[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 75 (Tuesday, June 13, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D618-D619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, June 13, 2006

[[Page D618]]


                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 4939, 
      Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global 
      War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5731-S5819
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3492-3506 and S. Res. 507-511.
  Page S5779
National Defense Authorization: Senate continued consideration of S. 
2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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, taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S5740-46
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 168), Warner (for Frist/
Reid) Amendment No. 4208, to express the sense of Congress that the 
United States Armed Forces, the intelligence community, and other 
agencies, as well as the coalition partners of the United States and 
the Iraqi Security Forces should be commended for their actions that 
resulted in the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of the al-
Qaeda in Iraq terrorist organization and the most wanted terrorist in 
Iraq.
Page S5744
Pending:
  Levin (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 4205, to provide a temporary 
prohibition on an increase in copayments required under the retail 
pharmacy system of the pharmacy benefits program of the Department of 
Defense.
Pages S5740-41
  Warner Amendment No. 4211, to name the CVN-78 aircraft carrier the 
U.S.S. Gerald Ford.
Pages S5744-46
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, June 14, 
2006.
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations--Conference Report: Senate began 
consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 4939, making 
emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006.
  Pages S5750-65
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report at approximately 10 a.m., on 
Wednesday, June 14, 2006, that there be 25 minutes of debate controlled 
by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and 75 minutes of 
debate controlled by the Ranking Member of the Committee on 
Appropriations; provided further, that following the use or yielding 
back of time, the conference report be set aside, and at 10 a.m., on 
Thursday, June 15, 2006, Senate proceed to vote on adoption of the 
conference report, with no further intervening action or debate. 
                                                     Pages S5765, S5819
Stickler Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the scheduled vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination of Richard Stickler, of West Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, was vitiated. 
                                                             Page S5746
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Charles P. Rosenberg, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for 
the Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years. 
                                                             Page S5819
Messages From the House:
  Page S5777
Measures Referred:
  Page S5777
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S5777
Executive Communications:
  Pages S5777-79
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5779-81
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S5781-S5814
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5773-77
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5814-18
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S5818

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Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S5818-19
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S5819
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--168) 
                                                             Page S5744
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 7:15 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 14, 2006. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5819.)