[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 11, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D464-D465]
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                                            Wednesday, May 11, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4887-S5006
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
994-1007.
  Page S4936
Measures Reported:
  S. 285, to reauthorize the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical 
Education Program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 109-66)
Page S4936
Transportation Equity Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 3, to 
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and 
transit programs, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S4896-4906, S4906-4929
Adopted:
  Inhofe (for Talent) Amendment No. 742 (to Amendment No. 605), to 
require notice regarding the criteria for small business concerns to 
participate in Federally-funded projects.
Page S4929
Rejected:
  Corzine/Lautenberg Amendment No. 606 (to Amendment No. 605), to 
establish the effect of a section of the United States Code relating to 
the letting of contracts on individual contributions to political 
campaigns, and to require the Secretary of Transportation to consider 
State laws that limit political contributions to be in accordance with 
competitive procurement requirements. (By 57 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 
119), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S4906-15
  By 28 yeas to 69 nays (Vote No. 120), Lautenberg/Dodd Amendment No. 
625 (to Amendment No. 605), to provide funding for motorcycle safety 
programs in States without universal helmet laws.
Pages S4915-28
  By 44 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 121), Harkin Modified Amendment No. 
618 (to Amendment No. 605), to improve the safety of nonmotorized 
transportation, including bicycle and pedestrian safety. 
                                                         Pages S4920-28
Pending:
  Inhofe Amendment No. 605, to provide a complete substitute. 
                                                             Page S4896
  Dorgan Amendment No. 652 (to Amendment No. 605), to provide for the 
conduct of an investigation to determine whether market manipulation is 
contributing to higher gasoline prices.
Pages S4918-20
  Nelson (FL) (for Feingold ) Amendment No. 610 (to Amendment No. 605), 
to improve the accuracy and efficacy of identity authentication systems 
and ensure privacy and security.
Pages S4928-29
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 76 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 118), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, with respect to Inhofe Amendment No. 605 (listed above). The 
point of order that the amendment was in violation of section 302(f) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was not sustained. 
                                                      Pages S4896-S4902
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 
12, 2005, with 60 minutes of debate, followed by a vote on the motion 
to invoke cloture on Inhofe Amendment No. 605 (listed above). 
                                                             Page S5005
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Members have 
until 10:30 a.m. to file second-degree amendments.
Page S5005
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation. 
                                                             Page S5006
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mark A. Limbaugh, of Idaho, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Pamela E. Bridgewater, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Ghana.
  William Alan Eaton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Panama.
  Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be an Under Secretary of State 
(Management).
Page S5006
Messages From the House:
  Page S4935
Measures Referred:
  Page S4935

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Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S4935
Executive Communications:
  Pages S4935-36
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4936-38
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4938-58
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4933-34
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4950-S5004
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S5004-05
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--121) 
                                               Page S4902, S4915, S4928
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:58 p.m. 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 12, 2005. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5005.)