[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D551-D552]
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                                            Tuesday, April 24, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4865-S5012
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1190-1203, and S. Res. 167-170. 
                                                         Pages S4917-18
Measures Reported:
  S. 1082, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S4917
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating University of Wisconsin Men's Indoor Track and Field 
Team: Senate agreed to S. Res. 167, congratulating the University of 
Wisconsin men's indoor track and field team on becoming the 2006-2007 
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Indoor Track and 
Field Champions.
  Page S5007
  Congratulating University of Wisconsin Women's Ice Hockey Team: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 168, congratulating the University of 
Wisconsin women's hockey team for winning the 2007 National Collegiate 
Athletic Association Division I Women's Ice Hockey Championship. 
                                                             Page S5008
  Susan G. Komen for the Cure 25th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 169, recognizing Susan G. Komen for the Cure on its leadership in 
the breast cancer movement on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. 
                                                         Pages S5008-09
America COMPETES Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 761, to 
invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of 
the United States in the global economy, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S4871-77, S4880-S4906
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 137), DeMint Amendment No. 
929, to require the study on barriers to innovation to include an 
examination of the impact of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on 
innovation.
Pages S4875, S4880
  Bingaman Modified Amendment No. 908, to make certain improvements to 
the bill.
Pages S4871-73, S4894-95
  Kennedy Amendment No. 940, to make certain improvements to the bill. 
                                                  Pages S4881-83, S4895
  By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 138), Bingaman (for Dodd/
Shelby) Modified Amendment No. 947, to express the sense of the Senate 
with respect to small business growth and capital markets. 
                                               Pages S4891-93, S4895-97
Rejected:
  DeMint Amendment No. 928, to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 
with respect to smaller public company options regarding internal 
controls. (By 62 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 139), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S4873-75, S4891-93, S4897-99
  Coburn Amendment No. 917, to express the sense of the Senate that 
Congress has a moral obligation to offset the cost of new Government 
programs and initiatives. (By 54 yeas and 43 nays (Vote No. 140), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S4883-91, S4899-S4900
Withdrawn:
  Cornyn Amendment No. 902, to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to increase competitiveness in the United States.
Pages S4893-94
Pending:
  Bingaman (for Sununu) Amendment No. 938, to strike the provisions 
regarding strengthening the education and human resources directorate 
of the National Science Foundation.
Pages S4901-06
  Bingaman (for Sanders) Amendment No. 936, to increase the 
competitiveness of American workers through the expansion of employee 
ownership.
Pages S4901-06
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April 25, 2007; 
that there be 30 minutes of debate with respect to Sununu Amendment No. 
938 (listed above); with the time equally divided and controlled 
between Senators Sununu and Kennedy or their designees; that upon the 
use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on or in relation to Sununu 
Amendment No.

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938, with no amendment in order to the amendment prior to the vote. 
                                                             Page S4902
Appointments:
  Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, appointed 
the following Senator as a member of the Senate Delegation to the 
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group conference during the first 
session of the 110th Congress: Senator Leahy.
  Page S5007
  Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d-276g, as amended, appointed 
the following Senators as members of the Senate Delegation to the 
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group during the First Session of the 
110th Congress: Senators Grassley and Voinovich.
  Page S5007
  Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress: The Chair announced, 
on behalf of the Republican Leader, pursuant to Public Law 101-509, the 
appointment of Terry Birdwhistell, of Kentucky, to the Advisory 
Committee on the Records of Congress.
  Page S5007
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By unanimous vote of 95 yeas (Vote No. EX. 136), Halil Suleyman 
Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Mississippi.
Pages S4877-79, S5012
Messages From the House:
  Pages S4916-17
Measures Referred:
  Page S4917
Executive Communications:
  Page S4917
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4918-20
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4920-80
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4914-16
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4980-S5006
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S5006-07
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--140) 
                                Pages S4879, S4880, S4897, S4899, S4900
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:58 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5009.)