[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 22 (Monday, February 11, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D117-D118]
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                                          Monday, February 11, 2008

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S823-S878
Measures Introduced: One bill and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2621, and S. Res. 446.                            
  Page S849
Measures Passed:
  Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 2071, to enhance the 
ability to combat methamphetamine, and the bill was then passed, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:     
  Pages S861-62
  Durbin (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 4017, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                               
Pages S861-62
  Death of Representative Tom Lantos: Senate agreed to S. Res. 446, 
relative to the death of Representative Tom Lantos, of California. 
                                                              Page S862
Measures Considered:

FISA Amendments Act: Senate resumed 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 S827-44, S845
Pending:
  Rockefeller/Bond Amendment No. 3911, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Page S827
  Whitehouse Amendment No. 3920 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide 
procedures for compliance reviews.                            
Page S827
  Feingold Amendment No. 3979 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide 
safeguards for communications involving persons inside the United 
States.                                    
Pages S827, S835-36, S837-38
  Feingold/Dodd Amendment No. 3912 (to Amendment No. 3911), to modify 
the requirements for certifications made prior to the initiation of 
certain acquisitions.                                         
Page S827
  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.                                         
Pages S827, S838-41
  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 S827
  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 S827, S828-35
  Feinstein Amendment No. 3919 (to Amendment No. 3911), to provide for 
the review of certifications by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Court.
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Pages S827, S836-37
  Specter/Whitehouse Amendment No. 3927 (to Amendment No. 3911), to 
provide for the substitution of the United States in certain civil 
actions.                                   
Pages S827, S841-42, S843-44
   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, 
February 12, 2008, and that the sequence of votes on remaining 
amendments occur in the following order:
  Whitehouse Amendment No. 3920 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above), 
subject to a 60-vote threshold;
  Feinstein Amendment No. 3910 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above), 
subject to a 60-vote threshold;
  Feingold Amendment No. 3979 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above);
  Dodd Amendment No. 3907 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above);
  Feingold/Dodd Amendment No. 3912 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed 
above);
  Bond/Rockefeller Modified Amendment No. 3938 (to Amendment No. 3911) 
(listed above);
  Specter/Whitehouse Amendment No. 3927 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed 
above);
  Feinstein Amendment No. 3919 (to Amendment No. 3911) (listed above), 
subject to a 60-vote threshold; provided further, that each Leader 
control a total of 10 minutes of debate time to be used prior to any of 
the votes; and that the provisions of the

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previous order governing debate limitations and vote time limitations 
remain in effect.                                             
Page S845
Conference Reports:
Intelligence Authorization Act--Conference Report: Senate began 
consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2082, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the 
Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System.                         
  Pages S844-45
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference 
report to accompany the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur on Wednesday, February 13, 2008.                    
Pages S844-45
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Economic Report of the President 
dated February 2008 with the Annual Report of the Council of Economic 
Advisers for 2008; which was referred to the Joint Economic Committee. 
(PM-37)                                                   
Pages S848-49
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.          
Page S878
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                              
  Page S849
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S849-50
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                   
  Page S850
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S847-48
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S850-54
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned, as a further mark 
of respect to the memory of the late Honorable Tom Lantos, United 
States Representative from the State of California, in accordance with 
S. Res. 446, at 10:09 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 12, 
2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S862.)