[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 34 (Friday, February 29, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D206-D207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Friday, February 29, 2008

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1393-S1436
Measures Introduced: Three bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 12, 2681-2682, and S. Res. 464-467.
  Page S1419
Measures Passed:
  Supplemental Environmental Projects: Senate passed S. 2146, to 
authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission reduction Supplemental 
Environmental Projects.
  Page S1434
  Honoring William F. Buckley, Jr.: Senate agreed to S. Res. 466, 
honoring the life of William F. Buckley, Jr.
  Pages S1434-35
  Harriett Woods: Senate agreed to S. Res. 96, expressing the sense of 
the Senate that Harriett Woods will be remembered as a pioneer in 
women's politics.
  Page S1435
  World Friendship Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 464, designating March 
1, 2008 as ``World Friendship Day''.
  Pages S1435-36
  Read Across America Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 465, designating 
March 3, 2008, as ``Read Across America Day''.
  Page S1436
Measures Considered:
New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer 
Protection Act and the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax 
Act: Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 3221, moving the United States toward greater 
energy independence and security, developing innovative new 
technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, 
protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and 
modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of 
renewable energy and energy conservation.
  Pages S1393-S1417
   The motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S1417
Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2663, to 
reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater 
protection for children's products, to improve the screening of 
noncompliant consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of 
consumer product recall programs.
  Page S1434
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, February 29, 
2008, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 3, 
2008.
Page S1434
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill at approximately 3:30 p.m., on Monday, March 3, 2008.
Page S1436
Measures Read the First Time:
  Pages S1419, S1436
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1419-20
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S1420-34
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1418-19
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S1434
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S1434
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 2:18 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 3, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1436.)

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