[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 79 (Monday, May 14, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D672-D673]
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                                               Monday, May 14, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6033-S6078
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1376-1389, and S. Res. 196-198. 
                                                         Pages S6054-55
Measures Passed:
  National Nurses Week: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and 
Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 192, 
recognizing National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12, 2007, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S6077
  National MPS Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 198, designating 
May 15, 2007, as ``National MPS Awareness Day''.
  Pages S6077-78
  American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association Anniversary: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
H. Con. Res. 71, commemorating the 85th Anniversary of the founding of 
the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), a 
leading association for the Nation's 1.3 million American citizens of 
Greek ancestry, and Philhellenes, and the resolution was then agreed 
to.
  Page S6078
Measures Considered:
Water Resources Development Act: Senate began 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, and taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
                                                         Pages S6036-50
Pending:
  Boxer/Inhofe Amendment No. 1065, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S6036
  Boxer (for Feingold) Amendment No. 1086 (to Amendment No. 1065), to 
establish a Water Resources Commission to prioritize water resources 
projects in the United States.
Page S6036
  Reid (for Levin/Reid) Amendment No. 1097 (to the language proposed to 
be stricken by Amendment No. 1065), to provide for military readiness 
and benchmarks relative to Iraq.
Pages S6036-38
  Reid Amendment No. 1098 (to Amendment No. 1097), to provide for a 
transition of the Iraq mission.
Pages S6038-43
  Coburn Amendment No. 1089 (to Amendment No. 1065), to prioritize 
federal spending to ensure the needs of Louisiana residents who lost 
their homes as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are met before 
spending money to design or construct a nonessential visitors center. 
                                                         Pages S6043-44
  Coburn Amendment No. 1090 (to Amendment No. 1065), to prioritize 
federal spending to ensure the residents of the city of Sacramento are 
protected from the threat of floods before spending money to add sand 
to beaches in San Diego.
Pages S6044-50
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, and 
that the time until 11:45 a.m. be for debate with respect to Coburn 
Amendment No. 1090 (listed above), with the time equally divided and 
controlled between Senators Boxer and Coburn, or their designees; that 
at 11:45 a.m., Senate vote on or in relation to Coburn Amendment No. 
1090, with no intervening amendment in order prior to the vote; 
provided further, that any cloture motions filed on Reid Amendments No. 
1097 and 1098 (listed above) be considered as having been filed on 
Monday, May 15, 2007 prior to the motion to proceed to consideration of 
S. 1348.
Page S6050
Comprehensive Immigration Reform--Cloture: Senate began consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1348, to provide for 
comprehensive immigration reform.
  Page S6077
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at a time determined by the Majority 
Leader, following consultation with the Republican Leader.
Page S6077
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S6077
Messages from the House:
  Pages S6050-51

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Measures Referred:
  Page S6051
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S6051
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S6051-54
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S6055-57
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S6057-72
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6050-57
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6072-77
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S6077
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 5:30 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6078.)