[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 141 (Friday, September 21, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1240-D1241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Friday, September 21, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11919-S11965
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2083-2085, and S. Res. 325.
  Page S11952
Measures Reported:
  S. 2084, to promote school safety, improved law enforcement. (S. 
Rept. No. 110-183)
Page S11952
Measures Passed:
  Ukraine Parliamentary Elections: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 320, recognizing the 
achievements of the people of Ukraine in pursuit of freedom and 
democracy, and expressing the hope that the parliamentary elections on 
September 30, 2007, preserve and extend these gains and provide for a 
stable and representative government, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.
  Page S11954
  Gang Abatement and Prevention Act: Senate passed 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, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S11954-65
  Casey (for Feinstein/Hatch) Amendment No. 3022, of a perfecting 
nature.
Page S11965
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 S11919-37
Withdrawn:
  By 47 yeas and 47 nays (Vote No. 346), Levin/Reed Amendment No. 2898 
(to Amendment No. 2011), to provide for a reduction and transition of 
United States forces in Iraq. (A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the amendment, having failed to achieve 60 
affirmative votes, be withdrawn).
Pages S11920-25
Pending:
  Nelson (NE) (for Levin) Amendment No. 2011, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S11920
  Warner (for Graham/Kyl) Amendment No. 2064 (to Amendment No. 2011), 
to strike section 1023, relating to the granting of civil rights to 
terror suspects.
Page S11920
  Kyl/Lieberman Amendment No. 3017 (to Amendment No. 2011), to express 
the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.
Page S11920
  Biden Amendment No. 2997 (to Amendment No. 2011), to express the 
sense of Congress on federalism in Iraq.
Pages S11925-37
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Michael B. Mukasey, of New York, to be Attorney General. 
                                                Pages S11945-47, S11965
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S11953
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S11953-54
Additional Statements:
  Page S11952
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S11954
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S11954
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--346) 
                                                            Page S11924
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m. and adjourned at 2:24 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, September 24, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11965.)

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