[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 20 (Thursday, February 1, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D127-D128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, February 1, 2007

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1469-S1543
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 471-487, S. Res. 64-68, and S. Con. Res. 8. 
                                                         Pages S1521-22
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 64, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign 
Relations.
Page S1521
Measures Passed:
  Fair Minimum Wage: By 94 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 42), Senate passed 
H.R. 2, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an 
increase in the Federal minimum wage, as amended. 
                                               Pages S1483, S1488-S1512
  Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act: Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 434, to provide for an additional temporary 
extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 through July 31, 2007, and the bill was 
then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S1539-40, S1543
  Reid (for Kerry/Snowe) Amendment No. 229, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S1543
  Honoring Reverend Robert F. Drinan, S.J.: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
66, honoring the life, achievement, and distinguished career of the 
Reverend Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
  Pages S1540-41
  Go Direct Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 67, designating March 2007 
as ``Go Direct Month''.
  Pages S1541-42
  Miss America Organization: Senate agreed to S. Res. 68, commending 
the Miss America Organization for its longstanding commitment to 
quality education and the character of women in the United States. 
                                                             Page S1542
  National School Counseling Week: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 23, designating the 
week of February 5 through February 9, 2007, as ``National School 
Counseling Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S1542
  Honoring the Life of Percy Lavon Julian: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 34, honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer in the 
field of organic chemistry research and development and the first and 
only African American chemist to be inducted into the National Academy 
of Sciences.
  Page S1542
Iraq Resolution: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. Con. Res. 2, expressing the bipartisan resolution 
on Iraq.
  Pages S1512-13
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 97 nays (Vote No. 43), 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 resolution. 
                                                             Page S1512
Iraq Sense of Congress--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 470, to express the sense of 
Congress on Iraq.
  Page S1513
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill and, notwithstanding the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the 
unanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, February 1, 2007, a vote on 
cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, February 5, 2007; and that 
if cloture is invoked on the motion to proceed to the bill, it be in 
order to file cloture on the bill before close of business on Tuesday, 
February 6, 2007.
Page S1513

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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill at 4:00 p.m., on Monday, February 5, 2007.
Pages S1542-43
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. EX. 40), Lawrence Joseph 
O'Neill, of California, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of California.
Pages S1479-82, S1543
  By unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. EX. 41), Gregory Kent 
Frizzell, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Oklahoma.
Pages S1478-83, S1543
  Valerie L. Baker, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California.
Pages S1479-82, S1543
  Irving A. Williamson, of New York, to be a member of the United 
States International Trade Commission for the term expiring June 16, 
2014.
Pages S1540, S1543
  Dean A. Pinkert, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for the term expiring December 16, 2015.
                                                     Pages S1540, S1543
  Michael J. Astrue, of Massachusetts, to be Commissioner of Social 
Security for a term expiring January 19, 2013.
Pages S1540, S1543
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Pages S1470, S1521
Executive Communications:
  Page S1521
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S1521
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1522-23
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S1523-39
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1519-21
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S1539
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S1539
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S1539
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--43) 
                                 Pages S1482, S1483, S1499-S1500, S1512
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:43 p.m., 
until 2 p.m., on Monday, February 5, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1543.)