[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 9, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D778-D779]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Wednesday, July 9, 2003

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House passed H.R. 2211, Ready to Teach Act.
      House passed H.R. 438, Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act.
      House passed H.R. 2657, Legislative Branch Appropriations for FY 
      2004.
      House Committees ordered reported 14 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9061-S9160
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1379-
1385.
  Pages S9118-19
Measures Reported:
  S. 1382, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.
  S. 1383, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004.
Page S9118
Patients First Act: Senate continued 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 S9061-83
  During consideration of the motion to proceed to the consideration of 
this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
  By 49 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 264), 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 motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Page S9083
State Department Authorization: Senate began consideration of S. 925, 
to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and 
international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the 
Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S9086-89
Adopted:
  Lugar/Biden Amendment No. 1139 (to Amendment No. 1136), to make 
certain improvements to the bill.
Pages S9092-93
  Brownback Amendment No. 1138 (to Amendment No. 1136), to allow North 
Koreans to apply for refugee status or asylum.
Pages S9093-94
  Boxer Amendment No. 1141 (to Amendment No. 1136), to prohibit the 
application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign 
nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (By 43 
yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 267), Senate earlier failed to table the 
amendment.)
Pages S9095-S9104
  Brownback Amendment No. 1145 (to Amendment No. 1136), to provide 
support for democracy in Iran.
Pages S9105-07
  Allen Amendment No. 1144 (to Amendment No. 1136), to enhance efforts 
to combat the piracy of United States copyrighted materials. 
                                                         Pages S9108-11
Pending:
  Lugar Amendment No. 1136, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S9086-89
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 1135 (to Amendment No. 1136), to provide 
justice for Marine victims of terror.
Pages S9107-08
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 10, 2003. 
                                                             Page S9160
Child Tax Credit: The motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 
1162, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to accelerate the 
increase in the refundability of the child tax credit was made. 
                                                             Page S9094
  During consideration of the motion to proceed to the consideration of 
this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
  By 51 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 266), Senate tabled the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill.
Pages S9094-95

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Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 
2004 Budget Request Act; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (PM-
43)
Page S9116
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 54 yeas 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 265), Victor J. Wolski, of Virginia, 
to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term 
of fifteen years.
Pages S9083-84, S9160
  Susan G. Braden, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  Charles F. Lettow, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  Mary Ellen Coster Williams, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years. 
                                                             Page S9160
Messages From the House:
  Page S9116
Measures Referred:
  Pages S9116-17
Executive Communications:
  Pages S9117-18
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9119-20
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9120-25
Additional Statements:
  Page S9116
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S9125
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S9159-60
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S9160
Record Votes: Four record vote's were taken today. (Total-267) 
                                        Pages S9083-84, S9094-95, S9104
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:56 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 10, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9160.)