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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 -- (Senate - March 21, 2003)Page: S4226
Mr. REID. On behalf of Senator Conrad, we yield time to the Senator...
AMENDMENT NO. 299
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, the first vote will be on the amendment that I...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, the two leaders have agreed the second vote should...
Mr. NICKLES. I have no objection.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, just for the information of our colleagues, we will...
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Mr. NICKLES. We have to decide, are we going to have individual Senators come...
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the amendment offered...
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Mr. SCHUMER. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. MILLER) is...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I thank my colleagues. That is the first vote. We...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, so we can alert colleagues to what we are faced with...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
MEASURES PLACED ON CALENDAR--H.R. 5, H.R. 975, H.R. 1047, AND H.R. 1308
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I understand there are four bills at the desk which...
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Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order to read...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to...
Mr. NICKLES. I thank the Chair.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I believe the next amendment in order is the...
AMENDMENT NO. 369
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk.
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the...
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, this amendment will increase the fiscal year 2003...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, while the two managers are listening, we do not yet...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I would like to...
Mr. REID. Not this vote right now.
Mr. NICKLES. For the 10 votes we have ordered, not necessarily for every vote...
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Mr. REID. That is fine.
Mr. NICKLES. I believe the Senator from New York wants to speak on the amendment.
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I am surprised at and happy to support the Cochran...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, for the information of our colleagues, this will be...
Mr. NICKLES. I ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment.
Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. FRIST) is...
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. DASCHLE)...
Mr. COCHRAN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. NICKLES. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I inquire of the Parliamentarian how long that...
Mr. NICKLES. For the information of colleagues, the majority leader and...
AMENDMENT NO. 270
Mr. FEINGOLD. This amendment, which I offer with Senators CORZINE, DURBIN,...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I urge our colleagues to vote no on this amendment....
Mr. NICKLES. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. MILLER) is...
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I enter a motion to reconsider the last vote.
AMENDMENT NO. 300
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Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, my amendment establishes a reserve fund for...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, today, as the hearts and minds of all Americans...
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Mr. NICKLES. I urge my colleagues to vote no on the amendment. This is a good...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. MILLER) is...
AMENDMENT NO. 265
Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of...
Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, if you turn to page 6 of the budget, you will see...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment....
Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I rise today to voice my disagreement with the...
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Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. MILLER) is...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, the next two amendments that are in order are the...
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I will be very quick. Senator Crapo and I...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the Sarbanes...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I yield to the Senator from Idaho for his amendment.
AMENDMENT NO. 317
Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I also appreciate Senator Sarbanes and the...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I am not sure we called up the Crapo amendment. We...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Crapo-Sarbanes...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, may we hear the reading of the amendment?
Mr. BYRD. Or reading can be dispensed with. We have not heard the reading of...
Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I am pleased to be a cosponsor of the amendment...
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Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, the President ignored this request.
Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, the committee responded and provided a slight...
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Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I support my friend's amendment to increase Federal...
Mr. SARBANES. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. NICKLES. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I thank both our colleagues. We just saved at least...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I, too, thank our colleagues. Maybe this serves as a...
AMENDMENT NO. 376
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
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Mr. CONRAD. I thank the Chair. Mr. President, this amendment moves to keep the...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I rise to pledge my continued support for the...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, over the last 4 years, especially over the last 2...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. MILLER) is...
Mr. GREGG. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
AMENDMENT NO. 377
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask that my amendment be reported.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
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Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, this amendment represents another significant...
Mr. CONRAD. I yield time to the Senator from Iowa.
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, this amendment is as phony as a $3 bill. It provides...
Mr. GREGG. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. MILLER), is...
CHANGE OF VOTE
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, on rollcall vote No. 71, I voted nay. It was my...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, for the information of our colleagues, we will soon...
Mr. SARBANES. A lunch break.
AMENDMENT NO. 349
Ms. MIKULSKI. I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed...
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Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, my amendment would give a tax credit up to $5,000...
Mr. NICKLES. Go ahead.
Mr. GRASSLEY. I yield myself time.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Georgia (Mr. MILLER) is...
Mr. REID. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DORGAN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, the managers of the bill asked that I maintain the...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I thank the Chair. And I thank my distinguished...
SPRINGTIME
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, normally when there are speeches given not on the...
Mr. BYRD. I thank the distinguished Senator from Nevada.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, we are going to be in a quorum call unless someone has...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, we have tentatively agreed on an outline for...
Mr. REID. Will my friend yield?
Mr. NICKLES. I will be happy to yield.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I think the two managers of this bill have been fair...
Mr. NICKLES. I concur.
AMENDMENT NO. 381
Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk and ask for its...
Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
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Mrs. CLINTON. Earlier today, the Senate passed an amendment offered by Senator...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, for this list of amendments I have outlined, I ask...
Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, earlier today, the Senate passed an amendment...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I do not know when we can say enough is enough. We...
AMENDMENT NO. 385
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, my understanding is that I am next on the list.
Mr. DORGAN. My understanding is I am next on the list to offer an amendment. If...
Mr. DORGAN. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be...
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Mr. DORGAN. This amendment adds $1.019 billion to the total amount in the bill...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I am voting against Senator DORGAN's...
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Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I rise today to express my strong support for the...
Mr. NICKLES. I urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment. I think this is...
Mr. DORGAN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote on the Dorgan...
Mr. LEAHY. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENTS NOS. 328 AND 282, EN BLOC
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up and pass...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, there is no objection on this side.
Mr. WYDEN. Very briefly, amendment No. 328 is a bipartisan amendment that...
Mr. KYL. Mr. Senator, let me add to the comments of my colleague from Oregon. I...
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AMENDMENT NO. 339, AS MODIFIED
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, the next amendment we will have will be by the...
Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to modify the amendment and...
Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, we have worked in a bipartisan fashion. This...
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Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, it is my belief that if this amendment passed, we...
Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I make a point of order. I understood that the...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there be 5 minutes on...
Mr. BREAUX. I thank the distinguished chairman. I apologize for the...
Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, our amendment is straightforward, responsible and...
Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise today in support of the Breaux amendment to S....
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to reject the...
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Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I rise to discuss an amendment offered by my good...
Mr. NICKLES. I yield 2 1/2 minutes to the chairman of the Finance Committee.
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, obviously we need to be very bold in our response...
Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I yield the remainder of my time to the Senator from...
Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I want to share with my colleagues the fact that...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, how much time remains?
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment....
Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I will conclude my comments on this amendment by...
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Mr. BREAUX. I will not yield my time back. I have 2 other cosponsors who would...
Ms. SNOWE. I want to make a couple of points. This amendment is...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I have two additional points: One, we have never...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, most individuals in this body support some size of...
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I compliment the chairman of the Budget Committee....
Mr. NICKLES. I yield the remainder of my time to the Senator from New Mexico.
Mr. DOMENICI. How much time is that, Mr. President?
Mr. DOMENICI. I thank the Senator. First, I believe we have an excellent...
AMENDMENT NO. 386 TO AMENDMENT NO. 339, AS MODIFIED
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the desk.
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the...
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Mr. HARKIN. I ask for 1 minute.
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, my amendment simply holds the size of the tax cut to...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute in...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, for the information of our colleagues, we have had...
Mr. HARKIN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. NICKLES. I make the motion to table the Harkin amendment.
Mr. NICKLES. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. NICKLES. I ask for the yeas and nays.
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Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. CRAIG. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, in our list of amendments that we are working on,...
Mr. NICKLES. Does the Senator from West Virginia have the amendment? If not, we...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call...
AMENDMENT NO. 387
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I have an amendment. I send the amendment to the desk.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, may we have order in the Senate?
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, the budget resolution currently before the Senate cuts...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I will vote in favor of the Byrd amendment to the...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I urge our colleagues to vote no on this amendment....
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LAUTENBERG. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 311, AS MODIFIED
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 311. I send a modification...
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I have offered this amendment on behalf of myself,...
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Mr. KENNEDY. I have talked to the floor manager of the bill, and I hope he will...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I appreciate the modification that my friend and...
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. NICKLES. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. NICKLES. I believe under the order that was established, Senator...
Mr. BIDEN. I have a modified version of amendment No. 278 that I will send to...
Mr. NICKLES. If the Senator will yield, I don't know that I have seen that...
Mr. BIDEN. I believe the modification has been cleared by staff. I may be...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I inquire of the Senator, is it No. 278 or No. 273?
Mr. BIDEN. Amendment No. 278.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I believe the Senator from Delaware has an amendment.
Mr. BIDEN. Parliamentary inquiry: Is my modification at the desk?
AMENDMENT NO. 278, AS MODIFIED
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I send a modification to the desk.
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Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, the COPS Program: $163 million. This amendment will...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, in function 750, which includes a lot of programs...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the COPS Program was designed to put 100,000 new...
Mr. DOMENICI. Does the Senator have time to answer a question?
Mr. GREGG. I have no idea.
Mr. DOMENICI. I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from New Hampshire be...
Mr. BIDEN. Reserving the right to object, if I can have equal time.
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Mr. DOMENICI. Have the budget rules changed? Is there some way that the Senator...
Mr. GREGG. The Senator knows the budget rules much better than I do. I think...
Mr. DOMENICI. That is correct. This amendment would not add to COPS. It will...
Mr. GREGG. That is correct.
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, this takes $2 billion out of the tax cut. It provides...
Mr. CONRAD. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, we are making progress. I inform our colleagues,...
AMENDMENT NO. 343, AS MODIFIED
Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, the amendment is at the desk as modified.
Mr. HOLLINGS. I ask unanimous consent reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
Mr. HOLLINGS. On behalf of Senators GRAHAM of Florida and South...
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Mr. NICKLES. I thank my friends and colleagues, Senator Hollings and...
Mr. HOLLINGS. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. NICKLES. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 358
Mr. NICKLES. I believe the next amendment will be offered by the Senator from...
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I call up amendment numbered 358.
Mr. BOND. I ask unanimous consent reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, there are stark needs for highways and transportation...
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Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I commend my colleagues for their leadership on...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I have great respect for my colleagues from...
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Mr. BOND. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. BOND. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, for the information of all of our colleagues, we...
AMENDMENT NO. 391
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask that the sense-of-the-Senate amendment be read.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, embedded in this amendment is a provision that...
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I am assured by the staff, who are experts in this...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, as a cosponsor of the Bond amendment, I recommend that...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, the two managers are going to work to come up with...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, let me say to Members on our side who have...
Mr. REID. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. CONRAD. I am happy to yield.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, the two managers of this bill have worked very hard....
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Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, there may be men and women dying right now in the...
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, what is the regular order?
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I have been around here long enough to know what the...
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I call for the regular order.
Mr. BYRD. Out of respect for those, Mr. President----
Mr. SANTORUM. I call for the regular order.
Mr. BYRD. I ask unanimous consent to proceed for 1 more minute.
Mr. BYRD. Can we not at least respect the people who are being sent overseas to...
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Mr. BYRD. Let's take the weekend and have our clerks read them so they can...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I appreciate the concerns raised by my friend and...
Mr. BYRD. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, let me just say the chairman and I have worked...
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I tell my colleague from North Dakota that I will...
Mr. REID. I object.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

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