[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 93 (Monday, June 11, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D799-D800]
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                                              Monday, June 11, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7417-S7495
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1585-1590, and S. Res. 230.                      
  Page S7451
Measures Reported:
  S. 457, to extend the date on which the National Security Personnel 
System will first apply to certain defense laboratories. (S. Rept. No. 
110-79)                                                      
Page S7451
Measures Passed:
  30th Anniversary of ASEAN-United States Dialogue and Relationship: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 110, expressing the sense of the Senate 
regarding the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN-United States dialogue and 
relationship.                                                
  Page S7494
  Memorializing Fallen Firefighters: Senate agreed to S. Res. 171, 
memorializing fallen firefighters by lowering the United States flag to 
half-staff on the day of the National Fallen Firefighter Memorial 
Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland.                         
  Pages S7494-95
Measures Considered:
Attorney General Gonzales Sense of the Senate: Senate resumed 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of 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.                                         
  Pages S7432-41
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
    following action:
  By 53 yeas to 38 nays, 1 voting present (Vote No. 207), three-fifths 
of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the 
resolution.                                                  
Page S7441
Clean Energy Act: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed 
to consideration of H.R. 6, to reduce our Nation's dependency on 
foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy 
resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing 
greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and 
Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy. 
                                                  Pages S7426-32, S7442
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
    following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 91 yeas (Vote No. 208), 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 motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill.                                
Page S7442
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 and that all time 
during morning business and any adjournment or recess count post-
cloture; provided further, that at 2:15 p.m., Senate agree to the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the bill and then begin 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S7495
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas J. Barrett, of Alaska, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Transportation.
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.                  
Page S7495
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of the 
following nomination:
  Michael J. Burns, of New Mexico, to be Assistant to the Secretary of 
Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, which 
was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.                   
Page S7495
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S7450
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S7450-51
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7451-54
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7454-59
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7446-49
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7459-94
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S7494

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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7494
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--208) 
                                                         Pages S7441-42
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:02 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7495.)