[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D131-D132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Tuesday, February 28, 2006

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1511-S1554
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2334-2341, S. Res. 384-385, and S. Con. Res. 82. 
                                                         Pages S1539-40
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 1614, to extend the authorization of programs 
under the Higher Education Act of 1965. (S. Rept. No. 109-218) 
                                                             Page S1539
Measures Passed:
  National Sibling Connection Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 381, designating March 
1, 2006, as National Sibling Connection Day, and the resolution was 
then agreed to.
  Page S1553
  Read Across America Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 384, designating 
March 2, 2006, as ``Read Across America Day''.
  Page S1554
USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 2271, to clarify that individuals who receive FISA 
orders can challenge nondisclosure requirements, that individuals who 
receive national security letters are not required to disclose the name 
of their attorney, that libraries are not wire or electronic 
communication service providers unless they provide specific services, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S1515-28
Pending:
  Frist Amendment No. 2895, to establish the enactment date of the Act.
                                                             Page S1515
  Frist Amendment No. 2896 (to Amendment No. 2895), of a perfecting 
nature.
Page S1515
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 69 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 23), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.
Pages S1522-23
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 
with a vote on final passage of the bill to occur at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page S1554
LIHEAP Funding--Cloture Motion: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2320, to make available funds 
included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home 
Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006.
  Page S1522
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of 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, March 2, 2006.
Page S1522
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S1522
Escort Committee Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a 
committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like committee on 
the part of the House of Representatives to escort the Honorable Silvio 
Berlusconi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, into the House 
Chamber for the joint meeting on Wednesday, March 1, 2006.
  Page S1553
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 blocking property of persons undermining 
democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe; which was referred to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-41) 
                                                             Page S1538
Executive Communications:
  Pages S1538-39
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1540-41
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S1541-52
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1533-38
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S1552
Authorities for Committees To Meet:
  Pages S1552-53
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--23)
  Page S1523

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and, adjourned at 7:19 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 1, 2006. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1554.)