[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 13, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D816-D817]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, June 13, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7573-S7677
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1603-1616, and S. Res. 233-234.
  Page S7638
Measures Reported:
  S. 1610, to ensure national security while promoting foreign 
investment and the creation and maintenance of jobs, to reform the 
process by which such investments are examined for any effect they may 
have on national security, to establish the Committee on Foreign 
Investment in the United States. (S. Rept. No. 110-80)
  S. 1611, to make technical corrections to SAFETEA-LU and other 
related laws relating to transit. (S. Rept. No. 110-81)
  S. 1612, to amend the penalty provisions in the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 
110-82)
Page S7638
Measures Passed:
  Minority Party Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 233, making 
Minority party appointments for the Select Committee on Ethics for the 
110th Congress.
  Page S7573
  National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
234, designating June 15, 2007, as ``National Huntington's Disease 
Awareness Day''.
  Pages S7676-77
Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program 
Reauthorization Act: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 624, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide waivers relating to grants for 
preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers.
                                                             Page S7677
  Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act: Senate indefinitely 
postponed S. 261, to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen 
prohibitions against animal fighting.
  Page S7677
  NAACP 98th Anniversary: Senate indefinitely postponed S. Con. Res. 
10, honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement 
of Colored People on the occasion of its 98th anniversary.
  Page S7677
  Congratulating the City of Chicago: Senate indefinitely postponed H. 
Con. Res. 118, congratulating the City of Chicago for being chosen to 
represent the United States in the international competition to host 
the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and encouraging the 
International Olympic Committee to select Chicago as the site of the 
2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  Page S7677
Measures Considered:
CLEAN Energy Act: Senate continued 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, taking action on the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S7582-S7625
Rejected:
  By 43 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 210), Inhofe/Thune Amendment No. 1505 
(to the language proposed by Amendment No. 1502), to improve domestic 
fuels security.
Pages S7582-89
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1502, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S7582
  Reid (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 1537 (to the language proposed by 
Amendment No. 1502), to provide for a renewable portfolio standard. 
                                                         Pages S7589-90
  McConnell (for Domenici) Amendment No. 1538 (to the language proposed 
by Amendment No. 1537), to provide for the establishment of a Federal 
clean portfolio standard.
Page S7590
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 14, 2007. 
                                                             Page S7677
Appointments:
  Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress: The Chair announced, 
on behalf of the Secretary of

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the Senate, pursuant to Public Law 101-509, the appointment of Sheryl 
B. Vogt, of Georgia, to the Advisory Committee on the Records of 
Congress.
Page S7676
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Robert M. Couch, of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development.
Pages S7676, S7677
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Lisa E. Epifani, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs).
  Gail Dennise Mathieu, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Namibia.
  Joseph N. Laplante, of New Hampshire, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Hampshire.
  Gustavus Adolphus Puryear IV, of Tennessee, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.
  Gracia M. Hillman, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Election Assistance Commission for a term expiring December 12, 2009. 
                                                             Page S7677
Messages from the House:
  Page S7632
Executive Communications:
  Pages S7632-33
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S7633-37
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S7638-41
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S7641-53
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7629-32
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7653-75
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S7675
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S7676
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S7676
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--210) 
                                                             Page S7589
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:24 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 14, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7677.)