| Vote No. | Date 2003 |
Voting Position |
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| Motion to Adjourn | |||
| 1 | 1-7 | N | McConnell motion to adjourn. (51-46) |
| Omnibus Appropriations, 2003 (H.J.Res. 2, P.L. 108-8) | |||
| 2 | 1-16 | Y | Byrd-Rockefeller amendment: Restores $5.0 billion in funding for homeland security including: $1.4 billion for State and local assistance to combat terrorism; $1.0 billion for border security; $720 million for airport security; $585 million for port security; $296 million for nuclear security; $300 million for mass transit security; $212 million for Federal law enforcement; $178 million for water security; $128 million for cyber security; and $167 million for food safety, security biohazardous materials at USDA facilities, embassy security, research to combat chemical attacks, improved security at Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial, and DC Emergency Response Plan. (45-51) |
| 3 | 1-16 | Y | Byrd-Rockefeller amendment: Provides $3 billion in funds authorized for Homeland Security including $1.05 billion for state and local assistance to combat terrorism; $750 million for border security; $500 million for airport security; $500 million for port security; and $200 million for nuclear security and energy security. (45-51) |
| 4 | 1-16 | N | Gregg amendment: Increases funding for Title V Block Grants by $5 billion; and offsets increased funding by increasing the across the board cut from 1.6 percent to 2.9 percent. (52-45) |
| 5 | 1-16 | Y | Kennedy, et al., amendment: Provides additional $4.65 billion to fully fund first year of part A of Title I of No Child Left Behind Act; increases funding for Pell Grants for college students by $1.35 billion; and restores funding for education programs reduced by 1.6 percent across-the-board cut in legislation. (46-51) |
| 6 | 1-17 | N | Stevens motion to table Harkin, et al., amendment: Provides $500 million for Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs. (52-46) |
| 7 | 1-17 | Y | Byrd Amendment: Strikes across-the-board cut contained in underlying resolution. (46-52) |
| 8 | 1-17 | Y | Inouye motion to table McCain amendment: Strikes section of bill that permits entry of foreign built cruise vessel into domestic cruise market. (62-33) |
| AMBER Alert Communications (S. 121) | |||
| 9 | 1-21 | 2 | Passage. (92-0) |
| Omnibus Appropriations, 2003 (H.J.Res. 2, P.L. 108-8) | |||
| 10 | 1-21 | 2AY | Reed, et al., amendment: Directs President to release $300 million for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). (88-4) |
| 11 | 1-22 | 2 | Inhofe modified amendment: Requires study by National Academy of Sciences to evaluate manner in which increased or decreased emissions levels may impact human health; and does not provide for a delay in implementation of New Source Review (NSR) rule changes. (51-45) |
| 12 | 1-22 | 2 | Edwards, et al., amendment: Delays implementation of New Source Review (NSR) Clean Air Act rule changes by six months; and requires a study within that period to determine whether proposed rule would increase pollution or harm human health. (46-50) |
| Nomination of Tom Ridge to be Secretary of Department of Homeland Security | |||
| 13 | 1-22 | 2 | Confirmation. (94-0) |
| Omnibus Appropriations, 2003 (H.J.Res. 2, P.L. 108-8) | |||
| * 14 | 1-22 | 2 | Reid motion to waive Pay-As-You-Go" rule (section 207(B) of H. Con. Res. 68, FY 2002 Budget Resolution, as amended by S. Res. 304 [107th Congress]) to permit consideration of Reed, et al., amendment: Provides additional 13 weeks of unemployment compensation, using funds in Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, to help approximately one million workers who have exhausted all benefits that were previously extended. (45-49) |
| 15 | 1-22 | 2 | Cochran amendment: Limits agricultural disaster payments to producers who are located in disaster counties, or to individuals who can establish crop losses (with no guarantee that payments will not be made to those not suffering from a disaster); and provides economic loss assistance to tobacco growers. (59-35) |
| 16 | 1-22 | 2 | Daschle amendment: Provides $6 billion in disaster assistance, through Crop Disaster and Livestock Assistance programs, to farmers and ranchers who can document a loss; and restores $552 million for nutrition and commodity purchase programs. (39-56) |
| 17 | 1-22 | 2 | Stevens motion to table Nelson(FL)-Daschle, et al., amendment: Provides additional $600 million for assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa for emergency relief activities; and designates additional funding as emergency spending. (48-46) |
| 18 | 1-22 | 2 | Grassley motion to table Specter, et al., amendment: Reduces obligation of U.S. Airways to fund its defined benefit pension plan for pilots by providing additional time for U.S. Airways to fully fund plan; and applies only to plan years beginning after December 31, 2002. (64-31) |
| 19 | 1-23 | Y | Feingold, et al., amendment: Limits Indonesian participation in International Military Education and Training programs (IMET) to Expanded International Military Education and Training program; and permits President to waive restriction if he reports to Congress that Indonesia is demonstrating a commitment to assist U.S. in bringing to justice those members of the Indonesian Armed Forces and militia groups against whom there is credible evidence of involvement in August attack on American citizens. (36-61) |
| 20 | 1-23 | N | Stevens motion to table Kennedy amendment: Provides an additional $584.6 million for minority health programs of which $43.5 million is for the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, $21.0 million is for the Office of Minority Health (HHS), $15.3 million is for the Office of Civil Rights (HHS), $491.5 million is for HHS to conduct research and other activities under the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative, and $13.3 million is for the Health Resources and Services Administration for Health Professions Training for Diversity programs. (51-46) |
| * 21 | 1-23 | Y | Clinton motion to waive "Pay-As-You-Go" rule to permit consideration of Clinton amendment: Freezes impending cuts to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health agencies for six months; and temporarily increases payments to physicians, and Medicare Plus Choice organizations. (41-56) |
| 22 | 1-23 | Y | Stevens motion to table the McCain-Coleman-Dayton amendment: Strikes the authorization of $100.0 million for the construction of the Devil's Lake project; allows the Secretary to use $500,000 for the continuation of the feasibility study; and authorizes $5.0 million for construction of the Devil's Lake Project, if the Secretary determines that an emergency exists with respect to the need for the Devil's Lake project, and reports to Congress that the construction is economically justified and that the International Joint Commission is consulted. (62-34) |
| 23 | 1-23 | N | Stevens motion to table McCain amendment: Limits funds available to continue environmental review and project plans for the Yazoo Basin and Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant in Mississippi to $250,000, thereby eliminating $14.5 million for construction activities. (67-30) |
| 24 | 1-23 | N | Stevens motion to table Cantwell, et al., amendment: Provides an additional $678.6 million for title I of the Workforce Investment Act of which $157.0 million is for youth activities, $76.0 million is for employment and training activities for adults, $206.1 million is for employment and training activities for dislocated workers, and $181.9 million is for youth opportunity grants; and $57.6 million is for Job Corps; and states that the additional funds shall not result in a further across-the-board cut. (50-48) |
| 25 | 1-23 | N | Thomas amendment (to Mikulski amendment regarding public-private contract competition): Permits President to set goals, targets and quotas to determine number of Federal jobs that are subject to private-public competition. (50-48) |
| 26 | 1-23 | Y | Mikulski-Reid substitute amendment (to Mikulski amendment regarding public-private contract competition): Prohibits use of any funds by an executive agency for establishment of numerical goals, targets, or quotas to determine the number of Federal employees that shall be subject to public-private competition; and prohibits establishment of goals, targets, or quotas for determining number of Federal employees that shall have their jobs converted to private sector. (47-50) |
| 27 | 1-23 | N | Inhofe motion to table Lautenberg, et al., modified amendment: Provides an additional $100 million for the Hazardous Substance Superfund. (53-45) |
| 28 | 1-23 | N | Passage. (69-29) |
| Nomination of Gordon England to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security | |||
| 29 | 1-30 | Y | Confirmation. (99-0) |
| Commemorating the Columbia Astronauts (S.Res. 45) | |||
| 30 | 2-5 | Y | Adoption. (95-0) |
| Nomination of John R. Adams to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 31 | 2-10 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Nomination of S. James Otero to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 32 | 2-10 | Y | Confirmation. (94-0) |
| Nomination of Robert A. Junell to be U.S. District Judge | |||
| 33 | 2-10 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Omnibus Appropriations, 2003 (H.J.Res. 2, P.L. 108-8) | |||
| 34 | 2-13 | Y | Adoption. (76-20) |
| PROTECT Act (S. 151) | |||
| 35 | 2-24 | Y | Passage. (84-0) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| 36 | 2-26 | 2 | Motion to instruct Sergeant at Arms to request attendance of absent Senators. (73-1) |
| 37 | 2-27 | Y | Motion to instruct Sergeant at Arms to request attendance of absent Senators. (74-1) |
| Nomination of Marian Blank Horn to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims | |||
| 38 | 3-3 | Y | Confirmation. (89-0) |
| Resolution Expressing Support for the Pledge of Allegiance (S.Res. 71) | |||
| 39 | 3-4 | Y | Adoption. (94-0) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| * 40 | 3-6 | N | Cloture motion on nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. (55-44) |
| Moscow Treaty | |||
| 41 | 3-6 | Y | Levin amendment: Provides additional condition requiring notice and consultations prior to withdrawal from, or extension of the Treaty. (44-50) |
| 42 | 3-6 | Y | Kerry amendment: Provides an additional condition. (45-50) |
| ** 43 | 3-6 | Y | Resolution of Ratification. (95-0) |
| Nomination of Gregory L. Frost to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio | |||
| 44 | 3-10 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (S. 3) | |||
| * 45 | 3-11 | Y | Murray motion to waive Budget Act to permit consideration of Murray amendment: Improves the availability of contraceptives for women. (49-47) |
| 46 | 3-12 | N | Santorum motion to table Durbin, et al., amendment as modified: Strikes provisions of underlying bill and: (1) inserts language which bans all post-viability abortions except in cases where both attending physician and an independent non-treating physician certifying, in writing, that in their medical judgment, the continuation of pregnancy would threaten the mother's life or risk grievous injury to her physical health. (60-38) |
| 47 | 3-12 | Y | Boxer motion to commit bill to Judiciary Committee with instructions to hold at least one hearing on such bill and to report such bill back to the Senate after addressing the constitutional issues raised by the Supreme Court in its Stenberg v. Carhart decision. (42-56) |
| 48 | 3-12 | Y | Harkin amendment: States that the Senate finds that: (1) abortion has been a legal and constitutionally protected medical procedure throughout the U.S. since the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade; (2) 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade established constitutionally based limits on the power of States to restrict the right of a woman to choose to terminate a pregnancy. (52-46) |
| 49 | 3-12 | Y | Feinstein amendment: Strikes provisions in underlying bill and inserts language to prohibit all post-viability abortions, except in the case where in the medical judgment of attending physician, abortion is necessary to preserve the life or health of the woman. (35-60) |
| Nomination of William D. Quarles, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland | |||
| 50 | 3-12 | Y | Confirmation. (91-0) |
| Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (S. 3) | |||
| 51 | 3-13 | N | Passage. (64-33) |
| Nomination of Thomas A. Varlan to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |||
| 52 | 3-13 | Y | Confirmation. (97-0) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| * 53 | 3-13 | N | Cloture motion on nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit. (55-42) |
| Nomination of Jay S. Bybee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit | |||
| 54 | 3-13 | N | Confirmation. (74-19) |
| Nomination of J. Daniel Breen, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee | |||
| 55 | 3-13 | Y | Confirmation. (92-0) |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit | |||
| * 56 | 3-18 | N | Cloture motion on nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit. (55-45) |
| Budget Resolution, 2004 (S.Con.Res. 23) | |||
| * 57 | 3-18 | Y | Conrad motion to waive Budget Act: Prevents further deficit increases, except for national and homeland security and short-term effects of measures providing for economic recovery, until the President submits to Congress a detailed estimate of the full cost of the conflict with Iraq. (43-56) |
| 58 | 3-18 | N | Nickles motion to table the Conrad, et al., amendment (1) creates a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long-term and, (2) redirects $1.214 trillion in revenues, dedicated in the underlying budget resolution to tax cuts, into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds. (57-42) |
| 59 | 3-19 | Y | Boxer amendment: Prevents consideration of drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a fast-track budget reconciliation bill. (52-48) |
| 60 | 3-19 | N | Gregg motion to table Murray, et al., amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services) by $8.9 billion in Budget Authority in FY 2004, and $618.0 million in Outlays in FY 2004, $6.6 billion in Outlays in 2005, $1.5 billion in Outlays in 2006, and $268.0 million in Outlays in 2007; and offsets by reducing non-reconciliation tax cut and associated savings. (50-48) |
| Commending the President and the Armed Forces of the United States of America (S.Res. 95) | |||
| 61 | 3-20 | Y | Adoption of resolution. (99-0) |
| Budget Resolution, 2004 (S.Con.Res. 23) | |||
| 62 | 3-20 | N | Kyl-Sessions modified amendment: Increases size of tax cut in resolution by $45 billion; offsets by reducing Function 920 (Allowances) by $45.0 billion in budget authority and outlays in FYs 2003-2013; and assumes increase in tax cut will be used to full repeal the estate tax in January 1, 2009 instead of January 1, 2010. (51-48) |
| 63 | 3-20 | N | Grassley motion to table Graham, et al., amendment: Increases reserve fund for Medicare prescription drug benefit from $400 billion to $619 billion and offsets increase by reducing non-reconciliation tax cuts by $396 billion. (55-44) |
| 64 | 3-20 | Y | Rockefeller et. al, amendment: Expresses the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that any legislation enacted to provide economic growth for the U.S. should include not less than $30 billion for State fiscal relief over next 18 months, of which at least half should be provided through a temporary increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP). (80-19) |
| 65 | 3-21 | Y | Schumer-Clinton-Daschle, et al., amendment: Increases Function 400 (Transportation) by $15.8 billion in budget authority and by $14.3 billion in outlays in FYs 2003-2013; increases Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $47.1 billion in budget authority and by $42.6 billion in outlays; increases Function 550 (Health) by $5.2 billion in budget authority and by $4.7 billion in outlays; increases Function 750 (Administration of Justice) by $19.4 billion in budget authority and by $17.2 billion in outlays; increases Function 900 (Interest) by $23.3 billion in budget authority and outlays; offsets funding by reducing the non-reconciliation tax cuts in underlying resolution; and assumes that additional funds will be used for first responder grants, firefighters equipment and hiring, the COPS program, port security, aviation, rail and transit security, border security, bioterrorism, the FBI, and threat and critical infrastructure analysis. (45-54) |
| 66 | 3-21 | Y | Cochran amendment: Increases function 450 (Community and Regoinal Development) by $3.5 billion in budget authority in FY 2003; and assumes the additional funding will be used for first responders. (97-0) |
| 67 | 3-21 | Y | Feingold amendment: Sets aside a reserve fund for possible military action and reconstruction in Iraq. (52-47) |
| 68 | 3-21 | Y | Lautenberg-Schumer et. al, amendment: Establishes reserve fund for National Security containing $103.5 billion in budget authority and $88 billion in Outlays that the underlying resolution cuts from the President's National Defense request in 2009-2013; and offsets by reducing tax cuts by $88 billion during the same period. (46-53) |
| 69 | 3-21 | Y | Hollings amendment: Eliminates $1.34 trilion in tax cuts in underlying resolution. (22-77) |
| 70 | 3-21 | Y | Conrad amendment: Increases function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services) by $95.9 billion in budget authority and $72.9 billion in outlays in FYs 2004-2013; creates a reserve fund of $95.9 billion in budget authority and $72.9 billion in outlays in FYs 2004-2013 to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); and offsets by reducing the size of the non-reconciled tax cut. (47-52) |
| 71 | 3-21 | Y | Gregg amendment: Increases funding for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by reducing spending on other government programs by a commensurate amount. (89-10) |
| 72 | 3-21 | Y | Mikulski amendment: Revises the resolution to accommodate in reconciliation legislation a partially refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 for eligible expenses for individuals with long term or chronic care needs or their family caregivers who pay these expenses; in which "eligible expenses" shall include prescription drugs, medical bills, durable medical equipment, home health care custodial care, respite care, adult day care, transportation to chronic care or medical facilities, specialized therapy (including occupational therapy, physical therapy, or rehabilitational therapy), other specialized services for children (including day care for children with special needs) and other long term care related expenses as defined by the HHS Secretary. (45-54) |
| 73 | 3-21 | Y | Clinton amendment: Raises the 2003 caps by $3.5 billion for homeland security funding through a Domestic Defense Fund at the Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in FY 2003 and to reduce the size of newly proposed tax cuts in the amount of $7 billion to pay for this amendment and for the cost of previously passed homeland security funding. (48-52) |
| 74 | 3-21 | Y | Dorgan, et al., amendment: Increases Function 700 (Veterans Benefits and Services) by $1.0 billion in budget authority in FY 2004 and by $1.0 billion in outlays in FYs 2004-2007; and offsets by reducing the non-reconciliation tax cuts. (49-51) |
| 75 | 3-21 | N | Nickles motion to table Harkin amendment (to Breaux-Snowe, et al., amendment reducing reconciled tax cut by $376 billion, and providing that savings be used to reduce projected deficits): Requires that any tax cuts above level of $350 billion must be paid for; and creates point of order against any measure which violates this provision. (58-42) |
| 76 | 3-21 | N | Breaux, et. al., amendment: Reduces reconciled tax cut by $376 billion and provides that savings be used to reduce projected deficits. (38-62) |
| 77 | 3-21 | Y | Byrd, et al., amendment: Increases Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $912.0 million in budget and outlays in FY 2005; assumes the additional funds will be used for the National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak); and offsets by reducing the size of the non-reconciled tax cut. (51-49) |
| 78 | 3-21 | Y | Biden, et al., modified amendment: Increases Function 750 (Administration of Justice) by $1.0 billion in budget authority in FY 2004, and by $900.0 million in outlays in FYs 2004-2007; expresses the sense of the Senate that the increased funding will be used for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program; offsets by reducing the non-reconciled tax instructions by $2.0 billion; and allocates $1.0 billion to deficit reduction. (48-52) |
| 79 | 3-21 | Y | Bond-Reid, et al., amendment: Increases Function 400 (Transportation) by $59.6 billion in budget authority in FYs 2004-2009 and $48.4 billion in outlays in FYs 2004-2013; increases Function 900 (Interest) by $14.9 billion in budget authority and outlays in FYs 2004-2013; and assumes additional transportation funding will be used for Federal-Aid Highway program and Federal Transit program. (79-21) |
| 80 | 3-25 | Y | Specter amendment: Increases Function 550 (Health) by $2.8 billion in budget authority and outlays in FY 2004; and offsets by decreasing Function 920 (Allowances) by $2.8 billion in budget authority and outlays in FY 2004. (96-1) |
| 81 | 3-25 | Y | Lincoln amendment: Increases Function 50 (National Defense) by $21.1 billion in budget authority and $20.3 billion in outlays in FY 2004-2013; assumes the additional funds will be used to allow full access to Tricare for National Guard and Reserve personnel and their families on a continual bases; and offset by reducing the tax cut. (46-51) |
| 82 | 3-25 | Y | Baucus amendment: Provides that a prescription drug benefit is available to all Medicare beneficiaries on an equal basis, including those who choose to remain in current fee-for-service program. (46-51) |
| 83 | 3-25 | Y | Conrad substitute amendment: Limits tax cuts to $61 billion over 11 years; reduces deficits by $1.2 trillion below the President's budget, and by $700 billion below the Republican plan; and provides more funding than President's or Republican's plan for Homeland Security, Medicare, prescription drugs, transportation, education, veterans, and other high priorities. (43-56) |
| 84 | 3-25 | Y | Byrd amendment: Eliminates the reconciliation protection for tax cuts contained in the underlying resolution by striking reconciliation instruction to the Finance Committee. (46-52) |
| 85 | 3-25 | Y | Kennedy, et al., amendment: Increases Function 600 (Income Security) by $16.3 billion in budget authority and outlays in FY 2003-04; assumes the additional funds will be used to extend unemployment benefits for 13 weeks, expiring at the end of May, to provide benefits to the long-term unemployed, part-time and low-wage workers, to provide up to 26 weeks of benefits to workers who run out of state benefits, and to provide States with funds to expand access to unemployment benefits for workers who have low-wage and/or part-time employment and have been left out of the current unemployment program; and offsets by reducing the non-reconciled tax cut. (48-51) |
| 86 | 3-25 | Y | Dodd amendment: Increases Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services) by $42.3 billion in budget authority in FY 2004-2013 and by $37.8 billion in outlays in FY 2004-2013; offsets by reducing non-reconciled tax cut; and assumes additional funds will be used to increase funding for after-school programs to levels promised by the No Child Left Behind Act and to increase funding for Head Start to serve 80 percent of eligible 3 and 4 year olds. (48-51) |
| 87 | 3-25 | Y | Daschle amendment: Increases Function 550 (Health) by $2.9 billion in budget authority and $2.6 billion in outlays in FY 2004; assumes the additional funds will be used for the Indian Health Service; and offsets by decreasing the top tax bracket reduction in the non-reconciled portion of the tax cut. (48-51) |
| 88 | 3-25 | Y | Leahy, et al., amendment: Increases Function 750 (Administration of Justice) by $3.0 billion in budget authority in FY 2004 and by $3.0 billion in outlays in FY 2004-07; assumes additional funds will be used for first responders; provides $3 billion in deficit reduction; and offsets by reducing the reconciled tax cuts. (47-51) |
| 89 | 3-25 | Y | Harkin, et al., amendment: Increases Function 570 (Medicare) by $25 billion in budget authority and outlays in FY 2004-13; dedicates additional funds to eliminating payment inequities in rural areas; and offsets by reducing non-reconciled tax cuts. (49-49) |
| 90 | 3-25 | Y | Bingaman, et al., amendment: Increases Function 600 (Income Security) by $9.1 billion in budget authority and $8.8 billion in outlays in FY 2004-13; assumes additional funding will be used for child care in the Child Care and Development Block Grant; and offsets by decreasing deficit and reducing the tax cuts. (49-50) |
| 91 | 3-25 | Y | Dodd amendment: Increases Function 450 (Community and Regional Development) by $13.7 billion in budget authority in FY 2004-13 and by $11.8 billion in outlays in FY 2004-13; assumes the additional funds will be used to support hiring, trainin |