[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 10, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D25-D26]
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                                        Wednesday, January 10, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S313-S404
Measures Introduced: Twenty-one bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 235-255, and S. Res. 22.       
  Pages S357-58
Ethics Bill: Senate continued consideration of S. 1, to provide greater 
transparency in the legislative process, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S319-345
Adopted:
  By 93 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 2), Vitter Amendment No. 7 (to 
Amendment No. 3), to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to 
establish criminal penalties for knowingly and willfully falsifying or 
failing to file or report certain information required to be reported 
under that Act.                                           
Pages S324-25
  Salazar/Obama Modified Amendment No. 15 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
require Senate committees and subcommittees to make available by the 
Internet a video recording, audio recording, or transcript of any 
meeting not later than 14 business days after the meeting occurs. 
                                                    Pages S331-32, S345
Rejected:
  Vitter Amendment No. 5 (to Amendment No. 3), to modify the 
application of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to Indian 
tribes. (By 56 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 3), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)                                               
Pages S342-44
  Vitter Amendment No. 6 (to Amendment No. 3), to prohibit authorized 
committees and leadership PACs from employing the spouse or immediate 
family members of any candidate or Federal office holder connected to 
the committee. (By 54 yeas to 41 nays, 1-present (Vote No. 4), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)                              
Pages S341-42, S344
Withdrawn:
  Stevens Amendment No. 16 (to Amendment No. 4), to permit certain 
travel within State.                                
Pages S334-36, S344
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 3, in the nature of a substitute.        
Page S319
  Reid Amendment No. 4 (to Amendment No. 3), to strengthen the gift and 
travel bans.                                                  
Page S319
  DeMint Amendment No. 11 (to Amendment No. 3), to strengthen the 
earmark reform.                                           
Pages S320-21
  DeMint Amendment No. 12 (to Amendment No. 3), to clarify that 
earmarks added to a conference report that are not considered by the 
Senate or the House of Representatives are out of scope.      
Page S321
  DeMint Amendment No. 13 (to Amendment No. 3), to prevent government 
shutdowns.                                                    
Page S321
  DeMint Amendment No. 14 (to Amendment No. 3), to protect individuals 
from having their money involuntarily collected and used for lobbying 
by a labor organization.                                  
Pages S321-22
  Vitter/Inhofe Amendment No. 9 (to Amendment No. 3), to place certain 
restrictions on the ability of the spouses of Members of Congress to 
lobby Congress.                                           
Pages S322-23
  Vitter Amendment No. 10 (to Amendment No. 3), to increase the penalty 
for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements. 
                                                              Page S323
  Leahy/Pryor Amendment No. 2 (to Amendment No. 3), to give 
investigators and prosecutors the tools they need to combat public 
corruption.                                               
Pages S332-34
  Gregg Amendment No. 17 (to Amendment No. 3), to establish a 
legislative line item veto.                      
Pages S336-41, S344-45
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Thursday, 
January 11, 2007.                                             
Page S401
Appointments:
  Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Ranking 
Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, pursuant to Public Law 106-
170, announced the appointment of the following individual to serve as 
a member of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel: 
David L. Miller of South Dakota.                              
  Page S401
  Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, pursuant to the provision of 20 U.S.C., sections 
42 and 43, appointed Senator Dodd as a member of the

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Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, vice Senator Frist. 
                                                              Page S401
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Bradley Udall, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2012.
  P. Robert Fannin, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Dominican 
Republic.
  William Raymond Steiger, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Mozambique.
  Douglas Menarchik, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Howard Charles Weizmann, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Navy. 
                                                          Pages S401-04
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S355
Measures Read the First Time:                       
  Pages S355-56, S401
Petitions and Memorials:                                  
  Pages S356-57
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S358-59
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S359-95
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S354-55
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S395-S400
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                 
  Page S400
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S400-01
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S401
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--4) 
                                           Pages S324-25, S343-44, S344
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:07 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, January 11, 2006. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S401.)