[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 13, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                         Tuesday, February 13, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1879-S1927
Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 559-578, S. Res. 78-80, and S. Con. Res. 11. 
                                                         Pages S1902-03
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Representative Charles W. Norwood, Jr.: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 79, relative to the death of Representative Charles W. Norwood, 
Jr., of Georgia.
  Pages S1890-91
  Senate Legal Representation:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 80, to 
authorize testimony, document production, and legal representation in 
State of Oregon v. Rebecca Michelson, Michele Darr, and Vernon Huffman.
                                                         Pages S1926-27
Continuing Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of H.J. Res. 
20, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 237, to change an effective date. 
                                               Pages S1889-90, S1891-97
  Reid Amendment No. 238 (to Amendment No. 237), of a technical nature.
                                                             Page S1889
  Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 239, to 
change an effective date.
Page S1889
  Reid Amendment No. 240 (to the instructions of the motion to 
recommit), of a technical nature.
Page S1889
  Reid Amendment No. 241 (to Amendment No. 240), of a technical nature.
                                                             Page S1889
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 71 yeas to 26 nays (Vote No. 46), 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 resolution.
Page S1890
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 1 p.m., on Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 
and that all time during the adjournment and Morning Business count 
post-cloture.
Page S1927
Appointments:
  Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: 
The Chair, on behalf of the President of the Senate, and after 
consultation with the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 106-286, 
appointed the following Senators to serve on the Congressional-
Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: Senators 
Baucus, Levin, Feinstein, Dorgan, and Brown.
  Page S1926
Messages From the House:
  Page S1901
Messages Referred:
  Page S1901
Measures Read the First Time:
  Page S1901
Executive Communications:
  Pages S1901-02
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S1902
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S1903
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S1903-25
Additional Statements:
  Page S1901
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1925-26
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S1926
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--46)
  Page S1890
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and as a further mark of 
respect to the memory of the late Honorable Charles W. Norwood, United 
States Representative from the State of Georgia, in accordance with S. 
Res. 79, adjourned at 5:09 p.m., until 12 noon, on Wednesday, February 
14, 2007.