[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 74 (Monday, May 7, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D627-D628]
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                                                Monday, May 7, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5623-S5673
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1312-1324, S. Res. 189-190, and S. Con. Res. 
33.                                                          
  Page S5655
Measures Reported:
  S. 496, to reauthorize and improve the program authorized by the 
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-63)
  S. 163, to improve the disaster loan program of the Small Business 
Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-64)                                            
Page S5655
Measures Passed:
  Senate Legal Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 189, to 
authorize testimony and legal representation in District of Columbia v. 
Ellen E. Barfield, Eve-Leona Tetaz, Jeffrey A. Leys, and Jerome A. 
Zawada.                                                      
  Page S5669
  Kansas Disaster: Senate agreed to S. Res. 190, expressing the 
condolences of the Nation to the community of Greensburg, Kansas. 
                                                             Page S5669
Measures Considered:
Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments: Senate resumed consideration of 
S. 1082, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions, and 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S5634-51
Adopted:
  By 49 yeas and 40 nays (Vote No. 151), Cochran Amendment No. 1010 (to 
Amendment No. 990), to protect the health and safety of the public. 
                                                  Pages S5634, S5637-41
  Dorgan Amendment No. 990, to provide for the importation of 
prescription drugs.                                  
Pages S5634, S5641
Pending:
  Landrieu Amendment No. 1004, to require the Food and Drug 
Administration to permit the sale of baby turtles as pets so long as 
the seller uses proven methods to effectively treat salmonella. 
                                                             Page S5634
  Stabenow Amendment No. 1011, to insert provisions related to citizens 
petitions.                                                   
Page S5634
  Brown (for Brownback/Brown) Amendment No. 985, to establish a 
priority drug review process to encourage treatments of tropical 
diseases.                                                    
Page S5634
  Vitter Amendment No. 983, to require counterfeit-resistant 
technologies for prescription drugs.                         
Page S5634
  Inhofe Amendment No. 988, to protect children and their parents from 
being coerced into administering a controlled substance in order to 
attend school.                                               
Page S5634
  Gregg/Coleman Amendment No. 993, to provide for the regulation of 
Internet pharmacies.                              
Pages S5634, S5647-51
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 82 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 152), 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 committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, as modified, and amended.        
Pages S5641-42
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 and that 
second-degree amendments must be filed by 10:30 a.m., notwithstanding 
Rule XXII.                                                   
Page S5669
Kapala Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached proving that at 11:50 a.m., on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, Senate 
begin consideration of the nomination of Frederick J. Kapala, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois; 
provided further, that there be 20 minutes of debate equally divided 
between the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary, or their designees; at the conclusion or yielding back of 
time, Senate vote on the nomination.                     
  Pages S5668-69
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  William G. Sutton, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.                     
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Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5652
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5652
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S5652
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5652, S5669
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5652-55
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5655-57
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5657-61
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5651-52
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5661-68
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5668
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--152) 
                                                     Pages S5641, S5642
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:15 p.m., and adjourned at 6:51 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5669.)