[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 173 (Thursday, November 8, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1495-D1497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, November 8, 2007

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate upon reconsideration passed H.R. 1495, Water Resources 
      Development Act, the objections of the President to the contrary 
      notwithstanding.
      Senate confirmed the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey, of New 
      York, to be Attorney General.
      Senate agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 3222, 
      Department of Defense Appropriations Act.
      The House agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 3222, 
      Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14105-S14234
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and four resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2324-2333, and S. Res. 371-374.             
  Pages S14191-92
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals From the Concurrent Resolution, Fiscal Year 2008''. 
(S. Rept. No. 110-226)                                      
Page S14191
Measures Passed:
  Targeting Veterans For Employment: Senate agreed to S. Res. 373, 
encouraging all employers to target veterans for recruitment and to 
provide preference in hiring to qualified veterans.     
  Pages S14232-33
  Veterans History Project Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 374, 
expressing support for designation of a National Veterans History 
Project Week to encourage public participation in a nationwide project 
that collects and preserves the stories of the men and women who served 
our Nation in times of war and conflict.                    
  Page S14233
  Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 289, expressing the 
sense of the Senate that a ``Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day'' should 
be established, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                        Pages S14233-34
Measures Considered:
Farm Bill Extension Act: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2419, to 
provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal 
year 2012, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                        Pages S14118-39
Pending:
  Harkin Amendment No. 3500, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S14118
  Reid (for Dorgan/Grassley) Amendment No. 3508 (to Amendment No. 
3500), to strengthen payment limitations and direct the savings to 
increased funding for certain programs.                     
Page S14118
  Reid Amendment No. 3509 (to Amendment No. 3508), to change the 
enactment date.                                             
Page S14118
  Reid Amendment No. 3510 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 3500), to change the enactment date.          
Page S14118
  Reid Amendment No. 3511 (to Amendment No. 3510), to change the 
enactment date.                                             
Page S14118
  Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry, with instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid 
Amendment No. 3512.                                         
Page S14118
  Reid Amendment No. 3512 (to the instructions of the motion to commit 
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, with 
instructions), to change the enactment date.                
Page S14118
  Reid Amendment No. 3513 (to the instructions of the motion to 
recommit), to change the enactment date.                    
Page S14118

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  Reid Amendment No. 3514 (to Amendment No. 3513), to change the 
enactment date.                                             
Page S14118
Veto Messages:
Water Resources Development Act--Veto Message: By 79 yeas to 14 nays 
(Vote No. 406), two-thirds of the Senators voting, a quorum being 
present, having voted in the affirmative, H.R. 1495, to provide for the 
conservation and development of water and related resources, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, upon 
reconsideration was passed, the objections of the President of the 
United States to the contrary notwithstanding.          
  Pages S14113-18
Conference Reports:
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008: Senate agreed to the 
conference report on H.R. 3222, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
clearing the measure for the President.         
  Pages S14139-47, S14182
Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act 
Referral--Agreement: A unanimous consent agreement was reached 
providing that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 767, to protect, 
conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats 
at national wildlife refuges through cooperative, incentive-based 
grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species, 
and the bill be referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works.                                                      
  Page S14234
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction that was declared in Executive Order 12938 on November 14, 
1994; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-32)                                  
Pages S14189-90
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive 
Order 12170 on November 14, 1979; which was referred to the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-33)             
Page S14190
Dow Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, November 
13, 2007, Senate begin consideration of the nomination of Robert M. 
Dow, Jr., of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois, and that the nomination be debated until 
10:10 a.m., with the time equally divided and controlled between the 
two Leaders, or their designees; provided further, that at 10:10 a.m. 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination.              
  Page S14234
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 53 yeas 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 407), Michael B. Mukasey, of New 
York, to be Attorney General.                           
Pages S14147-82
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Patricia M. Haslach, of Oregon, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as United States Senior Coordinator for the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum.
  Mary Beth Long, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.            
Page S14234
Messages from the House:                                    
  Page S14190
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S14190
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                
  Pages S14106, S14190-91
Measures Read the First Time:                               
  Page S14191
Executive Communications:                                   
  Page S14191
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
  Page S14191
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S14192-93
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:         
  Pages S14193-S14200
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S14202-16
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                               
  Page S14216
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                     
  Pages S14216-17
Privileges of the Floor:                                    
  Page S14217
Text of H.R. 3043, as amended on November 7, 2007:      
  Pages S14217-32
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--407) 
                                                    Pages S1417, S14182
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m. and adjourned at 11:39 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Friday, November 9, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S14234.)

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