[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 98 (Monday, July 7, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D762]
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                                                    Monday, July 7, 2003

[[Page D762]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate passed H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization 
      Act.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8869-S8999
Measures Introduced: Four resolutions were submitted, as follows: S. Res. 
192-195.                                                          
  Page S8895
Measure Passed:
  Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act: Pursuant to the order of 
June 26, 2003, Senate passed H.R. 1, to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the 
Medicare program and to strengthen and improve the Medicare program, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof, the 
text of S. 1, Senate companion measure, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                                
  Pages S8898-S8997
  Frist Amendment No. 1134, to amend the title of the bill.       
Page S8898
  Senate insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the House 
thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on 
the part of the Senate: Senators Grassley, Hatch, Nickles, Frist, Kyl, 
Baucus, Rockefeller, Daschle, and Breaux.                         
Page S8898
  Subsequently, the June 26, 2003, passage of S. 1 was vitiated and the bill 
was then returned to the Senate calendar.                         
Page S8997
Patients First Act: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. 11, to protect patients' access to quality and 
affordable health care by reducing the effects of excessive liability costs.
                                                    Pages S8871-93, S8893-94
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Wednesday, July 9, 2003. 
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  Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill on Tuesday, July 8, 2003.
Kasold Nomination: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Bruce E. 
Kasold, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for 
Veterans Claims.                                                  
  Page S8893
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James G. Roche, of Maryland, to be Secretary of the Army.
  Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during her 
tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the 
Human Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations.
  Donald K. Steinberg, of California, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Nigeria.
  Federico Lawrence Rocha, of California, to be United States Marshal for 
the Northern District of California for the term of four years.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army.                                  
Pages S8997-99
Messages From the House:                                          
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Measures Held Over/Under Rule:                                    
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Enrolled Bills Presented:                                         
  Page S8895
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S8895-97
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                       
  Page S8897
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S8894-95
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Pages S8897-98
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                     
  Page S8898
Adjournment: Senate met at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 7:16 p.m., until 9:30 
a.m., on Tuesday, July 8, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8997.)