: Strikes provision inunderlying bill requiring, by 2006, a 30-percent increase in minimum efficiency standards for central air conditioners and heat pumps; and instead inserts language directing Energy Secretary, within 60 days of enactment, to revise seasonal energy efficiency ratio standard for central air conditioners and central air conditioning heat pumps. (52-47) |
| 90 | 4-25 | N | Levin motion to table Carper-Specter, et al., amendment: Requires new regulations for passenger and non-passenger automobiles manufactured after model year 2006, that reduce amount of oil, including gasoline, consumed by at least 1,000,000 barrels per day by 2015; directs Transportation Secretary to consider ways to reduce consumption through alternative fuels in promulgating regulations; and requires Transportation Secretary, after consulting with EPA Administrator, to issue reports to Congress on implementation of requirements of this section. (57-42) |
| 91 | 4-25 | Y | Bingaman motion to table Kyl amendment: Strikes provisions relating to alternative vehicles and fuels incentives. (91-8) |
| 92 | 4-25 | Y | Nickles motion to table Graham amendment: Strikes provision in underlying bill that allows delay rental payments to be deducted over two years. (73-26) |
| 93 | 4-25 | N | Nickles motion to table Graham amendment: Conditions implementation of tax provisions added by Finance Committee on enactment of legislation which raises Federal revenues or reduces Federal spending sufficient to offset the cost of tax package. (70-29) |
| 94 | 4-25 | N | Passage. (88-11) |
| Nomination of Joan F. Lancaster to be U.S.District Judge | |||
| 95 | 4-25 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Nomination of William C. Griesbach to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 96 | 4-25 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Andean Trade Promotion Bill (H.R. 3009) | |||
| * 97 | 4-29 | Y | Baucus, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to bill. (69-21) |
| Nomination of Michael M. Baylson to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |||
| 98 | 4-30 | Y | Confirmation (98-0) |
| Nomination of Cynthia M. Rufe to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |||
| 99 | 4-30 | Y | Confirmation (98-0) |
| Andean Trade Promotion Bill (H.R. 3009) | |||
| 100 | 5-1 | Y | Motion to proceed to the bill. (77-21) |
| 101 | 5-2 | N | Reid motion to table Dorgan-Craig, et al., amendment (to Daschle substitute amendment) : Requires President to negotiate an amendment to North American Free Trade (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico that provides for transparency in dispute resolution tribunals. (29-67) |
| 102 | 5-2 | Y | Reid (for Lieberman), et al., amendment [to the Dorgan amendment -- Vote No. 101 (to the Daschle substitute amendment)] which expresses the sense of Congress that Congress: (1) stands in solidarity with Israel, a frontline state in the war against terrorism, as it takes necessary steps to provide security to its people by dismantling the terrorist infrastructure in the Palestinian areas; (2) remains committed to Israel's right to self-defense; (3) will continue to assist Israel in strengthening its homeland defenses; (4) condemns Palestinian suicide bombings; (5) demands that the Palestinian Authority fulfill its commitment to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in the Palestinian areas; (6) urges all Arab states, particularly the United States allies, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, to declare their unqualified opposition to all forms of terrorism, particularly suicide bombing, and to act in concert with the United States to stop the violence; and (7) urges all parties in the region to pursue vigorously efforts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East. (94-2) |
| Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement (H.R. 2646, Public Law 107-171.) | |||
| 103 | 5-8 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (64-35) |
| Nomination of Leonard E. Davis to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 104 | 5-9 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Andrew S. Hanen to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 105 | 5-9 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Samuel H. Mays, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 106 | 5-9 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Thomas M. Rose to be U.S.District Judge | |||
| 107 | 5-9 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Paul G. Cassell to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 108 | 5-13 | Y | Confirmation. (67-20) |
| Andean Trade Promotion Bill (H.R. 3009) | |||
| 109 | 5-14 | Y | Baucus-Grassley-Wyden amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Clarifies that investment provisions of trade agreements will not provide foreign investors in U.S. with greater rights than U.S. investors in U.S. (98-0) |
| 110 | 5-14 | N | Reid motion to table Dayton-Craig amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Establishes point of order in Senate against any part of bill to implement a trade agreement that modifies laws designed to protect U.S. businesses or workers from unfair trade practices; permits point of order to be waived with majority vote; states that if point of order is sustained, that part of implementing bill shall proceed under normal legislative procedures, and the rest of agreement proceeds under fast track procedures; and provides one hour of debate on motion to waive point of order, with time equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority and minority leader, or their designees. (38-61) |
| 111 | 5-15 | Y | Edwards amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Outlines additional principal textile trade negotiating objectives in order to obtain competitive opportunities in foreign markets for U.S. exporters of textiles and apparel that are substantially equivalent to the competitive opportunities afforded those exporting products into the U.S. marketplace, and to achieve fairer and more open conditions of trade in textiles and apparel; authorizes Labor Secretary to extend both income support and educational benefits to those displaced workers who pursue remedial education to qualify for certain training programs under TAA; and establishes emergency assistance grant program for community colleges that provide training programs for displaced or endangered workers, and to allow community colleges to expand and create new retraining programs customized to immediate needs of communities. (66-33) |
| 112 | 5-15 | N | Baucus motion to table Lieberman, et al., amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Strikes provisions in substitute amendment that prohibit retaliatory action based on any decision that fails to comply with domestic labor standards and levels of environmental protection agreed to in trade agreement. (54-44) |
| 113 | 5-15 | N | Baucus motion to table Durbin-Dorgan-Wellstone amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Strikes fast-track language in underlying substitute amendment, and inserts fast-track authority that: (1) requires countries that are members of proposed Free Trade Areas of the Americas and other signees of free trade agreements to implement rights of association, rights of collective bargaining, regulations on child labor, bans on compulsory labor, and bans on discrimination in domestic law; (2) requires effective protections of U.S. investors overseas through "investor-state" rights, while ensuring in plain and clear language that foreign investors have "no greater rights" in the U.S. than domestic investors; (3) requires the creation of an explicit rule ensuring that a country can enforce a Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA) without violating trade rules where both parties have signed the MEA; (4) provides that enforcement of labor and environmental provisions are the same as all other provisions of the trade agreement; (5) provides a structured biennial review by Congress of ongoing trade negotiations; and (6) requires that preserving the trade laws is a principal objective of U.S. negotions. (69-30) |
| 114 | 5-16 | Y | Baucus motion to table Gregg amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Strikes wage insurance provisions in underlying substitute amendment. (58-38) |
| 115 | 5-16 | N | Grassley motion to table Dodd-Lieberman amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Clarifies principal negotiating objectives by inserting following objectives which were included in U.S.-Jordan Trade Agreement: (1) to ensure that parties to trade agreement reaffirm their obligations as members of ILO and to strive to ensure that such labor principles and core labor standards are protected in domestic law; (2) to ensure that their labor laws meet basic international standards and to improve those standards; (3) to recognize it is inappropriate to try to gain trade advantage by relaxing or waiving domestic labor laws; and (4) to strengthen capacity of U.S. trading partners to promote respect for core labor standards. (52-46) |
| Freedom Consolidation Act (H.R. 3167) | |||
| 116 | 5-17 | Y | Passage. (85-6) |
| Andean Trade Promotion Bill (H.R. 3009) | |||
| * 117 | 5-21 | Y | Rockefeller, et al., cloture motion on Rockefeller, et al., amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Provides one-year eligibility period for steelworker retirees and eligible beneficiaries affected by qualified closing of qualified steel company for assistance with health insurance coverage; provides credit of 70 percent of total cost of premium of health care coverage under COBRA or State-established plans; and offsets the Joint Tax Committee estimated cost of $179 million over ten years with two IRS administrative provisions recently passed by the House allowing taxpayers to accelerate payments to IRS. (56-40) |
| 118 | 5-21 | Y | Reid motion to instruct Sergeant at Arms to request attendance of absent Senators. (58-35) |
| 119 | 5-21 | N | Baucus motion to table Allen, et al., amendment: Establishes pilot program under which Labor Secretary shall award low-interest loans to enable displaced workers, adversely affected by international competition, to continue to make mortgage payments with respect to their primary residence; states that loans provided under this program shall be for a period of no more than 12 months, have an interest rate of 4 percent, requires individuals to begin repaying loan within one year of loan approval or within one year of individual being employed for six consecutive months; authorizes $10 million for each of FYs 2003-2007; and terminates program five years after date of enactment. (49-49) |
| 120 | 5-21 | Y | Hutchison amendment: Requires a country to take steps supporting U.S. efforts to combat terrorism before qualifying for certain trade benefits. (96-0) |
| 121 | 5-21 | Y | Baucus motion to table Kerry amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Strikes foreign investment provision in underlying amendment, and instead inserts provision stating that principal negotiating objective of U.S. regarding foreign investment is to reduce or eliminate artificial or trade distorting barriers to trade-related foreign investment; and states that any trade agreement with investment provisions shall: (1) reduce or eliminate exceptions to principle of national interest, (2) provide for free transfer of funds relating to investment, (3) reduce or eliminate performance requirements and forced technology transfers, (4) ensure fullest measure of transparency in dispute settlement mechanism, (5) ensure that foreign citizens are not granted greater legal rights than U.S. citizens; (6) limit provisions on expropriation; (7) ensure that standards for minimum treatment shall grant no greater legal rights than U.S. citizens possess under due process clause of Constitution, (8) provide that any measure that protects public health, safety and welfare, environment, or public morals is consistent with agreement, and (9) improve mechanisms used to resolve disputes between investor and government. (55-41) |
| * 122 | 5-22 | Y | Baucus, et al., cloture motion on Baucus substitute amendment. (68-29) |
| 123 | 5-22 | N | Baucus motion to table Nelson (FL)-Graham amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Provides that tariff reduction authority shall not apply to product that is subject of an anti-dumping or countervailing duty order at time of trade agreement, unless agreement provides that reduction will not take place until one year after anti-dumping or countervailing duty order has been revoked. (60-38) |
| Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act (H.R. 3448) | |||
| 124 | 5-23 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (98-0) |
| Andean Trade Promotion Bill (H.R. 3009) | |||
| 125 | 5-23 | N | Nickles motion to table Byrd-Dayton-Dorgan amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Provides that Congressional Oversight Group will be made-up of: 11 members from House, including Speaker, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, and eight additional members with four from majority and four from minority, none of which may be members of Ways and Means Committee; 11 members from Senate, including President Pro-Tempore, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, and eight additional members with four from majority and four from minority, none of which may be members of Finance Committee; and directs that Congressional Oversight Group and Congressional Advisors from relevant committees of jurisdiction created under 1974 Trade Act shall share access to all briefings, consultations, and negotiations, as well as all documents, materials, and other information. (66-32) |
| 126 | 5-23 | Y | Grassley motion to table Byrd-Dayton-Levin amendment (to Baucus substitute amendment): Provides that disapproval resolutions shall be referred to Rules Committee in addition to Finance Committee; provides for automatic discharge of disapproval resolution, if either committee fails to report resolution within 10 days; and reduces time for Senate debate on disapproval resolution from 20 hours to 6 hours. (66-32) |
| 127 | 5-23 | N | Grassley motion to table Reid (for Corzine)-Dodd-Stabenow amendment (to Baucus-Grassley substitute amendment): Provides that trade agreements should not include commitment to privatize significant public services, including services related to national security, social security, public health and safety, and education; and specifies that term "privatize" includes transfer of responsibility for, or administration of, a government function from a government entity to non-government entity. (49-47) |
| * 128 | 5-23 | Y | Landrieu motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Reid (for Landrieu) amendment (to Baucus-Grassley substitute amendment): Requires Labor Secretary to establish, within six months, a program to provide health care coverage assistance, under Trade Adjustment Assistance program, to longshoremen, harbor and port pilots, port personnel, stevedores, crane operators, warehouse personnel, and other harbor workers who have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated as result of decline in importation of steel products into U.S., caused by safeguard measures taken by U.S. on March 5, 2002. (50-46) |
| 129 | 5-23 | N | Baucus motion to table Wellstone amendment (to Baucus-Grassley substitute amendment): Inserts new paragraph stating that principal negotiating objective regarding human rights and democracy is to obtain provisions in trade agreements that require parties to those agreements to strive to protect internationally recognized civil, political, and human rights. (42-53) |
| 130 | 5-23 | Y | Passage. (66-30) |
| Supplemental Appropriations, 2002 (H.R. 4775, P.L. 107-206) | |||
| 131 | 6-4 | Y | Byrd-Stevens, et al., amendment which strikes section 1004 of underlying bill (section 1004 caps amount of loan guarantees available to airlines for duration of current fiscal year at $429 million, and $4 billion in aggregate). (91-4) |
| * 132 | 6-5 | Y | Kennedy motion to waive section 205 of Congressional Budget Resolution of 2001 to permit consideration of Kennedy-Smith (OR), et al., amendment: Provides $150 million in emergency funds in FY 2002 for summer school programs. (38-60) |
| * 133 | 6-5 | N | Gregg motion to waive section 306 of Budget Act to permit consideration of Gregg-Feingold, et al., amendment: Establishes and extends for five years, caps on discretionary spending, keyed to levels in budget resolution reported by Budget Committee; provides pay-as-you-go discipline that controls entitlement spending and tax law changes, except that it would not apply in times when OMB projects surplus (without counting Social Security); provides for points of order against any individual provision in legislation that violates caps or pay-as-you go; requires 60 votes to change discretionary caps, alter the balances of pay-as-you-go scorecard or directed scorekeeping; and extends for five years requirement for 60 votes to waive existing points of order that enforce the Congressional Budget Act (points of order are set to expire on September 30, 2002.) (49-49) |
| 134 | 6-5 | Y | Daschle motion to table Santorum amendment (to Daschle-Conrad amendment to extend budget points of order through FY 2007): Adopts budget resolution for FY 2003 as reported by Senate Budget Committee. (96-0) |
| * 135 | 6-6 | Y | Reid, et al., cloture motion on bill which provides $31.6 billion for DOD, homeland security, and recovery efforts in New York City in FY 2002. (87-10) |
| 136 | 6-6 | Y | Stevens motion to table McCain-Feingold amendment: Strikes provision in bill that provides $2 million to accelerate Smithsonian Institutions planning and design of an alcohol collection storage facility at the Museum Support Center which contains 730,000 gallons of flammable alcohol. (66-30) |
| 137 | 6-6 | Y | Inouye motion to table McCain amendment: Strikes section of underlying bill that requires that $2.5 million of funds in FY 2002 Commerce-Justice-State Appropriations Bill for coral reef programs be used for cooperative agreement with National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences to conduct coral mapping in waters of Hawaiian Islands. (65-31) |
| 138 | 6-6 | Y | Harkin motion to table the McCain amendment which strikes the provision in the bill that provides $50 million to the Agricultural Research Service for building and facilities construction of the National Animal Disease Laboratory at Ames, Iowa. (72-24) |
| 139 | 6-6 | N | Warner motion to table Dodd amendment (to Warner amendment to prohibit U.S. assistance to or cooperation with the ICC, except for assistance to defend U.S. or allied citizens): Provides that nothing in this title shall prohibit the U.S. from rendering assistance to international efforts to bring to justice Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosovic, Osama bin Laden, other members of Al Qaeda, leaders of Islamic Jihad, or other foreign nationals accused of genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity; and sunsets provisions in the this title at the end of September 30, 2002. (55-40) |
| 140 | 6-6 | Y | Warner, et al., amendment which prohibits U.S. assistance to or cooperation with the ICC, except for assistance to defend U.S. or allied citizens. (75-19) |
| * 141 | 6-6 | Y | Durbin motion to waive the Budget Act to permit consideration of the Durbin amendment which increases the amount of supplemental appropriations in the underlying bill from $100 million to $500 million which may be made available as a United States contribution to the Global Fund to Combat AIDS, TB, or malaria; and designates the funding as emergency spending. (46-49) |
| 142 | 6-6 | Y | Frist amendment which increases the amount of supplemental appropriations in the underlying bill from $100 million to $200 million which may be made available as a United States contribution to the Global Fund to Combat AIDS, TB, or malaria; and designates the funding as emergency spending. (79-14) |
| 143 | 6-6 | Y | Stevens motion to table the Nickles amendment which strikes the section in the underlying bill which specifies that any amounts appropriated under this Act that is designated by Congress as emergency requirement for non-defense programs shall not be available for obligation unless all amounts appropriated in this Act for non-defense programs are designated by the President as an emergency upon enactment. (58-36) |
| * 144 | 6-6 | Y | Byrd motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act with respect to the Gramm point of order against all non-defense emergency designations in the bill. (69-25) |
| 145 | 6-7 | Y | Passage. (71-22) |
| Varela Project (S.Res. 272) | |||
| 146 | 6-10 | Y | Adoption. (87-0) |
| Hate Crimes Bill (S. 625) | |||
| * 147 | 6-11 | Y | Clinton, et al., cloture motion on bill: Expands current Federal protections against hate crimes based on race, religion, and national origin to include hate crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, and disability; and authorizes grants for state and local programs designed to combat and prevent hate crimes. (54-43) |
| Public Debt Limit Increase (S. 2578) | |||
| 148 | 6-11 | Y | Passage. (68-29) |
| Estate Tax Elimination Act (H.R. 8) | |||
| * 149 | 6-12 | Y | Dorgan motion to waive section 311 of the Budget Act to permit consideration of the Dorgan, et al., amendment which eliminates the full repeal of the estate tax but raises the unified credit so that estates of up to $4 million ($8 million for couples) would be exempt by 2009, and makes the exemption permanent; makes the 2009 reduction in the top estate tax rate, which reduces the rate to 45 percent, permanent; permanently repeals the estate tax for family-owned farms and businesses, effective 2003; retains the step-up in basis so that the capital gains tax on inherited assets that is part of last year's bill would not go into effect. (44-54) |
| * 150 | 6-12 | Y | Conrad motion to waive section 311 of the Budget Act to permit consideration of the Conrad amendment which increases the unified credit to exempt estates of up to to $3 million ($6 million for couples) in 2003 and $3.5 million ($7 million for couples) in 2009 and thereafter; freezes the top estate tax rate at its current level of 50 percent; repeals the sunset dates for modifications to the estate tax; repeals the carry-over basis so that heirs would not have to pay capital gains taxes on gains before they inherited an asset; and tightens the valuation rules for inter-family transfers of certain assets. (38-60) |
| * 151 | 6-12 | N | Gramm motion to waive section 311(a)(2)(b) of the Budget Act to permit consideration of the Gramm, et al., amendment which permanently repeals the estate tax. (54-44) |
| Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (S. 2600) | |||
| 152 | 6-13 | Y | Reid motion to table McConnell, et al., amendment: Prohibits punitive damages unless defendant is convicted of criminal offense related to plaintiff's injury; requires that all judicial proceedings relating to an act of terrorism be consolidated in a single Federal Court as determined by the Judicial Panel on Multi district Litigation; and requires Treasury Secretary to approve any settlements in class action lawsuits. (50-46) |
| 153 | 6-13 | Y | Reid motion to table Nelson (FL)-Clinton amendment: RequiresTreasury Secretary to establish parameters for insurance rates for terrorism risks; and requires that insurance companies charge terrorism insurance rates that are no higher than the rates established by Treasury Secretary. (70-24) |
| Suppression of Terrorism (H.R. 3275) | |||
| 154 | 6-14 | Y | Passage. (83-1) |
| Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (S. 2600) | |||
| 155 | 6-14 | Y | Allen-Harkin, et al., amendment: Directs State Department to release frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and state sponsors of terrorism to satisfy judgments against those entities awarded to past victims of terrorist acts; and permits Presidential waiver of this requirement if waiver is necessary in national security interest. (81-3) |
| * 156 | 6-18 | Y | Reid, et al., cloture motion on bill. (65-31) |
| 157 | 6-18 | Y | Passage. (84-14) |
| DOD Authorization, 2003 (S. 2514) | |||
| 158 | 6-19 | Y | Levin modified amendment: Reallocates $475.6 million in bill for Crusader artillery system to budget line for Army's "Future Combat System;" requires Army Chief of Staff to complete a review, within 30 days of enactment of bill, of the Army programs that could provide improved direct fire for Army and to submit such report to Defense Secretary who will then submit such a report with any comments and recommendations to Congressional defense committees; and permits Defense Secretary to spend $475.6 million for Army Indirect Fire Support programs, following submission of Defense Secretary and a "30 day notice and wait" period. (96-3) |
| * 159 | 6-20 | Y | Feingold motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Feingold-Domenici-Chafee amendment: Extends budget enforcement points of order for five years; establishes discretionary spending caps for FY 2003 and FY 2004; extends the pay-go rule in Senate; establishes a one-year defense firewall in Senate; and limits advance appropriations for 2003. (59-40) |
| 160 | 6-21 | Y | Murray-Snowe, et al., amendment: Restores the previous policy permitting the use of DOD overseas facilities for privately funded abortions for women in the military and women who are military dependents. (52-40) |
| 161 | 6-24 | Y | Smith (NH)-Cantwell, et al., amendment: Prohibits members of Armed Forces from being required to wear abaya garment or any part of garment as condition for being stationed in Saudi Arabia; and requires female members of Armed Forces to be given written and oral notification of prohibition. (93-0) |
| 162 | 6-25 | N | Warner motion to table the Kennedy, et al., amendment: Permits competition between private companies and public agencies bidding for new Defense Department contracts; codifies prohibition against contracting work currently performed in public sector unless contract can save at least 10 percent; and allows Defense Department to exclude contracts based on national security from competition requirements. (50-49) |
| Support for Pledge of Allegiance (S.Res. 292) | |||
| 163 | 6-26 | Y | Adoption. (99-0) |
| DOD Authorization, 2003 (S. 2514) | |||
| * 164 | 6-27 | Y | Reid, et al., cloture motion on bill. (98-0) |
| 165 | 6-27 | Y | Passage. (97-2) |
| One Nation Under God Bill (S. 2690) | |||
| 166 | 6-27 | Y | Passage. (99-0) |
| Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository Approval (S.J.Res. 34) | |||
| 167 | 7-9 | N | Motion to proceed to resolution. (60-39) |
| Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act (S. 2673) | |||
| 168 | 7-10 | Y | Sarbanes motion to table Gramm (for McConnell) amendment (to Daschle [for Leahy], et al., amendment): Requires labor organizations, with gross annual receipts of $200,000 or more, to file reports in addition to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) reports that already are filed, using financial reporting procedures comparable to those required of publicly-traded corporations under the Securities and Exchange Act; provides that the information in these reports will be reviewed by a certified public accountant, as if the labor organizations were businesses with public stockholders, subject to jurisdiction of the SEC; provides civil monetary penalties set by the securities laws for violations of the reporting and audit requirements. (55-43) |
| 169 | 7-10 | Y | Daschle (for Leahy-McCain), et al., amendment which creates a 10-year securities fraud felony for anyone who knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice to defraud shareholders; directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to raise penalties in obstruction of justice cases where evidence is destroyed and in fraud cases where there are many victims (significantly greater than 50) or where a substantial number of victims are financially devastated (endangering the solvency or financial security); directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to consider raising fines and punishments for corporate misconduct; creates a 10-year felony for the obstruction of evidence to obstruct an investigation whether or not shredding occurs when records are under subpoena; requires the preservation of key financial audit documents s for five years and creates a five-year felony for intentionally destroying such documents; provides whistelblower protections for employees of publicly traded companies; lengthens the statute of limitations in securities fraud cases to give victims the earlier of five years from the date of fraud to bring their fraud cases or two years from the date of discovery of the fraud; and prevents securities law violators from using bankruptcy to shield debts based on fraud judgments and settlements from victims. (97-0) |
| 170 | 7-10 | Y | Daschle (for Biden-Hatch) amendment: Provides consistent penalties for conspiracy with the penalty for the underlying crime; raises the maximum penalties for mail and wire fraud from five to 10 years; raises the penalty for a violation of ERISA from one year to 10 years; directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend the Sentencing Guidelines and policy statements to provide for increased penalties to reflect the increases in maximum penalties provided under the bill; and requires regulated companies to file a certification, signed by corporate officials, stating that the company's financial reports accurately reflect the financial condition of the company and creates criminal penalties for failure to comply with this section of up to five years for recklessly and knowingly failing to certify and up to 10 years for willfully failing to certify. (96-0) |
| 171 | 7-10 | Y | Lott amendment: Increases maximum sentences for corporate wrongdoing from five years to 10 years; allows the government to charge obstruction against individuals who acted alone, even if the tempering took place prior to the issuance of a grand jury subpoena; allows the SEC, during an investigation, to seek an order in Federal court imposing a 45 day freeze on extraordinary payments to corporate executives; provides stronger penalties for fraud when the crime is committed by a corporate officer or director; and grants the SEC the authority to issue such orders to prohibit persons from serving as an officer or a director, if a person has committed a securities law violation and his or her conduct demonstrates "unfitness" to serve as an officer or director. (97-0) |
| 172 | 7-11 | Y | Enzi motion to table the McConnell amendment (to the Edwards-Enzi amendment requiring the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish rules setting forth minimum standards of professional conduct for attorneys appearing and practicing before the Commission in any way in the representation of public companies): Overrides attorney-client relationships by: (1) requiring written disclosures of fees and other matters prior to being retained by a client, (2) placing limits on contingency fees and hourly fees, and (3) requiring disclosures of any settlement offers; prohibits unsolicited communications concerning a potential civil action for personal injury or wrongful death until 45 days following the date of the death or injury; and makes an individual violating any of these provisions subject to a civil penalty of up to $5,000 per violation. (62-35) |
| * 173 | 7-12 | Y | Corzine, et al., cloture motion on bill: Establishes Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to set standards for auditing public companies, inspect accounting firms, conduct investigations into possible violations of its rules, and impose a full range of sanctions. (91-2) |
| 174 | 7-15 | Y | Carnahan amendment (to the Edwards-Enzi amendment -- vote No. 175) which requires a corporate executive or director who has purchased or sold a security of his or her firm to file electronically with the SEC a statement before the end of the second business day following the day on which the transaction was executed, or at such other time as the Commission establishes by rule when it determines that such 2 day period is not feasible; and requires the SEC and the issuer to provide the statement on a publicly-accessible Internet site at the end of the business day following the filing. (97-0) |
| 175 | 7-15 | Y | Edwards-Enzi amendment, as amended, which requires the Security and Exchange Commission to establish rules setting forth minimum standards of professional conduct for attorneys appearing and practicing before the Commission in any way in the representation of public companies; states that the rules require an attorney to report evidence of a material violation of securities law by the company or any agent thereof to the chief legal counsel or the chief executive officer of the company and, if the counsel or officer does not appropriately respond to the evidence, require the attorney to report the evidence to the audit committee of the board of directors or another committee comprised solely of directors not employed directly or indirectly by the company; and requires a corporate executive or director who has purchased or sold a security of his or her firm to file electronically with the SEC a statement before the end of the second business day following the day on which the transaction was executed, or at such other time as the Commission establishes by rule when it determines that such 2 day period is not feasible; and requires the SEC and the issuer to provide the statement on a publicly-accessible Internet site at the end of the business day following the filing. (97-0) |
| 176 | 7-15 | Y | Passage. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Lavenski R. Smith to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit | |||
| * 177 | 7-15 | Y | Cloture motion on nomination. (94-3) |
| Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals (S. 812) | |||
| * 178 | 7-17 | Y | Cloture motion to proceed to bill. (99-0) |
| 179 | 7-17 | Y | Dorgan, et al., amendment (to Dorgan, et al., amendment regarding drug reimportation): 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 a "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; and 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. (69-30) |
| 180 | 7-17 | Y | Cochran, et al., amendment (to Dorgan, et al., amendment regarding drug reimportation): Requires HHS Secretary to certify to Congress that implementation of reimportation provisions will pose no additional risk to public's health and safety and result in significant reduction in cost of covered products to American consumer before allowing any reimportation of prescription drugs. (99-0) |
| Military Construction Appropriations, 2003 (H.R. 5011) | |||
| 181 | 7-18 | Y | Passage. (96-3) |
| Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals (S. 812) | |||
| 182 | 7-18 | Y | Reid (for Stabenow) amendment (to Reid [for Dorgan], et al., amendment regarding drug reimportation): Clarifies that current law does not prohibit a state from entering into drug rebate agreements with a manufacturer in order to ensure affordability and accessibility of outpatient prescription drugs for State's residents who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under Medicaid program; and permits use of existing prior authorization practices as condition of these rebate agreements with all existing consumer protections. (56-43) |
| Nomination of Richard Clifton to be U.S. Circuit Judge | |||
| * 183 | 7-18 | Y | Bingaman, et al., cloture motion on nomination of Richard Clifton, of Hawaii, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. (97-1) |
| Nomination of Richard R. Clifton to be U.S.Circuit Judge | |||
| 184 | 7-18 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Nomination of Richard H.Carmona to be Surgeon General | |||
| * 185 | 7-23 | Y | Cloture motion on nomination. (98-0) |
| Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals (S. 812) | |||
| * 186 | 7-23 | Y | Kennedy motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Graham, et al., amendment: Provides new voluntary prescription drug benefit program for all eligible Medicare beneficiaries with: monthly premiums limited to $25, no deductible, the copayment for generic drugs limits to $10, the copayment for preferred brand name drugs limited to $40, out-of-pocket expenses capped at $4,000, and no cap or gap in coverage; specifies that there will be no premium or cost sharing for beneficiaries with incomes below 135 percent of poverty; provides reduced premiums for beneficiaries with incomes of 135-150 percent of poverty; and specifies that multiple Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers would mange, deliver and administer the prescription drug benefit using the same methods they use in the private sector. (52-47) |
| * 187 | 7-23 | N | Grassley motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Grassley-Breaux-Jeffords amendment: Establishes voluntary prescription drug program with monthly premium of $24, an annual deductible of $250 in 2005, an initial benefit in which government pays 50 percent of drug costs up to $3,450 in drug spending, out-of-pocket spending protection beginning at $3,700 (above that level beneficiaries pay 10 percent of discounted drug costs, 90 percent shared by plans and government, assistance for low-income beneficiaries below 150 percent of poverty, a choice of at least two plans for all beneficiaries, and a partnership between the Federal government and private entities in limited insurance risk-sharing arrangements to deliver the drug benefit; and provides a new voluntary option for enhanced Medicare benefits in 2005, with a combined deductible of $300 per year which has no cost-sharing for preventive benefits, covers all out-of-pocket costs beyond $6,000 annually, provides hospital inpatient copayment of $400 per admission, provides home health copayment of $10 for each of first 5 visits per episode, and provides skilled nursing facility copayment of $60 per day for 100 days. (48-51) |
| Supplemental Appropriations, 2002 (H.R. 4775, P.L. 107-206) | |||
| 188 | 7-24 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (92-7) |
| Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals (S. 812) | |||
| * 189 | 7-24 | N | Hagel motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Hagel-Ensign amendment (to Reid [for Dorgan], et al., amendment regarding drug reimportation): Establishes voluntary prescription drug discount card plan for individuals who are eligible for benefits under Medicare part A or enrolled under part B and not eligible for prescription drug coverage under a State plan under Medicaid program; provides a catastrophic prescription drug benefit; creates a Medicare Prescription Drug Advisory Board to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policies related to this program; and establishes a Center for Medicare Prescription Drugs to administer this program. (51-48) |
| * 190 | 7-25 | Y | Reid motion to waive Congressional Budget Resolution of 2001 to permit consideration of Rockefeller-Collins, et al., amendment: Provides $6 billion in temporary financial assistance to States so that: any State whose Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) is lower than the FMAP for prior fiscal year would be able to retain the higher rate, and the FMAP of each State would be increased by 1.35 percentage points; provides $3 billion to States in fiscal relief grants that are flexible and can be used for variety of social services programs; and designates this additional funding as emergency spending pursuant to the Budget Act. (75-24) |
| Legislative Branch Appropriations, 2003 (H.R. 5121) | |||
| 191 | 7-25 | Y | Passage. (85-14) |
| Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act (H.R. 3763) | |||
| 192 | 7-25 | Y | Adoption of conference report.. (99-0) |
| Nomination of Julia Smith Gibbons to be U.S. Circuit Judge for Sixth Circuit | |||
| * 193 | 7-26 | Y | Cloture motion on nomination. (89-0) |
| Nomination of Julia Smith Gibbons to be U.S. Circuit Judge | |||
| 194 | 7-29 | Y | Confirmation. (95-0) |
| Nomination of Joy Flowers Conti to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 195 | 7-29 | Y | Confirmation. (96-0) |
| Nomination of John E. Jones III to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 196 | 7-29 | Y | Confirmation. (96-0) |
| Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals (S. 812) | |||
| 197 | 7-30 | Y | Reid motion to table McConnell, et al., amendment (to the Reid [for Dorgan], et al., amendment regarding drug reimportation) which limits remedies available to patients that have been victims of medical malpractice or defective drugs and medical devices; reduces time an injured patient has to file lawsuit to two years from date the injury was discovered; heightens standard for awarding punitive damages and limits them to twice the amount awarded for economic and non-economic damages, and imposes a 50-percent tax on punitive damage recoveries; preempts state law in all areas covering joint and several liability, and the availability of damages and attorneys' fees; and preempts state laws that expand patients' rights, but allows state laws that restrict patients' rights. (57-42) |
| Andean Trade Promotion Bill (H.R. 3009) | |||
| 198 | 7-30 | Y | Daschle motion to proceed to consideration of conference report to bill. (66-33) |
| Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals (S. 812) | |||
| * 199 | 7-31 | Y | Graham motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Graham-Smith (OR), et al., amendment (to the Reid [for Dorgan], et al., amendment regarding drug reimportation): Provides catastrophic coverage for all seniors and assistance for seniors with low and modest incomes; provides all seniors with catastrophic coverage for drugs over $3300 per year delivered by pharmacy benefit managers (PBM's) for annual payment of $25 per year; provides coverage of all prescription costs for low income beneficiaries up to 200 percent of poverty ($17,720 for individuals and $23,880 for couples); and provides for discounts of up to 30 percent for every prescription drug purchase through negotiated prices and a guaranteed 5 percent subsidy. (49-50) |
| * 200 | 7-31 | Y | Cloture motion on bill. (66-33) |
| 201 | 7-31 | Y | Passage. (78-21) |
| Nomination of D. Brooks Smith to be U.S. Circuit Judge | |||
| 202 | 7-31 | N | Confirmation. (64-35) |
| Andean Trade Promotion Bill (H.R. 3009) | |||
| * 203 | 8-1 | Y | Cloture motion on bill. (64-32) |
| DOD Appropriations, 2003 (H.R. 5010) | |||
| 204 | 8-1 | Y | Passage. (95-3) |
| Nomination of Henry E. Autrey to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 205 | 8-1 | Y | Confirmation. (98-0) |
| Andean Trade Promotion Bill (H.R. 3009) | |||
| * 206 | 8-1 | Y | Daschle motion to waive Budget Act with respect to conference report to accompany H.R. 3009. (67-31) |
| 207 | 8-1 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (64-34) |
| Nomination of Terrence McVerry to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 208 | 9-3 | Y | Confirmation. (88-0) |
| Homeland Security (H.R. 5005) | |||
| 209 | 9-3 | Y | Motion to proceed to the bill. (94-0) |
| 210 | 9-5 | Y | Reid (for Boxer-Smith (NH), et al.,) amendment (to Smith [NH], et al., amendment regarding aircraft cabin security) to Lieberman substitute amendment): Establishes a program to deputize pilots of commercial cargo or passenger aircraft who volunteer for the program as Federal law enforcement officers to defend the flight decks of commercial aircraft against acts of criminal violence or air piracy; authorizes a Federal flight deck officer under this program to carry a firearm to defend a commercial passenger or cargo aircraft; authorizes a training program in self-defense for flight attendants; limits the liability of an air carrier or a flight deck officer in any action brought in a Federal or State court arising out of the acts or omissions of the pilot in defending an aircraft; and prohibits the opening of cockpit doors in flight at all times, except for mechanical or physiological emergencies. (87-6) |
| Nomination of Kenneth A. Marra to be United States District Judge | |||
| 211 | 9-9 | Y | Confirmation. (82-0) |
| Interior Appropriations, 2003 (H.R. 5093) | |||
| * 212 | 9-10 | Y | Daschle motion to waive section 306 of the Budget Act to permit consideration of the Daschle, et al., amendment (to the Byrd substitute amendment) which re-establishes the Crop Disaster and Quality Loss Programs and the Livestock Assistance program for the 2001 and 2002 crop years, on terms identical to those contained in the FY 2001 law; makes producers with losses exceeding 35-percent of their historic yields eligible for the Crop Disaster Program; makes producers eligible for assistance under the Quality Loss Program, if they suffer at least a 20-percent loss in quality due to weather-related disasters; and makes producers eligible for assistance under the Livestock Assistant Program in counties where a natural disaster causes a 40-percent or greater loss of grazing for three consecutive months during calendar year 2000. (79-16) |
| Nomination of Timothy J. Corrigan to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida | |||
| 213 | 9-12 | Y | Confirmation of nomination. (88-0) |
| Homeland Security (H.R. 5005) | |||
| 214 | 9-12 | Y | Lieberman motion to table the Thompson-Warner amendment (to the Lieberman substitute amendment): Strikes the provisions in the bill that create a National Office for Combating Terrorism and makes the Director of that Office subject to confirmation by the Senate. (41-55) |
| 215 | 9-12 | Y | Hollings amendment (to Lieberman substitute amendment): Modifies membership of National Security Council to include Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security; and provides that FBI Director may, subject to direction of President, attend and participate in meetings of National Security Council. (48-49) |
| Nomination of Arthur J. Schwab to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 216 | 9-13 | Y | Confirmation. (92-0) |
| Interior Appropriations, 2003 (H.R. 5093) | |||
| * 217 | 9-17 | Y | Cloture motion on Byrd amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Repays accounts from which funds were borrowed for emergency wildfire suppression. (50-49) |
| Homeland Security (H.R. 5005) | |||
| * 218 | 9-19 | Y | Cloture motion on Lieberman substitute amendment.. (50-49) |
| Nomination of Reena Raggi to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit | |||
| 219 | 9-20 | Y | Confirmation. (85-0) |
| Interior Appropriations, 2003 (H.R. 5093) | |||
| 220 | 9-23 | Y | Inouye motion to table Dodd-Lieberman amendment (to Byrd substitute amendment): Permits $1.9 million to be used to carry out activities of Bureau of Indian Affairs' Brand of Acknowledgment and Research; prohibits any funds made available in this bill to be used for the approval or denial of a petition from any person or entity seeking recognition as a Federally-recognized Indian tribe or tribal nation until the Secretary certifies to Congress that procedures have been implemented regarding the petition process; and establishes administrative procedures and criteria for the consideration of petitions for tribal recognition. (80-15) |
| * 221 | 9-23 | Y | Cloture motion, upon reconsideration (vote No. 217), on Byrd, et al., substitute amendment. (49-46) |
| Homeland Security (H.R. 5005) | |||
| 222 | 9-24 | Y | Byrd amendment (to the Byrd, et al., substitute amendment) which establishes the superstructure of the new Homeland Security Department and the six Directorates, with a Secretary confirmed by the Senate; requires recommendations from the Administration on the transfer of the relevant agencies and functions of five of the six Directorates; and requires the Administration to submit legislative recommendations in intervals of 120 days, with congressional action completed within 13 months of enactment of the bill. (28-70) |
| 223 | 9-24 | Y | Lieberman-McCain-Hollings amendment (to the Lieberman substitute amendment) which establishes a 10 member "National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States;" provides that the Commission will conduct an investigation into the relevant facts and circumstances relating to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2002; requires the Commission to submit a report to the President and Congress with its findings, conclusions and recommendations; permits the Commission to conduct hearings, and to requires the attendance and testimony of witnesses through the issuance of subpoena under the signature of the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson and the Chairperson of any subcommittee created by a majority of the Commission; and terminates the Commission six months after the submission of the report. (90-8) |
| Interior Appropriations, 2003 (H.R. 5093) | |||
| * 224 | 9-25 | Y | Cloture motion on Byrd amendment (to the Byrd substitute amendment): Repays accounts from which funds were borrowed for emergency wildfire suppression. (51-47) |
| Homeland Security (H.R. 5005) | |||
| * 225 | 9-25 | Y | Cloture motion on Lieberman substitute amendment. (49-49) |
| * 226 | 9-26 | Y | Stabenow, et al., cloture motion, upon reconsideration, on Lieberman substitute amendment. (50-49) |
| * 227 | 9-26 | Y | Reid, et al., cloture motion on Gramm-Miller, et al., perfecting amendment (to Lieberman substitute amendment). (44-53) |
| * 228 | 10-1 | Y | Lieberman, et al., cloture motion on Gramm-Miller perfecting amendment (to Lieberman substitute amendment). (45-52) |
| Department of Justice Authorization (H.R. 2215) | |||
| * 229 | 10-3 | Y | Cloture motion on conference report. (93-5) |
| Authorizing the Use of Force Against Iraq (S.J.Res. 45) | |||
| * 230 | 10-3 | Y | Reid, et al., cloture motion on motion to proceed to resolution. (95-1) |
| 231 | 10-9 | Y | McCain motion to table Graham amendment (to Lieberman substitute amendment): Authorizes use of U.S. Armed Forces to defend national security of U.S. against threat posed by following terrorist organizations: The Abu Nidal Organization; HAMAS; Hizballah; Palestine Islamic Jihad; and Palestine Liberation Front. (88-10) |
| 232 | 10-10 | N | Byrd modified amendment (to Lieberman amendment): Terminates authorization of use of force 12 months after date of resolutions enactment; and permits President to extend authorization for 12 months if: President determines and certifies to Congress not later than 60 days prior to date of termination, that extension is necessary for ongoing or impending military operations in Iraq; and Congress does not enact into law, before extension of authorization, a joint resolution disapproving extension. (31-66) |
| * 233 | 10-10 | Y | Daschle, et al., cloture motion on Lieberman substitute amendment. (75-25) |
| 234 | 10-10 | N | Byrd modified amendment (to Lieberman amendment): States that nothing in resolution: (1) is intended to alter the constitutional authorities of the Congress to declare war, grant letters of Marque and Reprisal, or other authorities invested in Congress by Section 8, Article 1 of the Constitution; or (2) shall be construed as granting any authority to the President to use the U. Armed Forces for any purpose not directly related to a clear threat of imminent, sudden, and direct attack upon the U.S., its possessions or territories, or the Armed Forces of the U.S., unless the Congress of the U.S. otherwise authorizes. (14-86) |
| 235 | 10-10 | Y | Levin amendment (to Lieberman substitute amendment): Urges UN Security Council to adopt a resolution promptly that: demands access for UN inspectors so that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and prohibited ballistic missiles may be destroyed, and authorizes use of necessary and appropriate force by UN member states to enforce such a resolution in event Iraq refuses to comply; authorizes use of US Armed Forces pursuant to UN Security Council resolution described above; affirms that under international law and UN Charter, the US has, at all times, inherent right to use military forced in self-defense; and provides that Congress will not adjourn sine die so that Congress can return to session to consider promptly proposals relative to Iraq, if UN Security Council, in judgment of President, fails to adopt or enforce resolution described above. (24-75) |
| 236 | 10-10 | N | Durbin amendment (to Lieberman substitute amendment): Authorizes use of Armed Forces to defend national security of U.S. against "an imminent threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction" rather than a "continuing threat posed by Iraq" as provided in underlying resolution. (30-70) |
| 237 | 10-11 | Y | Passage. (77-23) |
| Election Reform (H.R. 3295) | |||
| 238 | 10-16 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (92-2) |
| DOD Appropriations, 2003 (H.R. 5010) | |||
| 239 | 10-16 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (93-1) |
| Homeland Security (H.R. 5005) | |||
| * 240 | 11-13 | Y | Reid, et al., cloture motion, upon reconsideration, on Gramm-Miller substitute amendment. (89-8) |
| 241 | 11-13 | N | Thompson motion to table Lieberman substitute amendment: Provides for creation of cabinet level Department of Homeland Security; provides that Secretary shall be appointed by President and confirmed by Senate and shall serve as member of the National Security Council; creates various directorates, each to be headed by an Under Secretary, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate; maintains civil service protections for Federal employees; establishes an office to oversee and coordinate programs for and relationships with state and local governments; transfers the U.S. Secret Service to the new Homeland Security Department; and establishes a National Office for combatting terrorism. (50-47) |
| 242 | 11-13 | Y | Reid motion to table Feingold amendment: Provides that members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in FY 2003. (58-36) |
| Port and Maritime Security (S. 1214, P.L. 107-295) | |||
| 243 | 11-14 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (95-0) |
| Homeland Security (H.R. 5005) | |||
| * 244 | 11-15 | Y | Breaux, et al., cloture motion on Gramm-Miller, et al., substitute amendment. (65-29) |
| 245 | 11-19 | Y | Lieberman amendment [(to Lieberman amendment) to Thompson-Gramm substitute amendment]: Strikes provisions added to substitute, including provision to provide liability protection for pharmaceutical companies that make mercury-based vaccine preservatives that may have caused autism in children; guts Wellstone amendment which prohibits contracting with corporate expatriates; earmarks new university-based homeland security research center program for Texas A&M, avoiding open and competitive award process; reverses aviation security bill to provide special immunity to companies that provided passenger and baggage screening in airports on 9/11; provides immunity from liability for manufacturers of products or technologies that cause harm to Americans; erect new barriers for Transportation Security Agency to issue new emergency security rules deemed essential to protect travelers; and allows Department to hold secret advisory committee meetings with hand picked industry advisors even on non-sensitive matters, waiving Federal Advisory Committee Act. (47-52) |
| * 246 | 11-19 | Y | Gramm motion to waive section 302(f) of Budget Act to permit consideration of Thompson-Gramm amendment: Establishes Department of Homeland Security with directorates for border and transportation security, intelligence and critical infrastructure protection, emergency preparedness and response, and science and technology and immigration services; provides President with discretion to waive existing union rights if he determines that it is necessary in interest of national security or to protect Department's ability to protect homeland security; permits President to waive civil service provisions at end of 30 day period of non-binding mediation which is unsuccessful; requires President to establish procedures to promote sharing of "homeland security" information among Federal agencies; transfers all INS authority to Department of Homeland Security; grants Secretary broad reorganization authority without Congressional approval; and includes several special interest provisions. (69-30) |
| 247 | 11-19 | Y | Thompson-Gramm amendment: Establishes Department of Homeland Security with directorates for border and transportation security, intelligence and critical infrastructure protection, emergency preparedness and response, and science and technology and immigration services; provides President with discretion to waive existing union rights if he determines that it is necessary in interest of national security or to protect Department's ability to protect homeland security; permits the President to waive civil service provisions at end of 30 day period of non-binding mediation which is unsuccessful; requires President to establish procedures to promote sharing of "homeland security" information among Federal agencies; transfers all INS authority to Department of Homeland Security; grants Secretary broad reorganization authority without Congressional approval; and includes several special interest provisions. (73-26) |
| * 248 | 11-19 | Y | Breaux, et al., cloture motion on bill. (83-16) |
| 249 | 11-19 | Y | Passage. (90-9) |
| Nomination of Dennis W. Shedd to be U.S. Circuit Judge ( ) | |||
| 250 | 11-19 | N | Confirmation. (55-44) |
| Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (H.R. 3210) | |||
| * 251 | 11-19 | Y | Cloture motion on conference peport. (85-12) |
| 252 | 11-19 | Y | Adoption of conference report. (86-11) |
| Continuing Appropriations, 2003 (H.J.Res. 124) | |||
| 253 | 11-19 | Y | Passage. (92-2) |