Other Years for Carper (D)
Other Senators for 2003
An 'X' in the P column indicates a vote where a Senator's vote differs from the vote of the majority of their Party.
| Vote Number | Vote | P | Date | Issue | Question | Result | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00001 | Nay | 07-Jan | n/a | On the Motion to Adjourn | Agreed to | Motion to Adjourn | |
| 00002 | Yea | 16-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2 | Rejected | Byrd Amendment No. 2; To provide additional funds for certain homeland security measures. | |
| 00003 | Yea | 16-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 8 | Rejected | Byrd Amendment No. 8; To provide additional funds for certain homeland security measures. | |
| 00004 | Nay | 16-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 19 | Agreed to | Gregg Amdt. No. 19; To provide additional funding for innovative programs at the state and local level. | |
| 00005 | Yea | 16-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 13 | Rejected | Kennedy Amdt. No. 13; To provide additional funding for education. | |
| 00006 | Nay | 17-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 32 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Harkin Amdt. No. 32; To restore funding for nondiscretionary Byrne grants to a level of $500,000,000. | |
| 00007 | Yea | 17-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 36 | Rejected | Byrd Amendment No. 36; To nullify all across-the-board rescissions contained in this joint resolution. | |
| 00008 | Yea | 17-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 44 | Agreed to | Motion To Table McCain Amdt. No. 44; To strike section 211 of Division B. | |
| 00009 | Yea | 21-Jan | S. 121 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S. 121; National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2003 | |
| 00010 | Yea | 21-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 27 | Agreed to | Reed Amdt. No. 27; To provide additional amounts for low-income home energy assistance. | |
| 00011 | Nay | 22-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 86 | Agreed to | Inhofe Amdt. No. 86, As Modified; To provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences. | |
| 00012 | Yea | 22-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 67 | Rejected | Edwards Amdt. No. 67; To require a study of the final rule relating to prevention of significant deterioration and nonattainment new source review to determine the effects of the final rule on air pollution and human health. | |
| 00013 | Yea | 22-Jan | PN1 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Thomas J. Ridge, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of Homeland Security. | |
| 00014 | Yea | 22-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 40 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A. RE: Reed Amdt. No. 40; To expend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002. | |
| 00015 | Nay | 22-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 204 | Agreed to | Cochran Amdt. No. 204; To provide agricultural assistance. | |
| 00016 | Yea | 22-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 79 | Rejected | Daschle Amdt. No. 79; To provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers. | |
| 00017 | Nay | 22-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 97 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Nelson(FL) Amdt. No. 97; To make additional appropriations for emergency relief activities. | |
| 00018 | Nay | X | 22-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 68 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Specter Amdt. No. 68; To provide special minimum funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements. |
| 00019 | Yea | 23-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 200 | Rejected | Feingold Amdt. No. 200; To restrict funds made available for IMET assistance for Indonesian military personnel to "Expanded International Military Education and Training" assistance unless certain conditions are met. | |
| 00020 | Nay | 23-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 123 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Kennedy Amdt. No. 123; To increase funding for reducing health disparities and promoting minority health. | |
| 00021 | Nay | X | 23-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 89 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Clinton Amdt. No. 89; To improve health care under the medicare and medicaid programs. |
| 00022 | Nay | X | 23-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 214 | Agreed to | Motion To Table McCain Amdt. No. 214; To require completion of the feasibility study required by Public Law 105-245, and the other requirements of that law relating to construction of an emergency outlet at Devils Lake, North Dakota, before any appropriated funds are spent for the project. |
| 00023 | Nay | 23-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 230 | Agreed to | Motion to Table McCain Amdt. No. 230; To reduce the total construction general account in the Corps of Engineers, Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, etc., account by $14,750,000 and restore the appropriation for the Yazoo Basin Backwater Pumping Plant to the $250,000 level recommended by the President. | |
| 00024 | Nay | 23-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 108 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Cantwell Amdt. No. 108; To increase appropriations for workforce investment activities. | |
| 00025 | Nay | 23-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 246 | Agreed to | Thomas Amdt. No. 246; To propose a substitute. | |
| 00026 | Yea | 23-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 247 | Rejected | Mikulski Amdt. No. 247; To prohibit funds to be used to establish, apply, or enforce certain goals relating to Federal employees and public-private competitions or work force conversions, and for other purposes. | |
| 00027 | Nay | 23-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 192 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Lautenberg Amdt. No. 192; To increase the appropriation for the Hazardous Substance Superfund. | |
| 00028 | Yea | X | 23-Jan | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Joint Resolution | Agreed to | H.J.Res. 2; Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 |
| 00029 | Yea | 30-Jan | PN2 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Gordon England, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security | |
| 00030 | Yea | 05-Feb | S.Res. 45 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | S. Res. 45; A resolution commemorating the Columbia Astronauts. | |
| 00031 | Yea | 10-Feb | PN17 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation John R. Adams, Of Ohio, To Be U.S. Ditrict Judge | |
| 00032 | Yea | 10-Feb | PN28 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation: S. James Otero, Of California, To Be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00033 | Yea | 10-Feb | PN26 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Robert A. Junell, Of Texas, To Be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00034 | Yea | 13-Feb | H.J.Res. 2 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | Conference Report, H.J.Res.2; Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 | |
| 00035 | Yea | 24-Feb | S. 151 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S. 151, As Amended; PROTECT Act | |
| 00036 | Not Voting | 26-Feb | PN6 | On the Motion for Attendance | Agreed to | Motion To Instruct Sergeant At Arms | |
| 00037 | Not Voting | 27-Feb | PN6 | On the Motion for Attendance | Agreed to | Motion To Instruct Sergeant At Arms | |
| 00038 | Yea | 03-Mar | PN35 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation of Marian Blank Horn, of Maryland, to be a Judge of The U.S. Court of Federal Claims | |
| 00039 | Yea | 04-Mar | S.Res. 71 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | S. Res. 71 As Amended; A resolution expressing the support for the Pledge of Allegiance. | |
| 00040 | Nay | 06-Mar | PN6 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Nomination Of Miguel A. Estrada To Be U.S. Circuit Judge | |
| 00041 | Yea | 06-Mar | Treaty Doc. 107-8 | On the Amendment | Rejected | Levin Amdt. No. 252 As Modified; To provide an additional condition requiring notice and consultations prior to withdrawal from, or extension of, the Treaty. | |
| 00042 | Yea | 06-Mar | Treaty Doc. 107-8 | On the Amendment | Rejected | Kerry Amdt. No. 255; To provide an additional condition. | |
| 00043 | Yea | 06-Mar | Treaty Doc. 107-8 | On the Resolution of Ratification | Agreed to | Treaty Document 107-8 Resolution Of Ratification; The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions, Signed at Moscow on May 24, 2002 | |
| 00044 | Yea | 10-Mar | PN23 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Gregory L. Frost, Of Ohio, To Be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00045 | Yea | 11-Mar | S. 3 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 258 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A. RE: Murray Amdt. No. 258; To improve the availability of contraceptives for women. | |
| 00046 | Nay | 12-Mar | S. 3 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 259 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Durbin Amdt. No. 259 As Modified; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00047 | Yea | 12-Mar | S. 3 | On the Motion | Rejected | Boxer Motion To Commit S. 3 To The Judiciary Committee With Instructions; Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 | |
| 00048 | Yea | 12-Mar | S. 3 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 260 | Agreed to | Harkin Amdt. No. 260; To express the sense of the Senate concerning the decision of the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade. | |
| 00049 | Yea | 12-Mar | S. 3 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 261 | Rejected | Feinstein Amdt. No. 261; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00050 | Yea | 12-Mar | PN29 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation William D. Quarles, Jr. Of Maryland To Be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00051 | Yea | X | 13-Mar | S. 3 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S. 3 As Amended; Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 |
| 00052 | Yea | 13-Mar | PN31 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Thomas A. Varlan, Of Tennessee, To Be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00053 | Nay | 13-Mar | PN6 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Nomination Of Miguel A. Estrada, Of Virginia, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge | |
| 00054 | Yea | 13-Mar | PN4 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmantion Jay S. Bybee, Of Nevada, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge | |
| 00055 | Yea | 13-Mar | PN18 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation J. Daniel Breen, Of Tennessee, To Be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00056 | Nay | 18-Mar | PN6 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada to be U.S. Circuit Judge. | |
| 00057 | Yea | 18-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 264 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA Re: Conrad Amdt. No. 264; To prevent 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. | |
| 00058 | Nay | 18-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 266 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Conrad Amdt. No. 266; To redirect $1.214 trillion in revenues that would have been lost by implementing the President's entire tax cut agenda into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long-term. | |
| 00059 | Yea | 19-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 272 | Agreed to | Boxer Amdt. No. 272.; To prevent consideration of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a fast-track budget reconciliation bill. | |
| 00060 | Nay | 19-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 284 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Murray Amdt. No. 284; To fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act in 2004 and reduce debt by reducing tax breaks for the wealthiest taxpayers. | |
| 00061 | Yea | 20-Mar | S.Res. 95 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | S.Res. 95; President and Armed Forces Appreciation resolution | |
| 00062 | Nay | 20-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 288 | Agreed to | Kyl Amdt. No. 288, as Modified; To provide financial security to family farm and small business owners by ending the unfair practice of taxing someone at death. | |
| 00063 | Nay | 20-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 294 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Graham (FL) Amdt. No. 294; To provide a meaningful prescription drug benefit in Medicare that is available to all beneficiaries. | |
| 00064 | Yea | 20-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 275 | Agreed to | Rockefeller Amdt. No. 275; To express the sense of the Senate concerning State fiscal relief. | |
| 00065 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 299 | Rejected | Schumer Amdt. No. 299; To provide immediate assistance to meet pressing homeland security needs by providing funding in 2003 for first responders, port security, bioterrorism preparedness and prevention, border security and transit security, the FBI; to restore the elimination of funding of the COPS program, firefighter equipment grants, Byrne Grants and Local Law enforcement grants; to provide a sustained commitment of resources for homeland security needs without reducing funding to other key domestic law enforcement and public safety priorities; and to reduce the deficit. | |
| 00066 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 369 | Agreed to | Cochran Amdt. No. 369; To make additional funds available for certain homeland security needs. | |
| 00067 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 270 | Agreed to | Feingold Amdt. No. 270; To set aside a reserve fund for possible military action and reconstruction in Iraq. | |
| 00068 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 300 | Rejected | Lautenberg Amdt. No. 300; To restore national security funding. | |
| 00069 | Yea | X | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 265 | Rejected | Hollings Amdt. No. 265; To eliminate tax cuts. |
| 00070 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 376 | Rejected | Conrad Amdt. No. 376; To provide full funding for the individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) part B grants over ten years by reducing tax breaks for the wealthiest tax payers. | |
| 00071 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 377 | Agreed to | Gregg Amdt. No. 377; To increase funding for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by reducing spending on other government programs by a commensurate amount. | |
| 00072 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 349 | Rejected | Mikulski Amdt. No. 349; To revise the resolution to accommodate in reconciliations 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 Secretary of Health and Human Services; and in which "individuals with long term or chronic care needs" of daily living, individuals with severe cognitive impairment, individual | |
| 00073 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 381 | Rejected | Clinton Amdt. No. 381; To raise 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. | |
| 00074 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 385 | Rejected | Dorgan Amdt. No. 385; To increase FY 2004 funding for the discretionary programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs by $1,019,000,000, so it matches the level proposed by a coalition of veterans groups in the Independent Budget; to decrease the deficit by a similar amount; and to use the unreconciled tax cut to pay for it. | |
| 00075 | Nay | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 386 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Harkin Amdt. No. 386.; To reduce the reconciliation instruction by $375 billion, reduce the size of tax cuts allowed by $980 billion and to reduce deficits by $1.1 Trillion. | |
| 00076 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 339 | Rejected | Breaux Amdt. No. 339, as Modified; To reduce tax cut to $350 billion. | |
| 00077 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 387 | Agreed to | Byrd Amdt. No. 387; To provide adequate funds for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). | |
| 00078 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 278 | Rejected | Biden Amdt. No. 278, as Modified; To make available funds for the COPS program. | |
| 00079 | Yea | 21-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 358 | Agreed to | Bond Amdt. No. 358; To make available funds for certain transportation programs. | |
| 00080 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 401 | Agreed to | Specter Amdt. No. 401; To increase discretionary health spending for fiscal year 2004 by $2,800,000,000 and make an offsetting reduction in overall administrative expenses. | |
| 00081 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 324 | Rejected | Lincoln Amdt. No. 324; To allow full access to Tricare for National Guard and Reserve Personnel and their families on a continual basis, offset with reductions to the tax cut. | |
| 00082 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 348 | Rejected | Baucus Amdt. No. 348; To ensure that a prescription drug benefit is available to all medicare beneficiaries on an equal basis, including those who choose to remain in the current fee-for-service program. | |
| 00083 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 411 | Rejected | Conrad Amdt. No. 411; To provide a substitute. | |
| 00084 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 412 | Rejected | Byrd Amdt. No. 412y; To foster greater debate in the Senate and to prevent further increases in the deficit by striking the reconciliation instructions to the Committee on Finance. | |
| 00085 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 315 | Rejected | Kennedy Amdt. No. 315; To ensure that the budget includes funds to extend temporary unemployment compensation benefits, provides benefits to the million long-term unemployed Americans, and provides benefits to part-time and low-wage workers. | |
| 00086 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 415 | Rejected | Dodd Amdt. No. 415; To increase funding for after-school programs to the levels promised by the No Child Left Behind Act to serve 1.6 million more children in FY 2004 and to increase funding for Head Start to serve 80 percent of eligible 3 and 4 year olds and increase the number of infants and toddlers served and for deficit reduction. | |
| 00087 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 361 | Rejected | Daschle Amdt. No, 361; To fulfill the U.S. commitment to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. | |
| 00088 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 318 | Rejected | Leahy Amdt. No. 318; To increase the level of funding in fiscal year 2004 for first responders by $3,000,000,000 (to a total of $6,500,000,000) to support their efforts to protect homeland security and prevent and respond to acts of terrorism, and to reduce tax reductions for taxpayers with annual incomes greater then $300,000, and to provide an additional $3,000,000,000 for deficit reduction. | |
| 00089 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 396 | Rejected | Harkin Amdt. No. 396; To help rural health care providers and hospitals receive a fair reimbursement for services under Medicare by reducing tax cuts to the wealthiest income brackets. | |
| 00090 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 417 | Rejected | Bingaman Amdt No. 417; To increase Mandatory Child Care Spending by $4.6 billion over five years and $9.1 billion over ten years by reducing the tax cut. | |
| 00091 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 419 | Rejected | Dodd Amdt. No. 419; To increase the budget authority for Federal "FIRE Act" grants and to express the sense of the Senate that from the total funding provided for Federal "FIRE Act" grants, not less than $1,000,000,000 per year will be used for grants to local governments to hire additional firefighters and not less that $750,000,000 per year for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training, and to provide for a reduction in the deficit. | |
| 00092 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 418 | Rejected | Clinton Amdt. No. 418; To raise the caps and provide direct first responder funding to localities and for high threat areas through the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness in 2003 and 2004, to restore funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Act ("Byrne Grant" program) and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program, and to reduce the deficit, by reducing the size of newly proposed tax cuts. | |
| 00093 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 420 | Agreed to | Breaux Amdt. No. 420; To redirect $396 billion into a reserve fund to strengthen the Social Security trust funds over the long term. | |
| 00094 | Nay | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 413 | Rejected | Bunning Amdt. No. 413; To repeal a 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits. | |
| 00095 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 330 | Rejected | Carper Amdt. No. 330; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00096 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 423 | Rejected | Corzine Amdt. No. 423; To provide increased funding for environmental protection and natural resources conservation. | |
| 00097 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 408 | Rejected | Lautenberg Amdt. No. 408; To require polluters to pay for cleanup of toxic waste sites, by reinstating the original superfund taxes. | |
| 00098 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 424 | Rejected | Clinton Amdt. No. 424; To restore funding for vocational education to the fiscal year 2003 level for fiscal years 2004 through 2013. | |
| 00099 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 425 | Rejected | Harkin Amdt. No. 425; To restore education cuts. | |
| 00100 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 397 | Rejected | Kerry Amdt. No. 397; To provide for a $150 billion revenue stimulus for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 without adding to the long-term debt. | |
| 00101 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 426 | Rejected | Motion to Waive Bayh Amdt. No. 426; To express the sense of the Senate on low income programs and the income tax on certain Social Security benefits. | |
| 00102 | Yea | 25-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 382 | Agreed to | Cantwell Amdt. No. 382; To restore funding for programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. | |
| 00103 | Nay | X | 26-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 409 | Rejected | Dayton Amdt. No. 409; To provide full and mandatory funding for IDEA beginning in FY2004. |
| 00104 | Yea | 26-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 281 | Rejected | Kerry Amdt. No. 281; To increase the budget allocation for programs to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and to reduce the deficit. | |
| 00105 | Yea | 26-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 429 | Agreed to | Landrieu Amdt. No. 429; To provide additional pay and benefits for active duty, guard, and reserve forces, such as augmenting Imminent Danger Pay and Family Separation allowance, and for modernization of equipment, weapons, and technology needs of the National Guard and Reserves in recognition of those currently involved in conflict Operations and the needs of their family members left behind. | |
| 00106 | Nay | 26-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 430 | Rejected | Murkowski Amdt. No. 430; To extend the child tax credit until the year 2013. | |
| 00107 | Yea | 26-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 431 | Agreed to | Lincoln Amdt. No. 431; To express the sense of the Senate regarding extending the $1,000 child credit for three additional years (2011-2013). | |
| 00108 | Nay | 26-Mar | S.Con.Res. 23 | On the Concurrent Resolution | Agreed to | S.Con.Res. 23, as Amended; Budget resolution FY2004 | |
| 00109 | Yea | 27-Mar | S.Con.Res. 30 | On the Concurrent Resolution | Agreed to | S.Con.Res. 30; A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress to commend and express the gratitude of the United States to the nations participating with the United States in the Coalition to Disarm Iraq. | |
| 00110 | Yea | 27-Mar | H.R. 1307 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 1307, as Amended; Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003 | |
| 00111 | Yea | 27-Mar | PN278 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation James V. Selna, of California, to be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00112 | Yea | 31-Mar | PN277 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Nomination, Theresa Lazar Springmann, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge | |
| 00113 | Nay | 01-Apr | PN16 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Timothy M. Tymkovich, Colorado, to be U.S. Circuit Judge | |
| 00114 | Nay | 02-Apr | PN6 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge. | |
| 00115 | Nay | 02-Apr | S. 762 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 445 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Hollings Amdt. No. 445; Relative to port security. | |
| 00116 | Nay | 02-Apr | S. 762 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 452 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Landrieu Amdt. No. 452; To appropriate $1, 047,000,000 for procurement for the National Guard and Reserves. | |
| 00117 | Nay | 03-Apr | S. 762 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 472 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Boxer Amdt. No. 472; To set aside $30,000,000 for the Department of Homeland Security for research and development and deployment of technology to protect commercial aircraft from the threat posed by man-portable air defense systems. | |
| 00118 | Nay | 03-Apr | S. 762 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 481 | Rejected | McCain Amdt. No. 481; To remove unauthorized and earmarked appropriations. | |
| 00119 | Nay | 03-Apr | S. 762 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 494 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Breaux Amdt. No. 494.; To allocate additional funds for certain federal homeland security programs. | |
| 00120 | Nay | 03-Apr | S. 762 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 508 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Byrd Amdt. No. 508; To protect the prerogatives of the Congress in the allocation of homeland security funding. | |
| 00121 | Nay | X | 03-Apr | S. 762 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 479 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Hollings Amdt. No. 479; To express the sense of the Senate on paying the costs of the war with Iraq. |
| 00122 | Nay | X | 03-Apr | S. 762 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 515 | Agreed to | Specter Amdt. No. 515; To increase funds for Protection and Preparedness of high threat areas under the Office for Domestic Preparedness. |
| 00123 | Nay | 03-Apr | S. 762 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 514 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 514; To increase the appropriation for the Office for Domestic Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security, by $2,330,000,000. | |
| 00124 | Yea | 03-Apr | S. 762 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 455 | Agreed to | Kohl Amdt. No. 455; To provide humanitarian food assistance in connection with U.S. activities in Iraq. | |
| 00125 | Yea | 03-Apr | S. 762 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S.762, As Amended; Supplemental Appropriations Act to Support Department of Defense Operations in Iraq for Fiscal Year 2003 | |
| 00126 | Yea | 07-Apr | PN19 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation, Cormac J. Carney, of California, to be United States District Judge | |
| 00127 | Yea | 09-Apr | S. 476 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 527 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Nickles Amdt. No. 527; To exclude 25 percent of gain on sales or exchanges of land or water interests to any nonprofit entity for any charitable purpose. | |
| 00128 | Yea | 09-Apr | S. 476 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S.476, as Amended.; CARE Act of 2003 | |
| 00129 | Yea | 09-Apr | S.Con.Res. 31 | On the Resolution | Agreed to | S.Con.Res. 31; A concurrent resolution expressing the outrage of Congress at the treatment of certain American prisoners of war by the Government of Iraq. | |
| 00130 | Yea | 09-Apr | PN197 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Dee D. Drell, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge. | |
| 00131 | Yea | 09-Apr | PN276 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Richard D. Bennett, of Maryland, to be U.S. District Judge. | |
| 00132 | Yea | 10-Apr | S. 151 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | S. 151 Conference Report; PROTECT Act | |
| 00133 | Yea | X | 10-Apr | PN287 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation: Ross Owen Swimmer, Of Oklahoma, To Be Special Trustee, Office or Speical Trustee For American Indians |
| 00134 | Nay | 11-Apr | H.Con.Res. 95 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | H.Con.Res.95 Conference Report ; Budget resolution FY2004 bill | |
| 00135 | Nay | 29-Apr | PN15 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Jeffrey S. Sutton, of Ohio, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. | |
| 00136 | Yea | 30-Apr | S. 196 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S. 196, as Amended; Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2003 | |
| 00137 | Nay | 01-May | PN11 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Pricilla R. Owen, of Texas, to be U.S. Circuit Judge | |
| 00138 | Yea | 01-May | PN295 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation: Edward C. Prado, of Texas, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge | |
| 00139 | Yea | X | 05-May | PN5 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation: Deborah L. Cook, Of Ohio, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge For The Sixth Circuit |
| 00140 | Nay | 05-May | PN6 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Nomination Of Miguel A. Estrada, Of Virginia, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge | |
| 00141 | Yea | 06-May | PN198 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Cecilia M. Altonga Of Florida, To Be United States District Judge | |
| 00142 | Not Voting | 08-May | Treaty Doc. 108-4 | On the Resolution of Ratification | Agreed to | Resolution Of Ratification To Accompany Treaty Doc. 108-4; Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. These protocols were opened for signature at Brussels on March 26, 2003, and signed that day on behalf of the United States and the other parties to the North Atlantic Treaty | |
| 00143 | Nay | 08-May | PN6 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Nomination Of Miguel A. Estrada To Be U.S. Cicuit Judge | |
| 00144 | Nay | 08-May | PN11 | On the Cloture Motion | Rejected | Motion To Invoke Cloture On The Nomination Of Priscilla R. Owen, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge For The Fifth Circuit | |
| 00145 | Nay | X | 08-May | S. 113 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 537 | Rejected | Feinstein Amdt. No. 537; In the nature of a substitute. |
| 00146 | Yea | 08-May | S. 113 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S. 113 As Amended; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance bill | |
| 00147 | Yea | 14-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 560 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA re: Reid Amdt. No. 560; To ensure that Social Security surpluses are not raided in order to fund tax cuts on corporate dividends. | |
| 00148 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 589 | Agreed to | Bunning Amdt. No. 589; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits. | |
| 00149 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 556 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A Dorgan Amdt. No. 556; To repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits and to offset the revenue loss. | |
| 00150 | Yea | X | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 569 | Agreed to | Specter Amdt No. 569; To urge the Senate Finance Committee and the Joint Economic Committee to hold hearings and consider legislation providing for a flat tax. |
| 00151 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 570 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. Re: Baucus Amdt. No. 570; To ensure that the limit on refundability shall not apply to the additional $400 child credit for 2003, to make the dividend exclusion effective for taxable years beginning in 2003, and to eliminate the increase in the dividend exclusion from 10 percent to 20 percent of dividends over $500. | |
| 00152 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 544 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A. Kennedy Amdt No. 544; To provide for additional weeks of temporary extended unemployment compensation and to provide for a program of temporary enhanced regular unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. | |
| 00153 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 578 | Rejected | Motion To Waive Lincoln Amdt. No. 578; To expand the refundability of the child tax credit. | |
| 00154 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 577 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A. Cantwell Amdt. No. 577; To permanently extend and modify the research and experimentation tax credit and strike the partial exclusion of dividends provision. | |
| 00155 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 587 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A. Jeffords Amdt. No. 587; To accelerate the elimination of the marriage penalty in the earned income credit. | |
| 00156 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 594 | Agreed to | Grassley Amdt. No. 594; To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services in rural areas under the medicare program. | |
| 00157 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 596 | Agreed to | Collins Amdt. No. 596; To provide temporary State and local fiscal relief. | |
| 00158 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 564 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Murray Amdt. No. 564; To provide temporary State fiscal relief. | |
| 00159 | Nay | X | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 614 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Stabenow Amdt. No. 614; To ensure the enactment of a medicare prescription drug benefit. |
| 00160 | Nay | X | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 617 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Graham Amdt. No. 617; In the nature of a substitute. |
| 00161 | Nay | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 575 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A, Kyl Amdt. No. 575; To further enhance the denial of deduction for certain fines, penalties, and other amounts. | |
| 00162 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 619 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A. Landrieu Amdt. No. 619; To provide a a complete substitute. | |
| 00163 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 620 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A. Landrieu Amdt. No. 620; To provide pay protection for members of the Reserve and the National Guard, and for other purposes. | |
| 00164 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 557 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Schumer Amdt. No. 557; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make higher education more affordable. | |
| 00165 | Yea | X | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 622 | Agreed to | Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Ensign Amdt. No. 622, As Modified; To encourage the investment of foreign earnings within the United States for productive business investments and job creation. |
| 00166 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 611 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Conrad Amdt. No. 611; To make the child tax credit acceleration applicable to 2002. | |
| 00167 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 656 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Daschle Amdt. No. 656; To create jobs, provide opportunity, and restore prosperity. | |
| 00168 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 615 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Dayton Amdt. No. 615; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00169 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 605 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A. Mikulski Amdt. No. 605; To provide a partially refundable tax credit for caregiving related expenses. | |
| 00170 | Nay | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 639 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A. Sessions Amdt. No. 639; To apply the sunset provision to the revenue increase provisions. | |
| 00171 | Nay | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 664 | Agreed to | Nickles Amdt. No. 664; To modify the dividend exclusion provision, and for other purposes. | |
| 00172 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 663 | Rejected | Breaux Amdt. No. 663; To provide reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004. | |
| 00173 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 545 | Rejected | Kennedy Amdt. No. 545; To eliminate the dividend and upper bracket tax cuts, which primarily benefit the wealthy, to provide the additional funds necessary for an adequate medicare prescription drug benefit, including assuring that the benefit is comprehensive, with no gaps or excessive cost-sharing, covers all medicare beneficiaries, provides special help for beneficiaries with low income, and does not undermine employer retirement coverage. | |
| 00174 | Yea | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 572 | Rejected | Dodd Amdt. No. 572; To improve access to higher education for middle-income families by making resources available to expand the Hope and Lifetime Learning Scholarship Credits and for lower-income families by making resources available to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $4500 and to provide an equal amount for deficit reduction by eliminating the 10 percent dividend tax exclusion for amounts above $500 and eliminating acceleration of the 38.6 percent income tax rate education. | |
| 00175 | Nay | X | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 662 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. re: Edwards Amdt. No. 662; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1996 to close the "janitors insurance" tax loophole. |
| 00176 | Nay | X | 15-May | S. 1054 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 666 | Rejected | Motion to Waive C.B.A. Dorgan Amdt. No. 666; To strike the section relating to qualified tax collection contracts. |
| 00177 | Yea | 15-May | H.R. 1298 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 676 | Rejected | Durbin Amdt. No. 676; To provide alternate terms for the United States participation in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. | |
| 00178 | Yea | 15-May | H.R. 1298 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 678 | Rejected | Motion to Waive CBA re: Dorgan Amdt. No. 678; To provide emergency funding for food aid to HIV/AIDS affected populations in sub-Saharan Africa. | |
| 00179 | Nay | 15-May | H.R. 2 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 2, As Amended; Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 | |
| 00180 | Yea | 15-May | H.R. 1298 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 682 | Rejected | Feinstein Amdt. No. 682; To modify provisions relating to the distribution of funding. | |
| 00181 | Nay | X | 16-May | H.R. 1298 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 681 | Rejected | Kennedy Amdt. No. 681; To provide for the procurement of certain pharmaceuticals at the lowest possible price for products of assured quality. |
| 00182 | Yea | 16-May | H.R. 1298 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 684 | Rejected | Boxer Amdt. No. 684; To require a specific plan to help AIDS orphans. | |
| 00183 | Yea | 16-May | H.R. 1298 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 685 | Rejected | Dodd Amdt. No. 685; To add CARICOM Countries and the Dominican Republic to Priority List of HIV/AIDS Coordinator. | |
| 00184 | Yea | 19-May | PN24 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation: S.Maurice Hicks, Jr., Of Louisiana, To Be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00185 | Yea | 20-May | S. 1050 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 696 | Agreed to | Graham Amdt. No. 696 As Modified; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00186 | Nay | 20-May | S. 1050 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 715 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Feinstein Amdt. No. 715; To strike the repeal of the prohibition on research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons. | |
| 00187 | Nay | 21-May | S. 1050 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 752 | Agreed to | Warner Amdt. No. 752; To propose a substitute. | |
| 00188 | Yea | 21-May | S. 1050 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 751 | Agreed to | Reed Amdt. No. 751 As Amended; To modify the scope of the prohibition on research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons. | |
| 00189 | Nay | 21-May | S. 1050 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 750 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 750 As Modified; To prohibit the use of funds for a nuclear earth penetrator weapon. | |
| 00190 | Yea | 21-May | S. 1050 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 722 | Agreed to | Lautenebrg Amdt. No. 722; To modify requirements applicable to the limitation on designation of critical habitat of conservation of protected species under the provision on military readiness and conservation of protected species. | |
| 00191 | Nay | 21-May | S. 1050 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 783 | Agreed to | McCain Amdt. No. 783; To propose the insertion of matter in lieu of the matter proposed to be stricken. | |
| 00192 | Yea | 22-May | S. 1050 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 691 | Rejected | Murray Amdt. No. 691; To restore a previous policy regarding restrictions on use of Department of Defense medical facilities. | |
| 00193 | Yea | 22-May | S. 1050 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 826 | Agreed to | Warner Amdt. No. 826; To require the Department of Defense to fully comply with the Competition in Contracting Act for any contract awarded for reconstruction activities in Iraq. | |
| 00194 | Yea | 22-May | S. 1050 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S.1050 As Amended; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 | |
| 00195 | Yea | 22-May | PN342 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Consuelo Maria Callahan, Of California, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge | |
| 00196 | Nay | 23-May | H.R. 2 | On the Conference Report | Agreed to | H.R. 2 Conference Report; Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 | |
| 00197 | Yea | 23-May | H.J.Res. 51 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 833 | Rejected | Baucus Amdt. No. 833; To reduce the amount by which the statutory limit on the public debt is increased. | |
| 00198 | Nay | 23-May | H.J.Res. 51 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 834 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Daschle Amdt. No. 834; To express the sense of the Senate that Social Security cost-of-living adjustments should not be reduced. | |
| 00199 | Nay | 23-May | H.J.Res. 51 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 832 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Kennedy Amdt. No. 832; To extend the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, to provide additional weeks of temporary extended unemployment compensation, and to make extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act temporarily available for employees. | |
| 00200 | Yea | 23-May | H.J.Res. 51 | On the Motion S.Amdt. 835 | Rejected | Motion To Waive C.B.A. Feingold Amdt. No. 835; To extend the current-law pay-as-you-go requirement. | |
| 00201 | Nay | 23-May | H.J.Res. 51 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 836 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Hollings Amdt. No. 836; To limit the applicability of public debt limit to social security trust funds. | |
| 00202 | Nay | 23-May | H.J.Res. 51 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.J. Res. 51; Debt Limit Increase resolution | |
| 00203 | Nay | 03-Jun | S. 14 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 843 | Rejected | Feinstein Amdt. No. 843; To allow the ethanol mandate in the renewable fuel program to be suspended temporarily if the mandate would harm the economy or environment. | |
| 00204 | Nay | 03-Jun | S. 14 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 844 | Rejected | Feinstein Amdt. No. 844; To authorize the Governors of the States to elect to participate in the renewable fuel program. | |
| 00205 | Nay | 04-Jun | H.R. 1588 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 849 | Rejected | Dorgan Amdt. No. 849; To repeal the authorities and requirements for a base closure round in 2005. | |
| 00206 | Nay | 04-Jun | S. 14 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 851 | Rejected | Bingaman Amdt. No. 851 As Modified; To authorize the Secretary of Energy to waive the ethanol mandate on the East and West Coast in the event of a significant price increase or supply interruption. | |
| 00207 | Nay | 05-Jun | S. 14 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 853 | Rejected | Schumer Amdt No. 853; To exclude Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts I, IV, and V from the renewable fuel program. | |
| 00208 | Yea | 05-Jun | S. 14 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 856 | Rejected | Boxer Amdt. No. 856; To provide for equal liability treatment of vehicle fuels and fuel additives. | |
| 00209 | Yea | 05-Jun | S. 14 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 850 | Agreed to | Frist Amdt. No. 850 As Amended; To eliminate methyl tertiary butyl ether from the United States fuel supply, to increase production and use of renewable fuel, and to increase the Nation's energy independence. | |
| 00210 | Yea | 05-Jun | H.R. 1308 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 862 | Agreed to | Grassley Amdt. No. 862; In the nature of a substitute. | |
| 00211 | Yea | 09-Jun | PN394 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation: Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, to be U.S. Circuit Judge | |
| 00212 | Yea | 10-Jun | S. 14 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 865 | Agreed to | Dorgan Amdt. No. 865; To require that the hydrogen commercialization plan of the Department of Energy include a description of activities to support certain hydrogen technology deployment goals. | |
| 00213 | Yea | 10-Jun | S. 14 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 871 | Agreed to | Landrieu Amdt. No. 871; To reduce the dependence of the United States on imported petroleum. | |
| 00214 | Nay | X | 10-Jun | S. 14 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 875 | Rejected | Wyden Amdt. No. 875; To strike the provision relating to deployment of new nuclear power plants. |
| 00215 | Yea | 11-Jun | PN395 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Richard C. Wesley, Of New York, To Be U.S. Circuit Judge | |
| 00216 | Yea | 11-Jun | PN514 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation J. Ronnie Greer, Of Tennessee, To Be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00217 | Yea | 11-Jun | PN470 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation Mark R. Kravitz, Of Connecticut, To Be U.S. District Judge | |
| 00218 | Yea | X | 11-Jun | S. 14 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 876 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Feinstein Amdt. No. 876 As Modified; To tighten oversight of energy markets. |
| 00219 | Nay | 11-Jun | S. 14 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 881 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Bingaman Amdt. No. 881; To provide for a significant environmental review process associated with the development of Indian energy projects and to establish duties of the federal government to Indian tribes in implementing an energy development program, and for other purposes. | |
| 00220 | Yea | 11-Jun | S. 1215 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S. 1215 As Amended; Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 | |
| 00221 | Nay | X | 12-Jun | S. 14 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 884 | Rejected | Graham Amdt. No. 884; To strike the provision requiring the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an inventory and analysis of oil and natural gas resources beneath all of the waters of the outer Continental Shelf. |
| 00222 | Yea | 12-Jun | S. 824 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 893 | Agreed to | Lautenberg Amdt. No. 893; To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from transfering certain air traffic control functions to nongovernmental entities. | |
| 00223 | Nay | 12-Jun | S. 824 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 896 | Rejected | Inhofe Amdt. No. 896; To establish age limitations for airmen. | |
| 00224 | Nay | 12-Jun | S. 824 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 914 | Rejected | Lott Amdt. No. 914; To require the Administrator of the FAA to conduct a study of safety standards at foreign repair stations. | |
| 00225 | Yea | 12-Jun | H.R. 2115 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | H.R. 2115; Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act | |
| 00226 | Not Voting | 13-Jun | PN425 | On the Nomination | Confirmed | Confirmation R. Hewitt PAte, Of Virginia, To Be An Assistant Attorney General | |
| 00227 | Nay | X | 18-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 931 | Rejected | Stabenow Amdt. No. 931; To require that the Medicare plan, to be known as the Medicare Guaranteed Option, be available to all eligible beneficiaries in every year. |
| 00228 | Yea | 19-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 932 | Agreed to | Enzi Amdt. No. 932 as modified and amended; To improve disclosure requirements and to increase beneficiary choices. | |
| 00229 | Yea | 19-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 939 | Rejected | Daschle Amdt. No. 939; To ensure that an affordable plan is available in all areas. | |
| 00230 | Yea | 19-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 945 | Agreed to | Gregg Amdt. No. 945; To ensure that there is competition in the pharmaceutical industry and increased access to affordable drugs. | |
| 00231 | Yea | 20-Jun | S. 504 | On Passage of the Bill | Passed | S. 504 as amended; American History and Civics Education Act of 2003 | |
| 00232 | Yea | 20-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 946 | Agreed to | Dorgan Amdt. No. 946 as amended; To provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals. | |
| 00233 | Nay | 24-Jun | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 976 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Rockefeller Amdt. No. 976; To treat costs for covered drugs as incurred costs without regard to whether the individual or another person, including a State program or other third-party coverage, has paid for such costs. | |
| 00234 | Nay | 24-Jun | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 969 | Agreed to | Motion ot Table Dodd Amdt. No. 969; To permit continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare Prescription Drug plans and MedicareAdvantage plans until 2008. | |
| 00235 | Yea | X | 24-Jun | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 981 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Pryor Amdt. No. 981; To provide equal access to competitive global prescription medicine prices for American purchasers. |
| 00236 | Nay | 24-Jun | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1001 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Boxer Amdt. No. 1001; To eliminate the coverage gap. | |
| 00237 | Yea | 24-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 957 | Agreed to | Dayton Amdt. No. 957; To provide that prescription drug benefits for any Member of Congress who is enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, may not exceed the level of prescription drug benefits passed in the 1st session of the 108th Congress, and for other purposes. | |
| 00238 | Nay | 24-Jun | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1002 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Lincoln Amdt. No. 1002; To allow Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by requiring the same contracting cycle for fallback plans as Medicare Prescription Drug plans. | |
| 00239 | Yea | 24-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 982 | Rejected | Lautenberg Amdt. No. 982; To make prescription drug coverage available beginning on July 1, 2004. | |
| 00240 | Yea | 24-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 970 | Rejected | Dodd Amdt. No. 970; To provide 50 percent cost-sharing for a beneficiary whose income is at least 160 percent but not more thansa968 250 percent of the poverty line after the beneficiary has reached the initial coverage gap and before the beneficiary has reached the annual out-of pocket limit. | |
| 00241 | Yea | 24-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 998 | Rejected | Dodd Amdt. No. 998; To modify the amount of the direct subsidy to be provided to qualified retiree prescription drug plans. | |
| 00242 | Yea | 25-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 972 | Agreed to | Snowe-Bingaman Amdt. No. 972; To provide reimbursement for Federally qualified health centers participating in medicare manged care. | |
| 00243 | Nay | X | 25-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 985 | Rejected | Edwards Amdt. No. 985 As Modified Further; To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising. |
| 00244 | Yea | 25-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 956 | Rejected | Graham (FL) Amdt. No. 956; To provide that an eligible beneficiary is not responsible for paying the applicable percent of the monthly national average premium while the beneficiary is in the coverage gap and to sunset the bill, and for other purposes. | |
| 00245 | Nay | X | 25-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 994 | Rejected | Durbin Amdt. No. 994; To deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices. |
| 00246 | Yea | 25-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1000 | Rejected | Clinton Amdt. No. 1000; To study the comparative effectiveness and safety of important Medicare covered drugs to ensure that consumers can make meaningful comparisons about the quality and efficacy. | |
| 00247 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 991 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Harkin Amdt. No. 991 As Modified; To establish a demonstration project under the Medicaid program to encourage the provision of community-based services to individuals with disabilities. | |
| 00248 | Nay | X | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1052 | Rejected | Edwards Amdt. No. 1052; To strengthen protections for consumers against misleading direct-to-consumer drug advertising. |
| 00249 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1097 | Agreed to | McConnell Amdt. No. 1097; To protect seniors who are diagnosed with cancer from high prescription drug costs | |
| 00250 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1036 | Agreed to | Motion to Table Boxer Amdt. No. 1036; To eliminate the coverage gap for individuals with cancer. | |
| 00251 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1065 | Agreed to | Bingaman Amdt. No. 1065; To update, beginning in 2009, the asset or resource test used for purposes of determining the eligibility of low-income beneficiaries for premium and cost-sharing subsidies. | |
| 00252 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1102 | Agreed to | McConnell Amdt. No. 1102; To protect seniors with cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or Alzheimer's disease. | |
| 00253 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1108 | Agreed to | Motion To Table Durbin Amdt. NO. 1108; To provide additional assistance for certain eligible beneficiaries under part D. | |
| 00254 | Nay | X | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1103 | Rejected | Dorgan Amdt. No. 1103; To reduce aggregate beneficiary obligations by $2,400,000,000 per year beginning in 2009. |
| 00255 | Yea | X | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1092 | Agreed to | Grassley Amdt. No. 1092 as Modified; To evaluate alternative payment and delivery systems. |
| 00256 | Nay | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1011 | Rejected | Sessions Amdt. No. 1011; To express the sense of the Senate that the Committee on Finance should hold hearing regarding permitting States to provide health benefits to legal immigrants under Medicaid and SCHIP as part of the reauthorization of the temporary assistance for needy families program. | |
| 00257 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 975 | Rejected | Rockefeller Amdt. No. 975, As Modified; To make all Medicare beneficiaries eligible for Medicare prescription drug coverage. | |
| 00258 | Yea | 26-Jun | S. 1 | On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1066 | Rejected | Bingaman Amdt. No. 1066; To permit the establishment of 2 new Medigap plans for Med |