[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D531-D532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Tuesday, May 23, 2006

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 5384, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
      and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
      2007.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4923-S5043
Measures Introduced: Sixty-nine bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2925-2993, S. Res. 489-490, and S. Con. Res. 
96.                                                      
  Pages S4965-67
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 359, concerning the Government of Romania's ban on 
intercountry adoptions and the welfare of orphaned or abandoned 
children in Romania.
  S. Res. 456, expressing the sense of the Senate on the discussion by 
the North Atlantic Council of secure, sustainable, and reliable sources 
of energy.
  S. Res. 469, condemning the April 25, 2006, beating and intimidation 
of Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque.
  S. 633, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in 
the Armed Forces of the United States.
  S. 2125, to promote relief, security, and democracy in the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo.
  S. 2784, to award a congressional gold medal to Tenzin Gyatso, the 
Fourteenth Dalai Lama, in recognition of his many enduring and 
outstanding contributions to peace, non-violence, human rights, and 
religious understanding.
  S. 2803, to amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to 
improve the safety of mines and mining, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.                                             
Page S4963
Measures Passed:
  National Safety Month: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 450, designating June 2006 as National 
Safety Month, and the resolution was then agreed to.         
  Page S5027
  Relative to Death of Former Senator Lloyd Bentsen: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 489, relative to the death of Lloyd Bentsen, distinguished 
member of the United States Senate.                       
  Page S5027-29
  Senate Legal Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 490, to 
authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the case of 
Lannak v. Biden, et al.                                     
  Pages S5029
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act: Senate continued consideration of 
S. 2611, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, taking action 
on the following amendments proposed thereto:            
  Pages S4924-60
Adopted:
  By 58 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 140), Grassley Amendment No. 4177, to 
provide a substitute to title III, Unlawful Employment of Aliens. 
                                               Pages S4943-46, S4952-54
Rejected:
  By 37 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 138), Feinstein/Harkin Modified 
Amendment No. 4087, to modify the conditions under which aliens who 
are unlawfully present in the United States are granted legal 
status.                                                  
                             Pages S4924-36
  Leahy Amendment No. 4117, to amend section 212 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act regarding restrictions on the admission of aliens. (By 
79 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 139), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S4938-43, S4951-52
  Kennedy Amendment No. 4106, to enhance the enforcement of labor 
protections for United States workers and guest workers. (By 56 yeas to 
41 nays (Vote No. 141), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                  Pages S4947-48, S4954
  Durbin Amendment No. 4142, to authorize the waiver of certain grounds 
of inadmissibility or removal where denial of admission or removal 
would result in hardship for a spouse, parent, or child who is a 
citizen or permanent resident alien. (By 63 yeas

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to 34 nays (Vote No. 142), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S4948-50, S4954-55
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration 
of certain first-degree amendments; provided further, that if cloture 
is invoked on the bill, and if any of the amendments have not been 
offered prior to the expiration of time under rule XXII, then it be in 
order to call up any such amendment prior to third reading of the bill; 
and that it be in order to consider a manager's amendment, which has 
been cleared by both managers.                           
Pages S5029-30
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 8:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 
that Senator McConnell be recognized to offer amendment No. 4085, with 
the time until 9:30 a.m., equally divided between Senators McConnell 
and Reid or his designee, followed by a vote in relation to the 
amendment, with no second-degree amendments in order prior to the vote; 
that following that vote, Senate proceed to vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the bill; provided further, that following the vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill, the next first degree 
amendment in order be Lieberman Amendment No. 4036.      
Pages S5029-30
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that second-
degree amendments be filed no later than 10 a.m., on Wednesday, May 24, 
2006, under rule XXII.                                   
Pages S5029-30
Legislative Transparency and Accountability: Senate disagreed to the 
amendments of the House to S. 2349, to provide greater transparency in 
the legislative process, requested a conference with the House thereon, 
and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the 
part of the Senate: Senators Lott, Stevens, McConnell, Dodd, and 
Inouye.                                                      
  Page S5027
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 His Excellency, Ehud 
Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel, to the House Chamber for the joint 
meeting on Wednesday, May 24, 2006.                          
  Page S5029
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Richard E. Hoagland, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Armenia.
  Clifford M. Sobel, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Federative 
Republic of Brazil.
  Routine lists in the Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                         Pages S5042-43
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S4962
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4962
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4962-63
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S4963-65
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4967-68
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4968-72
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S4972-S5026
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5026
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5026
Privileges of the Floor:                                 
  Pages S5026-27
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--142) 
                             Pages S4936, S4952, S4953-54, S4954, S4955
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and as a further mark of 
respect to the memory of the late Lloyd Bentsen, former United States 
Senator from the State of Texas, in accordance with S. Res. 489, 
adjourned at 8:38 p.m., until 8:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 24, 2006. 
(For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S5030.)