[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 26, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4405-S4409]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the 
Senate will now resume consideration of S. Con. Res. 23, which the 
clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (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.

  Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the managers of the bill are working with 
Senators Durbin and Landrieu to try to get something resolved there.
  We know Senator Warner wants to speak. He should be given whatever 
time he needs to respond to the Senator from Louisiana. But I would 
indicate that as soon as we get this resolved, and Senator Warner has a 
chance to talk, rather than going directly to the Landrieu amendment, I 
think we should go to Dayton and get that out of the way.
  In the meantime, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from 
Virginia be recognized to speak for up to 6 minutes to speak on the 
Landrieu amendment, which will be offered.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The Senator from Virginia.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I commend our distinguished colleague from

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Louisiana for bringing to the attention of the Senate the need for 
greater attention to the Guard and Reserve forces. It has been 
absolutely magnificent how they have been, in many instances, abruptly 
called from their families and their jobs and within days they are side 
by side with an active force member performing duties with commensurate 
skills and commensurate risks.
  That is the concept of the total force. It has been in place for some 
time. But, today, in this situation involving Iraq, we have seen the 
magnificence of how this total force concept is working.
  The Senator is correct; there are needs to increase the equipment, 
pay in benefits. But the amendment, as written, only goes to equipment. 
But I am glad you mentioned pay in benefits because the Armed Services 
Committee will be taking this up, first, in the context of the 
supplemental, where there will be some provisions therein to provide 
for the needs the Senator points out, and, secondly, in the annual 
review of the 2004 Presidential budget we will make corrections.
  But as the Senator knows, having served with great distinction on the 
Armed Services Committee for several years--and you are always welcome 
back, I say to the Senator--there is a fine balance between allocating 
the funds between the active and Reserve and Guard forces. And with all 
due respect to our distinguished colleague, I do not believe this 
approach you suggest at this time enables us to do the fine balance 
that we must do, first in the supplemental, and then subsequently in 
the 2004 review.
  The distinguished Senator from Georgia is our chairman of the 
Personnel Subcommittee; he will have a good deal to say about this as 
our committee reviews both. So I yield such time as I have remaining to 
my colleague from Georgia.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Georgia.
  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I thank the chairman very much for 
yielding time.
  To the Senator from Louisiana, let me say, I do not think there is 
anybody in this body who disagrees with you with respect to our need to 
look at some sort of modernization package--that is the way I refer to 
it--for our Guard and Reserve.
  I think when the Guard and Reserve were created decades ago, nobody 
ever anticipated they would be called to active duty as many times as 
they have been called over the last 10 years. We do need a 
modernization package.
  Now, the Senator from Louisiana has this amendment which applies to 
increasing hardware purchases for our Guard and Reserve. That is great. 
We need that, certainly. But there are some additional things I think 
we need to do immediately.
  We are not going to send anybody into harm's way--Active-Duty, Guard, 
or Reserve--who is not properly equipped. But we have families of those 
guardsmen and reservists who are at home now who need to be taken care 
of.
  For the Senator's information, I will tell you, we have a series of 
bills, some of which I think will reach the floor at the end of this 
week, in which we are going to be dealing with benefits, both from the 
standpoint of pay and additional benefits, such as commissary use, and 
any number of other benefits for the families of those individuals.
  Over the next several weeks, we are going to have, through the normal 
process, an additional benefits package, that is a modernization 
package, where we look at health care benefits, and where we look at 
long-term retirement benefits for our Guard and Reserve. Because, in my 
home State, we now have the 116th Guard Wing, the Air Control Wings at 
Robbins Air Force Base, where the Guard has been blended into the 
active force.
  Our Guard folks, today, as we sit here and speak, are flying the 
Joint Stars Airplane weapon system in Iraq. It is critically important 
that we continue to look after our Guard and Reserve. And I think there 
is an ongoing series of packages that are going to be coming forward 
that are more necessary at the present time than what the Senator from 
Louisiana is asking for here.
  But I look forward to working with the Senator to try to do that long 
term.
  Ms. LANDRIEU. Will the Senator yield?
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Virginia has 1\1/
2\ minutes.
  Mr. WARNER. Fine. I thank my colleague from Georgia.
  I say to our colleagues from Louisiana and Georgia, those Guard and 
Reserve that are now reporting for duty and are integrating with our 
active forces are, by and large, using that equipment which is in the 
regular force structure, the equipment which they use having been left 
at home at their various training centers in the several States. So at 
this time I believe the equipment to which you refer is that which will 
be kept in the respective States for the purpose of training.
  So I wish to point out that our Guard and Reserve do have the best of 
equipment. It is available; namely, that of our active forces today.
  Will the Senator not concur?
  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Without question. Nobody is going to be sent into 
harm's way without being properly equipped.
  Ms. LANDRIEU. Will the Senator yield for a moment?
  Mr. WARNER. I will leave it to the managers.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, Parliamentary inquiry: How much time 
remains?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Twenty-five seconds.
  Ms. LANDRIEU. I will take those 25 seconds, if I could.
  Mr. President, I thank the leadership for this discussion. I think it 
has been helpful. I look forward to working with my colleagues to 
fashion a remedy. But at the appropriate time, I will insist on a vote 
on this amendment because in order for us to put a budget together, we 
have to have some money reserved for all of these changes that we are 
talking about.
  I hope, over the course of the day, we can come to some resolution so 
that the Guard and Reserve can depend on something in this budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time has expired.
  Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Murkowski). The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. CONRAD. I yield to the Senator from Minnesota, Mr. Dayton, for 
the purpose of offering an amendment.


                           Amendment No. 409

  Mr. DAYTON. Madam President, I call up amendment No. 409.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Dayton] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 409.

  Mr. DAYTON. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that further 
reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

 (Purpose: To provide full and mandatory funding for IDEA beginning in 
                                FY 2004)

     SEC. 1. FINDINGS.

       The Senate finds that: Twenty-eight years ago, the Federal 
     Government promised to pay for 40 percent of the additional 
     cost of special education. Presently, the Federal share is 
     only 17.6 percent. The Nation's school districts cannot 
     afford such a large unfunded mandate. Thus, it is imperative 
     that Congress increase IDEA funding to the long-promised 40 
     percent share.

     SEC. 2.

       On page 3 line 10, increase the amount by $792,000,000.
       On page 3, line 11, increase the amount by $25,771,000,000.
       On page 3, line 12, increase the amount by $38,503,000,000.
       On page 3, line 13, increase the amount by $41,764,000,000.
       On page 3, line 14, increase the amount by $43,121,000,000.
       On page 3, line 15, increase the amount by $44,515,000,000.
       On page 3, line 16, increase the amount by $45,912,000,000.
       On page 3, line 17, increase the amount by $47,316,000,000.
       On page 3, line 18, increase the amount by $48,731,000,000.
       On page 3, line 19, increase the amount by $50,129,000,000.
       On page 4, line 1, increase the amount by $792,000,000.

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       On page 4, line 2, increase the amount by $25,771,000,000.
       On page 4, line 3, increase the amount by $38,503,000,000.
       On page 4, line 4, increase the amount by $41,764,000,000.
       On page 4, line 5, increase the amount by $43,121,000,000.
       On page 4, line 6, increase the amount by $44,515,000,000.
       On page 4, line 7, increase the amount by $45,912,000,000.
       On page 4, line 8, increase the amount by $47,316,000,000.
       On page 4, line 9, increase the amount by $48,731,000,000.
       On page 4, line 10, increase the amount by $50,129,000,000.
       On page 4, line 15, increase the amount by $19,797,000,000.
       On page 4, line 16, increase the amount by $20,103,000,000.
       On page 4, line 17, increase the amount by $19,903,000,000.
       On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by $19,417,000,000.
       On page 4, line 19, increase the amount by $18,837,000,000.
       On page 4, line 20, increase the amount by $18,416,000,000.
       On page 4, line 21, increase the amount by $17,347,000,000.
       On page 4, line 22, increase the amount by $16,435,000,000.
       On page 4, line 23, increase the amount by $15,382,000,000.
       On page 4, line 24, increase the amount by $14,179,000,000.
       On page 5, line 5, increase the amount by $389,000,000.
       On page 5, line 6, increase the amount by $12,533,000,000.
       On page 5, line 7, increase the amount by $18,013,000,000.
       On page 5, line 8, increase the amount by $18,482,000,000.
       On page 5, line 9, increase the amount by $17,873,000,000.
       On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by $17,182,000,000.
       On page 5, line 11, increase the amount by $16,377,000,000.
       On page 5, line 12, increase the amount by $15,457,000,000.
       On page 5, line 13, increase the amount by $14,418,000,000.
       On page 5 line 14, increase the amount by $13,239,000,000.
       On page 5, line 18, increase the amount by $403,000,000.
       On page 5, line 19, increase the amount by $13,239,000,000.
       On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by $20,489,000,000.
       On page 5, line 21, increase the amount by $23,283,000,000.
       On page 5, line 22, increase the amount by $25,248,000,000.
       On page 5, line 23, increase the amount by $27,333,000,000.
       On page 5, line 24, increase the amount by $29,535,000,000.
       On page 5, line 25, increase the amount by $31,859,000,000.
       On page 6, line 1, increase the amount by $34,313,000,000.
       On page 6, line 2, increase the amount by $36,890,000,000.
       On page 6, line 6, decrease the amount by $403,000,000.
       On page 6, line 7, decrease the amount by $13,642,000,000.
       On page 6, line 8, decrease the amount by $34,131,000,000.
       On page 6, line 8, decrease the amount by $57,414,000,000.
       On page 6, line 10, decrease the amount by $82,662,000,000.
       On page 6, line 11, decrease the amount by 
     $109,995,000,000.
       On page 6, line 12, decrease the amount by 
     $139,529,000,000.
       On page 6, line 13, decrease the amount by 
     $171,388,000,000.
       On page 6, line 14, decrease the amount by 
     $205,701,000,000.
       On page 6, line 15, decrease the amount by 
     $242,591,000,000.
       On page 6, line 19, decrease the amount by $403,000,000.
       On page 6, line 20, decrease the amount by $13,642,000,000.
       On page 6, line 21, decrease the amount by $34,131,000,000.
       On page 6, line 22, decrease the amount by $57,414,000,000.
       On page 6, line 23, decrease the amount by $82,662,000,000.
       On page 6, line 24, decrease the amount by 
     $109,995,000,000.
       On page 6, line 25, decrease the amount by 
     $139,529,000,000.
       On page 7, line 1, decrease the amount by $171,388,000,000.
       On page 7, line 2, decrease the amount by $205,701,000,000.
       On page 7, line 3, decrease the amount by $242,591,000,000.
       On page 25, line 16, increase the amount by 
     $19,804,000,000.
       On page 25, line 17, increase the amount by $396,000,000.
       On page 25, line 20, increase the amount by 
     $20,456,000,000.
       On page 25, line 21, increase the amount by 
     $12,886,000,000.
       On page 25, line 24, increase the amount by 
     $21,141,000,000.
       On page 25, line 25, increase the amount by 
     $19,251,000,000.
       On page 26, line 3, increase the amount by $21,817,000,000.
       On page 26, line 4, increase the amount by $20,882,000,000.
       On page 26, line 7, increase the amount by $22,525,000,000.
       On page 26, line 8, increase the amount by $21,560,000,000.
       On page 26, line 11, increase the amount by 
     $23,221,000,000.
       On page 26, line 12, increase the amount by 
     $22,257,000,000.
       On page 26, line 15, increase the amount by 
     $23,925,000,000.
       On page 26, line 16, increase the amount by 
     $22,956,000,000.
       On page 26, line 19, increase the amount by 
     $24,635,000,000.
       On page 26, line 20, increase the amount by 
     $23,658,000,000.
       On page 26, line 23, increase the amount by 
     $25,329,000,000.
       On page 26, line 24, increase the amount by 
     $24,366,000,000.
       On page 27, line 2, increase the amount by $26,005,000,000.
       On page 27, line 3, increase the amount by $25,064,000,000.
       On page 40, line 6, decrease the amount by $7,000,000.
       On page 40, line 7, decrease the amount by $7,000,000.
       On page 40, line 10, decrease the amount by $353,000,000.
       On page 40, line 11, decrease the amount by $353,000,000.
       On page 40, line 14, decrease the amount by $1,238,000,000.
       On page 40, line 15, decrease the amount by $1,238,000,000.
       On page 40, line 18, decrease the amount by $2,400,000,000.
       On page 40, line 19, decrease the amount by $2,400,000,000.
       On page 40, line 22, decrease the amount by $3,687,000,000.
       On page 40, line 23, decrease the amount by $3,687,000,000.
       On page 41, line 2, decrease the amount by $5,076,000,000.
       On page 41, line 3, decrease the amount by $5,076,000,000.
       On page 41, line 6, decrease the amount by $6,579,000,000.
       On page 41, line 7, decrease the amount by $6,579,000,000.
       On page 41, line 10, decrease the amount by $8,201,000,000.
       On page 41, line 11, decrease the amount by $8,201,000,000.
       On page 41, line 14, decrease the amount by $9,947,000,000.
       On page 41, line 15, decrease the amount by $9,947,000,000.
       On page 41, line 18, decrease the amount by 
     $11,826,000,000.
       On page 41, line 19, decrease the amount by 
     $11,826,000,000.
       Strike Section 211.

  Mr. DAYTON. Madam President, this amendment increases spending for 
America's schoolchildren and reduces the tax cut for millionaires. That 
should not be controversial. It finally fulfills the promise Congress 
made 28 years ago that we would pay for 40 percent of special education 
costs and would do so starting in fiscal year 2004.
  The President deserves great credit for proposing, and Congress for 
passing, increased special education funding. We have raised the 
Federal share to 17 percent nationwide, but that is still less than 
half of what we promised. It is good, but it is not enough.
  We have increased spending for defense and homeland security in the 
last couple years, and when that wasn't enough, we increased it more. 
We responded to urgent needs. For once, let's meet an urgent need that 
isn't military. Last year's increase for special education was only 2 
percent of that for the Department of Defense. We can afford to do 
more.
  The need is so urgent that surely we can postpone half of the tax cut 
going to the richest Americans. The President's proposal would give 
people whose annual incomes exceed $1 million tax cuts averaging 
$85,000 every year. That is in addition to the $45,000 they are already 
getting each year from the 2001 tax bill.
  So who comes first, schoolchildren or millionaires? Yes, it is a vote 
for our children.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire is recognized.
  Mr. GREGG. Madam President, I rise in opposition to the amendment. We 
seem to have had an intermission on the issue of spending, but the 
curtain has risen again. This amendment sets a new standard, quite 
honestly.
  We increased IDEA spending by 24 percent in this bill in 1 year, and 
380 percent since 1996. What this amendment would do is increase IDEA 
spending by 250 percent in 1 year, $229 billion over 10 years. In fact, 
the way the amendment is drafted, the Federal Government would now be 
paying not 40 percent of the cost of IDEA; it is on

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a glidepath--under the amendments that were already accepted, the 
Federal Government would be paying 60 percent of the cost of IDEA, 
which is 20 percent over what we committed to as a government. Now, 
that is absurd.
  At some point, this spending simply has to be brought under control. 
At some point, we have to recognize that what is happening here is not 
an attempt to have fiscal responsibility or proper budgeting but simply 
to put forward a show.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota is recognized.
  Mr. CONRAD. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 409.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), is 
necessarily absent.
  I also announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), is absent 
attending a funeral.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there are other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 28, nays 70, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 103 Leg.]

                                YEAS--28

     Akaka
     Boxer
     Byrd
     Cantwell
     Clinton
     Corzine
     Daschle
     Dayton
     Dodd
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Feingold
     Harkin
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Mikulski
     Murray
     Pryor
     Reed
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Stabenow

                                NAYS--70

     Alexander
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Campbell
     Carper
     Chafee
     Chambliss
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Conrad
     Cornyn
     Craig
     Crapo
     DeWine
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Graham (FL)
     Graham (SC)
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Nickles
     Reid
     Roberts
     Santorum
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Talent
     Thomas
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Biden
     Miller
       
  The amendment (No. 409) was rejected.


                             Change of Vote

  Mrs. CLINTON. Madam President, on rollcall vote No. 103, I voted no. 
It was my intention to vote aye. Therefore, I ask unanimous consent 
that I be permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the 
outcome.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The foregoing tally has been changed to reflect the above order.)
  Mr. NICKLES. Madam President, for the information of our colleagues, 
we are making progress a little slower today than we would like. But 
yesterday we had 23 rollcall votes. We had 13 voice votes. So we 
disposed of a lot of amendments, a lot of resolutions yesterday. We 
only have a few remaining for today.
  I thank a couple of my colleagues, particularly Senator Warner, 
Senator Durbin, and Senator Landrieu, because they have been able to 
work out a couple of amendments, probably saving us two or three 
rollcall votes. So I appreciate their cooperation. Shortly we will be 
accepting a couple of other amendments that I believe will be offered 
by the Senator from California and the Senator from Michigan. So we are 
making progress and we will make our 4 o'clock final vote. I just 
wanted to mention that to our colleagues.
  We will shortly be voting on the amendment of the Senator from 
Massachusetts, dealing with AIDS.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, Senator Biden was necessarily absent on 
the last vote as a result of attending a funeral. I want the Record to 
reflect that.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona.


                             Change Of Vote

  Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, on rollcall vote No. 94, amendment 413, 
I voted yea. It was my intention to vote nay. I ask unanimous consent I 
be permitted to change my vote, since it will not affect the outcome of 
the vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Amendment No. 383, As Modified

  Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I now yield to the Senator from 
California, Senator Boxer, for the purpose of presenting an amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.
  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I call up amendment No. 383. I ask 
unanimous consent to modify it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order, please.
  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I call up amendment No. 383 having to do 
with afterschool activities and ask unanimous consent to modify my 
amendment, deleting finding No. 5 in the amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 383) as modified, is as follows:

    (Purpose: To ensure that the number of children in after-school 
                      programs does not decrease)

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __ . FUNDING FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) Studies show that organized extracurricular activities, 
     such as after-school programs, reduce crime, drug use, and 
     teenage pregnancy.
       (2) According to the FBI, youth are most at risk for 
     committing violent acts and being victims of violent crimes 
     between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.--after school is out and before 
     parents arrive home.
       (3) There remains a great need for after-school programs. 
     The Census Bureau reported that at least 8 to 15 million 
     children have no place to go after school is out.
       (4) Current funding for after-school programs provide 
     almost 1.4 million children across the country a safe and 
     enriching place to go after school instead of being home 
     alone.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the levels in this resolution assume that funding for 
     21st Century Community Learning Centers is at least enough to 
     ensure the number of children participating in after-school 
     programs does not decrease.

  Mrs. BOXER. I thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for 
agreeing to this sense-of-the-Senate amendment. I will be very brief in 
explaining it.
  The budget before us assumes a cut of 40 percent in afterschool 
programs. This is a program that both sides of the aisle have been very 
involved in crafting, watching the number of children grow in the 
program.
  We know from the FBI the greatest number of juvenile crimes occur 
after school. We also know mentoring is working in these afterschool 
programs. We do not want to see 570,000 kids kicked out of the valuable 
program, so this sense of the Senate simply is actually a plea that it 
not occur, and at the minimum we provide afterschool slots for the 
current number of children who are in those programs right now, 1.4 
million children.
  I ask at this time the amendment be unanimously agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.
  Mr. NICKLES. Madam President, I thank our colleague from California. 
We have no objection to her sense-of-the-Senate amendment.
  Mrs. BOXER. I ask for a vote on the amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The amendment (No. 383), as modified, was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.
  Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I yield to the Senator from 
Massachusetts, Senator Kerry, to address amendment No. 281.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts.


                           Amendment No. 281

  Mr. KERRY. I call up amendment No. 281.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry], for himself, 
     Mr. Kohl, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Daschle, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 281.

  Mr. KERRY. I ask unanimous consent that Senators Kohl, Lautenberg,

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Daschle, and Boxer be added as cosponsors and the reading of the 
amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The amendment is printed in the Record of Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 
under ``Text of Amendments.'')
  Mr. KERRY. As all of us know, there are 42 million people living with 
AIDS worldwide. The Senate has addressed this issue previously, but the 
amount of money annually allocated falls short of the promises almost 
every single year. We have been working in the Senate Foreign Relations 
Committee to develop bipartisan legislation. What I ask our colleagues 
to do today is to provide the amount of money that we will authorize in 
that legislation, in order to combat the AIDS epidemic. It simply 
increases the funding level included in the budget resolution to match 
the spending levels that will be in the authorization bill by $800 
million.
  In addition, I tell all my colleagues, this is completely in line 
with the legislation Senator Frist and I wrote and put together and 
that the Senate passed last year. So it is not a change; it is what we 
did before, but it meets the promise of the Senate and does not fall 
short. It also dedicates $800 million for deficit reduction.
  I ask my colleagues to help us fulfill a promise that has been too 
long in coming.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. FRIST. Madam President, we adopted an amendment yesterday, 
offered by the distinguished chairman of the Foreign Relations 
Committee, Senator Lugar, to restore spending to international affairs 
programs next year by over $1.1 billion, from the committee's level. 
The bipartisan Lugar-Biden level would fund the President's proposal 
next year for global AIDS prevention. The resolution now accommodates 
$15 billion in spending over the next 5 years for those countries 
hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This is the largest commitment 
made by any country in the world to address this specific problem.
  This administration is taking a very bold step, which we support, to 
combat HIV/AIDS. I therefore rise in opposition to the Kerry amendment 
which would increase by nearly 80 percent the amount of money provided 
by this function of the budget. It would also increase taxes by nearly 
$1.6 billion, further undermining the growth package now assumed in the 
resolution.
  I have been working with Senator Lugar and others on this important 
issue and will devote my full resources to the effort to combat the 
scourge of HIV/AIDS.
  Mr. NICKLES. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be added to 
the amendment as a cosponsor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. NICKLES. I ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 281. The clerk will call 
the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. I ask unanimous consent this vote be limited to 10 
minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. Reid: I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), is 
necessarily absent.
  I also announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), is 
attending a family funeral.
  The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 51, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 104 Leg.]

                                YEAS--47

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Byrd
     Cantwell
     Carper
     Clinton
     Conrad
     Corzine
     Daschle
     Dayton
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Graham (FL)
     Harkin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Mikulski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Stabenow
     Wyden

                                NAYS--51

     Alexander
     Allard
     Allen
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Chambliss
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Craig
     Crapo
     DeWine
     Dole
     Domenici
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Graham (SC)
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kyl
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Roberts
     Santorum
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Talent
     Thomas
     Voinovich
     Warner

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Biden
     Miller
       
  The amendment (No. 281) was rejected.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. CONRAD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hagel). The Senator from Oklahoma.

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