Senate Committee Organizing resolution
Official title A resolution making majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 108th Congress.
Latest action · Jan 15, 2003 Resolution agreed to in Senate, as modified, without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJan 14, 2003
- Agreed to in SenateJan 15, 2003
Summary
Makes majority party appointments to the following Senate Committees for the 108th Congress: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (5) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (6) Energy and Natural Resources; (7) Environment and Public Works; (8) Finance; (9) Foreign Relations; (10) Governmental Affairs; (11) Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; (12) Judiciary; (13) Rules and Administration; (14) Small Business and Entrepreneurship; (15) Veterans' Affairs; (16) Aging; (17) Budget; (18) Ethics; (19) Indian Affairs; (20) Intelligence; and (21) Joint Economic.
Specifies that the salary allocation for each Senate committee and subgroup shall reflect the level set forth in the Senate Joint Leadership letter.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2003Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S841-842)
- Jan 15, 2003Resolution modified by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S841-842)
- Jan 15, 2003Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate, as modified, without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jan 14, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Jan 14, 2003Submitted in the Senate.
- Jan 14, 2003Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S267-275, S276-283, S286; text of measure as introduced: CR S305)
- Jan 14, 2003Cloture motion on the resolution presented in Senate.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S308, S340, S841Text printed S841 | Kent Conrad D-ND, William H. Frist R-TN | Jan 15, 2003 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S250–S264, S267–S283, S286Text printed S305Cloture motions S286 | Arlen Specter D-PA (cloture motion), Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO (cloture motion), Byron L. Dorgan D-ND, Christopher S. Bond R-MO (cloture motion), Chuck Grassley R-IA (cloture motion), Chuck Hagel R-NE (cloture motion), Conrad R. Burns R-MT (cloture motion), Craig Thomas R-WY (cloture motion), Don Nickles R-OK (cloture motion), Elizabeth Dole R-NC (cloture motion), George Allen R-VA (cloture motion), George V. Voinovich R-OH (cloture motion), Gordon H. Smith R-OR (cloture motion), Harry Reid D-NV, James M. Inhofe R-OK (cloture motion), Jeff Sessions R-AL (cloture motion), Jim Bunning R-KY (cloture motion), Jim Talent R-MO (cloture motion), John Cornyn R-TX (cloture motion), John E. Sununu R-NH (cloture motion), John Ensign R-NV (cloture motion), John McCain R-AZ (cloture motion), John Warner R-VA (cloture motion), Jon Kyl R-AZ (cloture motion), Judd Gregg R-NH (cloture motion), Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX (cloture motion), Lamar Alexander R-TN (cloture motion), Larry E. Craig R-ID (cloture motion), Lincoln Chafee R-RI (cloture motion), Lindsey Graham R-SC (cloture motion), Lisa Murkowski R-AK (cloture motion), Mark Dayton D-MN, Michael B. Enzi R-WY (cloture motion), Mike Crapo R-ID (cloture motion), Mike DeWine R-OH (cloture motion), Mitch McConnell R-KY (cloture motion), Norm Coleman R-MN (cloture motion), Olympia J. Snowe R-ME (cloture motion), Orrin G. Hatch R-UT (cloture motion), Pat Roberts R-KS (cloture motion), Paul S. Sarbanes D-MD, Pete V. Domenici R-NM (cloture motion), Peter Fitzgerald R-IL (cloture motion), Richard C. Shelby R-AL (cloture motion), Richard G. Lugar R-IN (cloture motion), Richard J. Durbin D-IL, Rick Santorum R-PA (cloture motion), Robert F. Bennett R-UT (cloture motion), Sam Brownback R-KS (cloture motion), Saxby Chambliss R-GA (cloture motion), Susan M. Collins R-ME (cloture motion), Ted Stevens R-AK (cloture motion), Thad Cochran R-MS (cloture motion), Trent Lott R-MS (cloture motion), Wayne Allard R-CO (cloture motion), William H. Frist R-TN (cloture motion) | Jan 14, 2003 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S223 | William H. Frist R-TN | Jan 13, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution making majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 108th Congress.
- Popular Titles
- Senate Committee Organizing resolution
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Congress
- Congressional committee membership
- Congressional committees
- Joint Economic
- Members of Congress
- Senate Aging
- Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Senate Appropriations
- Senate Armed Services
- Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Senate Budget
- Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources
- Senate Environment and Public Works
- Senate Ethics
- Senate Finance
- Senate Foreign Relations
- Senate Governmental Affairs
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Senate Indian Affairs
- Senate Intelligence
- Senate Judiciary
- Senate Rules and Administration
- Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Senate Veterans' Affairs
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2003Agreed to Senate
- Jan 14, 2003Introduced in Senate
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