[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 14, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D599-D600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, June 14, 2005

[[Page D599]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed the nomination of Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, 
      to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia 
      Circuit.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6427-S6597
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1230-1248, and S. Res. 171.                   
  Page S6481
Measures Reported:
  S. 1230, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for 
the extension of the Highway Trust Fund and the Aquatic Resources Trust 
Fund expenditure authority and related taxes and to provide for excise 
tax reform and simplification. (S. Rept. No. 109-82)         
Page S6481
Measures Passed:
   Honoring Robert M. La Follette: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 161, honoring the life 
of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., on the sesquicentennial of his birth, 
and the resolution was then agreed to.                       
  Page S6588
Energy Policy Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 6, to ensure jobs 
for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S6439-45, S6445-67
Adopted:
  Domenici Amendment No. 775, in the nature of a substitute. 
(Amendment, as agreed to, will be considered original text for the 
purpose of further amendment.)                               
Page S6447
Rejected:
  Boxer Amendment No. 781 (to Amendment No. 779), to ensure that 
ethanol is treated like all other motor vehicle fuels and that 
taxpayers and local governments do not have to pay for environmental 
damage caused by ethanol (By 59 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 137), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)                                   
Pages S6460-63
Pending:
  Domenici Amendment No. 779 (to Amendment No. 775), 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 S6447-60
  Schumer Amendment No. 782 (to Amendment No. 779), to strike the 
reliable fuels subtitle of the amendment.                
Pages S6463-67
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 15, 2005. 
                                                         Pages S6588-89
Appointments:
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki): The 
Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 94-304, 
as amended by Public Law 99-7, appointed the following Senators as 
members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 
(Helsinki) during the 109th Congress: Senators Smith, Chambliss, Burr, 
and Vitter.                                                  
  Page S6588
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 73 yeas, 24 nays (Vote No. EX. 136), Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
                                                   Pages S6427-38 S6597
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas Craig Wheeler, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  Margaret Mary Sweeney, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  4 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Navy.                             
Pages S6595-97

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Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S6480
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S6480
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6480-81
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6481-83
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6483-95
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6476-80
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S6495-S6587
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S6587
Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S6587
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S6588
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--137) 
                                                  Pages S6438, S6462-63
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:44 a.m., and adjourned at 7:19 p.m. 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 15, 2005. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6588.)