[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D644-D645]
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                                             Wednesday, May 9, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5755-S5879
Measures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1340-
1349.                                                        
  Page S5869
Measures Passed:
  Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments: By 93 yeas and 1 nay (Vote No. 
157), Senate passed S. 1082, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize drug and 
device user fees and ensure the safety of medical products, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
modified and amended, and after taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:                          
  Pages S5759-S5824
Adopted:
  By 64 yeas and 30 nays (Vote No. 155), Brown (for Grassley) Amendment 
No. 998, to provide for the application of stronger civil penalties for 
violations of approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategies. 
                                           Pages S5759, S5769-70, S5772
Rejected:
  By 46 yeas and 47 nays (Vote No. 154), Brown (for Grassley) Amendment 
No. 1039, to clarify the authority of the Office of Surveillance and 
Epidemiology with respect to postmarket drug safety pursuant to 
recommendations by the Institute of Medicine. 
                                        Pages S5759, S5768-69, S5771-72
  By 47 yeas and 47 nays (Vote No. 156), Brown (for Durbin/Bingaman) 
Amendment No. 1034, to reduce financial conflict of interest in FDA 
Advisory Panels.              
Pages S5759, S5765-68, S5770-71, S5772-73
  Subsequently, the motion to invoke cloture on the bill was withdrawn.
                                                             Page S5773
Congressional Budget Resolution--Motions To Instruct Conferees: Senate 
began consideration of the message from the House of Representatives to 
accompany S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 
2012, after taking action on the following motions to instruct 
Conferees proposed thereto:                              
  Pages S5837-62
Adopted:
  Cornyn Motion to Instruct Conferees to create a point of order 
against legislation that raises income tax rates.            
Page S5855
  Stabenow Motion to Instruct Conferees relative to the Deficit-Neutral 
Reserve Fund for Energy legislation in section 307.          
Page S5855
  By 54 yeas and 41 nays (Vote No. 159), Kyl Motion to Instruct 
Conferees relative to permanent death tax relief and other family tax 
relief.                                           
Pages S5838-41, S5861
  By 51 yeas and 44 nays (Vote No. 160), Conrad Motion to Instruct 
Conferees relative to tax relief.                 
Pages S5842-55, S5862
Rejected:
  By 44 yeas and 51 nays (Vote No. 161), Gregg Motion to Instruct 
Conferees relative to the extension of popular tax cuts. 
                                                  Pages S5842-46, S5862
  Senate disagreed to the House amendment, requested a conference with 
the House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the 
following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Conrad, Murray, 
Wyden, Gregg and Domenici.                                   
Page S5862
Water Resources Development Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that at 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, May 10, 
2007, Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 1495, to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers 
and harbors of the United States; that the time until 9:45 a.m., be 
equally divided and controlled between the Chairman and Ranking Member 
of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and that at 
approximately 9:45 a.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.          
  Page S5878
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States: Transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
report on

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the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the blocking 
of property of certain persons and prohibiting the exportation and 
reexportation of certain goods to Syria as declared in Executive Order 
13338 of May 11, 2004; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM 12)                          
  Page S5866
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By a unanimous vote of 91 yeas (Vote No. EX. 158), Debra Ann 
Livingston, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit.                            
Pages S5824, S5832-37, S5879
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.            
Pages S5878-79
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5866
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5866
Measures Read the First Time:                     
  Pages S5866, S5877-78
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S5866
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S5866-69
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5869-71
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5871-77
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5864-66
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5877
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S5877
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--161) 
                                        Pages S5772-73, S5837, S5861-62
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:38 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 10, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5878.)