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February 5, 2003 |
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Continuing Resolution for Fiscal Year 2003: The House began consideration of H.J.Res. 18, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes [extends funding through February 14, 2003]. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.J.Res. 13 Summary] [H.J.Res. 13 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] Rejected: ...By a Yea and Nay vote of 195 yeas to 215 nays, Roll No. 18, the House rejected the Obey (D-WI) motion to recommit with instructions to the Appropriations committee. The instructions seek to: 1) maintain Medicare payment rates for physician services at FY 2002 levels; and 2) set the base amount for computing Medicare payments to hospitals in small urban areas and rural areas equal to the higher base amount applicable to hospitals in large urban areas. 6:50 PM
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Commemorating The Columbia Astronauts: By a Yea and Nay vote of 404 yeas to 0 nays, Roll No. 19, the House passed H.Res. 51, expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to the families of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia [for the seven astronauts that perished on February 1, 2003 as they re-entered earth's atmosphere at the conclusion of their sixteen day mission], and for other purposes . [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [Congressional Record Debate] 6:57 PM
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February 11, 2003 |
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UN Commission on Human Rights: By a Yea and Nay vote of 402 yeas to 6 nays, (8 members voting "Present"), Roll No. 20, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.Con.Res. 27, condemning the selection of Libya to Chair the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and for other purposes. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Con.Res. 27 Summary] [H.Con.Res. 27 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 6:51 PM
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Honoring Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel: By a Yea and Nay vote of 415 yeas to 0 nays, Roll No. 21, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.Con.Res. 22, honoring Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel. [Honors the life-long commitment of Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel to human rights and democracy.] [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Con.Res. 22 Summary] [H.Con.Res. 22 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 6:57 PM
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Israel's Free And Fair Elections: By a Yea and Nay vote of 411 yeas to 2 nays, (3 members voting "Present"), Roll No. 22, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.Res. 61, commending the people of Israel for conducting free and fair elections, reaffirming the friendship between the Governments and peoples of the United States and Israel, and for other purposes. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Res. 61 Summary] [H.Res. 61 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 7:07 PM
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Ronald Reagan's 92nd Birthday: By a Yea and Nay vote of 406 yeas to 0 nays, (11 members voting "Present"), Roll No. 23, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.J.Res. 19, recognizing the 92nd birthday of Ronald Reagan. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.J.Res. 19 Summary] [H.J.Res. 19 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 7:14 PM
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February 12, 2003 |
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American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act: By a Yea and Nay vote of 422 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 24, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 346, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase civil penalties for violations involving certain proscribed acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major disaster declared by the President, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of that Act, and for other purposes. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 346 Summary] [H.R. 346 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 5:02 PM
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POWs In Vietnam: By a Yea and Nay vote of 424 yeas to 0 nays, Roll No. 25, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.Res. 62, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of those members of the United States Armed Forces who were held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and calling for a full accounting of the 1,902 members of the Armed Forces who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Res. 62 Summary] [H.Res. 62 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 5:12 PM
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Do-Not-Call Implementation Act: By a Yea and Nay vote of 418 yeas to 7 nays, Roll No. 26, the House passed H.R. 395, to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees for the implementation and enforcement of a "do-not-call" registry, and for other purposes. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 395 Summary] [H.R. 395 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 5:18 PM
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February 13, 2003 |
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Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003 [Welfare Reform Re-Authorization]: The House began consideration of H.R. 4, to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other purposes. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 4 Summary] [H.R. 4 Legislative Status] [Related House Committee Documents] [House Committee Report No. 9] [Congressional Record Debate] Rejected: ...By a recorded vote of 124 ayes to 300 noes, Roll No. 27, the House rejected the Kucinich amendment in the nature of a substitute to add poverty reduction as a purpose of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and provide states with a poverty reduction bonus; increase the block grant by inflation; maintain current work requirements; remove the cap on the number of recipients who can pursue vocational education; lift the time limit on education to give recipients an opportunity to earn a degree; provide $20 billion for the Child Care Development Block Grant; require states to address barriers to work, including domestic violence, by providing for trained caseworkers to screen recipients; and restore eligibility to immigrants. 2:39 PM
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Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003 [Welfare Reform Re-Authorization]: The House began consideration of H.R. 4, to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other purposes. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 4 Summary] [H.R. 4 Legislative Status] [Related House Committee Documents] [House Committee Report No. 9] [Congressional Record Debate] Rejected: ...By a recorded vote of 197 ayes to 225 noes, Roll No. 28, the House rejected the Cardin amendment in the nature of a substitute to expand state flexibility to provide training and education to welfare recipients (such activities would count for up to 24 months against a state's participation requirement); increase to 70% the number of welfare recipients that are required to be engaged in work-related activities (including education and training); provide states with an employment credit that would reduce a state's participation requirement according to the number of welfare recipients that have left welfare for work over the last six months; maintain the current-law requirement on total participation hours (30 per week with a State option to go higher) with a requirement that 24 hours be in core activities; maintain the current 20-hour requirement for mothers; maintain the current five-year time limit on TANF benefits; increase mandatory funding for child care by $11 billion over the next five years and increase TANF for inflation; remove various barriers to serving legal immigrants, including the current ban on states providing federally-funded TANF benefits to immigrant families; include reducing poverty and increasing self-sufficiency as a new purpose of the TANF program and provide financial bonuses to states reducing child poverty. 3:52 PM
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Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003 [Welfare Reform Re-Authorization]: The House began consideration of H.R. 4, to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other purposes. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 4 Summary] [H.R. 4 Legislative Status] [Related House Committee Documents] [House Committee Report No. 9] [Congressional Record Debate] Rejected: ...By a Yea and Nay vote of 197 yeas to 221 nays, Roll No. 29, the House rejected the Cardin motion to recommit to the committee on Ways and Means with instructions to increase mandatory funding for child care by $11 billion over the next five years. 4:18 PM
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Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003 [Welfare Reform Re-Authorization]: By a Yea and Nay vote of 230 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 30, the House passed H.R. 4, to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other purposes. [Legislative Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 4 Summary] [H.R. 4 Legislative Status] [Related House Committee Documents] [House Committee Report No. 9] [Congressional Record Debate] 4:25 PM
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Omnibus Appropriations Resolution, FY2003--Conference Report: The House began consideration of the conference report to accompany H.J.Res. 2, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. [Appropriations for Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-State, District of Columbia, Energy and Water Development, Foreign Operations, Interior, Labor-HHS-Education, Legislative branch, Transportation, Treasury-Postal Service, VA-HUD]. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.J.Res. 2 Summary] [H.J.Res. 2 Legislative Status] [2003 Presidential Position] [Congressional Record Debate] [Newspaper Articles] Rejected: ...By a Yea and Nay vote of 193 yeas to 226 nays, Roll No. 31, the House rejected the Obey (D-WI) motion to recommit to the conference committee with instructions to change provisions regarding logging, oil exploration, BLM regulations on minerals, and first responder funding. 6:41 PM
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Omnibus Appropriations Resolution, FY2003--Conference Report: By a recorded vote of 338 ayes to 83 noes, Roll No. 32, the House agreed to the conference report to accompany H.J.Res. 2, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. [Appropriations for Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-State, District of Columbia, Energy and Water Development, Foreign Operations, Interior, Labor-HHS-Education, Legislative branch, Transportation, Treasury-Postal Service, VA-HUD]. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.J.Res. 2 Summary] [H.J.Res. 2 Legislative Status] [2003 Presidential Position] [Congressional Record Debate] [Newspaper Articles] 7:00 PM
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February 25, 2003 |
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Honoring Caricaturist Al Hirschfeld: By a Yea and Nay vote of 403 yeas to 0 nays, Roll No. 33, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.Res. 46, honoring the life of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld and his legacy. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Res. 46 Summary] [H.Res. 46 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 6:52 PM
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Commemoration of Victims of The Holocaust: By a Yea and Nay vote of 408 yeas to 0 nays, Roll No. 34, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass 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. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Con.Res. 40 Summary] [H.Con.Res. 40 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 6:58 PM
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February 26, 2003 |
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Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary: By a Yea and Nay vote of 415 yeas to 0 nays, Roll No. 35, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.Con.Res. 36, encouraging the people of the United States to honor and celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and commending Abraham Lincoln's efforts to end slavery. [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.Con.Res. 36 Summary] [H.Con.Res. 36 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 3:13 PM
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American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003: By a Yea and Nay vote of 412 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 36, 2/3 of those present having voted in the affirmative, the House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 258, to ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin, establish the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, and for other purposes. [Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to change the design on the obverse and reverse sides of five-cent coins issued in 2003, 2004, and 2005, in recognition of the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase and the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Amends Federal law to require any five-cent coin issued after December 31, 2005, to bear an image of Thomas Jefferson on its obverse side, and an image of Jefferson's home at Monticello on its reverse side.] [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 258 Summary] [H.R. 258 Legislative Status] [Congressional Record Debate] 3:23 PM
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February 27, 2003 |
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Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003: The House began consideration of H.R. 534, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning. [Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any person from knowingly: (1) performing human cloning; (2) participating in such an attempt; (3) shipping or receiving an embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from such embryo; or (4) importing such an embryo or derived product. Amends U.S. Code to provide a ban on human cloning by prohibiting the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques to create human embryos. Bans both "therapeutic" (research) and reproductive cloning.] [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 534 Summary] [H.R. 534 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 18] [Congressional Record Debate] [Newspaper Articles] Rejected: ...By a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 231 noes, (1 member voting "Present"), Roll No. 37, the House rejected the Greenwood substitute amendment that: (1) defines human somatic cell nuclear transfer with the intent to initiate a pregnancy as a criminal act subject to criminal and civil penalties; and (2) makes it illegal to ship or transport the products of human somatic cell nuclear transfer if the products will be used to initiate a pregnancy. Criminal penalties include imprisonment of up to 10 years. Civil penalties include fines up to $10,000,000 or two times the pecuniary gain from cloning. In addition, the amendment: (1) provides for forfeiture of equipment, other property and any monetary gains from human cloning; (2) requires all individuals or companies who plan to perform human somatic cell nuclear transfer to register with the Food and Drug Administration. Requires all research be conducted with Institutional Review Board oversight and with informed consent of the donors of the cells to be used; (3) protects other uses of somatic cell nuclear transfer - including cloning of molecules, DNA, cells, or tissues; (4) protects in vitro fertilization, the administration of fertility-enhancing drugs, or the use of other medical procedures to assist a woman in becoming or remaining pregnant; (5) requires a study by the Institute of Medicine on the properties of embryonic, fetal and adult stem cells; (6) preempts future state laws that are different from the federal cloning law or prohibit protected types of research; and (7) sunsets ten years after enactment. 5:00 PM
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Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003: The House began consideration of H.R. 534, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning. [Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any person from knowingly: (1) performing human cloning; (2) participating in such an attempt; (3) shipping or receiving an embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from such embryo; or (4) importing such an embryo or derived product. Amends U.S. Code to provide a ban on human cloning by prohibiting the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques to create human embryos. Bans both "therapeutic" (research) and reproductive cloning.] [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 534 Summary] [H.R. 534 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 18] [Congressional Record Debate] [Newspaper Articles] Rejected: ...By a recorded vote of 164 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 38, the House rejected the Lofgren motion to recommit to the Judiciary committee with instructions. 5:28 PM
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Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003: By a Yea and Nay vote of 241 yeas to 155 nays, Roll No. 39, the House passed H.R. 534, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning. [Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any person from knowingly: (1) performing human cloning; (2) participating in such an attempt; (3) shipping or receiving an embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from such embryo; or (4) importing such an embryo or derived product. Amends U.S. Code to provide a ban on human cloning by prohibiting the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques to create human embryos. Bans both "therapeutic" (research) and reproductive cloning.] [Links are activated for C.O.P. Subscribers] [H.R. 534 Summary] [H.R. 534 Legislative Status] [House Committee Report 18] [Congressional Record Debate] [Newspaper Articles] 5:35 PM
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