[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 123 (Monday, July 30, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1081-D1082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, July 30, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10209-S10338
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1895-1902, and S. Res. 283-284.
  Page S10313
Measures Reported:
  S. 456, to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed 
to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish 
violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities 
from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for 
violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page S10313
Measures Passed:
  Senate Legal Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 284, to 
authorize testimony and legal representation in City and County of 
Denver v. Susan I. Gomez, Daniel R. Egger, and Carter Merrill. 
                                                            Page S10335
  Deceased Member of the Armed Forces Death Gratuity Payment: Senate 
agreed to H. Con. Res. 175, expressing the sense of Congress that 
courts with fiduciary responsibility for a child of a deceased member 
of the Armed Forces who receives a death gratuity payment under section 
1477 of title 10, United States Code, should take into consideration 
the expression of clear intent of the member regarding the distribution 
of funds on behalf of the child.
  Pages S10335-36
  Genocide and Violence in Sudan: Senate agreed to S. Res. 203, calling 
on the Government of the People's Republic of China to use its unique 
influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in 
Darfur, Sudan, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  Pages S10336-38
Measures Considered:
  Small Business Tax Relief Act: Senate resumed consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 976, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for small businesses. 
                                             Pages S10212-30, S10303-04
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 80 yeas (Vote No. 285), 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.
Pages S10226-27
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 31, all post-cloture time be 
considered as having been yielded back, the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 976 be agreed to, and Senate begin consideration 
of the bill; provided further, that the time during the recess, 
adjournment, and morning business count post-cloture.
Page S10338
George Howard, Jr., Federal Building and United States Courthouse--
Referral Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2011, to designate the 
Federal building and United States courthouse located at 100 East 8th 
Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as the ``George Howard, Jr., Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse'', and the bill was then referred 
to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Page S10338
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Page S10338
Messages from the House:
  Page S10312
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S10312
Executive Communications:
  Pages S10312-13
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10313-15
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S10315-19
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10311-12
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10319-20
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S10320

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Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S10320
Text of H.R. 1538, as Previously Passed
  Pages S10320-35
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--285) 
                                                            Page S10227
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:24 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 31, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10338.)