[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 175 (Tuesday, November 13, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1511-D1512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Tuesday, November 13, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S14237-S14351
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2334-2348, S.J. Res. 24, and S. Res. 375-
377.
  Pages S14284-85
Measures Reported:
  S. 2338, to modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable 
the Federal Housing Administration to more effectively reach 
underserved borrowers. (S. Rept. No. 110-227)
  S. 2345, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to extend the 
financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. (S. Rept. No. 110-228)
                                                            Page S14284
Measures Passed:
  Oklahoma Statehood Centennial: Senate agreed to S. Res. 377, 
recognizing and celebrating the centennial of Oklahoma statehood. 
                                                            Page S14349
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 S14254-73


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  On Page D1511, November 13, 2007, in Measures Considered the 
wrong page numbers are referenced for the Farm Bill Extension Act. 
Pages S14234-73
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: 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 S14254-73


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Pending:
  Harkin Amendment No. 3500, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S14254
  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 S14254
  Reid Amendment No. 3509 (to Amendment No. 3508), to change the 
enactment date.
Page S14254
  Reid Amendment No. 3510 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 3500), to change the enactment date.
Page S14254
  Reid Amendment No. 3511 (to Amendment No. 3510), to change the 
enactment date.
Page S14254
  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 S14254
  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 S14254
  Reid Amendment No. 3513 (to the instructions of the motion to 
recommit), to change the enactment date.
Page S14254
  Reid Amendment No. 3514 (to Amendment No. 3513), to change the 
enactment date.
Page S14254
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, 
November 14, 2007.
Page S14351
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 86 yeas (Vote No. EX. 408), Robert M. Dow, Jr., 
of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Illinois.
  Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
                                        Pages S14238-40, S14349, S14351
Messages from the House:
  Page S14282
Measures Referred:
  Page S14282
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S14282
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S14282-83
Executive Communications:
  Pages S14283-84
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S14285-87
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S14287-S14301
Additional Statements:
  Pages S14281-82
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S14301-48
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S14348-49
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S14349
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--408) 
                                                        Pages S14239-40
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:01 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 14, 2007. (For Senate's program, 
see

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the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S14351.)