[Senate Calendars for December 12, 2007 - 110th Congress, 1st Session]
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                       SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                       ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS

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   FIRST SESSION  convened january 4, 2007          DAYS OF SESSION 180
                   
  SECOND SESSION                                     
                   

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                          CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                      Wednesday, December 12, 2007


                      SENATE CONVENES AT 9:00 A.M.





                            PENDING BUSINESS

                        H.R. 2419 (ORDER NO. 339)

    An act to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs 
through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. (Nov. 5, 2007.)

                 (Unanimous Consent Agreements on P. 2)

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             PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NANCY ERICKSON,
                         SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

                 By David J. Tinsley, Legislative Clerk

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                      UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS

                        H.R. 2419 (ORDER NO. 339)

    1.--Ordered, That on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, upon the 
conclusion of Morning Business, the Senate resume consideration of H.R. 
2419, an act to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs 
through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
    Ordered further, That the Senate proceed to vote on Amdt. No. 3671 
and Amdt. No. 3672, offered by the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. 
Gregg); provided that no amendments be in order to the amendments prior 
to the vote, and that there be two minutes of debate prior to each vote, 
equally divided and controlled; provided further that the second vote be 
10 minutes in duration.
    Ordered further, That the following amendments be debated for the 
time limits specified, with all time equally divided and controlled in 
the usual form, with no amendments in order to any amendments covered 
under the agreement prior to a vote in relation to the amendment:
        Amdt. Nos. 3551 and 3553, offered by the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander), with 30 minutes divided as follows: 10 minutes each 
Senators Alexander, Bingaman and Salazar;
        Amdt. No. 3687, offered by the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn)--
30 minutes;
        Amdt. No. 3695, as modified, offered by the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley)--2 hours;
        Amdt. No. 3810, offered by the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar)--60 minutes;
        Amdt. No. 3673, offered by the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. 
Gregg)--2 hours;
        Amdt. No. 3596, offered by the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions)--40 minutes: 10 minutes for the proponent and 20 minutes for 
the opposition;
        Amdt. Nos. 3807, 3530, and 3632, offered by the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn)--90 minutes.
    Ordered further, That the following amendments be subject to a 60 
vote threshold, and if the amendment achieves the 60 votes then it be 
agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that if 
the amendment fails to achieve 60 votes then it be withdrawn: Amdt. No. 
3695, Amdt. No. 3673 and Amdt. No. 3810.
    Ordered further, That in any vote sequence, there be two minutes of 
debate equally divided prior to each vote, and that after the first vote 
in any sequence, the succeeding votes be limited to 10 minutes.
    Ordered further, That the vote on Amdt. No. 3695 occur at 9:15 a.m. 
on Thursday, December 13, 2007.
    Ordered further, That the cloture vote on Amdt. No. 3500, offered by 
the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), H.R. 2419, occur at a time to be 
determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the 
Republican Leader.
    Ordered further, That, other than the pending amendments, there be a 
limitation of 20 first degree amendments per side and that they be from 
the list that follows:
        Akaka--Amdt. No. 3538
        Alexander--SoS: Broadband
        Alexander--Increase Ag Research (Amdt. No. 3551)
        Alexander--Strike renewable tax credit
        Alexander--Wind energy tax credit
        Alexander--Wind energy property taxes (Amdt. No. 3553)
        Allard--PART
        Allard--Vet Food Systems
        Allard--Forest Reassessment
        Barrasso--Support project-7
        Baucus--State assistance for beginning farmers (Amdt. No. 3598)
        Baucus--Ag Research
        Baucus--Brucellosis
        Baucus--Agriculture supply (Amdt. No. 3660)
        Bingaman--1 relevant amendment
        Bingaman--Ground and water surface conservation program
        Bingaman--Regional Water Enhancement program
        Bond--Food Stamps
        Bond--Red-tape Reduction (Amdt. No. 3771)
        Bond--Research
        Boxer--6 relevant amendments
        Brown--Crop Insurance (Amdt. No. 3819)
        Bunning--Disaster Relief
        Cantwell--Study on climate change and impact on wine industry

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        Cantwell--increase funding specialty crop block grant
        Cantwell--Minor oil seed crops
        Cantwell--tree assistance program
        Cardin--2 relevant amendments
        Casey--Amdt. No. 3610
        Casey--crop insurance
        Casey--agriculture inspectors
        Casey--food stamp nutrition education
        Casey--emergency funding for invasive pests and diseases
        Chambliss--Farm Credit Service
        Chambliss--Crop Insurance Fix
        Chambliss--Trade--strikes section 3101
        Chambliss--Biotech-PPV
        Chambliss--Sugar technical fix
        Chambliss--Ethanol/direct payments
        Chambliss--Conservation AGI
        Chambliss--5 Relevant
        Chambliss--2 Relevant to any on the list
        Coburn--Waste (Amdt. No. 3807)
        Coburn--Chinese garden maintenance
        Coburn--Transparency
        Coburn--Estate payments (Amdt. No. 3530)
        Coburn--Federal hunger problems
        Coburn--Crop Insurance
        Coburn--Equip (Amdt. No. 3632)
        Coleman--AGI Caps
        Coleman--Drivers License
        Conrad--3 relevant amendments
        Corker--Coal gasification project credits
        Cornyn--Child obesity study
        Cornyn--Strike Disaster Trust Fund (Amdt. No. 3687)
        Cornyn--New Budget P/O
        Craig--Loan Repayment
        Craig--Land Preservation (Amdt. No. 3640)
        Craig--Worker Housing
        Craig--Biogas
        DeMint--Death tax
        Dorgan--CRP
        Dorgan--2 SECA tax amendments
        Dorgan--Secretary's rule regarding cattle and beef (Amdt. No. 
3602)
        Dorgan--Amdt. No. 3508
        Dorgan--payment limits (Amdt. No. 3695) (as modified)
        Dole--Tax Credit
        Domenici--Renewable Energy (Amdt. No. 3614)
        Domenici--Land Transfer
        Durbin--Food Safety sunset (Amdt. No. 3539)
        Durbin--McGovern-Dole funding
        Durbin--ACR improvements
        Durbin--Puppy information
        Durbin--Low-interest financing to fight invasive species
        Durbin--Food Safety
        Ensign--5 Relevant Amendments
        Enzi--Captive Supply
        Feingold--13 relevant amendments
        Feinstein--Ag inspectors
        Feinstein--Energy market oversight
        Feinstein--Leafy greens
        Feinstein--Clementines
        Graham--Cellulosic Ethanol
        Grassley--Agricultural mergers (Amdt. No. 3823)
        Gregg--Mortgage Crisis (Amdt. No. 3674)
        Gregg--Drivers License
        Gregg--Firefighters
        Gregg--Ag disaster funds (Amdt. No. 3822)
        Gregg--Farm stress program (Amdt. No. 3671)
        Gregg--Proper budget accounting
        Gregg--Commodity subsidies

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        Gregg--Sugar Program
        Gregg--Loss assistance (asparagus) (Amdt. No. 3672)
        Gregg--Commodity subsidies
        Gregg--Gulf of Mexico
        Gregg--Farm and rural healthcare (Amdt. No. 3673)
        Harkin--7 relevant amendments
        Harkin--1 amendment relevant to any on the list
        Harkin--Relevant to any on the list (Amdt. No. 3830)
        Harkin--School nutrition standards
        Harkin--Packers and Stockyards Act
        Harkin--Managers' Amendments
        Hutchison--Southwest Dairy
        Hutchison--Land Grants
        Hutchison--Rio Grande
        Hutchison--Renewables
        Inouye--Food for Peace
        Inouye--Rail related
        Inouye--Broadband Data
        Inouye--Energy related
        Inouye--Sugar/ethanol loan guarantee grant program
        Inouye--Exemption for Hawaii
        Inouye--Reimbursement payment to geographically disadvantaged 
farmers/ranchers
        Kerry--4 relevant amendments
        Kohl--Revised membership/Federal Milk Marketing (Amdt. No. 3531)
        Kohl--SOS Rural Energy America Program (Amdt. No. 3532)
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3533
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3534
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3535
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3536
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3537
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3555
        Klobuchar--AGI Limits (Amdt. No. 3810)
        Klobuchar--Timber contracts
        Klobuchar--Beginning farmers/ranchers
        Kyl--Tax/AMT
        Kyl--Relevant
        Landrieu--7 relevant amendments
        Lautenberg--FRESH Act
        Lautenberg--FEED Act
        Levin--Energy Markets
        Lincoln--4 Ag tax amendments
        Lincoln--Bio Fuels
        Lincoln--Small Procedure Credit
        Lincoln--1 relevant amendment
        Lott--Gulf of Mexico task force
        Lott--Tax/AMT
        Lott--2 Relevant
        Lugar--Trade
        Lugar--2 Relevant
        McCaskill--Amdt. No. 3556
        McConnell--3 Relevant
        McConnell--Nutritional Health (Amdt. No. 3821)
        McConnell--Death Tax
        McConnell--AMT
        McConnell--Tax/Horses
        McConnell--2 Relevant to any on the list
        Menendez--4 relevant amendments
        Mikulski--2 cloned foods amendments
        Mikulski--2 H2B amendments
        Murkowski--Exxon Valdez litigation
        Murkowski--Specialty crops
        Murray--2 Conservation amendments
        Murray--Energy
        Murray--Specialty crop
        Nelson (NE)--Amdt. No. 3576
        Pryor--Broadband (Amdt. No. 3625)
        Pryor--4 relevant amendments

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        Reid--Amdt. No. 3509
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3510
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3511
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3512
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3513
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3514
        Reid--2 relevant amendments
        Reid--2 amendments relevant to any on the list
        Roberts--Technical
        Roberts--Ag Fair Practices
        Roberts--Definitions
        Roberts--Regulations (Amdt. No. 3549)
        Roberts--Conservation
        Roberts--Conservation
        Roberts--Trade
        Roberts--Nutrition
        Roberts--Rural Development
        Roberts--Rural Development
        Salazar--Cellulosic Biofuels Production Incentives (Amdt. No. 
3616)
        Salazar--Colorado Good Neighbor Agreements (Forestry)
        Sanders--Amdt. No. 3595
        Schumer--4 Conservation amendments
        Schumer--Conservation (Amdt. No. 3720)
        Sessions--Rural Hospital
        Sessions--Farm Savings Accounts (Amdt. No. 3596)
        Smith--Americorp Vista volunteers
        Smith--River Conservatory
        Smith--Deschutes River
        Smith--Wallowa Lake Dam
        Smith--Oregon Subbasins
        Smith--North Irrigation unit
        Smith--Irrigation Districts
        Smith--Fire sprinkler systems
        Stabenow--Local farmer initiative--Buy America
        Stabenow--CSFP
        Stevens--Protecting Kids Online
        Stevens--e911
        Stevens--FSA operating loans
        Stevens--Quarantine inspection fees
        Stevens--Bloc Grant to seafood
        Stevens--AQI User Fees
        Stevens--Fishing Loans (Amdt. No. 3569)
        Stevens--DTV
        Stevens--Seafood Safety
        Sununu--Biomass Fuel
        Tester--Amdt. No. 3516
        Tester--Live Stock Title (Amdt. No. 3666)
        Thune--Biofuels
        Vitter--National Finance Center
        Webb--3 relevant amendments
        Wyden--Illegal logging
        Wyden--Biomass grants (Amdt. No. 3736).
    Ordered further, That first degree amendments be subject to second 
degree amendments that are relevant to the first degree amendment to 
which offered.
    Ordered further, That Managers' amendments cleared by both Managers, 
not be counted toward the 20 first degree amendments allowed by the 
agreement.
    Ordered further, That the cloture vote on H.R. 2419, be delayed, if 
needed, to occur upon the adoption of Amdt. 3500.
    Ordered further, That the mandatory quorum call required under Rule 
XXII be waived with respect to the cloture motions filed on the bill and 
on Amdt. No. 3500. (Nov. 14, Dec. 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 2007.)

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                         HOUSE MESSAGE ON H.R. 6

    2.--Ordered, That any cloture motions filed on Wednesday, December 
12, 2007, with respect to H.R. 6, an act to move the United States 
toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the 
production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers from price 
gouging, to increase the energy efficiency of products, buildings, and 
vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and 
storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal 
Government, and for other purposes, be considered to have been filed on 
Tuesday, December 11, 2007. (Dec. 11, 2007.)

                          VETO MESSAGE ON S. 5

    3.--Ordered, That the veto message on S. 5, the Stem Cell Research 
Enhancement Act of 2007, be considered as read and that it be printed in 
the Record and spread in full upon the Journal.
    Ordered further, That the message be held at the desk. (June 20, 
2007.)

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    February, 01, 05, 06, 07, 08, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 26, 27, 28.
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    March, 01, 02, 05, 07, 08, 09, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29.
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    April, 10, 03, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26.
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    May, 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
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    June, 30, 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29.
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    July, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31.
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    August, 01, 02, 03.
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    September, 04, 05, 06, 07, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.
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    October, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31.
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    November, 01, 02, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 23, 27, 29.
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    December, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 10, 11, 12.
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Days Senate met during Second Session, One Hundred Ninth Congress, are 
marked (---).

Boxed area indicates a non-legislative period.

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