[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 13 (Monday, January 28, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                           Monday, January 28, 2008

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in a Joint Session to receive a State of the 
      Union Address from the President of the United States.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S369-S402
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2560-2561, and S. Res. 432.
  Pages S394-95
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 S375-88
Pending:
  Rockefeller/Bond Amendment No. 3911, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Page S375
  Feingold/Dodd Amendment No. 3909 (to Amendment No. 3911), to require 
that certain records be submitted to Congress.
Page S375
  Bond Amendment No. 3916 (to Amendment No. 3909), of a perfecting 
nature.
Page S375
  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 S375
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 48 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 3), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on Rockefeller/Bond 
Amendment No. 3911 (listed above).
Pages S387-88
  By 48 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 4), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on Reid Amendment No. 3918 
(to the language proposed to be stricken by Rockefeller/Bond Amendment 
No. 3911) (listed above).
Page S388
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the bill at approximately 11:00 a.m., on 
Tuesday, January 29, 2008.
Page S401
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the State of the Union delivered to a 
Joint Session of Congress on January 28, 2008; which was ordered to lie 
on the table. (PM-35)
Pages S390-94
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Ed Schafer, of North Dakota, to be Secretary of Agriculture. 
                                                       Pages S375, S402
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S370
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S395-96
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S396-98
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S398-S401
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S401
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S401
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--4) 
                                                          Pages S387-88
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2:00 p.m. and adjourned at 10:11 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 29, 2008. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S402.)