[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 16, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D44-D46]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, January 16, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S529-S629
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 294-309, and S. Res. 30.
  Pages S578-79
Ethics Bill: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1, to provide greater 
transparency in the legislative process, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S550-71
Adopted:
  Feinstein/Rockefeller Amendment No. 70 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
prohibit an earmark from being included in the classified portion of a 
report accompanying a measure unless the measure includes a general 
program description, funding level, and the name of the sponsor of that 
earmark.
Page S556
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 10), Durbin Modified 
Amendment No. 44 (to Amendment No. 11), to strengthen earmark reform. 
                                                          Pages S567-68
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 11), DeMint Amendment No. 11 
(to Amendment No. 3), to strengthen the earmark reform, as amended. 
                                                          Pages S567-68
Withdrawn:
  Feingold Amendment No. 32 (to Amendment No. 3), to increase the 
cooling off period for senior staff to 2 years and to prohibit former 
Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying activities in addition to 
lobbying contacts during their cooling off period.
Page S558
  Reid (for Feingold/Obama) Amendment No. 54 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
prohibit lobbyists and entities that retain or employ lobbyists from 
throwing lavish parties honoring Members at party conventions. 
                                                              Page S558
  Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 3, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S550
  Reid Modified Amendment No. 4 (to Amendment No. 3), to strengthen the 
gift and travel bans. (As modified, the amendment incorporates the 
provisions of Bennett (for McCain) Amendment No. 19.) 
                                                       Pages S550, S569
  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 S550
  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.
Page S550
  Vitter/Inhofe Further Modified Amendment No. 9 (to Amendment No. 3), 
to prohibit Members from having official contact with any spouse of a 
Member who is a registered lobbyist.
Page S550
  Leahy/Pryor Amendment No. 2 (to Amendment No. 3), to give 
investigators and prosecutors the tools they need to combat public 
corruption.
Page S550
  Gregg Amendment No. 17 (to Amendment No. 3), to establish a 
legislative line item veto.
Page S550
  Ensign Amendment No. 24 (to Amendment No. 3), to provide for better 
transparency and enhanced congressional oversight of spending by 
clarifying the treatment of matter not committed to the conferees by 
either House.
Page S550
  Ensign Modified Amendment No. 25 (to Amendment No. 3), to ensure full 
funding for the Department of Defense within the regular appropriations 
process, to limit the reliance of the Department of Defense on 
supplemental appropriations bills, and to improve the integrity of the 
congressional budget process.
Page S550
  Cornyn Amendment No. 26 (to Amendment No. 3), to require full 
separate disclosure of any earmarks in any bill, joint resolution, 
report, conference report or statement of managers.
Page S550
  Cornyn Amendment No. 27 (to Amendment No. 3), to require 3 calendar 
days notice in the Senate before proceeding to any matter.
Page S550
  Bennett (for McCain) Amendment No. 28 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
provide congressional transparency.
Page S550
  Bennett (for McCain) Amendment No. 29 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
provide congressional transparency.
Page S551
  Lieberman Amendment No. 30 (to Amendment No. 3), to establish a 
Senate Office of Public Integrity.
Pages S551, S560-62

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  Bennett/McConnell Amendment No. 20 (to Amendment No. 3), to strike a 
provision relating to paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying. 
                                                              Page S551
  Thune Amendment No. 37 (to Amendment No. 3), to require any recipient 
of a Federal award to disclose all lobbying and political advocacy. 
                                                              Page S551
  Feinstein/Rockefeller Amendment No. 42 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
prohibit an earmark from being included in the classified portion of a 
report accompanying a measure unless the measure includes a general 
program description, funding level, and the name of the sponsor of that 
earmark.
Page S551
  Feingold Amendment No. 31 (to Amendment No. 3), to prohibit former 
Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying activities in addition to 
lobbying contacts during their cooling off period.
Page S551
  Feingold Amendment No. 33 (to Amendment No. 3), to prohibit former 
Members who are lobbyists from using gym and parking privileges made 
available to Members and former Members.
Page S551
  Feingold Amendment No. 34 (to Amendment No. 3), to require Senate 
campaigns to file their FEC reports electronically.
Page S551
  Durbin Amendment No. 36 (to Amendment No. 3), to require that 
amendments and motions to recommit with instructions be copied and 
provided by the clerk to the desks of the Majority Leader and the 
Minority Leader before being debated.
Page S551
  Cornyn Amendment No. 45 (to Amendment No. 3), to require 72 hour 
public availability of legislative matters before consideration. 
                                                              Page S551
  Cornyn Amendment No. 46 (to Amendment No. 2), to deter public 
corruption.
Page S551
  Bond (for Coburn) Amendment No. 48 (to Amendment No. 3), to require 
all recipients of Federal earmarks, grants, subgrants, and contracts to 
disclose amounts spent on lobbying and a description of all lobbying 
activities.
Page S551
  Bond (for Coburn) Amendment No. 49 (to Amendment No. 3), to require 
all congressional earmark requests to be submitted to the appropriate 
Senate committee on a standardized form.
Page S551
  Bond (for Coburn) Amendment No. 50 (to Amendment No. 3), to provide 
disclosure of lobbyist gifts and travel instead of banning them as 
proposed.
Page S551
  Bond (for Coburn) Amendment No. 51 (to Amendment No. 3), to prohibit 
Members from requesting earmarks that may financially benefit that 
Member or immediate family member of that Member.
Page S551
  Nelson (NE) Amendment No. 47 (to Amendment No. 3), to help encourage 
fiscal responsibility in the earmarking process.
Page S551
  Reid (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 43 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
require disclosure of earmark lobbying by lobbyists.
Page S551
  Reid (for Casey) Amendment No. 56 (to Amendment No. 3), to eliminate 
the K Street Project by prohibiting the wrongful influencing of a 
private entity's employment decisions or practices in exchange for 
political access or favors.
Pages S551, S559-60
  Sanders Amendment No. 57 (to Amendment No. 3), to require a report by 
the Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress regarding political 
contributions before and after the enactment of certain laws. 
                                                          Pages S552-54
  Bennett (for Coburn) Amendment No. 59 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
provide disclosure of lobbyist gifts and travel instead of banning them 
as proposed.
Pages S554-56
  Bennett (for Coleman) Amendment No. 39 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
require that a publicly available website be established in Congress to 
allow the public access to records of reported congressional official 
travel.
Pages S554-56
  Feingold Amendment No. 63 (to Amendment No. 3), to increase the 
cooling off period for senior staff to 2 years and to prohibit former 
Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying activities in addition to 
lobbying contacts during their cooling off period.
Pages S556-57
  Feingold Amendment No. 64 (to Amendment No. 3), to prohibit lobbyists 
and entities that retain or employ lobbyists from throwing lavish 
parties honoring Members at party conventions.
Pages S556-57
  Feingold/Obama Amendment No. 76 (to Amendment No. 3), to clarify 
certain aspects of the lobbyist contribution reporting provision. 
                                                          Pages S556-57
  Feingold Amendment No. 65 (to Amendment No. 4), to prohibit lobbyists 
and entities that retain or employ lobbyists from throwing lavish 
parties honoring Members at party conventions.
Page S558
  Bennett (for Lott) Amendment No. 78 (to Amendment No. 4), to only 
allow official and officially related travel to be paid for by 
appropriated funds.
Page S559
  Bennett (for Lott) Amendment No. 79 (to Amendment No. 4), to only 
allow official and officially related travel to be paid for by 
appropriated funds.
Page S559
  Bennett Modified Amendment No. 81 (to Amendment No. 4), to permit 
travel hosted by preapproved 501(c)(3) organizations.
Page S559

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  Obama/Feingold Amendment No. 41 (to Amendment No. 3), to require 
lobbyists to disclose the candidates, leadership PACs, or political 
parties for whom they collect or arrange contributions, and the 
aggregate amount of the contributions collected or arranged. 
                                                          Pages S565-66
  Nelson (NE)/Salazar Amendment No. 71 (to Amendment No. 3), to extend 
the laws and rules passed in this bill to the executive and judicial 
branches of government.
  During consideration of this measure today, the following action, 
also occurred:
  By 95 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 12), 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 Reid Modified Amendment 
No. 4 (listed above).
Pages S566-67, S569
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Wednesday, 
January 17, 2007; and that notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, 
all time during the adjournment of the Senate and the recess from 12:30 
p.m. to 2:15 p.m., on Wednesday, January 17, 2007, count against post-
cloture time.
Page S628
Appointments:
  John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: The Chair, on behalf 
of the President of the Senate, pursuant to Public Law 85-874, as 
amended, appointed the following individual to the Board of Trustees of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Senator Feinstein. 
                                                              Page S628
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, of Puerto Rico, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico for the term of four years.
  John Wood, of Missouri, to be United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri for the term of four years.
  Michael David Credo, of Louisiana, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Louisiana for the term of four years.
  Robert Gideon Howard, Jr., of Arkansas, to be United States Marshal 
for the Eastern District of Arkansas for the term of four years.
  5 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  11 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Marine Corps.
Page S629
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007. 
                                                              Page S629
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S573
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S575-78
Executive Communications:
  Pages S573-75
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S579
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S579-S612
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S612-27
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S628
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S628
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--12) 
                                                       Pages S568, S569
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:11 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Wednesday, January 17, 2006. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S629.)