[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D987-D989]
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                                             Tuesday, July 17, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9369-S9531
Measures Introduced: Twenty three bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1793-1815, and S. Res. 274-275. 
                                                  Pages S9469, S9496-97
Measures Passed:
  Authorize Representation by the Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 274, to authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel 
in the case of Lewis v. Bayh.
  Page S9530
  Making Minority Party Appointments for the 110th Congress: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 275, making minority party appointments for the 110th 
Congress.
  Page S9530
Measures Considered:
  National Defense Authorization Act: Senate continued 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 S9301-10, S9317-66, S9369-S9436
Adopted:
  By 94 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 248), 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.
Pages S9317-21
Withdrawn:
  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.
Page S9301
Pending:
  Nelson (NE) (for Levin) Amendment No. 2011, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S9301
  Levin Amendment No. 2087 (to Amendment No. 2011), to provide for a 
reduction and transition of United States forces in Iraq.
Page S9301
  Reed Amendment No. 2088 (to Amendment No. 2087), to change the 
enactment date.
Page S9301
  Dodd (for Levin) Amendment No. 2274 (to the language proposed to be 
stricken by Amendment No. 2011), to provide for a reduction and 
transition of United States forces in Iraq.
Pages S9301-02
  Levin Amendment No. 2275 (to Amendment No. 2274), to provide for a 
reduction and transition of United States forces in Iraq. 
                                                         Pages S9302-10
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the 
following action:
  The McConnell motion to invoke cloture on McConnell Amendment No. 
2241 (listed above), was withdrawn.
Page S9301
  Durbin Amendment No. 2252 (to Amendment No. 2241), to change the 
enactment date, fell when McConnell Amendment No. 2241 (listed above) 
was withdrawn.
Page S9301
  By 44 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 249), Senate did not agree to the 
motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of 
absent Senators, but a quorum was present.
Pages S9350-51
  By 41 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 250), Senate agreed to the motion to 
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent 
Senators.
Page S9369
  By 37 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 251), Senate agreed to the motion to 
instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the attendance of absent 
Senators.
Page S9395
  By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 252), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on Levin Amendment No. 2087 
(to Amendment No. 2011) (listed above).
Page S9434
  Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the 
motion to invoke cloture on Levin Amendment No. 2087 (listed above) 
failed.
Page S9434
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2638, 
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appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008.
  Pages S9436-37
  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 Friday, July 20, 2007.
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S9436
College Cost Reduction Act: Senate began consideration of H.R. 2669, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.
  Pages S9437-63
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 49 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 253), 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 S9437
Pending:
  Kennedy Amendment No. 2327, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S9441-54
  Murkowski Amendment No. 2329 (to Amendment No. 2327), to increase the 
amount appropriated for the college access partnership grant program. 
                                                         Pages S9454-60
  Kennedy Amendment No. 2330 (to Amendment No. 2327), to amend the 
amounts appropriated for Promise Grants for fiscal year 2014 through 
2017.
Pages S9460-63
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10 a.m., on Thursday, July 19, 2007. 
                                                             Page S9530
House Messages:
  Department of State Crisis Response Act: Senate concurred in the 
amendment of the House to S. 966, to enable the Department of State to 
respond to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S9468
Appointments:
  Congressional Award Board: The Chair, on behalf of the Republican 
Leader, pursuant to Public Law 96-114, as amended, appointed the 
following individual to the Congressional Award Board: Adam Ruiz of 
Kentucky.
  Page S9530
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the issuance of 
an Executive Order blocking the property of persons determined to have 
committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts 
of violence that have the purpose or effect of threatening the peace or 
stability of Iraq; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-21)
Pages S9467-68
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Sean R. Mulvaney, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development.
  Robert J. Conrad, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
  Catharina Haynes, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Fifth Circuit.
  Shalom D. Stone, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Third Circuit.
  John Daniel Tinder, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Seventh Circuit.
  24 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.
Pages S9366-68
On Wednesday July 18, 2007, the Senate received the following 
nominations:
  Robert M. Dow, Jr., of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois.
Page S9531
Messages From the House:
  Page S9468
Measures Referred:
  Pages S9468-69
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S9469
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S9469
Executive Communications:
  Pages S9469, S9496
Petitions and Memorials:
  Page S9496
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9469-72, S9497-98
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 
                                            Pages S9472-77, S9498-S9514
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9465-67
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9477-95, S9514-29
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S9495
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S9495, S9529-30
Privileges of the Floor:
  Pages S9496, S9530
Quorum Calls: Three quorum calls were taken today. (Total--6) 
                                               Page S9350, S9369, S9395
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--253) 
                      Pages S9321, S9350-51, S9369, S9395, S9434, S9437
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 
and adjourned on Wednesday at 5:09 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, 
July 19, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority 
Leader in today's Record on pages S9530-31.)

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