[Senate Calendars for May 22, 2008 - 110th Congress, 2nd 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 190
                  adjourned december 31, 2007
  SECOND SESSION  convened january 3, 2008           DAYS OF SESSION 79
                   

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                          CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                         Thursday, May 22, 2008



                      SENATE CONVENES AT 9:30 A.M.





                            PENDING BUSINESS

                  HOUSE MESSAGE TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 2642

    House message to accompany H.R. 2642, an act making appropriations 
for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for 
other purposes. (May 20, 2008.)

                            PENDING BUSINESS

                        H.R. 980 (ORDER NO. 275)

    An act to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety 
officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. (May 13, 
2008.)

                 (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

                       HOUSE MESSAGE ON H.R. 2642

    1.--Ordered, That following any Leader time on Thursday, May 22, 
2008, the Senate resume the message from the House on H.R. 2642, an act 
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, and there be 2 hours of 
debate equally divided and controlled between the Leaders or their 
designees; provided, that upon the use or yielding back of time, the 
cloture motion with respect to the motion to concur in House Amdt. No. 2 
with Amdt. No. 4803 be withdrawn, Amdt. No. 4804 also be withdrawn, and 
the Senate then proceed to vote on adoption of the motion to concur with 
an amendment in House Amdt. No. 2 with Amdt. No. 4803; provided further, 
that the motion to concur be subject to an affirmative 60 vote 
threshold; further, that if the motion achieves that threshold, it be 
agreed to and the motion to reconsider be consider made and laid upon 
the table.
    Ordered further, That if the motion fails to achieve the 60 vote 
threshold, it be withdrawn, and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) be 
recognized to move to concur in House Amdt. No. 2 with an amendment 
which is the text of the Webb GI bill; provided, that the motion be 
subject to an affirmative 60 vote threshold, and that if it achieves 
that threshold, the motion to concur with an amendment be agreed to and 
the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table; provided 
further, that if the motion fails to achieve 60 affirmative votes, it be 
withdrawn, and the Senate disagree to House Amdt. No. 2.
    Ordered further, That upon disposition of House Amdt. No. 2, the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) be recognized to move to concur in House 
Amdt. No. 1 with an amendment which is the text of the Committee-
reported Amdt. Nos. 2 and 3 on Iraq policy and funding; provided, that 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) then be recognized to make a Rule 
XVI point of order against Section 11312 of the motion to concur in 
House Amdt. No. 1 with an amendment; provided further, that if the point 
of order is sustained, the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) be recognized 
to move to concur in House Amdt. No. 1 with an amendment which is the 
text of Committee-reported Amdt. Nos. 2 and 3 without section 11312; 
further, that the motion be subject to a 60 affirmative vote threshold, 
and that if it achieves that threshold, it be agreed to, and the motion 
to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
    Ordered further, That if the motion fails to achieve the 60 vote 
threshold, it be withdrawn, and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) be 
recognized to move to concur in House Amdt. No. 1 with an amendment 
which is the text of Committee Amdt. No. 2 without section 11312; 
provided, that the motion be subject to an affirmative 60 vote 
threshold, and that if the motion achieves that threshold, it be agreed 
to, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the 
table; provided further, that if the motion fails to achieve that 
threshold, then it be withdrawn, and the Senate disagree to House Amdt. 
No. 1; further, that no further points of order be in order, with no 
intervening action or debate. (May 21, 2008.)

                                 S. 1974

    2.--Ordered, That S. 1974, a bill to make technical corrections 
related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, remain at the desk. (Mar. 
31, 2008.)

                          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.)

                                H.R. 3997

    4.--Ordered, That if the Senate receives from the House a message on 
H.R. 3997, an act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, 
volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment that is not germane to the Senate amendment 
or the underlying bill, that the bill and its amendments be referred to 
the Committee on Finance. (Dec. 12, 19, 2007.)

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                                 2007
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    January, 04, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31.
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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, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 28, 26, 31.
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