[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 160 (Monday, October 22, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1392-D1394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Monday, October 22, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13169-S13203
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2213-2215, and S.J. Res. 22.
  Page S13193
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 680, to ensure proper oversight and 
accountability in Federal contracting. (S. Rept. No. 110-201)
  H.R. 1254, to amend title 44, United States Code, to require 
information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising 
organizations, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 110-202)
  S. 2035, to maintain the free flow of information to the public by 
providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of 
information by certain persons connected with the news media, with 
amendments.
Page S13193
Measures Considered:
  Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act: Senate resumed consideration 
of H.R. 3043, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S13172-89
Adopted:
  Dorgan/Conrad Modified Amendment No. 3335 (to Amendment No. 3325), to 
increase funding for the State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention 
Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
                                                Pages S13172, S13178-79
  Harkin (for Obama/Durbin) Amendment No. 3331 (to Amendment No. 3325), 
to provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount 
greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount 
unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain 
certifications regarding Federal tax liability.
Pages S13178-79
  Harkin (for Snowe) Amendment No. 3419 (to Amendment No. 3325), to 
provide for a study to evaluate the Social Security Administration's 
plan to reduce the hearing backlog for disability claims at the Social 
Security Administration and the Social Security Administration's 
current and planned initiatives to improve disability process. 
                                                        Pages S13178-79
  Harkin (for Burr/Gregg) Amendment No. 3434 (to Amendment No. 3325), 
to develop biodefense medical countermeasures by fully funding the 
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in a 
fiscally responsible manner
Pages S13178-79
  Harkin (for Voinovich) Amendment No. 3405 (to Amendment No. 3325), to 
provide for the Government Accountability Office to submit a report to 
Congress on the process for hiring and managing administrative law 
judges.
Pages S13178-79
  Harkin (for Durbin/Bunning) Amendment No. 3411 (to Amendment No. 
3325), to permit certain amounts to be used for grants to Federal 
commissions that support museum and library activities. 
                                                        Pages S13178-79
  By 88 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 382) Menendez/Hutchison Amendment No. 
3347 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide funding for the activities 
under the Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act 
of 2005.
Pages S13172, S13179-80
  Harkin (for Tester) Amendment No. 3378 (to Amendment No. 3325), to 
provide additional funding for veterans employment and training for 
Federal management activities.
Page S13180
  Harkin (for Reed) Modified Amendment No. 3432 (to Amendment No. 
3325), to provide funding for trauma care.
Page S13180
  Harkin (for Cantwell) Modified Amendment No. 3377 (to Amendment No. 
3325), to provide funds for allied health professional programs. 
                                                            Page S13180
  Brown/Webb Amendment No. 3361 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide 
information to schools relating to the prevention of violent events and 
other crisis situations.
Pages S13173, S13183-84
  Harkin (for Cornyn) Modified Amendment No. 3427 (to Amendment No. 
3325), to express the sense of the Senate that funds be used for the 
frequent hemodialysis clinical trials at the National Institute of 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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  Harkin (for Cornyn) Modified Amendment No. 3379 (to Amendment No. 
3325), to increase funding for Community-Based Job Training grants, 
which strengthen the role of community and technical colleges in 
training workers.
Pages S13183-84
  Harkin (for Baucus) Modified Amendment No. 3344 (to Amendment No. 
3325), to allocate funds to the Center for Asbestos Related Disease 
(CARD) Clinic in Libby, Montana.
Pages S13183-84
Rejected:
  Allard Amendment No. 3369 (to Amendment No. 3325), to reduce the 
total amount appropriated to any program that is rated ineffective by 
the Office of Management and Budget through the Program Assessment 
Rating Tool (PART). (By 68 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 381), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S13172, S13174, S13176-78, S13179
Withdrawn on Friday, October 19, 2007:
  Cornyn Amendment No. 3381 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide for the 
continuing review of unauthorized Federal programs and agencies and to 
establish a bipartisan commission for the purpose of improving 
oversight and eliminating wasteful Government spending.
Withdrawn on Monday, October 22, 2007:
  Reed Amendment No. 3360 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide funding 
for the trauma and emergency medical services programs administered 
through the Health Resources and Services Administration. 
                                                   Pages S13172, S13180
Pending:
  Harkin/Specter Amendment No. 3325, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S13172
  Vitter Amendment No. 3328 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide a 
limitation on funds with respect to preventing the importation by 
individuals of prescription drugs from Canada.
Page S13172
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3345 (to Amendment No. 3325), to require that 
the Secretary of Labor report to Congress regarding jobs lost and 
created as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement. 
                                                   Pages S13172, S13174
  Ensign Amendment No. 3342 (to Amendment No. 3325), to prohibit the 
use of funds to administer Social Security benefit payments under a 
totalization agreement with Mexico.
Page S13172
  Ensign Amendment No. 3352 (to Amendment No. 3325), to prohibit the 
use of funds to process claims based on illegal work for purposes of 
receiving Social Security benefits.
Page S13172
  Lautenberg/Snowe Amendment No. 3350 (to Amendment No. 3325), to 
prohibit the use of funds to provide abstinence education that includes 
information that is medically inaccurate.
Page S13172
  Roberts Amendment No. 3365 (to Amendment No. 3325), to fund the small 
business child care grant program.
Page S13172
  Coburn Amendment No. 3358 (to Amendment No. 3325), to require 
Congress to provide health care for all children in the U.S. before 
funding special interest pork projects.
Page S13172
  Chambliss Modified Amendment No. 3391 (to Amendment No. 3325), to 
provide for a declaration of a public health emergency with respect to 
Sumter County, Georgia.
Page S13174
  Cardin Amendment No. 3400 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide support 
to Iraqis and Afghans who arrive in the United States under the Special 
Immigrant Visa program.
Pages S13181-82
  Landrieu Amendment No. 3446 (to Amendment No. 3325), relative to the 
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling program.
Pages S13182-83
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, 
October 23, 2007, and that Senator Enzi be recognized to propose 
Amendment No. 3437 (to Amendment No. 3325), that there be 30 minutes of 
debate equally divided and controlled in the usual form, and that upon 
the use or yielding back of time, the amendments be temporarily set 
aside and that Senator DeMint be recognized to propose Amendment No. 
3387 (to Amendment No. 3325), that there be 20 minutes of debate 
equally divided and controlled in the usual form, and that upon the use 
or yielding back of time, the amendments be temporarily set aside, and 
Senate resume consideration of Roberts Amendment No. 3365 (to Amendment 
No. 3325) (listed above), that there be 10 minutes of debate equally 
divided and controlled in the usual form and that upon the use or 
yielding back of time, Senate resume consideration of Coburn Amendment 
No. 3358 (to Amendment No. 3325) (listed above), that there be 20 
minutes of debate equally divided and controlled prior to a vote, and 
that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate return to Enzi 
Amendment No. 3437 and vote on or in relation to the amendment, that 
Senate then resume consideration of DeMint Amendment No. 3387, and vote 
on or in relation to the amendment; provided further, that Senate then 
vote on or in relation to Roberts Amendment No. 3365 (listed above), 
and that Senate then vote on or in relation to Coburn Amendment No. 
3358 (listed above); provided further, that there be 2 minutes of 
debate equally divided prior to each vote, and that there be no second-
degree amendments in order prior to the vote; provided further, that 
after the first vote, the vote time be limited to 10 minutes per vote. 
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Appointments:
  Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, 
reappointed the following individual as a member of the Advisory 
Committee on Student Financial Assistance: Clare Cotton of 
Massachusetts.
  Page S13203
  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: The 
Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, upon the recommendation 
of the Republican Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-292, as amended by 
Public Law 106-55, and as further amended by Public Law 107-228, 
appointed the following individual to the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom: Dr. Richard D. Land of Tennessee, for 
a term of two years.
  Page S13203
DREAM Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed 
to consideration of S. 2205, to authorize the cancellation of removal 
and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term 
United States residents and who entered the United States as children. 
                                                            Page S13202
  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 Wednesday, October 24, 2007.
Page S13202
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S13202
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 to expand the scope of the national emergency 
relative to the Government of Burma, as received during adjournment of 
the Senate on October 19, 2007; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-29)
Pages S13191-92
Executive Communications:
  Pages S13192-93
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13193-94
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Page S13194
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13191-S13202
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S13202
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S13202
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--382) 
                                                   Pages S13179, S13180
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 8:21 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 23, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S13203.)