[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 12 (Friday, January 25, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D44-D45]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Friday, January 25, 2008

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S303-S368
Measures Introduced: Three bills and six resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2557-2559, and S. Res. 426-431.                
  Page S329
Measures Passed:
  Congratulating Stanford University Women's Cross Country Team: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 426, congratulating the Stanford University women's 
cross country team on winning the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic 
Association Division I Championship.                          
  Page S366
  Congratulating University of California at Berkeley Men's Water Polo 
Team: Senate agreed to S. Res. 427, congratulating the University of 
California at Berkeley men's water polo team for winning the 2007 
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Championship. 
                                                          Pages S366-67
  Congratulating University of Southern California Women's Soccer Team: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 428, congratulating the University of Southern 
California women's soccer team on winning the 2007 National Collegiate 
Athletic Association Division I Championship.                 
  Page S367
Measures Considered:
FISA Amendments Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 2248, to 
amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize 
and streamline the provisions of that Act.       
  Pages S305-10, S317-20
Pending:
  Rockefeller/Bond Amendment No. 3911, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Page S305
  Feingold/Dodd Amendment No. 3909 (to Amendment No. 3911), to require 
that certain records be submitted to Congress.                
Page S306
  Bond Amendment No. 3916 (to Amendment No. 3909), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                       
Page S306
  Reid Amendment No. 3918 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Rockefeller/Bond Amendment No. 3911), relative to the extension of the 
Protect America Act of 2007.                                  
Page S306
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the bill at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, 
January 28, 2008, and that the time until 4:30 p.m., be equally divided 
and controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees, with the 
final 20 minutes equally divided between the two Leaders, with the 
Majority Leader in control of the final 10 minutes, and that the 
cloture vote on Reid Amendment No. 3918 (listed above), not occur prior 
to the 4:30 p.m. cloture vote; provided further, that notwithstanding 
the provisions of Rule 22, that all second-degree amendments be filed 
at the desk by 4 p.m., on Monday, January 28, 2008.           
Page S367
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert J. Battista, of Michigan, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2009.
  Gerard Morales, of Arizona, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2012.
  Dennis P. Walsh, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2008.
  Dennis P. Walsh, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2013.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.                        
Pages S367-68
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  Dennis P. Walsh, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2009, 
which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.
  Peter N. Kirsanow, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Labor 
Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2008, 
which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.              
Page S368
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                              
  Page S328
Measures Read the First Time:                                 
  Page S328
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S328-29

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Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S329-30
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S330-33
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S333-66
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 1:54 p.m., 
until 2 p.m on Monday, January 28, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S367.)