[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 163 (Thursday, October 25, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1421-D1422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, October 25, 2007

[[Page D1421]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S13391-S13464
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2229-2245, and S. Res. 356.
  Pages S13437-38
Measures Reported:
  S. 2242, to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish supplemental 
agricultural disaster assistance and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide tax incentives for conservation and alternative energy 
sources and to provide tax relief for farmers. (S. Rept. No. 110-206)
  S. Res. 346, expressing heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the 
devastating thunderstorms that caused severe flooding during August 2007 in 
the States of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, with an 
amendment and with an amended preamble.
  S. Res. 347, designating May 2008 as ``National Be Bear Aware and Wildlife 
Stewardship Month''.
Page S13437
Measures Passed:
  Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendments Act: Senate passed H.R. 3678, to amend 
the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend the moratorium on certain taxes 
relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S13429-30
  Reid (for Sununu) Amendment No. 3466, to amend the Internet Tax Freedom 
Act to extend the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and 
to electronic commerce.
Pages S13429-30
Measures Considered:
  Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act: Senate continued 
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 S13405-29, S13430
Adopted:
  Lautenberg (for Murray) Modified Amendment No. 3457, to require the 
development of a strategic plan to facilitate expanded cross-border 
passenger rail service on the Amtrak Cascades route during the 2010 Olympic 
Games.
Page S13427
  Lautenberg (for Murray) Modified Amendment No. 3459, to require a report 
by the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation on service 
delays on the Coast Starlight and Amtrak Cascades routes.
Page S13427
  Lott (for DeMint) Amendment No. 3460, to ensure that capital investment 
grants authorized under section 24402 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be used for passenger rail infrastructure.
Page S13427
  Lott (for DeMint) Amendment No. 3461, to direct the Government 
Accountability Office to conduct a study that compares passenger rail 
systems in certain developed countries.
Page S13427
Rejected:
  By 28 yeas to 66 nays (Vote No. 395), Sununu Amendment No. 3453, to 
prohibit Federal subsidies in excess of specified amounts on any Amtrak 
train route.
Pages S13405-12
  By 27 yeas to 64 nays (Vote No. 396), Sununu Modified Amendment No. 3456, 
to remove the limitation on the number of Amtrak routes available for 
competitive bid.
Pages S13412-13, S13417, S13426
Withdrawn:
  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 S13405, S13417-19, S13430
Pending:
  Lautenberg (for Carper) Amendment No. 3454 (to Amendment No. 3452), of a 
perfecting nature.
Pages S13405, S13412
  Allard Amendment No. 3455, to strike the provisions repealing Amtrak's 
self-sufficiency requirements.
Pages S13413-15
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
action:
  Motion to invoke cloture on Sununu Amendment No. 3452 (listed above), was 
withdrawn.
Page S13430
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 9:30 a.m., on Friday, October 26, 
2007.
Page S13464
Messages from the House:
  Page S13437
Measures Referred:
  Page S13437
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S13437
Measures Read the First Time:
  Page S13437
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S13438-39

[[Page D1422]]

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S13439-59
Additional Statements:
  Pages S13435-36
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13459-63
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S13463
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S13464
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S13464
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--396) 
                                                        Pages S13412, S13426
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:45 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m. on Friday, October 26, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S13464.)