[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 146 (Friday, September 28, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1288-D1289]
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                                         Friday, September 28, 2007

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12319-S12342
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2116-2118, and S. Res. 337.                     
  Page S12334
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Printing the Standing Rules of the Senate: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 337, authorizing the Committee on Rules and Administration 
to prepare a revised edition of the Standing Rules of the Senate as a 
Senate document.                                            
  Page S12340
Measures Indefinitely Postponed:
  Major Scott Nisely Post Office: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 
1539, to designate the post office located at 309 East Linn Street, 
Marshalltown, Iowa, as the ``Major Scott Nisely Post Office''. 
                                                            Page S12340
  Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr., Post Office Building: Senate indefinitely 
postponed S. 1596, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as 
the ``Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building''.         
  Page S12340
  Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building: Senate indefinitely 
postponed S. 1732, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 301 Boardwalk Drive in Fort Collins, 
Colorado, as the ``Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building''. 
                                                            Page S12340
  Buck Owens Post Office: Senate indefinitely postponed S. 1781, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, as the ``Buck Owens Post 
Office''.                                                   
  Page S12340
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 S12320-24
Pending:
  Nelson (NE) (for Levin) Amendment No. 2011, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                             
Pages S12320-24
  Reid (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3058 (to Amendment No. 2011), to 
provide for certain public-private competition requirements. 
                                                            Page S12320
  Reid (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 3109 (to Amendment No. 3958), to 
provide for certain public-private competition requirements. 
                                                            Page S12320
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 3 p.m., 
on Monday, October 1, 2007, Senate resume consideration of the bill. 
                                                           Pages S12340
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  6 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, 
Navy.                                        
Pages S12324-27, S12341-42
Messages from the House:                                    
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Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S12334
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                   
  Pages S12320, S12334
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S12334-35
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:             
  Pages S12335-40
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S12333-34
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                         
  Page S12340
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 12:56 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, October 1, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12340.)

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