[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 144 (Wednesday, September 26, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1265-D1267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                      Wednesday, September 26, 2007

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12077-S12187
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2094-2103, and S. Res. 332-333.
  Page S12141
Measures Reported:
  S. 1671, to reauthorize and improve the entrepreneurial development 
programs of the Small Business Administration, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-185)
  H.R. 835, to reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians.
  H.R. 2467, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 69 Montgomery Street in Jersey City, New Jersey, as 
the ``Frank J. Guarini Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 2587, A Bill to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 555 South 3rd Street Lobby in Memphis, 
Tennessee, as the ``Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr. Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 2654, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 202 South Dumont Avenue in Woonsocket, South Dakota, 
as the ``Eleanor McGovern Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 2765, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 44 North Main Street in Hughesville, Pennsylvania, 
as the ``Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post Office''.
  H.R. 2778, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3 Quaker Ridge Road in New Rochelle, New York, as 
the ``Robert Merrill Postal Station''.
  H.R. 2825, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 326 South Main Street in Princeton, Illinois, as the 
``Owen Lovejoy Princeton Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3052, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 954 Wheeling Avenue in Cambridge, Ohio, as the 
``John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 3106, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 805 Main Street in Ferdinand, Indiana, as the 
``Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office''.
  S. 2023, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 805 Main Street in Ferdinand, Indiana, as the 
``Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post Office''.
Pages S12140-41
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Production of Records: Senate agreed to S. Res. 333, to 
authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs.
  Pages S12186-87
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 S12092-12122
Adopted:
  By 75 yeas and 23 nays (Vote No. 348), Biden Modified Amendment No. 
2997 (to Amendment No. 2011), to express the sense of Congress on 
federalism in Iraq. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the amendment, having achieved 60 affirmatives votes, be 
agreed to).
Pages S12093-95
  By 76 yeas and 22 nays (Vote No. 349), Kyl/Lieberman Modified 
Amendment No. 3017 (to Amendment No. 2011), to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding Iran. (A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the amendment, having achieved 60 affirmatives votes, be 
agreed to).
Pages S12093, S12095-96
  McCaskill (for Hatch/Bennett) Amendment No. 3016 (to Amendment No. 
2011), to require a report on the solid rocket motor industrial base. 
                                                            Page S12110
  McCaskill Amendment No. 3010 (to Amendment No. 2011), to require a 
report on the size and mix of the Air Force intertheater airlift force.
                                                        Pages S12110-11

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  McCaskill (for Biden) Amendment No. 3043 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
strengthen the nuclear forensics capabilities of the United States. 
                                                        Pages S12110-11
  McCaskill (for Levin/McCain) Modified Amendment No. 3009 (to 
Amendment No. 2011), to modify the authority of the Secretary of the 
Navy to carry out a certain fiscal year 2005 military construction 
project.
                                                        Pages S12110-12
  McCaskill (for Bond) Amendment No. 3046 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
improve and streamline the security clearance process. 
                                                   Pages S12110, S12112
  McCaskill (for Levin/McCain) Modified Amendment No. 3008 (to 
Amendment No. 2011), to increase the military construction project 
authorization for Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Maintenance Pier, Bremerton, 
Washington.
                                                   Pages S12110, S12112
  McCaskill (for Levin) Modified Amendment No. 3006 (to Amendment No. 
2011), to transfer administrative jurisdiction of the former Nike 
missile site, Grosse Ile, Michigan.
Pages S12110, S12112
  McCaskill (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 2251 (to Amendment No. 
2011), to provide justice for victims of state-sponsored terrorism. 
                                                Pages S12110, S12112-13
  McCaskill (for Conrad) Amendment No. 2172 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
modify limitations on the retirement of B-52 bomber aircraft. 
                                                   Pages S12110, S12113
  Pending:
  Nelson (NE) (for Levin) Amendment No. 2011, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S12093
  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 S12093
  Reid (for Kennedy/Smith) Amendment No. 3035 (to the language proposed 
to be stricken by Amendment No. 2064), to provide Federal assistance to 
States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate 
crimes.
Pages S12093, S12103-04, S12108, S12109-10, S12119-20, S12122
  Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Armed Services, with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 3038, to 
change the enactment date.
Page S12093
  Reid Amendment No. 3039 (to the instructions of the motion to 
recommit), of a technical nature.
Page S12093
  Reid Amendment No. 3040 (to Amendment No. 3039), of a technical 
nature.
Page S12093
  Casey (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3047 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
require comprehensive study and support for criminal investigations and 
prosecutions by State and local law enforcement officials. 
                                                            Page S12093
  Coburn Amendment No. 2196 (to Amendment No. 2011), to eliminate 
wasteful spending and improve the management of counter-drug 
intelligence.
Pages S12096, S12100-03, S12107-08, S12108-09, S12113-15
  McCaskill (for Webb) Modified Amendment No. 2999 (to Amendment No. 
2011), to provide for the study and investigation of wartime contracts 
and contracting processes in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation 
Enduring Freedom.
Pages S12096-S12100, S12103, S12104-07, S12109
   A motion was entered to close further debate on Nelson (NE) (for 
Levin) Amendment No. 2011, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Friday, September 28, 2007.
Page S12122
  A motion was entered to close further debate on 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, September 28, 2007.
                                                        Pages S12123-26
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9 a.m., on Thursday, 
September 27, 2007, provided that, there be 2 hours of debate equally 
divided between the two Leaders, prior to the vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on Reid (for Kennedy/Smith) Amendment No 3035 (to Levin 
Amendment No. 2011) (listed above), and that upon completion of that 
time, Senate vote on the cloture motion relative to that amendment; 
provided further, that if cloture is invoked there be 2 minutes for 
debate, equally divided in the usual form, followed by a vote on Reid 
(for Kennedy/Smith) Amendment No 3035 (to Levin Amendment No. 2011), 
and that if cloture is not invoked the amendment be withdrawn; provided 
further, that there then be 2 minutes for debate prior to the vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on Casey (for Hatch) Amendment No. 3047 
(to Amendment No. 2011) (listed above), and that if cloture is invoked, 
there be 2 minutes for debate prior to the vote on Casey (for Hatch) 
Amendment No. 3047 (to Amendment No. 2011), and that if cloture is not 
invoked the amendment be withdrawn; provided further, that Members have 
until 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, September 27, 2007, to file any germane 
second-degree amendments.
Page S12187
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act: Senate began 
consideration of the amendments of the House to the amendments of the 
Senate to H.R. 976, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
provide tax relief for small businesses, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:

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  Pending:
  Senator Reid entered a motion to concur in the amendments of the 
House to the amendments of the Senate to the bill.
Pages S12122-23
  Reid Amendment No. 3071 (to the House amendment to Senate amendment 
to the text of H.R. 976), to change the enactment date.
Page S12123
  Reid Amendment No. 3072 (to Amendment No. 3071), of a perfecting 
nature.
Page S12123
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the motion to concur in the House amendments to the 
Senate amendments to the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions 
of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the 
unanimous-consent agreement of Tuesday, September 25, 2007, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Thursday, September 27, 2007.
Page S12123
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that on Thursday, 
September 27, 2007, upon disposition of Reid (for Kennedy/Smith) 
Amendment No 3035 (to Levin Amendment No. 2011) and Casey (for Hatch) 
Amendment No. 3047 (to Amendment No. 2011), that there be 2 minutes for 
debate prior to the cloture vote on the motion to concur in the House 
amendments to the Senate amendments to H.R. 976.
Page S12187
Messages from the House:
  Page S12139
Measures Referred:
  Page S12139
Executive Communications:
  Pages S12139-40
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S12141
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12141-43
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S12143-56
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12137-39
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12156-86
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S12186
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--349) 
                                                   Pages S12095, S12096
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:47 p.m., 
until 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 27, 2007. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12187.)