[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 28, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D61-D62]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, January 28, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House and Senate met in Joint Session to Receive the State of 
      the Union Address from President George W. Bush.
      The House passed H.J. Res. 13, making further continuing 
      appropriations for the fiscal year 2003.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1499-S1688
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 219-228, and S. Res. 26.                         
  Page S1668
Measures Passed:
  State of the Union Address: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 12, 
providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the 
President on the State of the Union.                         
  Page S1657
  Commending Tampa Bay Buccaneers Football Team: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 26, commending the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team for winning 
Super Bowl XXXVII.                                           
  Page S1686
Appropriations Amendments Modified--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that it be in order, notwithstanding 
passage of H.J. Res. 2, Omnibus Appropriations Resolution (passed by 
the Senate on Thursday, January 23, 2003), that in the engrossment of 
the joint resolution, that Senate amendments numbered 139, 166, 172, 
and 186, be further modified.                            
  Pages S1509-12
Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Presiding Officer of the Senate be authorized to 
appoint a committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like 
committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort the 
President of the United States into the House Chamber for the joint 
session to be held tonight, Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 9 p.m. 
                                                             Page S1657
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, the Report on the State of the Union; ordered to lie on 
the table. (PM-1)                                        
Pages S1663-67
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  William H. Donaldson, of New York, to be a Member of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 
2007.
  Claudia Puig, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 
2008.
  Clay Johnson III, of Texas, to be Deputy Director for Management, 
Office of Management and Budget.
  Leonardo M. Rapadas, of Guam, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Guam and concurrently United States Attorney for the 
District of the Northern Mariana Islands for the term of four years.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Coast Guard, Foreign Service. 
                                                         Pages S1687-88
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  Claudia Puig, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the remainder of the term 
expiring January 31, 2006, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 
2003.                                                        
Page S1688
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S1667
Measures Read First Time:                                    
  Page S1667
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1667-68
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S1669
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1669-85
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1662-63

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Text of H.J. Res. 2, as Previously Passed:            
  Pages S1512-S1642
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S1685
Authority for Committees to Meet:                        
  Pages S1685-86
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S1686
Adjournment: Senate met at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 10:09 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Wednesday, January 29, 2003. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1686.)