[Senate Calendars for July 8, 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 104
                   

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                          CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                          Tuesday, July 8, 2008



                      SENATE CONVENES AT 10:00 A.M.





                            PENDING BUSINESS

                  HOUSE MESSAGE TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 3221

    Message from the House of Representatives to accompany H.R. 3221, an 
act to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes. (June 19, 
2008.)

                            PENDING BUSINESS

                         S. 3036 (ORDER NO. 742)

    A bill to direct the Administrator of the Enviromental Protection 
Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, 
and for other purposes. (June 4, 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 TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 3221

    1.--Ordered, That the post-cloture time under Rule XXII with respect 
to the motion to concur in the amendments of the House striking titles 
VI through XI of the Senate amendment to H.R. 3221, an act to provide 
needed housing reform and for other purposes, begin at 5:00 p.m. on 
Monday, July 7, 2008; provided, that all time during the adjournment or 
recess of the Senate and all time during Morning Business and during the 
consideration of H.R. 6304 count post-cloture.
    Ordered further, That no further motions to refer be in order during 
the pendency of the House message. (June 19, 26, 27, July 7, 2008.)

                        H.R. 6304 (ORDER NO. 827)

    2.--Ordered, That upon the conclusion of Morning Business on 
Tuesday, July 8, 2008, all post-cloture time be yielded back and the 
motion to proceed to H.R. 6304, an act to amend the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing 
certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes, be 
agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon 
the table, and the Senate proceed to consideration of the bill; 
provided, that once the bill is reported, the only amendments in order 
be the following:
        An amendment offered by the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), 
the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) to strike immunity,
        A relevant amendment offered by the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Specter), and
        An amendment offered by the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman) regarding staying court cases against telecom companies.
    Ordered further, That the Specter and Bingaman amendments be subject 
to an affirmative 60-vote threshold, and that if they do not achieve 
that threshold, they be withdrawn; if they achieve that threshold, they 
be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid 
upon the table.
    Ordered further, That no other amendments be in order and debate 
time on the Bingaman amendment be limited to 60 minutes, equally divided 
and controlled in the usual form; provided, that there be 2 hours of 
debate on the Dodd amendment, equally divided and controlled, with 10 
minutes of that time under the control of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy); provided further, that there be 2 hours of debate on the Specter 
amendment, equally divided and controlled; further, that all the debate 
time on the amendments must be utilized during Tuesday's session.
    Ordered further, That at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, the 
Senate resume consideration of H.R. 6304, and that there be 60 minutes 
of debate time equally divided and controlled between the Leaders or 
their designees, and of the time controlled by the Majority Leader, 10 
minutes shall be under the control of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) and 10 minutes shall be under the control of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman); provided, that there be an additional 30 minutes 
under the control of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and 15 
minutes under the control of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd); 
provided further, that upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate 
proceed to vote in relation to the amendements; further, that upon 
disposition of the amendments, the Senate then vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the bill, and that if cloture is invoked, then all 
post-cloture time be yielded back, and without further intervening 
action or debate, the Senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill, as 
amended, if amended.
    Ordered further, That there be two minutes of debate, equally 
divided and controlled in the usual form prior to each vote; provided, 
that after the first vote in a sequence, succeeding votes be limited to 
10 minutes each.
    Ordered further, That it be in order to file the cloture motion on 
the bill at any time prior to the cloture vote, with the mandatory 
quorum waived, notwithstanding Rule XXII, if applicable, and if 
applicable, post cloture time be charged during this agreement. (June 
26, July 7, 2008.)

                                 S. 1974

    3.--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.)

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                          VETO MESSAGE ON S. 5

    4.--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

    5.--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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     January, 03, 07, 09, 11, 15, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31.

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     February, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29.

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     March, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 21, 24, 27, 31.

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     April, 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 08, 09, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30.

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     May, 01, 02, 06, 07, 08, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 29.

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     June, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 09, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30.

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     July, 07, 08.

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     August.

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     September.

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     October.

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     November.

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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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