[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 6, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D89-D90]
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                                        Wednesday, February 6, 2008

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S679-S751
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2594-2602, S. Res. 444, and S. Con. Res. 65.
  Page S733
Measures Passed:
  Do-Not-Call Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3541, 
to amend the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic 
removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal ``do-not-call'' 
registry, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S750-51
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, taking action on the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S686-714
Withdrawn:
  By 49 yeas and 46 nays (Vote No. 7), Cardin Amendment No. 3930 (to 
Amendment No. 3911), to modify the sunset provision. (A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that the amendment, having 
failed to achieve 60 affirmative votes, be withdrawn). 
                                                 Pages S687-88, S707-10
Pending:
  Rockefeller/Bond Amendment No. 3911, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Page S688
  Whitehouse Amendment No. 3920 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide 
procedures for compliance reviews.
Pages S686-87, S688
  Feingold Amendment No. 3979 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide 
safeguards for communications involving persons inside the United 
States.
Page S688
  Feingold/Dodd Amendment No. 3915 (to Amendment No. 3911), to place 
flexible limits on the use of information obtained using unlawful 
procedures.
Page S688
  Feingold Amendment No. 3913 (to Amendment No. 3911), to prohibit 
reverse targeting and protect the rights of Americans who are 
communicating with people abroad.
Pages S686, S688
  Feingold/Dodd Amendment No. 3912 (to Amendment No. 3911), to modify 
the requirements for certifications made prior to the initiation of 
certain acquisitions.
Page S688
  Dodd Amendment No. 3907 (to Amendment No. 3911), to strike the 
provisions providing immunity from civil liability to electronic 
communication service providers for certain assistance provided to the 
Government.
Page S688
  Bond/Rockefeller Modified Amendment No. 3938 (to Amendment No. 3911), 
to include prohibitions on the international proliferation of weapons 
of mass destruction in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978.
Page S688
  Bond/Rockefeller Modified Amendment No. 3941 (to Amendment No. 3911), 
to expedite the review of challenges to directives under the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Page S688
  Feinstein Amendment No. 3910 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide a 
statement of the exclusive means by which electronic surveillance and 
interception of certain communications may be conducted. 
                                                          Pages S706-07
  Feinstein Amendment No. 3919 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide for 
the review of certifications by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court.
Page S707
  Specter/Whitehouse Amendment No. 3927 (to Amendment No. 3911), to 
provide for the substitution of the United States in certain civil 
actions.
Page S712
Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act: 
Senate continued consideration of H.R. 5140, to provide economic 
stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for 
business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits, 
and taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                          Pages S715-25
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 3983, of a perfecting nature.
Page S715

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  Reid Amendment No. 3984 (to Amendment No. 3983), to change the 
enactment date.
Page S715
  Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 3985. 
                                                              Page S715
  Reid Amendment No. 3986 (to the instructions of the Reid motion to 
commit), of a perfecting nature.
Page S715
  Reid Amendment No. 3987 (to Amendment No. 3986), of a perfecting 
nature.
Page S715
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 58 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 8), 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. 3983 
(listed above).
Pages S715-25
  Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the 
motion to invoke cloture on Reid Amendment No. 3983 (listed above) 
failed.
Page S725
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency that was declared with respect to the Government of 
Cuba's destruction of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian aircraft; 
which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-36)
Pages S728-29
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  International Convention Against Doping in Sport (Treaty Doc. No. 
110-14).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                              Page S751
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Susan D. Peppler, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Linda Thomas-Greenfield, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Liberia.
  Ralph E. Martinez, of Florida, to be a Member of the Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission of the United States for a term expiring 
September 30, 2010.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Page S751
Messages from the House:
  Page S729
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S729, S751
Executive Communications:
  Pages S729-32
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S732-33
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S733-34
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S734-43
Additional Statements:
  Pages S726-28
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S743-50
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S750
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S750
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--8) 
                                                    Pages S709-10, S725
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and recessed at 7:32 p.m., until 
10:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 7, 2008. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S751.)