[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 88 (Monday, June 4, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D758-D760]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Monday, June 4, 2007

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6971-S7015
  No bills or resolutions were introduced today.
Measures Reported:
Reported on Thursday, May 31, during the adjournment:
  S. 1538, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for the 
intelligence and intelligence related activities of the United States 
Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. (S. Rept. 
No. 110-75)
  Special Report entitled ``Prewar Intelligence Assessments About 
Postwar Iraq''. (S. Rept. No. 110-76)
  S. 239, to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in 
interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive 
personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such 
information, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Reported on Monday, June 4, during the adjournment:
  S. 236, to require reports to Congress on Federal agency use of data 
mining, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.     
Page S7003
Measures Considered:
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
1348, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:     
  Pages S6982-94
Adopted:
Salazar (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 1167 (to Amendment No. 1150), to 
    authorize the Attorney General to carry out a program, known as the 
    Northern Border Prosecution Initiative, to provide funds to 
    northern border States to reimburse county and municipal 
    governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities. 
                                                         Pages S6992-93
  Salazar (for Alexander) Amendment No. 1163 (to Amendment No. 1150), 
to establish an award to recognize companies for extraordinary efforts 
in English literacy and civics.                          
Pages S6992-93
  Salazar (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 1238 (to Amendment No. 1150), to 
increase the authorization of appropriations for the Border Relief 
Grant Program.                                           
Pages S6992-93
  Grassley/DeMint Modified Amendment No. 1166 (to Amendment No. 1150), 
to clarify that the revocation of an alien's visa or other 
documentation is not subject to judicial review. 
                                                  Pages S6982, S6992-93
Pending:
  Reid (for Kennedy/Specter) Amendment No. 1150, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S6982
  Cornyn Modified Amendment No. 1184 (to Amendment No. 1150), to 
establish a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other 
criminals.                                                   
Page S6982
  Dodd/Menendez Amendment No. 1199 (to Amendment No. 1150), to increase 
the number of green cards for parents of United States citizens, to 
extend the duration of the new parent visitor visa, and to make 
penalties imposed on individuals who overstay such visas applicable 
only to such individuals.                                    
Page S6982
  Menendez Amendment No. 1194 (to Amendment No. 1150), to modify the 
deadline for the family backlog reduction.                   
Page S6982
  McConnell Amendment No. 1170 (to Amendment No. 1150), to amend the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require individuals voting in person 
to present photo identification.                             
Page S6982
  Feingold Amendment No. 1176 (to Amendment No. 1150), to establish 
commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding 
injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, 
and Jewish refugees during World War II.                     
Page S6982
  Durbin/Grassley Amendment No. 1231 (to Amendment No. 1150), to ensure 
that employers make efforts to recruit American workers.     
Page S6982

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  Sessions Amendment No. 1234 (to Amendment No. 1150), to save American 
taxpayers up to $24 billion in the 10 years after passage of this Act, 
by preventing the earned income tax credit, which is, according to the 
Congressional Research Service, the largest anti-poverty entitlement 
program of the Federal Government, from being claimed by Y temporary 
workers or illegal aliens given status by this Act until they adjust to 
legal permanent resident status.                             
Page S6982
  Sessions Amendment No. 1235 (to Amendment No. 1150), to save American 
taxpayers up to $24 billion in the 10 years after passage of this Act, 
by preventing the earned income tax credit, which is, according to the 
Congressional Research Service, the largest anti-poverty entitlement 
program of the Federal Government, from being claimed by Y temporary 
workers or illegal aliens given status by this Act until they adjust to 
legal permanent resident status.                             
Page S6982
  Lieberman Amendment No. 1191 (to Amendment No. 1150), to provide 
safeguards against faulty asylum procedures and to improve conditions 
of detention.                                                
Page S6982
  Cornyn (for Allard) Amendment No. 1189 (to Amendment No. 1150), to 
eliminate the preference given to people who entered the United States 
illegally over people seeking to enter the country legally in the 
merit-based evaluation system for visas.                     
Page S6982
  Cornyn Amendment No. 1250 (to Amendment No. 1150), to address 
documentation of employment and to make an amendment with respect to 
mandatory disclosure of information.                         
Page S6982
  Salazar (for Clinton) Modified Amendment No. 1183 (to Amendment No. 
1150), to reclassify the spouses and minor children of lawful permanent 
residents as immediate relatives.                            
Page S6982
  Salazar (for Obama/Menendez) Amendment No. 1202 (to Amendment No. 
1150), to provide a date on which the authority of the section relating 
to the increasing of American competitiveness through a merit-based 
evaluation system for immigrants shall be terminated.        
Page S6982
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
continue consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on 
Tuesday, June 5, 2007, that the time until 11:50 a.m., be for debate 
with respect to Allard Amendment No. 1189 (listed above) and Durbin 
Amendment No. 1231 (listed above), with the time to run concurrently on 
both amendments and divided as follows: 10 minutes each, the Majority 
and Republican Managers, or their designees, and Senators Allard and 
Durbin; that no amendments be in order to either amendment prior to the 
vote; that the amendments be voted in the order listed here and that 
there be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to the second vote, 
and that the second vote be ten minutes in duration.         
Page S6993
  The information relative to S.J. Res. 14 that appeared in the Digest 
of Thursday, May 24, 2007 was incorrect. The permanent Record has been 
changed to reflect the following:
  The following joint resolution was read the first time:
  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: Senate agreed to S.J. Res. 14, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto 
Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the 
American people.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James L. Caswell, of Idaho, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
  David H. McCormick, of Pennsylvania, to be an Under Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  J. Christian Kennedy, of Indiana, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues.
  Roderick W. Moore, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Montenegro.
  William John Garvelink, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  Ronald Jay Tenpas, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.                       
Pages S7013-15
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Bruce P. Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term 
expiring January 19, 2011, which was sent to the Senate on March 12, 
2007.                                                        
Page S7015
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7002
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                         
  Pages S7002-03
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S7003
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7004-06
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S7002
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7006-13

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:30 p.m., and adjourned at 6:15 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7013.)