[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 17, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D52-D54]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, January 17, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S631-S708
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 310-328, S. Res. 31-32, and S. Con. Res. 2-
3.
  Pages S670-71
Measures Passed:
  Democracy in Serbia: Senate agreed to S. Res. 31, expressing support 
for democratic forces in Serbia and encouraging the people of Serbia to 
remain committed to a democratic path.
  Pages S707-08
Ethics Reform: Senate continued consideration of S. 1, to provide 
greater transparency in the legislative process, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S636-41, S647-67
Adopted:
  By 89 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 13), 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 S665
  By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 14), Bennett Modified Amendment No. 
81 (to Amendment No. 4), to permit travel hosted by preapproved 
501(c)(3) organizations.
Pages S664-65, S665
  By 88 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. 15), 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 S665-66
Withdrawn:
  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.
Pages S663-64
  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.
Pages S663-64
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 3, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S636
  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 S636
  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 S636
  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.
Pages S636, S638-640
  Leahy/Pryor Amendment No. 2 (to Amendment No. 3), to give 
investigators and prosecutors the tools they need to combat public 
corruption.
Page S636
  Gregg Amendment No. 17 (to Amendment No. 3), to establish a 
legislative line item veto.
Page S636
  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 S636
  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 S636
  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 S636
  Cornyn Amendment No. 27 (to Amendment No. 3), to require 3 calendar 
days notice in the Senate before proceeding to any matter.
Page S636
  Bennett (for McCain) Amendment No. 28 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
provide congressional transparency.
Page S636
  Bennett (for McCain) Amendment No. 29 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
provide congressional transparency.
Page S636
  Lieberman Amendment No. 30 (to Amendment No. 3), to establish a 
Senate Office of Public Integrity.
Page S636

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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. 
                                                    Pages S636, S647-52
  Thune Amendment No. 37 (to Amendment No. 3), to require any recipient 
of a Federal award to disclose all lobbying and political advocacy. 
                                                              Page S636
  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 S636
  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 S636
  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 S636
  Feingold Amendment No. 34 (to Amendment No. 3), to require Senate 
campaigns to file their FEC reports electronically.
Page S636
  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 S636
  Cornyn Amendment No. 45 (to Amendment No. 3), to require 72 hour 
public availability of legislative matters before consideration. 
                                                              Page S636
  Cornyn Amendment No. 46 (to Amendment No. 2), to deter public 
corruption.
Page S636
  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.
Pages S636-37
  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 S637
  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 S637
  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 S637
  Nelson (NE) Amendment No. 47 (to Amendment No. 3), to help encourage 
fiscal responsibility in the earmarking process.
Page S637
  Reid (for Lieberman) Amendment No. 43 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
require disclosure of earmark lobbying by lobbyists.
Page S637
  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.
Page S637
  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. 
                                                              Page S637
  Bennett (for Coburn) Amendment No. 59 (to Amendment No. 3), to 
provide disclosure of lobbyist gifts and travel instead of banning them 
as proposed.
Page S637
  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.
Page S637
  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.
Page S637
  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.
Page S637
  Feingold/Obama Amendment No. 76 (to Amendment No. 3), to clarify 
certain aspects of the lobbyist contribution reporting provision. 
                                                              Page S637
  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. 
                                                              Page S637
  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.
Pages S637, S640-41
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 16), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to invoke 
cloture on Reid Amendment No. 3 (listed above).
Page S666

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  Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the 
motion to invoke cloture failed on Reid Amendment No. 3 (listed above).
                                                          Pages S666-67
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on the bill be delayed to occur only if 
cloture is invoked on Reid Amendment No. 3 (listed above).
Page S708
  Senate expects to continue consideration of the bill at approximately 
11 a.m., on Thursday, January 18, 2007.
Messages From the House:
  Page S669
Messages Referred:
  Page S669
Measures Read the First Time:
  Page S669
Executive Communications:
  Pages S669-70
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S671-72
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S672-S706
Additional Statements:
  Page S669
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S706
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S707
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--16) 
                                                       Pages S665, S666
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 10:52 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Thursday, January 18, 2006. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S708.)