[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 113 (Monday, July 16, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D981-D982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, July 16, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9229-S9292
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1789-1792, S. Res. 273, and S. Con. Res. 41.
  Page S9262
Measures Reported:
  S. 392, to ensure payment of United States assessments for United 
Nations peacekeeping operations for the 2005 through 2008 time period. 
(S. Rept. No. 110-130)
  S. 1789, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation 
and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008. (S. Rept. No. 110-131)
Page S9262
Measures Passed:
  National Purple Heart Recognition Day: Committee on Armed Services 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 27, 
supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Purple Heart Recognition 
Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Reed (for Clinton) Amendment No. 2269, of a perfecting nature. 
                                                         Pages S9291-92
  Commending Minnesota National Guard: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
41, commending the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division of 
the Minnesota National Guard upon its completion of the longest 
continuous deployment of any United States military unit during 
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  Page S9292
Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act: Senate resumed consideration of 
H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S9236-58
Pending:
  Nelson (NE) (for Levin) Amendment No. 2011, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S9237
  Levin Amendment No. 2087 (to Amendment No. 2011), to provide for a 
reduction and transition of United States forces in Iraq.
Page S9237
  Reed Amendment No. 2088 (to Amendment No. 2087), to change the 
enactment date.
Page S9237
  Cornyn Amendment No. 2100 (to Amendment No. 2011), to express the 
sense of the Senate that it is in the national security interest of the 
United States that Iraq not become a failed state and a safe haven for 
terrorists.
Page S9237
  McConnell Amendment No. 2241 (to the language proposed to be stricken 
by Amendment No. 2011), relative to a sense of the Senate on the 
consequences of a failed state in Iraq.
Pages S9238-39
  Durbin Amendment No. 2252 (to Amendment No. 2241), to change the 
enactment date.
Page S9244
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Levin Amendment No. 
2087 (to Amendment No. 2011) (listed above), and, in accordance with 
the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote 
on cloture will occur on Wednesday, July 18, 2007.
Page S9239
  A motion was entered to close further debate on McConnell Amendment 
No. 2241 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 
2011) (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur 
on Wednesday, July 18, 2007.
Page S9239
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that no motions 
to commit be in order prior to the votes on the motions to invoke 
cloture on Wednesday, July 18, 2007.
Page S9244
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, July 
17, 2007.
Page S9292
Appointments:
President's Export Council. The Chair, pursuant to Executive Order 
12131, as amended, reappointed the following Member to the President's 
Export Council: Senator Enzi.
  Page S9291

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Messages from the House:
  Pages S9260-61
Measures Referred:
  Page S9261
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S9261
Executive Communications:
  Pages S9261-62
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9262-65
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S9264-65
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9265-91
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S9291
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S9291
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:50 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 17, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9292.)