[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 28, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D413-D414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Wednesday, April 28, 2004

[[Page D413]]


                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 4181, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
      1986 to permanently extend the increased standard deduction, and 
      the 15-percent individual income tax rate bracket expansion, for 
      married taxpayers filing joint returns.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4445-S4624
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2353-2359, S. J. Res. 35, S. Res. 344-345, and S. Con. 
Res. 101.
  Pages S4492-93
Measures Passed:
  National Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 168, 
designating May 2004 as ``National Motorcycle Safety and Awareness 
Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S4622
  National Railroad Hall of Fame: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 255, supporting the 
National Railroad Hall of Fame, Inc., of Galesburg, Illinois, in its 
endeavor to erect a monument known as the National Railroad Hall of 
Fame, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S4622-23
  National Good Neighbor Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 340, expressing the sense of the 
Senate that the President should designate September 26, 2004, as 
``National Good Neighbor Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S4623
  Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating Young Americans: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 342 
designating April 30, 2004, as ``Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating Young 
Americans'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S4623-24
Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 150, to make permanent the moratorium on taxes on Internet access 
and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce imposed by 
the Internet Tax Freedom Act, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S4453-66, S4474-84
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 3048, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                               Pages S4453-66, S4474-84
  Daschle Amendment No. 3050 (to the language of the bill proposed to 
be stricken by Amendment No. 3048), to eliminate methyl tertiary butyl 
ether from the United States fuel supply, to increase production and 
use of renewable fuel, and to increase the Nation's energy 
independence.
Pages S4453-66, S4474-84
  Domenici Amendment No. 3051 (to Amendment No. 3050), to enhance 
energy conservation and research and development and to provide for 
security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people. 
                                               Pages S4453-66, S4474-84
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Thursday, April 29, 2004; 
providing for one hour for debate, and following the use or yielding 
back of time, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
Daschle Amendment No. 3050 (listed above).
Page S4624
Messages From the House:
  Page S4491
Measures Referred:
  Page S4491
Executive Communications:
  Pages S4491-92
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4493-94
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4494-S4505
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4489-91
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4505-4621
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S4621-22

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:16 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 29, 2004. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4624.)