[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 188 (Monday, December 10, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1593-D1594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Monday, December 10, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S15039-S15081
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2436-2441, and S. Res. 398-399.
  Pages S15062-63
Measures Reported:
  S. 1946, to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public 
corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-239)
Page S15062
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Joe Nuxhall: Senate agreed to S. Res. 398, honoring the life 
and recognizing the accomplishments of Joe Nuxhall, broadcaster for the 
Cincinnati Reds.
  Page S15081


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  On Page D1593, December 10, 2007 the following language appears: 
Honoring Joe Nuxhall: Senate agreed to S. Res. 398, honoring the 
life and recognizing the accomplishments of Joe Nuxhall, 
broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds. Page S15063
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Honoring Joe 
Nuxhall: Senate agreed to S. Res. 398, honoring the life and 
recognizing the accomplishments of Joe Nuxhall, broadcaster for 
the Cincinnati Reds. Page S15081


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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 S15040-58
Pending:
  Harkin Amendment No. 3500, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S15040
  Harkin (for Dorgan/Grassley) Amendment No. 3695 (to Amendment No. 
3500), to strengthen payment limitations and direct the savings to 
increase funding for certain programs.
Page S15040
  Brown Amendment No. 3819 (to Amendment No. 3500), to increase funding 
for critical Farm Bill programs and improve crop insurance. 
                                                            Page S15040
  Klobuchar Amendment No. 3810 (to Amendment No. 3500), to improve the 
adjusted gross income limitation and use the savings to provide 
additional funding for certain programs and reduce the Federal deficit.
                                                            Page S15040
  Chambliss (for Lugar) Amendment No. 3711 (to Amendment No. 3500), 
relative to traditional payments and loans.
Page S15040
  Chambliss (for Cornyn) Amendment No. 3687 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
prevent duplicative payments for agricultural disaster assistance 
already covered by the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund. 
                                                            Page S15040
  Chambliss (for Coburn) Amendment No. 3807 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
ensure the priority of the farm bill remains farmers by eliminating 
wasteful Department of Agriculture spending on casinos, golf courses, 
junkets, cheese centers, and aging barns.
Page S15040
  Chambliss (for Coburn) Amendment No. 3530 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
limit the distribution to deceased individuals, and estates of those 
individuals, of certain agricultural payments.
Page S15040
  Chambliss (for Coburn) Amendment No. 3632 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
modify a provision relating to the Environmental Quality Incentive 
Program.
Page S15040
  Salazar Amendment No. 3616 (to Amendment No. 3500), to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the production 
of all cellulosic biofuels.
Pages S15041-42
  Thune (for McConnell) Amendment No. 3821 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
promote the nutritional health of school children, with an offset. 
                                                            Page S15042
  Craig Amendment No. 3640 (to Amendment No. 3500), to prohibit the 
involuntary acquisition of farmland and grazing land by Federal, State, 
and local governments for parks, open space, or similar purposes. 
                                                        Pages S15045-46
  Thune (for Roberts/Brownback) Amendment No. 3549 (to Amendment No. 
3500), to modify a provision relating to regulations.
Page S15046
  Domenici Amendment No. 3614 (to Amendment No. 3500), to reduce our 
Nation's dependency foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and 
alternative energy resources.
Pages S15046-49
  Thune (for Gregg) Amendment No. 3674 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude charges of 
indebtedness on principal residences from gross income.
Page S15049
  Thune (for Gregg) Amendment No. 3673 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
improve women's access

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to health care services in rural areas and provide improved medical 
care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on 
the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services.
Page S15049
  Thune (for Gregg) Amendment No. 3671 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
strike the section requiring the establishment of a Farm and Ranch 
Stress Assistance Network.
Page S15049
  Thune (for Gregg) Amendment No. 3672 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
strike a provision relating to market loss assistance for asparagus 
producers.
Page S15049
  Thune (for Gregg) Amendment No. 3822 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
provide nearly $1,000,000,000 in critical home heating assistance to 
low-income families and senior citizens for the 2007-2008 winter 
season, and reduce the Federal deficit by eliminating wasteful farm 
subsidies.
Page S15049
  Thune (for Grassley/Kohl) Amendment No. 3823 (to Amendment No. 3500), 
to provide for the review of agricultural mergers and acquisitions by 
the Department of Justice.
Pages S15049-51
  Thune (for Sessions) Amendment No. 3596 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a pilot program 
under which agricultural producers may establish and contribute to tax-
exempt farm savings accounts in lieu of obtaining federally subsidized 
crop insurance or noninsured crop assistance, to provide for 
contributions to such accounts by the Secretary of Agriculture, to 
specify the situations in which amounts may be paid to producers from 
such accounts, and to limit the total amount of such distributions to a 
producer during a taxable year.
Page S15051
  Thune (for Stevens) Amendment No. 3569 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
make commercial fishermen eligible for certain operating loans. 
                                                        Pages S15051-52
  Thune (for Alexander) Amendment No. 3551 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
increase funding for the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food 
Systems, with an offset.
Pages S15052-53
  Thune (for Alexander) Amendment No. 3553 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
limit the tax credit for small wind energy property expenditures to 
property placed in service in connection with a farm or rural small 
business.
Page S15053
  Thune (for Bond) Amendment No. 3771 (to Amendment No. 3500), to amend 
title 7, United States Code, to include provisions relating to 
rulemaking.
Page S15053
  Salazar (for Durbin) Amendment No. 3539 (to Amendment No. 3500), to 
provide a termination date for the conduct of certain inspections and 
the issuance of certain regulations.
Page S15057
   A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, 
December 11, 2007, and that there be 3 hours of debate equally divided 
and controlled for debate on Chambliss (for Lugar) Amendment No. 3711 
(to Amendment No. 3500) (listed above); provided further, that upon the 
use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on or in relation to the 
amendment.
Page S15058
Messages from the House:
  Page S15061
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S15061, S15081
Executive Communications:
  Pages S15061-62
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S15063-64
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S15064-78
Additional Statements:
  Pages S15060-61
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S15078-81
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S15081
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:39 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 11, 2007. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S15081.)