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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

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Daily Digest

Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9369-S9531
Measures Introduced: Twenty three bills and two resolutions were
introduced, as follows: S. 1793-1815, and S. Res. 274-275.
Pages S9469, S9496-97
Measures Passed:
Authorize Representation by the Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed
to S. Res. 274, to authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel
in the case of Lewis v. Bayh.
Page S9530
Making Minority Party Appointments for the 110th Congress: Senate
agreed to S. Res. 275, making minority party appointments for the 110th
Congress.
Page S9530
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate continued consideration of
H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel, taking action on the following
amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S9301-10, S9317-66, S9369-S9436
Adopted:
By 94 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 248), Cornyn Amendment No. 2100 (to
Amendment No. 2011), to express the sense of the Senate that it is in
the national security interest of the United States that Iraq not
become a failed state and a safe haven for terrorists.
Pages S9317-21
Withdrawn:
McConnell Amendment No. 2241 (to the language proposed to be stricken
by Amendment No. 2011), relative to a sense of the Senate on the
consequences of a failed state in Iraq.
Page S9301
Pending:
Nelson (NE) (for Levin) Amendment No. 2011, in the nature of a
substitute.
Page S9301
Levin Amendment No. 2087 (to Amendment No. 2011), to provide for a
reduction and transition of United States forces in Iraq.
Page S9301
Reed Amendment No. 2088 (to Amendment No. 2087), to change the
enactment date.
Page S9301
Dodd (for Levin) Amendment No. 2274 (to the language proposed to be
stricken by Amendment No. 2011), to provide for a reduction and
transition of United States forces in Iraq.
Pages S9301-02
Levin Amendment No. 2275 (to Amendment No. 2274), to provide for a
reduction and transition of United States forces in Iraq.
Pages S9302-10
During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the
following action:
The McConnell motion to invoke cloture on McConnell Amendment No.
2241 (listed above), was withdrawn.
Page S9301
Durbin Amendment No. 2252 (to Amendment No. 2241), to change the
enactment date, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 2241 (listed above)
was withdrawn.
Page S9301
By 44 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 249), Senate did not agree to the
motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of
absent Senators, but a quorum was present.
Pages S9350-51
By 41 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 250), Senate agreed to the motion to
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent
Senators.
Page S9369
By 37 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 251), Senate agreed to the motion to
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent
Senators.
Page S9395
By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 252), three-fifths of those Senators
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate
rejected the motion to close further debate on Levin Amendment No. 2087
(to Amendment No. 2011) (listed above).
Page S9434
Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the
motion to invoke cloture on Levin Amendment No. 2087 (listed above)
failed.
Page S9434
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Senate began
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2638,
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appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2008.
Pages S9436-37
A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of
rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will
occur on Friday, July 20, 2007.
Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S9436
College Cost Reduction Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 2669, to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.
Pages S9437-63
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following action:
By 49 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 253), three-fifths of those Senators
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to
consideration of the bill.
Page S9437
Pending:
Kennedy Amendment No. 2327, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S9441-54
Murkowski Amendment No. 2329 (to Amendment No. 2327), to increase the
amount appropriated for the college access partnership grant program.
Pages S9454-60
Kennedy Amendment No. 2330 (to Amendment No. 2327), to amend the
amounts appropriated for Promise Grants for fiscal year 2014 through
2017.
Pages S9460-63
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Thursday, July 19, 2007.
Page S9530
House Messages:
Department of State Crisis Response Act: Senate concurred in the
amendment of the House to S. 966, to enable the Department of State to
respond to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel, after
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S9468
Appointments:
Congressional Award Board: The Chair, on behalf of the Republican
Leader, pursuant to Public Law 96-114, as amended, appointed the
following individual to the Congressional Award Board: Adam Ruiz of
Kentucky.
Page S9530
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from
the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the issuance of
an Executive Order blocking the property of persons determined to have
committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts
of violence that have the purpose or effect of threatening the peace or
stability of Iraq; which was referred to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-21)
Pages S9467-68
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Sean R. Mulvaney, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Development.
Robert J. Conrad, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
Catharina Haynes, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Fifth Circuit.
Shalom D. Stone, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for
the Third Circuit.
John Daniel Tinder, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for
the Seventh Circuit.
24 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
Routine lists in the Army, Navy.
Pages S9366-68
On Wednesday July 18, 2007, the Senate received the following
nominations:
Robert M. Dow, Jr., of Illinois, to be United States District Judge
for the Northern District of Illinois.
Page S9531
Messages From the House:
Page S9468
Measures Referred:
Pages S9468-69
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S9469
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S9469
Executive Communications:
Pages S9469, S9496
Petitions and Memorials:
Page S9496
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S9469-72, S9497-98
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S9472-77, S9498-S9514
Additional Statements:
Pages S9465-67
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S9477-95, S9514-29
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S9495
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S9495, S9529-30
Privileges of the Floor:
Pages S9496, S9530
Quorum Calls: Three quorum calls were taken today. (Total--6)
Page S9350, S9369, S9395
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--253)
Pages S9321, S9350-51, S9369, S9395, S9434, S9437
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
and adjourned on Wednesday at 5:09 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday,
July 19, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority
Leader in today's Record on pages S9530-31.)

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