[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D108-D110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1299-S1358
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and six resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 427-438, and S. Res. 46-51.
  Pages S1326-27
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 50, amending Senate Resolution 400 (94th Congress) to make 
amendments arising from the enactment of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 and to make other amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-3)
  S. Res. 46, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works.
  S. Res. 48, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Armed 
Services.
  S. Res. 51, authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
Page S1326
Fair Minimum Wage: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 2, to amend 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the 
Federal minimum wage, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S1307-19
Withdrawn:
  Chambliss Amendment No. 118 (to Amendment No. 100), to provide 
minimum wage rates for agricultural workers.
Page S1316
Pending:
  Reid (for Baucus) Amendment No. 100, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S1307
  McConnell (for Gregg) Amendment No. 101 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
provide Congress a second look at wasteful spending by establishing 
enhanced rescission authority under fast-track procedures.
Page S1307
  Kyl Amendment No. 115 (to Amendment No. 100), to extend through 
December 31, 2008, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, restaurant, 
and retail space improvements.
Page S1307
  Enzi (for Ensign/Inhofe) Amendment No. 152 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
reduce document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the 
integrity of the Social Security system.
Page S1307
  Enzi (for Ensign) Amendment No. 153 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers, 
including those making minimum wage, and to help ensure greater 
Congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that 
both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the 
agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into 
effect.
Page S1307
  Vitter/Voinovich Amendment No. 110 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend 
title 44 of the United States Code, to provide for the suspension of 
fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations 
by small business concerns.
Page S1307
  DeMint Amendment No. 155 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual 
health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce, and to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 regarding the disposition of unused 
health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements 
and the use of health savings accounts for the payment of health 
insurance premiums for high deductible health plans purchased in the 
individual market.
Page S1307
  DeMint Amendment No. 156 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 regarding the disposition of unused 
health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements. 
                                                             Page S1307
  DeMint Amendment No. 157 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 100), to increase the Federal minimum wage by an amount 
that is based on applicable State minimum wages.
Page S1307
  DeMint Amendment No. 159 (to Amendment No. 100), to protect 
individuals from having their money involuntarily collected and used 
for lobbying by a labor organization.
Page S1307
  DeMint Amendment No. 160 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain small businesses to 
defer payment of tax.
Page S1307
  DeMint Amendment No. 161 (to Amendment No. 100), to prohibit the use 
of flexible schedules by Federal employees unless such flexible 
schedule

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benefits are made available to private sector employees not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 
2007.
Page S1307
  DeMint Amendment No. 162 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 regarding the minimum wage.
Page S1307
  Kennedy (for Kerry) Amendment No. 128 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance 
to small business concerns.
Page S1307
  Martinez Amendment No. 105 (to Amendment No. 100), to clarify the 
house parent exemption to certain wage and hour requirements. 
                                                             Page S1307
  Sanders Amendment No. 201 (to Amendment No. 100), to express the 
sense of the Senate concerning poverty.
Page S1307
  Gregg Amendment No. 203 (to Amendment No. 100), to enable employees 
to use employee option time.
Page S1307
  Burr Amendment No. 195 (to Amendment No. 100), to provide for an 
exemption to a minimum wage increase for certain employers who 
contribute to their employees health benefit expenses.
Page S1307
  Kennedy (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 167 (to Amendment No. 118), to 
improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for 
aliens in the United States.
Page S1307
  Enzi (for Allard) Amendment No. 169 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
prevent identity theft by allowing the sharing of social security data 
among government agencies for immigration enforcement purposes. 
                                                             Page S1307
  Enzi (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 135 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the Federal unemployment 
surtax.
Page S1307
  Enzi (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 138 (to Amendment No. 100), to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives 
by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use. 
                                                             Page S1307
  Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 209 (to Amendment No. 100), to 
extend through December 31, 2012, the increased expensing for small 
businesses.
Page S1307
  Division I of Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 210 (to Amendment No. 
100), to provide for the permanent extension of increasing expensing 
for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, 
restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work opportunity tax 
credit.
Page S1307
  Division II of Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 210 (to Amendment No. 
100), to provide for the permanent extension of increasing expensing 
for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, 
restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work opportunity tax 
credit.
Page S1307
  Division III of Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 210 (to Amendment 
No. 100), to provide for the permanent extension of increasing 
expensing for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of 
leasehold, restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work 
opportunity tax credit.
Page S1307
  Division IV of Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 210 (to Amendment No. 
100), to provide for the permanent extension of increasing expensing 
for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, 
restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work opportunity tax 
credit.
Page S1307
  Division V of Sessions (for Kyl) Amendment No. 210 (to Amendment No. 
100), to provide for the permanent extension of increasing expensing 
for small businesses, the depreciation treatment of leasehold, 
restaurant, and retail space improvements, and the work opportunity tax 
credit.
Page S1307
  Durbin Amendment No. 221 (to Amendment No. 157), to change the 
enactment date.
Page S1307
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 87 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. 34), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Reid (for Baucus) Amendment 
No. 100 (listed above).
Pages S1314-15
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 
January 31, 2007; that all time during the recess on Tuesday, January 
30, 2007, and during the adjournment on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 count 
against the 30 hours post-cloture.
Page S1357
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 35), Lisa Godbey Wood, of 
Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of Georgia.
Pages S1319-21, S1358
  By unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 36), Philip S. Gutierrez, 
of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central 
District of California.
Pages S1319-21, S1358
Messages from the House:
  Page S1326
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1327-28
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S1328-55
Additional Statements:
  Page S1326
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1355-56
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Pages S1356-57

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Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S1357
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--36) 
                                               Pages S1314-15, S1320-21
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:49 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, January 31, 2006. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S1357-58.)