[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 162 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1412-D1413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, October 24, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13273-S13390
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2222-2228, and S. Res. 355.
  Page S13365
Measures Reported:
  S. 1492, to improve the quality of federal and state data regarding 
the availability and quality of broadband services and to promote the 
deployment of affordable broadband services to all parts of the Nation, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-204)
  S. 2223, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
additional tax incentives to promote habitat conservation and 
restoration. (S. Rept. No. 110-205)
Page S13362
Measures Passed:
  District of Columbia Disabled Veterans Memorial: Senate passed H.R. 
995, to amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for 
establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to 
honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of 
the United States, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S13389
Measures Considered:
DREAM Act: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to the 
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. 
                                                        Pages S13300-06
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
    following action:
   By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 394), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Page S13306
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act: Senate began 
consideration of S. 294, to reauthorize Amtrak, agreeing to the 
committee amendments, which will be considered as original text for 
purpose of further amendment, and taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S13323-54
Adopted:
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 3451, of a perfecting nature. (By unanimous 
consent, the amendment will be considered as original text for the 
purpose of further amendment.)
Pages S13346-48
Pending:
  Sununu Amendment No. 3452, to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to 
make permanent the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet 
and to electronic commerce.
Pages S13349-51
  Sununu Amendment No. 3453, to prohibit Federal subsidies in excess of 
specified amounts on any Amtrak train route.
Pages S13351-53
  Lautenberg (for Carper) Amendment No. 3454 (to Amendment No. 3452), 
of a perfecting nature.
Pages S13353-54
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Sununu Amendment No. 
3452 (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur 
on Friday, October 26, 2007.
Page S13350
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the bill, as 
amended, be considered as original text for the purpose of further 
amendments.
Page S13348
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, 
October 25, 2007, provided that there be 2 hours of debate prior to a 
vote on or in relation to Sununu Amendment No. 3453 (listed above), 
with the time equally divided and controlled between Senators 
Lautenberg and Sununu, or their designees; that no amendments be in 
order to the amendment prior to the vote; provided further, that upon 
the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on or in relation to 
Sununu Amendment No. 3453.
Pages S13353, S13390
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency declared in

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Executive Order 13413 with respect to blocking the property of persons 
contributing to the conflict taking place in the Democratic Republic of 
the Congo; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-30)
Page S13360
Southwick Nomination: Senate continued consideration of the nomination 
of Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Fifth Circuit.
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
    following action:
  By 62 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 392), 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 nomination. 
                                                    Pages S13273-S13300
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 59 yeas 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 393), Leslie Southwick, of 
Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit. 
                                                   Pages S13300, S13390
Messages from the House:
  Pages S13360-61
Measures Referred:
  Page S13361
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S13361
Measures Read the First Time:
  Page S13361
Executive Communications:
  Pages S13361-62
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S13362-65
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13365-66
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S13366-67
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13358-60
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13367-69
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S13369-70
Text of H.R. 3043, as Previously Passed:
  Pages S13370-89
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--394) 
                                                   Pages S13300, S13306
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 7:45 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2007. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13390.)