[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 138 (Wednesday, October 26, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1092-D1095]
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                                        Wednesday, October 26, 2005

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11853-S11951
Measures Introduced: Five bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1921-1925, and S. Res. 288.                     
  Page S11917
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 255, recognizing the achievements of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service and the Waterfowl Population Survey.
  S. 1285, to designate the Federal building located at 333 Mt. Elliott 
Street in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Parks Federal Building''. 
                                                            Page S11917
Measures Passed:
  Rosa Parks Federal Building/William B. Bryant Annex: Senate passed S. 
1285, to designate the Federal building located at 333 Mt. Elliott 
Street in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Parks Federal Building'', 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S11892-94
  Warner Amendment No. 2330, to designate the annex to the E. Barrett 
Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 333 
Constitution Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the 
``William B. Bryant Annex''.                                
Page S11894
  Recognizing Wellington Mara: Senate agreed to S. Res. 288, 
recognizing the life and accomplishments of Wellington Mara of New 
York.                                                       
  Page S11950
  National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 282, 
supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness 
Month and expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should raise 
awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating 
effects on families, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                        Pages S11950-51
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 S11857, S11910
Adopted:
  Coburn Amendment No. 2231, to require that any limitation, directive, 
or earmarking contained in either the House of Representatives or 
Senate report accompanying this bill be included in the conference 
report or joint statement accompanying the bill in order to be 
considered as having been approved by both Houses of Congress. 
                                                            Page S11875
  Santorum Amendment No. 2239, to provide funding for the purchase of 
rapid oral HIV tests.                                   
Pages S11881-82
  Specter Amendment No. 2291, to restrict the use of funds to implement 
or enforce the interim final rule with respect to power mobility 
devices.                                                    
Page S11885
  Specter (for Levin) Amendment No. 2268, to amend section 316 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, to reduce the residency requirement 
and limit the adjudication period for the naturalization of aliens with 
extraordinary ability so that such aliens may represent the United 
States as international events.                             
Page S11886
  Specter (for Chambliss) Amendment No. 2260, to permit an alien to 
remain eligible for a diversity visa beyond the fiscal year in which 
the alien applied for the visa.                         
Pages S11885-88
  Specter (for Frist) Amendment No. 2278, to increase funding for 
suicide prevention activities.                              
Page S11901
  Durbin Amendment No. 2315, to designate a port of entry. 
                                                        Pages S11901-02
  Durbin Amendment No. 2228, to ensure the scientific integrity of 
Federally-funded scientific advisory committees and their findings. 
                                                Pages S11873-75, S11902
  Harkin (for Kennedy) Modified Amendment No. 2246, to ensure that the 
Current Employment Survey maintains the content of the survey issued 
prior to August 2005 with respect to the collection of data for the 
women worker series.                                    
Pages S11902-05
  Dayton Amendment No. 2244, to provide for the production and mailing 
of a corrected Medicare and You handbook.          
Pages S11881, S11905

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Rejected:
  By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 271), Gregg/Grassley Modified 
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 S11889-92
  By 14 yeas to 85 nays (Vote No. 274), Coburn Amendment No. 2232, to 
increase funding for the AIDS drug assistance program. 
                                             Pages S11876-80, S11895-96
Pending:
  Sununu Amendment No. 2214, to provide for the funding of the Low-
Vision Rehabilitation Services Demonstration Project.       
Page S11857
  Sununu Modified Amendment No. 2215, to increase funding for community 
health centers.                                 
Pages S11857, S11872-73
  Thune Further Modified Amendment No. 2193, to provide funding for 
telehealth programs.                            
Pages S11857, S11908-09
  Murray Amendment No. 2220, to provide stop gap coverage for low-
income Seniors and disabled individuals who may lose benefits or suffer 
a gap in coverage due to the implementation of the Medicare part D 
prescription drug benefit.                              
Pages S11857-58
  Harkin Modified Amendment No. 2283, to make available funds for 
pandemic flu preparedness.              
Pages S11863, S11866, S11888-89
  Clinton/Schumer Amendment No. 2313, to provide for payments to the 
New York State Uninsured Employers Fund for reimbursement of claims 
related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and payments to 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for treatment for 
emergency services personnel and rescue and recovery personnel. 
                                                   Pages S11872, S11909
  Coburn Amendment No. 2233, to prohibit the use of funds for HIV 
Vaccine Awareness Day activities.                       
Pages S11875-76
  Coburn Amendment No. 2230, to limit funding for conferences. 
                                                            Page S11876
  Dayton Amendment No. 2245, to fully fund the Federal Government's 
share of the costs under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act.                                              
Page S11881
  Dayton Amendment No. 2289, to increase funding for disabled voter 
access services under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.    
Page S11881
  Santorum Amendment No. 2241, to establish a Congressional Commission 
on Expanding Social Service Delivery Options.           
Pages S11882-83
  Santorum Amendment No. 2237, to provide grants to promote healthy 
marriages.                                              
Pages S11883-85
  Durbin (for Boxer/Ensign) Amendment No. 2287, to increase 
appropriations for after-school programs through 21st century community 
learning centers.                                           
Page S11896
  Bingaman (for Smith/Bingaman) Amendment No. 2259, to provide funding 
for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program within the Health Resources and 
Services Administration.                                    
Page S11896
  Bingaman Amendment No. 2218, to increase funding for advanced 
placement programs.                                     
Pages S11896-97
  Bingaman Amendment No. 2219, to increase funding for school dropout 
prevention.                                                 
Page S11897
  Bingaman/Salazar Amendment No. 2262, to increase funding for 
education programs serving Hispanic students.       
Pages S11897-S11900
  Harkin Amendment No. 2322, to prohibit payments for administrative 
expenses under the Medicaid program if more than 15 percent of 
applications for medical assistance, eligibility redeterminations, and 
change reports are processed by individuals who are not State employees 
meeting certain personnel standards.                        
Page S11900
  Cornyn Amendment No. 2277, to increase the amount of appropriated 
funds available for Community-Based Job Training Grants. 
                                                        Pages S11900-01
  Landrieu Amendment No. 2248, to increase appropriations for the 
Federal TRIO programs for students affected by Hurricanes Katrina or 
Rita.                                                   
Pages S11905-06
  Landrieu Amendment No. 2250, to provide funding to carry out the 
Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act.               
Page S11906
  Landrieu Amendment No. 2249, to require that any additional community 
health center funding be directed, in part, to centers in areas 
affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.            
Page S11906
  Collins/Feingold Modified Amendment No. 2265, to fund grants for 
innovative programs to address dental workforce needs. 
                                                        Pages S11906-07
  Murray Amendment No. 2285, to insert provisions related to an 
investigation by the Inspector General.                 
Pages S11907-08
  Ensign Amendment No. 2300, to prohibit funding for the support, 
development, or distribution of the Department of Education's e-
Language Learning System (ELLS).                            
Page S11909
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 44 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 269), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Byrd Amendment No. 2275, to provide 
additional funding for title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965.

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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 S11859-66
  By 54 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 270), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 502(c)(5) of H. Con. Res. 95, 
Congressional Budget Resolution, with respect to the emergency 
designation provision in Reed Further Modified Amendment No. 2194, to 
provide for appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program. Subsequently, a point of order that the emergency designation 
provision would violate section 502(c)(5) of H. Con. Res. 95 was 
sustained and the provision was stricken. Also, the Chair sustained a 
point order that the amendment would exceed the subcommittee's 302(b) 
allocation and the amendment thus fell. 
                                        Pages S11857, S11858-59, S11891
  By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 272), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Dodd Amendment No. 2254, to increase 
appropriations for Head Start programs. 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 S11866-69, S11892
  By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 273), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, with respect to Clinton Amendment No. 2292, to provide 
additional funding for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act. 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 S11869-72, S11894-95
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, October 27, 2005, 
with the time until 10 a.m., equally divided between the majority and 
the minority, and at 10 a.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the bill; provided further, that Senators have up until 10 
a.m. to file second-degree amendments.                      
Page S11891
Defense Authorization--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement 
was reached providing that at a time determined by the Majority Leader, 
with the concurrence of the Democratic Leader, Senate resume 
consideration of S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces; that it be considered under certain limitations relative to 
amendments; provided further, that there be 2 hours of general debate 
on the bill divided between the two managers; and that at the 
expiration of that time and the disposition of certain amendments, the 
bill be read a third time, and the Senate then proceed to a vote on the 
passage of the bill, as amended, if amended.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Robert Joseph Henke, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Management).
  William F. Tuerk, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for Memorial Affairs.
  Lisette M. Mondello, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental Affairs).    
Page S11951
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Bernadette Mary Allen, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Niger.
  Janice L. Jacobs, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
  Marilyn Ware, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Finland.
  Routine lists in the Army.                                
Page S11951
Messages From the House:                                    
  Page S11916
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S11916
Executive Communications:                               
  Pages S11916-17
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S11917-19
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S11919-22
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S11915-16
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S11922-48
Notices of Intent:                                          
  Page S11948
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Page S11948
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                     
  Pages S11948-49
Privileges of the Floor:                                    
  Page S11949
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total-274) 
                             Pages S11866, S11891-92, S11894-95, S11896
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:51 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, October 27, 2005. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11951.)

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