[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 137 (Tuesday, October 25, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1084-D1085]
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                                          Tuesday, October 25, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11777-S11851
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1913-1920, S. Res. 286-287, and S. Con. Res. 60. 
                                                            Page S11823
Measures Passed:
  Recognizing the Grand Ole Opry: Senate agreed to S. Res. 286, 
commending the Grand Ole Opry on the occasion of its 80th anniversary 
for its important role in the popularization of country music and for 
its 8 decades of musical and broadcast excellence.          
  Page S11827
  Honoring the Life of Rosa Parks: Senate agreed to S. Res. 287, 
honoring the life of, and expressing the condolences of the Senate on 
the passing of Rosa Parks.                   
  Pages S11827-28, S11846-50
  Antitrust Criminal Investigative Improvements Act: Senate passed S. 
443, to improve the investigation of criminal antitrust offenses. 
                                                            Page S11850
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: Senate continued consideration of 
H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:             
  Pages S11784-92, S11793-S11815
Adopted:
  Specter Amendment No. 2197, to reduce administrative costs in the 
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.                 
Page S11784
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 267), Durbin Amendment No. 
2196, to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit 
to Congress a plan for changing the numerical identifier used to 
identify Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program. 
                                                        Pages S11784-85
  Inouye/Cochran Amendment No. 2222, to rename certain buildings within 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.         
Pages S11793-94
  Salazar Amendment No. 2226, to provide that certain local educational 
agencies shall be eligible to receive a fiscal year 2005 payment under 
section 8002 or 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965.                                                   
Pages S11804-05
  Salazar Amendment No. 2224, to require the Secretary of Education to 
conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of violence prevention 
programs receiving funding under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and 
Communities Act.                                        
Pages S11805-06
  Salazar Amendment No. 2225, to provide for a study of national 
service programs in the rural United States.                
Page S11806
Pending:
  Sununu Amendment No. 2214, to provide for the funding of the Low-
Vision Rehabilitation Services Demonstration Project.   
Pages S11788-89
  Sununu Amendment No. 2215, to increase funding for community health 
centers.                                                    
Page S11789
  Reed Modified Amendment No. 2194, to provide for appropriations for 
the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. 
                                         Pages S11794-S11804, S11807-11
  Gregg Amendment No. 2253, to increase appropriations for the Low-
Income Home Energy Assistance Program by $1,276,000,000, with an 
across-the-board reduction.                             
Pages S11811-12
  Thune Modified Amendment No. 2193, to provide funding for telehealth 
programs.                                               
Pages S11812-14
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 48 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 268), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion, under section 904 of the Congressional Budget act 
of 1974, to waive provisions of the Act for consideration of Kennedy 
Amendment No. 2213, to increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant award by 
$200 to $4,250. Subsequently, the point of order that the amendment 
would provide spending in excess of the subcommittee's 302(b) 
allocation was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
                              Pages S11785-88, S11789-92, S11793-S11815
  Senate rejected the motion, under section 904 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, to waive provisions of the Act for consideration of 
Salazar Amendment No. 2223, to increase funding for the safe and drug-
free schools and communities program. Subsequently, the point of order 
that the amendment

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would provide spending in excess of the subcommittee's 302(b) 
allocation was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                        Pages S11806-07
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Thursday, October 27, 2005.
                                                        Pages S11814-15
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 
October 26, 2005.                                       
Pages S11850-51
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation 
of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12938 with 
respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; which was 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
28)                                                         
Page S11819
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Aida M. Delgado-Colon, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.
  8 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army.                                
Page S11851
Messages From the House:                                    
  Page S11819
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S11819
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                
  Page S11819
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                   
  Page S11819
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S11819-20
Executive Reports of Committees:                        
  Pages S11820-23
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S11823-24
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S11824-27
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S11828-45
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Page S11845
Authority for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S11845-46
Privilege of the Floor:                                     
  Page S11846
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-268) 
                                                   Pages S11785, S11793
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:53 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, October 26, 2005. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11851.)