[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 18, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D250-D251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Tuesday, March 18, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to S. Res. 93, Commending Jeri Thomson.
      Senate agreed to S. Res. 94, Commending Alfonso C. Lenhardt.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3815-S3911
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 637-655, S.J. Res. 10-11, and S. Res. 92-94.
                                                         Pages S3881-82
Measures Reported:
  Reported on Friday, March 14, during the adjournment of the Senate:
  S. Con. Res. 23, setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 
2005 through 2013.
Page S3881
Measures Passed:
   Columbia Orbiter Memorial Act: Senate passed S. 628, to require the 
construction at Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial to the crew 
of the Columbia Orbiter.
  Page S3909
  Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony: Committee on Rules and Administration 
was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 40, 
permitting the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part 
of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the 
Holocaust, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S3909-10
  Commending Jeri Thomson: Senate agreed to S. Res. 93, commending Jeri 
Thomson for her service to the United States Senate.
  Page S3910
  Commending Alfonso C. Lenhardt: Senate agreed to S. Res. 94, 
commending Alfonso C. Lenhardt for his service to the United States 
Senate.
  Page S3910
Congressional Budget Resolution: Senate continued consideration of S. 
Con. Res. 23, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 
2013, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S3815-26, S3834-74
Rejected:
  Conrad Amendment 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. (By 57 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 58), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S3841-54, S3854-55
Pending:
  Boxer Amendment No. 272, to prevent consideration of drilling in the 
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a fast-track budget reconciliation 
bill.
Pages S3855-74
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 43 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 57), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 305 (b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 with respect to Conrad Amendment 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. Subsequently, a point of order that the 
amendment was not germane to the Budget Resolution was sustained, and 
the amendment thus fell.
Pages S3815-26, S3834-41, S3854
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the resolution at 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 19, 
2003; provided further that there be 30 hours left for debate on the 
resolution with 15 hours remaining under the control of the Chairman of 
the Committee on the Budget and 15 hours remaining under the control of 
the Ranking Member.
Page S3910

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Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Miguel A. 
Estrada, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit.
  Pages S3826-34
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 56), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the nomination. 
                                                             Page S3834
Appointment:
  Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276h-276k, as amended, appointed 
Senator Dodd as Vice Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the Mexico-
U.S. Interparliamentary Group conference during the 108th Congress. 
                                                             Page S3910
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Ellen L. Weintraub, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal 
Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2007. (Prior to this 
action, Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged from 
further consideration of the nomination.)
  Michael E. Toner, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2007. (Prior 
to this action, Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged 
from further consideration of the nomination.)
Pages S3910, S3911
Messages From the House:
  Pages S3879-80
Executive Communications:
  Pages S3880-81
Petitions and Memorials:
  Page S3881
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3882-83
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S3883-S3903
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3877-79
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3903-08
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S3908-09
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Page S3909
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S3909
Record Vote: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--58) 
                                              Pages S3834, S3854, S3855
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:51 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 19, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S3910-
11.)