Senate Congressional Records from October 8, 2002
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Amendment 4856 proposed as replacement for S.J. Res. 45
Source: GPO Doc ID:cr08oc02-142-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)

• Docid:cr08oc02-142 part 1
  • Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) introduces Amendment 4856 as text of S.J. Res. 45
  • Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) Support for Resolution
  • Senator John Warner (R-Virginia) support for Resolution)
  • Amendment 4856 offered as replacement for S.J. Res. 45
  • Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) Support for Resolution
  • Senators McCain's further remarks
• Docid:cr08oc02-142 part 2
  • Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho)
  • Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
  • Senator Warner's comments to Senator Byrd
  • Senator Lieberman Interjects into Byrd's statement
  • Senator Byrd's main comments
  • Senator Warner comments agin to Senator Byrd
  • Senator Byrd continues remarks
  • Senator Byrd's published Newspaper Articles

Further commentary on debate on S.J. Res. 45, October 8, 2002, US Senate
Source: GPO Doc ID:cr08oc02-144-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)

• Docid:cr08oc02-144 part 1
  • Senator Barbara Mikulsi (D-Maryland)
  • Senator Allard, sniping at Senator Mikulsi
  • Senator Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire)
  • Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colorado)
• Docid:cr08oc02-144 part 2
  • Senator Jim jeffords (I-Vermont)
  • Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut)
  • Senator Max Cleland (R-Georgia)
  • Amemdmemt No. 4857
• Docid:cr08oc02-144 part 3
  • Senator Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota)
  • Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts)
  • Senator Warner's response to Senator Kennedy's remarks
  • Sam Brownback (R-Kansas)
  • Brownback exhibit
• Docid:cr08oc02-144 part 4
  • Senator Conrad Burns (R-Wyoming)
  • Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
  • Senator John Warner (R-Virginia)
  • Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida)
  • Public Law 105-235
• Docid:cr08oc02-144 part 5
  • Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut) closing statement
  • Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colorado)
  • Amendment No. 4856 as modified
  • Cloture

Senate Congressional Records from October 9, 2002

• GPO Doc ID: cr09oc02-75-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)
  • Introduction on Senate Floor of proposed authorization by Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri)
  • Statement by Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
• GPO Doc ID: cr09oc02-77-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)
  • DocID:cro9o2-77 Part 1
  • Graham Amendment No. 4857
  • Statement by Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada)
  • Statement by Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin)
  • Statement by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)
  • DocID:cro9o2-77 Part 2
  • Colloquy by Senators Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) and Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut)
  • Statement by Senator Pat Leahy (D-Vermont)
  • Statement by Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa)
  • DocID:cro9o2-77 Part 3
  • Statement by Senator Bob Graham (D-Florida)
  • Statement by Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Connecticut)
  • Statement by Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)
  • Further Remarks by Senator Bob Graham (D-Florida)
  • Roll Call Vote to Table the Graham Amendment No. 4857
• GPO Doc ID: cr09oc02-79-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)
  • Statement by Senator Byrd (D-West Virginia)
  • Statement by Senator Jesse Helms (R-South Carolina)
  • Statement by Senator McCain (R-Arizona)
  • Statement by Senator John Kerrry (D-Massachusetts)
  • Statement by Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska)
  • Statement by Senator Chris Dodd (R-Connecticut)
  • Statement by Senator John Warner (R-Virginia)
  • Statement by Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas)
  • Statement by Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware)
  • Statement by Senator Bill Frist (R-Tennessee)
  • Statement by Senator Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico)
  • Statement by Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan)
  • Miscellaneous remarks
  • Statement by Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-Rhode Island)
  • Statement by Senator Asa Hutchenson (R-Arkansas)
  • Statement by Senator Fred Thompson (R-Tennessee)
  • Statement by Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington)
  • Statement by Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming)
  • Statement by Senator Reed (D-Rhode Island)
  • Statement by Senator Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey)
  • Statement by Senator James Inhofe (D-Kansas)
  • Order of Procedure
  • Amendment 4862 (Byrd)
  • Modification to Amendment 4869
• GPO Doc ID: cr09oc02-105-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)
  • List of Proposed Amendments
• GPO Doc ID: cr09oc02-106-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)
  • Text of Proposed Amendments
  • Text of Amendment No. 4858
  • Text of Amendment No. 4859
  • Text of Amendment No. 4860
  • Text of Amendment No. 4861
  • Text of Amendment No. 4862
  • Text of Amendment No. 4863
  • Text of Amendment No. 4864
  • Text of Amendment No. 4865
  • Text of Amendment No. 4866
  • Text of Amendment No. 4867
  • Text of Amendment No. 4868
  • Text of Amendment No. 4869
  • Text of Amendment No. 4870

House Congressional Records from October 9, 2002

GPO Doc ID:cr09oc02pt2-11-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)

• Part 1
  • Remarks by Rep. Becerra
  • Remarks by Rep Issa
  • Remarks by Rep Eshoo
  • Remarks by Rep. Larson, Conn.
  • Remarks by Honda
• Part 2
  • Remarks by Rep. Leach
• Part 3
  • Remarks by Rep. Hooley, Ore.
  • Remarks by Rep. Millender-McDonal
  • Remarks by Rep. Baird
  • Remarks by Rep. Barrett, Wisc.
  • Remarks by Rep. Scott
• Part 4
  • Remarks by Rep. Inslee
  • Remarks by Rep. Cummins
  • Remarks by Rep. Jefferson
• Part 5
  • Remarks by Rep. Delahunt
• Part 6
  • Remarks by Rep. Payne
  • Remarks by Rep. Issa
  • Remarks by Rep. Meehan
  • Remarks by Rep. Abercrombie
  • Remarks by Rep. Harman
  • Remarks by Rep. Ryan
• Part 7
  • Remarks by Rep. McCarthy, NY
  • Remarks by Rep. Serrano
  • Remarks by Rep. Miller, Calif.
  • Remarks by Rep. Kelly
  • Remarks by Rep. Dicks
  • Remarks by Rep. DeMint
  • Remarks by Rep. Rogers, Ky.
  • Remarks by Rep. Bonilla
  • Remarks by Rep. Herger
  • Remarks by Rep. Greenwood
  • Remarks by Rep. Nussle
  • Remarks by Rep. Dooley, Calif.
  • Remarks by Rep. Carsom, Ind.
  • Remarks by Rep. Bono
  • Remarks by Rep. Rogers, Mich.
  • Remarks by Rep. Pastor
  • Remarks by Rep. Tiahrt

Senate Congressional Records from October 10, 2002

GPO DOCID:cr10oc02-69-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)

• Part 1
  • Byrd amendment No. 4868
  • Kennedy support for Byrd Amendment
  • Lieberman opposition to Byrd amendment
  • McCain opposition to Byrd amendment
  • Biden support for Byrd amendment
  • Byrd Advocates his amendment
  • Warner opposes Byrd amendment
• Part 2
  • Specter speaks
  • Byrd protests authorization of force
  • Lott speaks in favor of Iraq War
  • Warner supports Lott
  • Lieberman pro war
  • Daschle speaks
• Part 3
  • Cloture motion
  • clotuire roll vote
  • Amendment 4868
  • Dayton supports Byrd
  • Nickles opposes Byrd
  • Dayton response to Nickles
  • Specter support for byrd
  • Byrd: Auth. of Iraq force overreach
  • Durbin defends Byrd cosponsorship
  • Byrd: Resoloution an Affront to the Constitution
• Part 4
  • Boxer supports Levin Amendment
  • McCain opposes Levin Amendment
  • Levin speaks and Sarbanes supports Levin
  • Lieberman opposes Levin Amendment
  • Levin responds to Lieberman
  • Biden opposes Levin
  • Feingold opposes Levin
  • Corzine supports Levin
  • Akaka Levin amendment cosponsor
  • Biden/Warner oppose Levin
• Part 5
  • Jeffords supports Levin
  • Durbin supports Levin
  • McCain: Kosovo analogy
  • Reid addresses Specter's concerns
  • Specter amendments not allowed
  • Roll Call 235 (Levin Amendment)
  • Cochran enters Iraq record into Congressional Report.
• Part 6
  • Byrd amendment No. 4865
  • Kyl opposes 4685
  • Lieberman opposes 4685
  • Gramm opposes 4685
  • Durbin supports Byrd Amendment
  • Warner opposes 4685
  • Durbin responds to Warner
  • Roll Call No, 236 (Byrd Amendment No, 4865)
• Part 7
  • McCain statement
  • Reid lauds Byrd
  • McCain lauds Byrd
• Part 8
  • Byrd justifies his antiwar
  • Professor Stromseth's letter
  • Professor Glennon's letter

GPO DOCID:cr10oc02-70-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)

• Part 1
  • Senator Stabenow enters a NY Times op/ed by Senator Byrd into Record
  • Robert C. Byrd, Congress Must Resist the Rush to War, New York Times, Oct. 10, 2002
  • Senator Sarbanes lauds Senator Byrd
  • Senator Clinton supports authorization of force
• Part 2
  • Senator Biden supports authorization of force
• Part 3
  • Senator DeWine supports authorization of force
  • Senator Collins supports authorization of force
  • Senator Kohl supports authorization of force
• Part 4
  • Senator Schumer gives qualified support for the authorization o fforce
  • Senator Specter supports authorization of force
  • Senator Specter enters two exhibits into record
    1. Senate Congressional Resolution 78; March 13, 1998
    2. The Biden-Lugar Amendment, which was never officially offered in the Senate
• Part 5
  • Senator Rockefeller supports authorization of force
  • Swenator Sessions supports authorization of force
  • Senator Carper supports authorization of force
• Part 6
  • Senator Ensign supports the authorization of force
  • Senator Graham opposes authorization of force
  • Senator Milkulski opposes authorization of force
  • Senator Smith of New Hampshire supports authorization of force
• Part 7
  • Senator supports authorization of force with strong pro UN qualification
  • Senator Conrad opposes authorization - too broad and open-ended
  • Senator Levin opposes authorization - blank check for president
• Part 8
  • Senator Boxer voices concern about dual military couples concurrent deployment to war zone
  • Senator Shelby supports authorization of force
  • Senator Dorgan supports authorization of force
  • Senator Edwards supports authorization of force
  • Senator Baucus supports authorization of force
  • Senator Smith of New Hampshire supports authorization of force
  • Senator Harkin supports authorization of force
  • Senator McConnell supports authorization of force
• Part 9
  • Senator Feinstein supports authorization of force
  • Senator Landrieu supports authorization of force
  • Senator Santorum supports authorization of force
  • Senator Murkowski supports authorization of force
  • Senator Lincoln supports authorization of force

GPO DOCIDs:cr10oc02-70 and cr10oc02-71-(Links are to source text files on GPO server)

• Senator Kennedy opposes authorization of force

GPO Doc ID:cr10oc02-71-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)

• cr10oc02-71.html
  • Senator Johnson supports authorization of force
  • Senator Lieberman supports authorization of force
  • Senator Fitzgerald supports authorization of force
  • Roll Call Vote on Authorization of Force
  • Consent Decree 3009 and objection

House Congressional Records from October 10, 2002

GPO Doc ID:cr10oc02-13-(Link is to source text file on GPO server)

• Part 01
  • Remarks by Rep. Lee
  • Amendment 1 as a Substitute
  • Remarks by Rep. Lee continue
  • Remarks by Rep. Hyde
  • Remarks by Rep. DeFazio
  • Remarks by Rep. Linder
  • Remarks by Rep. Oberstar
  • Remarks by Rep. Honda
  • Remarks by Rep. Green, Wisc.
  • Remarks by Rep. McDermott
  • Remarks by Rep. Rivers
  • Remarks by Rep. Watt, N. Calif.
  • Remarks by Rep. Jackson-Lee, Tx.
  • Remarks by Rep. Woolsey
  • Remarks by Rep. Filmer
  • Remarks by Rep. Lantos
  • Remarks by Rep. Stark
  • Remarks by Rep. Kingston
• Part 02
  • Remarks by Rep. Payne
  • Remarks by Rep. Clayton
  • Remarks by Rep. Cox
  • Remarks by Rep. Jackson, Ill.
  • Remarks by Rep. Christensen
  • Remarks by Rep. Weldon
  • Remarks by Rep. Owens
  • Remarks by Rep. Jones, Oh.
  • Remarks by Rep. Brown, Oh.
  • Remarks by Rep. Lewis, Calif
  • Remarks by Rep. Miller, Calif
  • Remarks by Rep. Davis, Ill
  • Remarks by Rep. Farr, Calif.
  • Remarks by Rep. Lee
  • Remarks by Rep. Buyer
  • Remarks by Rep. Brown, Fla.
  • Remarks by Rep. Chtristensen
  • Remarks by Rep. Bluenauer
  • Rollcall Vote on Amendment 1
• Part 03
  • Amendment 2 as a Substitute (Spratt)
  • Remarks by Rep. Spratt
  • Text of Amendment 2
  • Remarks by Rep. Spratt Continues
  • Remarks by Rep. Hyde
  • Remarks by Rep. Spratt responds to Hyde
  • Remarks by Rep. Skelton
  • Remarks by Rep. Blunt
  • Remarks by Rep. Pastor
  • Remarks by Rep. Lantos
  • Remarks by Rep. Nadler
  • Remarks by Rep. Oxley
  • Remarks by Rep. Lipinski
  • Remarks by Rep. Spratt
  • Remarks by Rep. Reyes
  • Remarks by Rep. Rohrabacher
  • Remarks by Rep. Allen
  • Remarks by Rep. Boehner
  • Remarks by Rep. Baldacci
  • Remarks by Rep. Snyder
• Part 04
  • Remarks by Rep. Hyde
  • Remarks by Rep. Royce
  • Remarks by Rep. Moran, Vir.
  • Remarks by Rep. Price, N. Car.
  • Remarks by Rep. Moran, Vir.
  • Remarks by Rep. Goodlatte
  • Remarks by Rep. McCarthy, Missouri
  • Remarks by Rep. Fattah
  • Remarks by Rep. Inslee
  • Remarks by Rep. Larson, Conn.
• Part 05
  • Remarks by Rep. Markey
  • Remarks by Rep. Tauscher
  • Remarks by Rep. Clyburn
  • Remarks by Rep. Hyde
  • Remarks by Rep. Cox
  • Remarks by Rep. Levin
  • Remarks by Rep. Pelosi
  • Reargument of Amendment 2 by Rep. Soratt
  • Remarks by Rep. Graham
  • Remarks by Rep. Holt
  • Remarks by Rep. Conyers
  • Remarks by Rep. Capuano
  • Remarks by Rep. Waxman
  • Remarks by Rep. McGovern
  • Remarks by Rep. Matsui
  • Roll Call Vote 453 obn Amendment 2
  • Remarks by Rep. Ehlers
  • Remarks by Rep. Rangel
  • Remarks by Rep. Gillmor
  • Remarks by Rep. Cubin
• Part 06
  • Remarks by Rep. Berman
  • Remarks by Rep. Watts, Ok.
  • Remarks by Rep. Doggett
  • Remarks by Rep. Hunter
  • Remarks by Rep. Frost
  • Remarks by Rep. Kucinich
  • Remarks by Rep. Thune
  • Remarks by Rep. Allen
  • Remarks by Rep. Kirk
  • Remarks by Rep. Skelton
  • Remarks by Rep. Cox
  • Remarks by Rep. Luther
  • Remarks by Rep. Moran, Vir.
  • Remarks by Rep. Lantos
  • Remarks by Rep. Kennedy, Minn.
  • Remarks by Rep. Portman
  • Remarks by Rep. Jackson-Lee
  • Remarks by Rep. Pelosi
• Part 07
  • Remarks by Rep. DeLay
  • Remarks by Rep. Gephardt
  • Remarks by Rep. Armey
  • Remarks by Rep. Markey
  • Remarks by Rep. Roybal-Allard
  • Remarks by Rep. Underwood
• Part 08
  • Remarks by Rep. Bluenauer
  • Remarks by Rep. Levin
  • Remarks by Rep. Tauzin
  • Remarks by Rep. Ose
  • Remarks by Rep. Simpson
  • Remarks by Rep. Holt
  • Remarks by Rep. Maloney, Conn.
  • Remarks by Rep. Houghton
  • Remarks by Rep. Putnam
  • Remarks by Rep. Hilleary
  • Remarks by Rep. Platts
  • Remarks by Rep. Otter
  • Remarks by Rep. McDermott
• Part 09
  • Remarks by Rep. Kennedy, R.I.
  • Remarks by Rep. Weller
  • Remarks by Rep. Crane
• Part 10
  • Remarks by Rep. Hastings
  • Remarks by Rep. Bilrakis
  • Remarks by Rep. Jackson-Lee, Tx.
  • Remarks by Rep. Gonzalez
  • Remarks by Rep. Pascrell
  • Remarks by Rep. Moore
  • Remarks by Rep. Holt
  • Rep. Kucinich proposes recommitting the Resolution
  • Rep. Lee Seconds Recommit motion
  • Rep. Brown, Oh, rises in support of recomit
  • Rep. Advocates Recommit
  • Rep. Opposes Recommit
  • Rep. Kuchinich Ojects on Procedure
  • Roll Call Vote 454 (Kuchinich Recommit)
  • Roll Call Vote 455 - Authorization of Force